Sophos Mobile Control Delivers Immediate Support for the Apple iOS 7
Leading Mobile Device Management Solution Enforces BYOD Initiatives.
- (1888PressRelease) September 12, 2013 - Dubai, UAE - Sophos announced today that its award winning mobile device management and security platform, Sophos Mobile Control (SMC), will immediately support iOS 7, Apple's latest mobile operating system, which was also announced today.
Sophos Mobile Control is ideal for small- and medium-sized businesses looking for a simple, secure way to enable employees to use mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phones, to get work done.
In addition to delivering iOS 7 support, Sophos announced an update for customers to manage the new business-focused features of Apple's latest version from the easy-to-use Sophos web-based console, deployed either on-premise or as Software as a Service (SaaS).
According to Gartner, Apple iOS 7 includes more enterprise enhancements than any release since iOS 4.0 introduced mobile device management APIs. Version 3.6 of Sophos Mobile Control enables enterprises of all sizes to protect corporate data, with many new enhancements, including:
• Separation of company and personal data
• Per app VPN
• A new volume purchasing program (VPP)
• Remote configuration of apps
"Sophos Mobile Control allows us to easily manage our existing devices while simultaneously adding new devices safely into our organization," said Jeri Sample, IT Manager, Meadville Medical Center, an outstanding community medical center in Meadville, Pennsylvania. "It is important for us to keep patient data secure. With accelerated deployment, ease of management, and complete visibility, SMC makes Sophos the right choice on behalf of our staff and our patients."
"Mobile devices in the workplace are the rule, not the exception," said John Shaw, Vice President for end user security products at Sophos. "Sophos Mobile Control provides simple to deploy mobile device management and security that will keep employees happy and productive, minimize the workload for IT, and give managers confidence that the company's data is protected. We think iOS7 is a huge step forward in enabling personal devices to be used securely at work, and are delighted to be extending the benefits to our partners and customers. "
To learn more about Sophos Mobile Control, please visit http://www.sophos.com/mobile.
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More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos' complete security solutions as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Simple to deploy, manage, and use, Sophos' award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, mobile and network security solutions are backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
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