Citrix today announced the immediate availability of Citrix
CloudGateway™ 2, featuring its groundbreaking new MDX™ mobile
experience technology. The addition of MDX gives CloudGateway a rich set
of mobile app technologies that enable centralized management, security
and control over native iOS, Android and HTML 5 apps across more than
two billion mobile devices. The new CloudGateway release also adds
integration with Citrix
ShareFile®, the company's cloud-based file sharing and sync service.
With these new additions, CloudGateway becomes the first product in the
industry to offer customers a single unified control point for all
mobile, web, SaaS and Windows apps and data, across any mix of corporate
and personal devices. The company also announced plans to add MDX
support to its popular Citrix Ready® program, making it easy for
developers and IT departments to validate their native mobile apps for
use with CloudGateway.
The rise of BYO and the proliferation of mobile apps and data across
multiple platforms mean that old principles of managing a corporate
device have become obsolete. Today, the typical corporate employee uses
three devices a day to get his or her work done, with at least one of
these devices being user-owned. A recent study
by Citrix also found that most enterprises are now supporting an
increasingly diverse portfolio of Windows, web and mobile apps. These
trends are prompting enterprises to develop a new approach to end user
computing - focusing on controlling apps and data, rather than the
mobile device itself.
CloudGateway 2 with MDX Technology
The new MDX technology in CloudGateway features four primary components
that work together in concert to provide the best mobile device
experience for users, with full control for IT:
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MDX App Vault - is a secure native mobile app container
technology that separates mobile enterprise apps and data from
personal apps and data on any mobile device. This allows IT to
remotely manage, control, lock and wipe the critical business apps and
data they care about.
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MDX Web Connect - is a secure mobile browser technology that
makes it easy for IT to deliver internal corporate web apps, HTML5
mobile web apps and external SaaS apps to mobile devices with a
dedicated browser instance for each app.
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MDX Micro VPN - is the industry’s first app-specific secure
access technology that lets IT create a secure VPN tunnel for mobile
and web apps accessing the company’s internal network from personal
mobile devices.
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MDX Policy Orchestration - provides granular policy-based
control over native mobile and HTML5 apps based on factors such as the
type of device, type of network, user passcode, login frequency, and
whether or not a device has been jail-broken.
Citrix ShareFile Integrated into CloudGateway 2 to Deliver
Follow-Me-Data
As part of this release, CloudGateway supports not only native mobile
apps delivered through MDX, but also integration with Citrix ShareFile.
Using CloudGateway with ShareFile, companies can give employees access
to their files on whichever device they choose through seamless
role-based management. ShareFile accounts can be automatically
provisioned and de-provisioned with CloudGateway when an employee is
added to or removed from Active Directory. Once an employee has a
ShareFile account, files can be accessed on any device through the
company's popular Citrix Receiver™ software client, and will follow the
employee across all devices being used. Data associated with native
mobile apps or Windows apps hosted by Citrix XenApp™ is also easily
accessible, and can follow the employee across any of the devices being
used. In the event a device is lost or an employee leaves the
organization, IT can remotely disable access to corporate apps, and wipe
any sensitive business data stored on the mobile device. With
CloudGateway 2, IT now has a single control point to provision, manage
and secure all applications and data enterprise-wide.
New Versions of Citrix Receiver Bring MDX Support to More than 2
Billion Devices
To support the new CloudGateway release, Citrix also announced the
addition of MDX support to its popular Citrix
Receiver software client, delivering an unparalleled,
high-definition, self-service user experience for iOS, Android and HTML
5 apps on over two billion smartphones, tablets and laptops. Combined
with CloudGateway 2, the new Receiver clients deliver a consistent
follow-me experience for apps and data, enabling employees to be as
productive on-the-go as they are in the office.
Citrix Ready Program Expanded to Include Validation with MDX
To help customers easily manage native mobile and web applications,
Citrix is working with Citrix Ready partners and other software
developers to validate their mobile apps for use with MDX. With the new
program, mobile application ISVs will be able to validate their apps as
Citrix Ready so joint customers can deliver them via a unified
storefront. Interested companies can request more information at this link.
Citrix Quote
Sumit Dhawan, Group Vice President and General Manager, Receiver and
Gateways
“The converged trends of BYO and mobile workstyles are here to stay, and
are the key drivers forcing companies to re-think their enterprise
mobility strategies. These enterprises need to look beyond managing the
device to managing the apps and data. With MDX Technology in
CloudGateway, Citrix gives these enterprises an end-to-end solution that
securely manages the apps and data, leaving device freedom in the hands
of users. The powerful combination of CloudGateway, Citrix Receiver and
ShareFile provides the missing piece in current solutions by allowing
enterprises to support a mobile workforce while maintaining the right
levels of security and control.”
Availability
CloudGateway 2 with MDX technology is available for download
today. Citrix will continue to invest in MDX technologies to provide
customers and their employees the best mobile device experience. As part
of these investments, Citrix will deliver a secure native email app to
provide customers assurance that corporate email and user data is
secured within the MDX app vault and can get remote wiped at any time.
In addition, Citrix will enhance MDX to provide granular control and
deep monitoring over mobile apps. These enhancements will reinforce the
Citrix commitment to make the mobile experience the most secure for IT
yet delightful for users.
Related Links
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Expert blog: Native
Mobile Apps in CloudGateway 2 - Have Your Cake and Eat it Too!
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Expert blog: CloudGateway
2 is Available. Check out What’s New
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Expert blog: What
We've Learned from our Customers about CloudGateway
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Video: CloudGateway:
Your Apps, Your Data, on Your Devices
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Video: “Anyone
Can Adopt an App Store”
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more accessible for 260,000 organizations. Citrix products touch 75
percent of Internet users each day and it partners with more than 10,000
companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2011 was $2.21 billion.
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