AT&T has partnered with IT giant, IBM to deliver a pre-integrated set of mobile cloud solution to help protect corporate data and apps. The AT&T and IBM mobile cloud security solution suite is designed to help customers secure the device, connectivity and data. It gives companies simple tools they can use to properly enable their growing mobile workforce.
According to AT&T , the increasing use and value of mobile data has created a challenge for CIOs looking to connect customers, partners and employees across devices. The complexity of securing corporate data in this environment is even tougher as cybercriminals are increasingly targeting mobile apps, Internet connections and corporate networks.
The mobile security suite solution consists of the following products:
- IBM MobileFirst Protect: helps organizations manage and control mobile devices, apps and documents.
- AT&T NetBond: provides a highly secure, scalable network connection to IBM's Cloud infrastructure services, SoftLayer.
- IBM Cloud: the SoftLayer infrastructure secures public and private clouds for applications and data storage.
- AT&T Work Platform: enables separate billing of business and personal charges for voice, messaging and data use on an employee’s personal handset.
Steve McGaw, chief marketing officer, AT&T Business Solutions.
More employees are using mobile devices to be more productive. At the same time, data and apps are moving to the cloud. The changes are exciting, but security needs to be top-of-mind.
Caleb Barlow, vice president, IBM Security
o help protect organizations, employees and data, IBM Security and AT&T are delivering a tested and easy to deploy set of complementary tools. We’re giving enterprise mobile device users stable, private access to data and apps in the cloud.
