AirWatch™ Named an Innovator in Independent Research Firm’s Market Overviews for Cloud-Hosted MDM Solutions and Managed Services and On-Premise MDM Solutions
Flexible architecture; user-friendly, actionable management dashboard; competitive, transparent pricing; advanced reporting; sophisticated security features; and strong application management continue to serve as key differentiators for AirWatch
ATLANTA – Jan. 4, 2012 – AirWatch™, the global leader and innovator in mobile security, mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM), today announced that it has been named an “innovator” in the Forrester Research, Inc. Market Overviews: Cloud-Hosted MDM Solutions and Managed Services and On-premise MDM Solutions. AirWatch was one of only two vendors recognized as an innovator in the Cloud-Hosted MDM report, and one of just four in the On-premise report out of a marketplace of 40 vendors offering these solutions.
Forrester Research interviewed 24 vendor companies and 184 user companies on the following key criteria: configuration, reporting, and support; mobile security management, including PIN enforcement, data wipes, jailbreak or root detection encryption and data leak prevention; software distribution, white and blacklist capabilities and enterprise app stores; and differentiating criteria, including platform support, integration and availability. Forrester Research segmented the MDM vendor landscape into four distinct groups in its Market Overview for Cloud-Hosted MDM: innovators, new entrants, best-of-breed and services, and divided the On-premise MDM vendor landscape into three distinct groups: innovators, incumbents and best-of-breed.
The Forrester Research Market Overviews on Cloud-Hosted MDM Solutions and Managed Services and On-premise MDM Solutions state, “Although many vendors offer hosted infrastructure solutions, AirWatch supports flexible architectures in that it can be delivered through an on-premise solution, an appliance, or a SaaS solution. AirWatch’s user-friendly, actionable management dashboard and competitive pricing have made it a top MDM contender for many firms¹. AirWatch also boasts strong on-premise and WLAN management solutions².”
“We believe that being recognized as an innovator by Forrester Research further validates and reinforces our goal to simplify mobility by providing enterprises with a comprehensive, leading mobile security and management solution,” said John Marshall, CEO, AirWatch. “Built on a true, multi-tenant architecture, AirWatch is highly scalable, enabling companies to easily move from pilot programs to large device deployments. When a company selects AirWatch, they receive both the best product and best price point.”
The AirWatch solution provides a full set of mobile security, MDM and MAM features, including the most accessible, easy-to-use web- and mobile-based management console; a Secure Content Locker; a Secure Email Gateway; an AirWatch App Catalog; the ability to securely manage both corporate- and employee-liable devices and location-based services. AirWatch’s API integration capabilities include the ability to integrate key enterprise platforms such as LDAP directory servers, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft BPOS-D, Microsoft Office 365, IBM Lotus Notes and Google Gmail for Business, as well as Public Key Infrastructures (PKI) and certificate management frameworks, streamlining the generation and management of certificates used on mobile devices for authentication and encryption.
AirWatch also provides enterprises with advanced reporting, including an extensive library of high-level and detailed device reports. IT administrators can leverage these pre-defined reports or create custom reports based on specific devices, user groups, date ranges or file preferences.
A privately-held company, AirWatch empowers organizations across a wide variety of industries to deploy, secure, track and manage all of their mobile assets. With AirWatch, corporate IT departments can streamline and automate the management and support of all corporate and employee-liable mobile devices; reduce the cost and effort of device deployments; and increase IT efficiencies and response times.
For more information about the Forrester Research Market Overviews download the reports:
- Market Overview: Cloud-Hosted Mobile Device Management Solutions And Managed Services
- Market Overview: On-Premises Mobile Device Management Solutions, Q3 2011
¹-“Market Overview: Cloud-Hosted Mobile Device Management Solutions And Managed Services”, Forrester Research, January 3, 2012
²-“Market Overview: On-Premises Mobile Device Management Solutions, Q3 2011”, Forrester Research, January 3, 2012
About AirWatch
AirWatch is the global leader and innovator of enterprise-grade smartphone security and mobile device management solutions. Positioned in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Mobile Device Management Software 2011, AirWatch helps to deploy, secure, track and manage an enterprise’s entire fleet of Android, Apple’s iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Windows 7 and Symbian devices. In October 2011, Info-Tech Research Group listed AirWatch as a “Champion” in the firm’s Mobile Device Management Vendor Landscape and also listed it as the “best bang for your buck” through its Value Score, which indexes each product offering and business strength relative to their price point.
AirWatch offers the industry’s most scalable and flexible deployment options with Software as a Service (SaaS), appliance or on premise solutions. SaaS pricing starts at a $3 per month subscription per device. Appliance pricing starts at a one-time fee of $6,500 for the hardware and includes a one-year warranty. On premise pricing starts at a one-time fee of $40 per device.
An award-winning company, AirWatch recently won several categories in the 2011 Mobile Star Awards. AirWatch has more than 1,500 customers in the retail, financial services, healthcare, government, distribution, education, hospitality, manufacturing, telecommunications and transportation industries. For more information, visit www.air‐watch.com.
By Guest Blogger: AirWatch
