Blue Bell, PA, March 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The largest worldwide mobile industry event, GSMA's Mobile World Congress, kicked off in Barcelona, Spain February 27. Fiberlink's MaaS360, a cloud-based comprehensive solution for enterprise mobile device management, was given the "Best Enterprise Mobile Service" Global Mobile Award for 2012 at the event that spans participants from over 220 countries. Fiberlink is a recognized leader in mobile device management solutions and application management. The MaaS360 platform is widely relied upon by IT professionals and organizations to manage mobile devices, applications and content securely and efficiently, allowing for user flexibility across a wide array of tablets, laptops and smartphones.
Fiberlink was honored to accept the prestigious Global Mobile Award on February 28th and recognized the highly competitive field that included such innovators as Virtela Technology, MobileIron, Enterproid, Good Technology, and Portugal Telecom. The Global Mobile Awards recognize solutions that bring to the table best in class innovation and service. The panel of judges was made up of 170 analysts, members of the media, academics and industry experts, as well as 16 mobile operator representatives. The MaaS360 platform was given the "Best Enterprise Mobile Service" award based on its applicability, ROI, ease of both implementation and use, enterprise and user benefits, stellar customer ratings and international applicability. The award highlighted MaaS360's cost effective and straight-forward mobile device management solutions for being innovative and helping companies and their users "work smarter and do business better on the move."
A recent GSMA study indicated that by 2020 there will be an expected 24 billion mobile devices in use worldwide. Cloud-based MaaS360 mobile device management solutions provide the comprehensive toolset for IT professionals and their organizations to manage those devices efficiently, effectively and easily without sacrificing data or policy security. MaaS360 helps manage Android, Blackberry, Apple iOS and Windows mobile devices and laptops through a single dashboard. Companies have the management tools they need to assure security and productivity, while employees have the flexibility to use the devices of their choice regardless of location.
Fiberlink CEO, Jim Sheward, said the company is honored to be given GSMA recognition alongside "Apple, AT&T, Google and Samsung as winners in this prestigious ceremony." Sheward acknowledges that the Global Mobile Awards honor provides validation that the MaaS360 philosophy and approach are leading the way for the enterprise mobile device management future. The platform is an industry leader, as evidenced by lab tests, global implementation and industry awards.
About Fiberlink
Fiberlink is the recognized leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for secure enterprise mobile device and application management. Its cloud-based MaaS360 platform provides IT organizations with mobility intelligence and control over mobile devices, applications and content to enhance the mobile user experience and keep corporate data secure across smartphones, tablets and laptops. MaaS360 helps companies monitor the expanding suite of mobile operating systems, including Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone.