MobileIron Inc. was an American software company that provided unified endpoint and enterprise mobility management (EMM) for mobile devices, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA). The company announced in September 2020 it was being acquired by Ivanti.[4]
History
The company was founded in 2007 by Ajay Mishra and Suresh Batchu and was headquartered in Mountain View, California.[5] 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 mentioned in trade press.[6] It had its initial public offering (IPO) in 2014 on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol MOBL.[7]
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. Simon Biddiscombe was appointed CEO in October 2017.[8]
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.[9]
MobileIron was mentioned by trade press in 2015 and 2016.[10][11][5][12]
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.[9]
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.[13]
Acquisition
After announcement in September,[4] on December 1, 2020 MobileIron was acquired by Ivanti for $872 million.[14]
External links
References
- President profile Bloomberg^
- MobileIron Announces Strong Fourth Quarter 2018 Results retrieved February 7, 2019^
- MobileIron (MOBL) Reports In-Line Q4 EPS retrieved February 7, 2019^
- Teresa Cottam. Ivanti Announces Double Acquisition Omnisperience, September 29, 2020, retrieved November 15, 2021^
- Markus Pierer. Mobile Device Management: Mobility Evaluation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Springer, 2016^
- Deloitte. Deloitte Announces 2014 Technology Fast 500 Rankings Press release, retrieved 2020-02-13^
- MobileIron prices IPO at $9.00, within the range NASDAQ, Renaissance Capital, 2014-06-12, retrieved 2020-02-13^
- MobileIron appoints CFO Simon Biddiscombe as CEO, member of board Reuters, 6 July 2023^
- Ramin Edmond. MobileIron CEO change fuels acquisition speculation TechTarget, 8 January 2016, retrieved 29 November 2016^
- Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites www.gartner.com, 8 June 2015, retrieved 29 November 2016^
- Manfred Bremmer. Enterprise Mobility Management: Gartner Magic Quadrant EMM 2016 - wir sind alle Gewinner? Computerwoche, 15 June 2016, retrieved 29 November 2016^
- Sarah K. White. 5 products leading the enterprise mobile management pack CIO magazine, August 23, 2016, retrieved 29 November 2016^
- Lucas Mearian. Why Google partnered with MobileIron – and what they plan to offer Computer World, retrieved 2019-09-13^
- Ivanti Acquires MobileIron and Pulse Secure to Deliver Intelligent and Secure Experiences Across All Devices in the Everywhere Enterprise Press release, December 1, 2020, retrieved November 15, 2021^