F5 has announced the expansion of the company's partner ecosystem, focused on addressing explosive demand for secure mobile access to enterprise applications and network resources. By combining the power of mobile device management (MDM) solutions from AirWatch, MobileIron, SilverbackMDM, and Zenprise, with F5's mobile access solution, enterprises reduce mobility deployment and management costs and gain unparalleled security and control.
F5's mobile user access solution, which comprises BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), BIG-IP Edge Gateway and BIG-IP Edge Client, provides secure, high-performance access to enterprise resources. By partnering with leading MDM vendors, F5 extends mobile access policy enforcement from LAN networks and wireless connections to smartphones with its unified enterprise mobility solution.
Anil Pochiraju, MD, F5 Networks India said, "Today and into the future, mobility represents a huge opportunity for organizations, but it will always create anxiety for IT due to security concerns. By integrating our mobile offerings with leading MDM vendors' solutions, F5 enables enterprises to secure and manage access to enterprise applications. Now enterprises can enforce network policies from the mobile device through the entire network."
