VMware Inc., a global leader in cloud infrastructure and
business mobility, today unveiled a new platform for delivering secure digital
workspaces for flexible workstyles and bring your own device (BYOD). Using the
principles of consumer simple and enterprise secure, the digital workspace
delivered by VMware will address the end user and enterprise IT business
mobility needs by aggregating all devices, applications and services while
securely managing them through unified common access and identity.
“In the mobile cloud era, employees, devices, applications and
data increasingly live beyond the physical walls of the workplace, the
datacenter, or the network,” said Sanjay Poonen, executive vice president and
general manager, End-User Computing, VMware. “Digital enterprises are
struggling to deliver a unified digital workspace due to disjointed technology
and teams. We are proud to be the first to bring together identity, device
management and application delivery on a single integrated platform so business
can be conducted by mobile end-users regardless of platform, location, device
or application.”
A digital workspace can give IT a more efficient, simplified way
of managing users, devices and applications. It can provide end users with a
consumer simple way to seamlessly access all business resources regardless of
device type. It also provides line of business a secure and powerful platform
on which to build and rebuild business processes that enable a more effective
mobile workforce to compete in the market.
The Platform for Delivering a Digital Workspace
Organizations today are limited in their selection of solutions
available to help mobile users maintain effectiveness and must choose between
standalone point products for identity, device management and application
delivery solutions. VMware Workspace ONE is
designed to deliver a digital workspace that integrates device management,
application delivery and identity management technologies. These combined
benefits, on a single mobile platform, will enable secure management and
delivery of business critical resources to employees for corporate IT, and
consumer simple access for end-users. This solution will deliver options for all
types of users from those with BYOD to corporate fully-managed devices.
Capabilities of VMware Workspace ONE will include:
· Consumer Grade Self-Service Access to Cloud,
Mobile, Windows Applications – Will offer simple onboarding of new applications and
employees. Employees will enjoy industry-first, one-touch mobile Single-Sign On
access leveraging patent-pending Secure App Token Systems (SATS) that
establishes trust between the user, device, enterprise and cloud. Once
authenticated, employees will gain instant access to a personalized enterprise
application store where they can subscribe to virtually any mobile, cloud or
Windows application.
· Flexible Choice of Device: BYOD or Corporate
Owned – Self-service,
shrink-wrapped device provisioning through the new unified management platform
will leverage mobile operating system (iOS, Android and Windows 10) management
interfaces to self-configure laptops, smartphones and tablets for immediate
enterprise use. Employees will be put in control of their BYO devices with the
capability to choose the level of services and IT restrictions they are
comfortable to use, increasing adoption of BYO programs, productivity, and
reducing the risk of data loss.
· Secure Applications: Mail, Calendar, Content,
and Chat – Employees want
to use corporate mobile applications that work like consumer applications.
VMware Workspace ONE will include email, calendar, contacts, content and chat
applications that are consumer simple while invisible security measures protect
the organization from data leakage. Workspace ONE will also build-in powerful
swipe and touch integrations with web applications such as Evernote, Gmail and
Yahoo! Mail, among others and third-party SaaS applications such as Atlassian
Jira, GitHub and Jenkins for developer operations teams to act and respond from
anywhere.
· Data Security and Endpoint Compliance with
Conditional Access – To protect
the most sensitive information, VMware Workspace ONE will combine identity and
device management with industry-first ComplianceCheck Conditional Access to
enforce access decisions across any application or device. This approach is
based on conditions that include traditional identity policies such as strength
of authentication, network scope and add device compliance policies including
GPS location, application whitelist/blacklist and third party plug-ins from
AirWatch Mobile Security Alliance partners. Meanwhile the AirWatch compliance
engine can remediate compliance issues through a series of customizable,
automated workflows for both scale and enhanced security.
· Real-Time App Delivery and Automation – As the industry is seeing convergence
between desktops, laptops and tablets, operating systems such as Windows 10 are
also converging to use mobile-style, application management. VMware Workspace
ONE™ will modernize application lifecycle management by simplifying application
packaging, delivery and ongoing management. Administrators can automate
application delivery and provide updates on the fly, and users can gain access
to Windows applications on all devices. Workspace ONE will leverage
industry-leading VMware AirWatch mobile management and VMware Horizon, along with VMware App Volumes application delivery
technology..
“Overwhelmingly, 70 percent of ESG research respondents view
effective mobility strategies as critical to core applications and business
processes that can lead to a competitive advantage for their organization,”
said Mark Bowker, senior analyst, enterprise mobility, ESG. “Digital workspaces
delivered by VMware Workspace ONE enable businesses to empower employees with
flexible workstyles, enhance employee productivity and embrace critical
security needs as IT professionals transparently assemble and deliver a single
digital workspace for an optimal end-user experience.”
“Cloud and mobile technologies are fundamentally changing the way
companies run their businesses,” said Keith Lippiatt, senior managing director,
Accenture Infrastructure Services. “Our Workplace-as-a-Service offering,
working with VMware’s Workspace ONE, enables us to deliver unified data and
application access and identity management capabilities to enterprise users
regardless of their device or location. For example, for a large communications
company, Accenture is enabling an agile, secure and flexible workplace
accessible from any device, anywhere using VMware Horizon Air.”
Availability and Pricing
VMware Workspace ONE is expected to be generally available this
quarter. The solution will be offered in standard, advanced and enterprise
editions with prices starting at $8 per user per month for cloud subscriptions
and $150 per user for on-premises perpetual licenses.
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