Citrix Application Performance Management
Citrix Makes Available Citrix CloudGateway 2, Featuring New MDX Technology
August 03, 2012
By Anshu Shrivastava, TMCnet Contributor
Citrix has announced the availability of Citrix CloudGateway 2, featuring its new MDX mobile experience technology.
Company officials said that the addition of MDX provides CloudGateway a rich set of mobile app technologies, which enable centralized management, security and control over native iOS, Android (News - Alert) and HTML5 apps across more than two billion mobile devices.
The new MDX technology in CloudGateway comes with four primary components that work together in concert. These components include MDX App Vault; MDX Web Connect;MDX Micro VPN; and MDX Policy Orchestration.
A secure native mobile app container technology, MDX App Vault separates mobile enterprise apps and data from personal apps and data on any mobile device. Company officials said that this allows IT to remotely manage, control, lock and wipe the critical business apps and data they care about.
Company officials said that MDX Web Connect, a secure mobile browser technology, makes it easy for IT to deliver internal corporate Web apps, HTML5 mobile Web apps and external SaaS (News - Alert) apps to mobile devices with a dedicated browser instance for each app.
MDX Micro VPN is touted as the industry’s first app-specific secure access technology. Company officials said that it enables IT to create a secure VPN tunnel for mobile and Web apps accessing the company’s internal network from personal mobile devices.
And, MDX Policy Orchestration provides granular policy-based control over native mobile and HTML5 apps based on factors such as the type of device, type of network, user passcode, login frequency, and whether or not a device has been
Additionally, the company has also announced plans to add MDX support to its Citrix Ready program. Company officials said that this makes it easy for developers and IT departments to validate their native mobile apps for use with CloudGateway.
Plus, the company has integrated Citrix ShareFile into CloudGateway 2 to deliver follow-me-data. Company officials said that as part of this release, CloudGateway supports not only native mobile apps delivered through MDX, but also integration with Citrix ShareFile.
CloudGateway 2 with MDX technology is now available for download.
Recently, Citrix announced that in response to rapidly increasing demand for ShareFile, the secure and reliable file sharing service, it will move its North Carolina offices to an ultra-modern 130,000 square-foot office space in the warehouse district of downtown Raleigh.
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Edited by Rich Steeves