IBM Mobile Connect

Rich security features

• Creates a mobile VPN that encrypts data over wireless local area and wide area networks to protect sensitive enterprise information that is accessed remotely.
• Establishes security-rich connections from client-less devices using web browser-based login and authentication for safe access to applications.
• Uses a symmetric encryption key to encode or decode data with varying key lengths.
• Supports standard Internet Protocol (IP) routing even over non-IP wireless networks to ensure unbroken, end-to-end Transmission Control Protocol sessions between remote devices and application servers.
• Supports the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 level of certification, a stringent international security standard.

Fast, continuous network connectivity

• Roams seamlessly among available networks and finds the fastest possible network connection to provide remote users with high-speed access to enterprise applications.
• Maintains uninterrupted network connectivity even when connections are lost or there is roaming between networks, eliminating the need for repeated sign-on attempts.
• Uses dynamic session profiles to recognize the type of network connection in use and to tune network parameters automatically for optimal performance.
• Integrates with many standard IP and non-IP wireless bearer networks, server hardware, device operating systems and mobile security protocols to give remote users network access.

Built-in controls that can help reduce costs

• Helps reduce mobile transmission charges by allowing users to define custom settings for preferred networks that deliver the best speed and bandwidth.
• Uses advanced data compression technologies to minimize the amount of data transmitted wirelessly for lower transmission costs.
• Protects your investment by running on multiple devices and operating system platforms.

Simple maintenance

• Allows you to configure clients to check at start-up for certain programs, such as antivirus or personal firewall software, before a connection is allowed to start.
• Supports easy export and import of new client configuration files for fast deployment of updated settings on user workstations and devices.
• Simplifies the client configuration process by automatically switching network-specific performance settings when roaming occurs.

Support for a variety of operating systems, mobile devices and networks

• Integrates with IBM WebSphere® Portal, IBM Sametime®, IBM Forms, IBM Notes® and IBM Domino® to extend the full use of enterprise business applications to remote users.
• Includes platform and device support for Microsoft, Linux, Nokia, Apple, Android and VMware technologies.
• Offers expanded support for a variety of wired and wireless networks, including cellular, LAN, dial, radio (public, private) and satellite.