Verizon expands portfolio to support mobile devices, cloud-based applications

By eGov Innovation Editors | May 13, 2011

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Verizon has introduced its managed mobility portfolio for managing and securing applications on an increasing variety of mobile devices used by employees.

“An explosion of mobile devices over the past few years has fundamentally changed the way we work and blurred the line between our personal and professional lives,” said Carrie Gray, enterprise mobility executive director with Verizon.  "Verizon is creating an environment for enterprises to unleash business applications, while controlling costs and securing company assets across their mobile carrier environment.”

Verizon's expanded portfolio is designed to improve an enterprise’s mobility program in four key areas: mobile device management and security, inventory and expense management, mobile services enablement platform, and logistics.

New capabilities include management and security for both corporate and employee-owned iOS and Android OS (operating system)-based tablets, a new enterprise application portal that resides on a device and allows mobile workers to obtain required business applications, and new anti-virus and firewall capabilities to protect intellectual assets in a mobile environment.

"These capabilities are available immediately in the US and are scheduled to be introduced in Europe next month and in Asia-Pacific and Latin America later this year," Verizon said.

In a separate announcement, the company also announced the expansion of its agreement with SAP to jointly market and sell key components of Verizon’s Managed Mobility portfolio (Mobile Device Management and Security and Mobile Services Enablement Platform).