MobileIron

MobileIron Inc. is an American software company which provides unified endpoint and enterprise mobility management (EMM) for mobile devices, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA).

MobileIron
Public
Traded asNASDAQ: MOBL
Russell 2000 Component
ISINUS60739U1051 
IndustryMobile Security, Unified Endpoint Management, Enterprise Mobility Management, Mobile Device Management
Founded2007
FoundersAjay Mishra and Suresh Batchu
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA
,
USA
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Simon Biddiscombe
(President, CEO and Director)[1]
Ajay Mishra
(Co-founder)
Suresh Batchu
(Co-founder)
ProductsUEM, Access, MTD
RevenueUS$205 million (2019)[2][3]
Number of employees
889 (2019)
Websitemobileiron.com

History

The company was founded in 2007 by Ajay Mishra and Suresh Batchu and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.[4] MobileIron was an early pioneer in mobile security and management for smartphones and tablet computers, such as iPhone, iPad, Android, and earlier mobile devices such as Symbian and Windows Phone.

During the five year period from 2009 to 2013, MobileIron was named the fastest growing technology company and ranked #1 on the Deloitte Fast 500 Index. [5] It became publicly traded in 2014 on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol MOBL.[6]

After its share price fell from $9 at the time of the IPO to below $4 in early 2016, the company's founding CEO Bob Tinker was replaced by Barry Mainz as CEO, but remained on the company's board of directors.[7] Simon Biddiscombe was appointed CEO in October 2017.

Products

MobileIron's software allows the security and management of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers in an enterprise environment, as well as the secure mobile access to enterprise data. As of June 2015 it held about 9.2% of global EMM market share.[7]

MobileIron was listed as a "leader" in Gartner's June 2015 study "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites",[8] together with AirWatch, Citrix, IBM and BlackBerry.[9]

In a 2016 review of MDM solutions, Markus Pierer described MobileIron as the market leader, highlighting its complete support of mobile operating systems, layered security model and fast development and release cycle, but noted its "suboptimal" support that depended on partners or resellers.[4] Also in 2016, CIO magazine, citing Gartner's study, noted that MobileIron faced increasing competition as "one of the last remaining stand-alone EMM vendors". It named platform compatibility, third party integration and customer satisfaction as some of MobileIron's strengths, but mentioned an outdated UI and unsatisfactory support among its weaknesses.[10]

As of 2016, MobileIron's principal competitors include Microsoft's Enterprise Mobility Suite. Other major EMM competitors are IBM, as well as SAP, Dell/VMWare and BlackBerry who entered the EMM market after their acquisition of previously independent vendors Sybase, AirWatch and Good Technology.[7]

In January 2018, MobileIron partnered with Google Cloud to distribute Google apps through MobileIron’s EMM platform and to provide a secure enterprise applications and services portal.[11]

References
  1. "President profile". Bloomberg (Press release).
  2. "MobileIron Announces Strong Fourth Quarter 2018 Results" (Press release). Bloomberg. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  3. "MobileIron (MOBL) Reports In-Line Q4 EPS" (Press release). Street Insider. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  4. Pierer, Markus (2016). Mobile Device Management: Mobility Evaluation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Springer. p. 77. ISBN 9783658150464.
  5. Deloitte. "Deloitte Announces 2014 Technology Fast 500™ Rankings". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  6. Capital, Contributor Renaissance Capital Renaissance. "MobileIron prices IPO at $9.00, within the range". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  7. Edmond, Ramin (8 January 2016). "MobileIron CEO change fuels acquisition speculation". TechTarget. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  8. "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites". www.gartner.com. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  9. Bremmer, Manfred (15 June 2016). "Enterprise Mobility Management: Gartner Magic Quadrant EMM 2016 - wir sind alle Gewinner?". Computerwoche. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  10. White, Sarah K. (23 August 2016). "5 products leading the enterprise mobile management pack". CIO magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  11. Mearian, Lucas. "Why Google partnered with MobileIron – and what they plan to offer". Computer World. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
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