Nukona

The portfolio of Symantec company was replenished with the solution for protection of cross-platform mobile applications using which the organizations will be able to protect and isolate corporate data and applications as on the devices belonging to corporation and on the devices belonging to users. Purchase of Nukona added acquisition of Odyssey Software company, solution provider for mobile device management (MDM).

At the same time offering MDM-and MAM solutions for different platforms, Symantec helps IT heads to cope more effectively with the tasks connected with a konsyyumerization of IT (Bring Your Own Device) and to provide to corporate users an opportunity to select the most convenient for them devices and applications. Acquisition of these companies strengthens the leading positions of Symantec in the market of solutions for management of a corporate mobile environment due to expanded support of mobile devices and applications and also new tools for data protection.

Nukona professes the innovation approach helping corporations to implement, protect and control effectively operation of applications and data access without the need for device management entirely. Thanks to the fact that in solutions of Nukona the built-in functions for protection and management on the platforms IOS, Android and in web applications are implemented Symantec will be able effectively to solve a problem of separation of corporate and personal data, without limiting users in the choice of applications and without changing their habits and preferences.

Purchase of Nukona allows Symantec to offer a different approach to protection of applications, other than traditional patent solutions with the isolated software environment ("sandbox"). The solution of Symantec provides protection both native, and web applications thanks to the additional level of management which allows IT departments to implement security policies without any changes in the program, without mentioning at the same time the applications which are traded on. At the same time, flexible opportunities for placement of applications in a cloud environment or on corporate resources contribute to further market development of mobile applications in corporate environment. The solutions Nukona for content management also allow to protect and synchronize documents for risk minimization of data loss.

The Nukona company becomes a part of group of end devices and mobile solutions (Endpoint and Mobility Group) which is headed by the senior vice president Sidzhey Desay. With more detailed information on how acquisition of Nukona company will add a solution portfolio of Symantec for mobile device management, it is possible to examine according to the link.