At the recent IoT World Forum, VMware, and Jasper announced a collaboration to make it easy for enterprises to deploy, monitor, manage and secure connected devices across the Internet of Things (IoT) and enterprise mobility management (EMM). The collaboration will see VMware AirWatch®, an EMM solution working together with Jasper Control Center, an IoT service platform.
The AirWatch platform simplifies mobility for organizations, enabling organizations to deploy, configure, secure, manage and support smartphones, tablets, laptops and other devices across multiple mobile platforms and operating systems, covering bring your own device (BYOD), corporate-owned and line-of-business device scenarios. At the same time, Jasper Control Center cloud software platform enables enterprises to quickly launch, manage and monetize IoT service businesses and automates the delivery and management of mobile services to connected devices.
Sanjay Poonen, executive vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware
The combination of widespread connectivity, lower cost sensors, and industry standards creates the conditions for the enterprise to adopt and benefit from IoT at scale. Our comprehensive, industry-leading AirWatch platform stretches from tablets to phones to machines; combine this with the VMware breadth of partnerships with industry leaders and innovators like Jasper will enable organizations to better leverage the vastly expanding number of connected devices that are driving business transformation.
Jahangir Mohammed, founder and chief executive officer, Jasper.
For a decade, companies around the world have been building their IoT businesses on the Jasper Platform. We’ve seen demand grow across six continents and dozens of industries. The combination of mobile services management by Jasper and device management from AirWatch addresses the tremendous need across enterprises for an integrated IoT/EMM solution. Providing businesses worldwide with automated, real-time control over device and service costs, availability and security will have a transformational effect.
