MUNICH, March 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- MobileIron
(NASDAQ: MOBL),the security backbone for the digital enterprise,
today announced that CLAAS, a global agricultural machinery
manufacturer, selected MobileIron's Enterprise Mobility Management
(EMM) platform with Berlin-based
incapptic Connect's Mobile App Release Automation Technology to
make its business-critical mobile apps more productive by deploying
them faster, safer and more cost-efficient.
CLAAS has used MobileIron's platform since 2012 to secure its
mobile devices. MobileIron protects the company's mobile devices,
apps, and data from unauthorized access and ensures compliance with
administrative guidelines. Business-critical data transferred
between mobile devices and backend systems are securely
encrypted.
Together with incapptic Connect's mobile app release automation
technology, MobileIron serves as the backbone for the agricultural
machinery manufacturer's mobile business app strategy. With
the click of a button, apps can be deployed and updated.
CLAAS' business units are empowered to manage apps for their teams
without the help of IT experts. This enables CLAAS to meet the
growing needs of its users for efficient business-oriented mobile
apps.
incapptic Connect is a web-based solution that automates the app
deployment component of CLAAS' business app strategy.
"incapptic Connect helps CLAAS significantly reduce the time it
takes to publish and update in-house and third-party apps, enabling
frequent, timely distribution of new releases at very low cost,"
said Dr. Rafael Kobylinski, Founder
and CEO of incapptic Connect.
"Together, MobileIron and incapptic Connect support the secure
and reliable publication and updating of apps with the click of a
button in near-real time," said Peter
Machat, Director, DACH and Eastern
Europe, MobileIron. "CLAAS, a longtime MobileIron customer,
is a pioneer among German companies embracing Mobile First."
"We save between two and three hours with each app update we
need to administer, while maintaining compliance with our high
security standards ensured by MobileIron," said Stephan Niewöhner,
Project Manager, Mobile Application at CLAAS.
MobileIron is managing approximately 3000 mobile devices within
the CLAAS group, primarily iPhones and iPads. The mobile IT
infrastructure is managed by EBF GmbH, a Cologne-based IT specialist, through the
deployment of its Hosted Core model.
To read the full case study, visit:
www.mobileiron.com/en/customers/case-studies/CLAAS
About MobileIron
MobileIron provides the secure foundation for companies around the
world to transform into Mobile First organizations. For more
information, please visit www.mobileiron.com.
About CLAAS
CLAAS (http://www.claas-group.com) is a family business founded in
1913 and is one of the world's leading manufacturers of
agricultural machinery. The company, with corporate headquarters in
Harsewinkel, Westphalia, is the European market leader in combine
harvesters. CLAAS is the world leader in another large product
group, self-propelled forage harvesters. CLAAS is also a top
performer in agricultural technology on a global scale, with
tractors, agricultural balers and green harvesting machinery. The
CLAAS product portfolio also includes state-of-the-art agricultural
information technology. CLAAS employs 11,300 people worldwide and
reported a turnover of 3.6 billion
euros in the financial year 2016.
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