This new release of Fiberlink's platform integrates the management of endpoint security and wireless services so enterprises can increasingly embrace mobile working while managing the risk associated with mobility. With the Extend360 Mobility Platform 2.0, enterprises can provision global network services and remain in control of device compliance with corporate security and regulatory policies without having to make large infrastructure and personnel investments.
The Extend360 Mobility Platform consists of two main components -- the Extend360 Management Center? and Extend360 Agent?. Fiberlink hosts and manages the Extend360 Management Center, a web-based portal. Version 2.0 adds a dashboard and centralized security and connectivity reporting to help IT respond to security threats and better control security and network policies. The new release also gives customers the ability to divide responsibilities among administrators by defining roles and permissions that control access to specific content and subsystems within the portal. Customers can further personalize their dashboard view and graphic displays with key product and service-related metrics.
The Extend360 Agent resides on the endpoint and allows mobile workers to access the Internet and corporate resources using any available connectivity type. The Extend360 Agent installs, monitors, updates and remediates security applications to keep devices in compliance with IT policies. Version 2.0 adds a variety of features including improved wireless authentication performance, broad support for enterprise proxy environments, support for new mobile data devices such as embedded EVDO laptops, and our "Network Lockdown" feature that can be used to prevent non-compliant computers from accessing specific elements of a corporate network.
"Enterprises are struggling to manage an assortment of security point solutions on thousands of laptops, therefore facing high costs and the risk of damaging their reputation with customers and their standing with regulators," said Jim Sheward, Fiberlink chief executive officer. "By providing a unified platform for managing endpoint security and connectivity, Fiberlink ensures that security applications and policies are implemented promptly and consistently on laptops and remote PCs. We give IT departments control of mobile devices while lowering the cost of managing a mobile workforce, reducing the risk of data loss, and simplifying compliance with security mandates."
