MobileIron, Inc. provides mobile device management

Mobile device management

Mobile Device Management software secures, monitors, manages and supports mobile devices deployed across mobile operators, service providers and enterprises...

 and security to large enterprises. The MobileIron Virtual Smartphone

Smartphone

A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...

 Platform allows companies to manage multiple operating systems at a granular level, support corporate- and employee-liable devices, enforce cost control, and create a private enterprise application storefront for employees.

History

MobileIron was founded in 2007 by Ajay Mishra, Suresh Batchu and Bob Tinker to address the challenges enterprises face in adopting mobile devices. Ajay Mishra had previously founded Airespace, which was acquired by Cisco in 2005. The company has raised over $50 million in funding from Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"...

, Norwest Venture Partners

Norwest venture partners

Norwest Venture Partners is a global, multi-stage investment firm focused on investments in early to late stage venture and growth equity investments in U.S...

, Storm Ventures and Foundation Capital

Foundation capital

Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley. The firm was founded in 1995, and manages over $2.4 billion in investment capital. It raised its seventh and largest fund of $750 million in April 2008...

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MobileIron began shipping its products in late 2009.

MobileIron is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has offices in the Netherlands and Hyderabad, India.

MobileIron will hold its first global user conference October 10-12, 2011.

Products and features

• Virtual Smartphone Platform and Connected Cloud Management and security of both corporate- and employee-owned mobile devices, including remote provisioning, device status, policy enforcement, remote lock and wipe, and network access control.

• Multi-OS clients Management of multiple mobile operating systems: iOS, Android, BlackBerry
  BlackBerry
  BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
  
  , Symbian
  Symbian
  Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...
  
  , webOS and Windows Mobile
  Windows Mobile
  Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
  
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• Enterprise app store Companies can create a private repository of IT-approved mobile applications.

• Partner API Carriers and partners can build proprietary applications for mobile device management, security and analytics, integrating MobileIron data with applications in the enterprise

• MobileIron Sentry Allows IT personnel to identify unauthorized devices, block their access and enforce company policies via iPad.

Customers and Partners

APAC Partners

• ManageNET www.managenet.com.au

Customers include:

• Thames River Capital
  Thames River Multi Hedge PCC
  Thames River Multi Hedge PCC is a large British hedge fund. Established in 2004, the company is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Chairman is William Backhouse....
  
  
• Fenwick & West
• Netgear
  Netgear
  Netgear is a U.S. manufacturer of computer networking equipment and other computer hardware....
  
  
• Windsor Foods
• Kindred Healthcare
  Kindred Healthcare
  Kindred Healthcare Incorporated is a healthcare services company that through its subsidiaries operates hospitals, nursing centers, and contract rehabilitation services across the United States...
  
  
• Norton Rose
  Norton Rose
  Norton Rose is an international legal practice offering a business law service from 39 offices across Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada, Africa and the Middle East...
  
  
• Land Securities
• Land Securities
• BMW
• Bank of Queensland
• Carlton Football Club
• Clough
• Davies Collins Cave Lawyers
• Dibbs Barker Lawyers
• AusGrid
• Healthscope
• Herbert Geer Lawyers
• Incitec Pivot
• Johnson & Johnson
• McDonalds
• McMillian Shakespeare
• Minter Ellison Lawyers
• Murray Goulburn
• OneSteel
• Orica
• PGG Wrightson
  PGG Wrightson
  Member of the Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium.Craig Norgate resigned as chairman of PGG Wrightson in 2009.In 2010 John Anderson joined the board of PGG Wrightson and become Chairman....
  
  
• QBE Insurance
• Ravensdown Fertilizer
• Sanitarium
• Superpartners
• The Smart Group

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