PARTNERS

Delivering device management solutions for MSPs and their enterprise customers requires an ecosystem of components that work together – from support for all key handsets to deployment and support for the management infrastructure, to ensuring that device management applications work with other hardware and software elements in the cloud and behind the enterprise firewall. Mformation partners with companies that are among the most forward-thinking in these areas, enabling MSPs and their enterprise customers to choose from a wide array of best-of-breed hardware, software and services to create their mobile device management environment.
Handset/Device and OEM Partners
To ensure support for the latest devices and capabilities, we maintain close partnerships with key device and operating system vendors.
ASUSTek Computer Incorporated , a multinational corporation centered in Taiwan with 2009 revenues of US $21.2 billion, produces a wide range of own branded computer products, including motherboards, laptops, servers, mobile phones as well as components for other manufacturers, including Apple Inc., Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Garmin. ASUS is using Mformation’s interoperability solution to pre-test Garmin-Asus mobile devices, ensuring conformance with industry standards and interoperability with the Mformation device management platform.
High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) offers innovative, feature-rich smartphone and PDA devices to mobile operators and distributors and is the world’s leading provider of Microsoft® Mobile®-based smart devices that incorporate both consumer and business applications. The company’s products are interoperable with Mformation’s product line.
Huawei is a world-leading telecom solutions provider focused on building long-term partnerships with telecom operators. Huawei is working with Mformation to ensure support for device management capabilities on its mobile handsets.
Intel® develops products and architectural specifications that are critical to realizing the potential of mobilized software in a wide array of mobile user devices. Intel’s wireless technologies, together with Mformation’s solutions, enable mobile operators to accelerate data revenues from their end users and business customers through superior manageability.
LG Electronics is a worldwide leader and technological innovator in mobile communications and the leading producer of CDMA and GSM handsets, which are sold by the world’s leading carriers. Mformation’s platform enables operators to manage all handsets from LG Electronics.
Microsoft, the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies, is the developer of Windows® Mobile® software and other products that make the mobile workforce more productive. Mformation’s product line is interoperable with Microsoft’s mobile solutions.
Motorola is a pioneer in wireless communications that transformed the cell phone into an icon of personal technology, designing, selling and servicing wireless handsets. Mformation’s software works with all Motorola wireless devices and applications.
Nokia, the world’s leading manufacturer of mobile devices, provides an expanding range of mobile voice and data capabilities across a wide range of mobile devices. Mformation’s product family is interoperable with all Nokia products.
Research in Motion (RIM) provides wireless platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information such as email, phone, Internet and more. Mformation’s product family is interoperable with RIM devices, including BlackBerry.
Samsung Electronics a leading provider of telecommunication network systems and handsets, offering a wide array of 3G mobile phones, including smartphones as well as phones optimized for functions such as text messaging and playing music. All Samsung products interoperate with Mformation’s product line.
Seowon Intech is an industry leader in routers and consumer premise equipment for WiMAX. Seowon has joined Mformation’s WiMAX Self-Certification Program to certify compliance of Seowon devices with OMA DM and WiMAX Forum™ specifications, and to ensure that its devices can be easily activated and managed when deployed by service providers.
Sequans Communications, an industry leader in WiMAX semiconductor products, has integrated an OMA DM client directly into its chip software and has joined the Mformation WiMAX Self-Certification Program whereby it has passed an extensive range of tests certifying compliance with OMA DM and WiMAX Forum™ specifications.
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications is a global provider of mobile multimedia devices, including feature-rich phones, accessories and PC cards. Its products combine powerful technology with innovative applications for mobile imaging, music, communications and entertainment. Mformation supports the company’s entire range of hardware and applications.
Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system that powers advanced, data-enabled mobile smartphones from the world’s leading handset manufacturers. Mformation has optimized its products for the Symbian OS and is a Symbian Platinum Program partner.
ZTE, one of the first Chinese telecoms equipment providers to pursue business in overseas markets, is a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions to over 100 countries. Mformation and ZTE are working together to ensure support for device management capabilities on its mobile handsets.
Solution Partners
Apperian, Inc. is a mobile application management (MAM) company. The Apperian EASE platform delivers enterprise mobility services that enable many of the world's largest corporations to securely deploy and manage mobile apps for iOS, Android and Blackberry. Through seamless integration of Mformation's MDM technology into the Apperian EASE Admin portal, EASE customers now have access to device-level enterprise application security including lock/ unlock, device wipe, app inventory and app delete on a managed device.
Bitzer Mobile provides a software platform that allows companies to extend access to enterprise applications and Intranet content to their employees on their mobile devices and smartphones. Employees can access the applications and content they are authorized to use as a “native app” on their mobile devices, securely. Mformation is working with Bitzer Mobile to incorporate these capabilities into the its enterprise mobile device management offerings, to provide heightened security for enterprise applications as part of the Mformation Enterprise Manager platform.
Echoworx Corporation is a leading provider of credential management and managed encryption services for complete enterprise email and data protection across platforms and devices. Mformation is adding Echoworx’ mobilEncrypt ENDPOINT solutions for mobile to its mobile device management (MDM) offerings. The combined Mformation and Echoworx solutions ensure that data on the mobile device is both secure and manageable. This is a compelling offer for enterprises as well as for organizations that serve the enterprise, such as Managed Service Providers.
Intel® develops products and architectural specifications that are critical to realizing the potential of mobilized software in a wide array of mobile user devices. Intel and Mformation are working together to improve the manageability and security of mobile PCs by using Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Intel® AT) combined with the Mformation OMA DM client (Open DM™) to manage and disable mobile PCs over cellular networks once they are reported lost or stolen.
“Laptops and other mobile devices accessing corporate networks over wireless are becoming an accepted usage and a fast growing trend. This creates a huge challenge for enterprises to protect and manage these devices.” - George Thangadurai, General Manager of Intel’s PC Client Services Division
The ISEC7 Group is a worldwide MDM solution provider, technology provider and systems integrator. ISEC7´s customers are global corporations, publically traded enterprises, medium-sized companies, non-profit organizations and government agencies. ISEC7 is using Mformation Enterprise Manager™ to enhance its advanced mobile device management and data security capabilities as a cloud-based service offering to enterprise and government customers for the Android, iOS4, Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 operating systems. Enterprises can obtain advanced mobile device management capabilities and other enterprise mobility solutions from ISEC7.
“First, we needed a solution that could support many mobile operating systems with enough depth for critical IT device management tasks. Then we needed a solution that could scale to support thousands of large enterprises and corporations. In addition, we needed a solution with an extensive set of APIs to allow us to integrate the MDM solution into our wider ITSM solution framework. Mformation hit it out of the park on all three categories.” -Michael Brandt, President of ISEC7 USA
Mocana provides device-independent products that secure all aspects of IP-addressable devices as well as the information, applications and services that run on them. Mformation is working with Mocana to incorporate complementary device security components from Mocana into the Mformation Enterprise Manager platform.
Platform Partners
In addition to supporting devices and OS platforms, Mformation partners with world-leading providers of hardware and software platforms to ensure that the Mformation Enterprise Manager platform can be seamlessly integrated into different environments.
F5 is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, providing solutions that make applications secure, fast, and available for everyone.
HP is a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions. Mformation’s device management solutions are optimized to run on HP servers and operating systems.
IBM systems and storage solutions enable clients to create smarter infrastructures. Mformation's device management solutions are optimized to run on the Linux-enabled IBM Systems product line, enabling businesses to take advantage of the power of open standards.
JBoss, a division of Red Hat, is a global leader in open source middleware software. The company combines its enterprise-class JBoss Enterprise Middleware with industry-leading services and tools to transform business to service-oriented architecture (SOA). Mformation is a JBoss Certified Solution Partner and uses the JBoss Application Server as an application infrastructure platform.
Oracle, the world’s largest enterprise software company, is the provider of the market-leading Oracle Database. Mformation uses the Oracle Database as a core component of its device management solution.
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Sun:
Mformation’s device management solutions are optimized to run on Sun
hardware and the Sun Solaris operating system including cutting-edge
server hardware technologies.
“As the most widely deployed Mobile Device Management solution for Tier 1 operators around the world, Mformation is an important partner. It is critical that our hardware works seamlessly with the software solution for our joint customers – the operator. This partnership ensures that the “end to end” solutions that are deployed for the customer are carrier grade – the solutions are scalable, highly available and optimised to meet the most demanding performance metrics.” - BEA: Mformation uses the BEA WebLogic Server as an application infrastructure platform.
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