Cloud, networking and virtualisation technologies provider Citrix has released the its CloudGateway 2, featuring new MDX mobile experience technology.
The MDX technology will offer the CloudGateway a set of mobile app technologies enabling centralised management, security and control over native iOS, Android and HTML 5 apps across mobile devices.
New CloudGateway 2 release also adds integration with Citrix ShareFile, the company’s cloud-based file sharing and sync service.
Using CloudGateway with ShareFile, companies can give employees access to their files on different types of devices through an enhanced 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.
With CloudGateway 2, IT now has a single control point to provision, manage and secure all applications and data enterprise-wide.
Citrix has also announced plans to add MDX support to its Citrix Ready programme, enabling developers and IT departments to validate their native mobile apps for use with CloudGateway.
The new MDX technology in CloudGateway features four components: App Vault, Web Connect, Micro VPN and Policy Orchestration.
These components work together to provide the enhanced mobile device experience for users, with full control for IT.
MDX App Vault is a secure native mobile app container technology that allows IT to remotely manage, control, lock and wipe the critical business apps and data they care about.
Web Connect is a secure mobile browser technology that enables IT department to deliver internal corporate web apps, HTML5 mobile web apps and external SaaS apps to mobile devices with a dedicated browser for each app.
Micro VPN is an 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, while Policy Orchestration provides granular policy-based control over native mobile and HTML5 apps.
Citrix Receiver and Gateways group vice president and general manager Sumit Dhawan said, "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."