It appears that VMware has been on quite the acquisition kick lately, first with its $1.3 billion dollar acquisition of its Palo Alto neighbor Nicira in 2012 and now VMware has come out with tis largest acquisition in company history with the $1.54 billion dollar acquisition of the mobile management and security firm, AirWatch which will be aimed at tightening the security and peace of mind for companies and the growing use of mobile devices for work or what is also referred to as bring your own device (BYOD).
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News: Citrix to get Zenier in 2013: Acquires MDM Specialist Zenprise
Citrix yesterday announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zenprise, a leading innovator in mobile device management (MDM).
VMworld 2012 – Horizon Mobile (Application Management)
If Mobile Device Management (MDM) vendors needed any further notice this entire technology category is defunct, then VMware has kindly obliged, finally making good on its promise to offer a viable mobile virtualization platform with the announcement at VMworld 2012 of Horizon Mobile iOS.
MokaFive Goes Mobile – Extends MokaFive Suite to iPad
Distributed desktop virtualization start up MokaFive has carved a niche for itself by simplifying the task of delivering enterprise IT managed Windows desktop environments to Apple Mac hardware without the additional cost and complexity of VDI environments. (I reviewed MokaFive Suite and its type II hypervisor solution here previously and as well looking at its bare-metal hypervisor platform for conventional Wintel hardware here.)
News: Wyse Buys Trellia and into Mobile Management
Thin client vendor Wyse Technology has bought Montréal’s Trellia Networks in a bid to strengthen its software portfolio and diversify into SaaS based mobile device management (MDM) in a deal that the company said will extend its vision of “MDM made easy.”