ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AirWatch accelerated mobile security software bookings with growth of more than 450 percent and over the first half of 2012. With 3,000 customers and 700 global employees, AirWatch remains the world’s leader in mobile security and mobile device management (MDM), mobile application management (MAM) and mobile content management (MCM). Over the last twelve months, AirWatch nearly doubled the amount of MDM customers while also increasing employee growth by approximately 200 to proactively meet support demands. While other MDM companies have raised significant capital, AirWatch has no outside capital and is funded predominately by cash flow, resulting in significantly more devices under management than any other MDM vendor. The largest customer base, combined with the largest development team, allows AirWatch to provide the broadest functionality at a lower cost. With a scalable architecture, virtually every mobility project of 20,000 or more devices runs on AirWatch, while providing exactly the same functionality in the cloud or on-premise. As an example of market leadership, 7 of the top 10 retailers in the United States use AirWatch, while no other MDM company has a single top 10 retail client for smartphone device management.
Encompassing robust functionality and support for enterprises, retailers, financial services firms, healthcare providers and educators, AirWatch meets and exceeds the specific needs for organizations of all types and sizes. Whether 100 devices, 1,000 devices or 100,000 devices, AirWatch delivers industry-leading, scalable capabilities to manage mobile deployments of all sizes. AirWatch’s scalability is proven by their extensive global customer base, including, Skanska, McAllen Independent School District and Five Star Bank.
Skanska, a global leader in development and construction, chose AirWatch to manage their worldwide deployment of 6,500 mobile devices, with the possibility of doubling or even tripling the number of managed devices within the next year. Operating an on-premise installation, Skanska employs the Skanska App Catalogue, powered by AirWatch, to distribute required applications using role-based delivery, to both tablets and smartphones in the field. Along with the custom app catalogue, AirWatch powers Skanska’s mobile email management to ensure the security of proprietary data.
“AirWatch provides the global scalability needed to manage and provision thousands of devices, and their applications, around the world,” stated Jeff Roman, Senior Enterprise Engineer of IT at Skanska. “Not only is the AirWatch solution comprehensive and tailored for our specific industry needs, but the professional services team provides the resources we need with accuracy and personal attention to meet our critical requirements. As the BYOD trend continues, AirWatch’s support of multiple platforms will allow our associates to enjoy working productively and securely from the device of their choice.”
McAllen Independent School District entrusted AirWatch to manage their mobile devices, which will total more than 25,000, for their TLC3 initiative. Two key features in the decision process were the full device management capabilities and role-based provisioning.
“Through our intuitive and comprehensive dashboard, we are able to manage all activities of the devices. Role-based provisioning helps relate the educational content to students' respective grades and ensure they are receiving valuable material. It's this custom tailoring that's a huge advantage for us,” said Pat Karr, Jr., coordinator for network services and support at McAllen Independent School District.
Five Star Bank chose the cloud-based, software as a service (SaaS) AirWatch MDM solution to enforce security policies on their devices, to secure mobile access to email and documents, and to enable remote lock and wipe capabilities to protect lost or stolen devices.
“Implementing AirWatch’s MDM product has allowed our bank to be in compliance and prevent unauthorized access to confidential information,” states Five Star Bank Vice President and Communications Manager Erica Taylor. “By ensuring device compliance through enrollment prior to establishing mobile email access, our management and board of directors feel better about having company email & documents with sensitive information on mobile devices.”
“The aggressive growth of our company is attributed to the innovative work done by our associates and leadership team. By providing organizations with a comprehensive solution, beyond pure mobile device management, we are able to solve multiple mobile enterprise challenges at once, through one integrated platform,” said John Marshall, CEO at AirWatch.
AirWatch Snapshot:
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Secures more than 3,000 collective mobile smartphone fleets
- 7 of the top 10 U.S. retailers
- Significant deployments of more than 20,000 devices
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Employs more than 700 global associates
- Nearly 300 in research and development
- More than 200 international associates
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Operates five global offices
- Atlanta, Washington D.C., London, Bangalore, Melbourne
- Provides multiple solutions beyond pure mobile device management
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About AirWatch
AirWatch is the global leader and innovator of enterprise-grade mobile security, mobile device management, mobile application management and mobile content management solutions. AirWatch helps to deploy, secure, monitor and manage an enterprise's entire fleet of Android, Apple iOS, Apple Mac OS X, Blackberry, Symbian, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone devices. In October 2011, Info-Tech Research Group listed AirWatch as a “Champion” in the firm's Mobile Device Management Vendor Landscape and also listed it as the “best bang for your buck” through its Value Score, which indexes each product offering and business strength relative to their price point. In January 2012, AirWatch was named an “innovator” in the Forrester Research, Inc. report: Market Overviews: Cloud-Hosted MDM Solutions and Managed Services and On-premise MDM Solutions.
AirWatch offers the industry's most scalable and flexible deployment options with Software as a Service (SaaS), appliance or on-premise solutions. SaaS pricing starts at a $4 per month per device. Appliance pricing starts at a one-time fee of $5,000 for the hardware and includes a one-year warranty. On-premise pricing starts at a one-time fee of $50 per device. An award-winning company, AirWatch has more than 3,000 customers in the retail, financial services, healthcare, government, distribution, education, hospitality, manufacturing, telecommunications and transportation industries. For more information, visit www.air-watch.com.
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