Announcement 100% iOS 8 compatibility for XenMobile

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Announcement 100% iOS 8 compatibility for XenMobile -

The Citrix XenMobile team is pleased to announce full iOS 8 compatibility to all editions of XenMobile ( cloud or on-premise), including :. XenMobile MDM app and Enterprise Edition

iOS 8

About iOS 8

iOS 8 is the latest software release from Apple, meant for its mobile product line. iOS 8 is compatible with iPhone 4s, iPod 5 th generation, iPad 2, iPad Mini 1 st generation now and Apple TV 3 rd from generation. What this means is that iOS 8 will rapidly become the dominant iOS platform.

iOS 8 a massive release, and improved on iOS 7 in many ways. While it is difficult, all the little things that call here, let me focus on what I consider to be the top 5 features of this publication:

  1. With iOS 8, really Apple opens up the platform developer , with more than 4000 new APIs. 3 rd party keyboards, app extensions, new technologies for the development of games, the ability to Touch ID in all 3 rd party applications, PhotoKit, Cloudkit, ... to use
  2. Apple Payments -. This will fill up the NFC payment market, the given distribution of iOS devices, and has announced the supplier tie-ups of Apple
  3. HealthKit - With the announcement of Heathkit frame, to be used for iOS developers, iPhones expect a new trend as a true fitness equipment to
  4. continuity -. This is has developed a new theme Apple, with its handoff capabilities baked into iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. Continuity simply means start your comment / email / message / ... on one device and seamlessly complete it on another. All units are always synchronized, and ready to handoff; when, where
  5. Touch ID -. Apple announced Touch ID limited restarted with iOS 7, but its use was unlock device and app store purchases. With iOS 8 Apple has now opened the Touch ID Framework for developers; which means that the way we work on our iPhones / iPads, for example, is to undergo a major change. No pins, no passwords - simply touch

In addition to these end user improvements over, Apple also has some very useful features that are better at enterprise customers !. to be some of the celebrities:

  1. Revised User Experience for MDM - iOS has given a fresh and clean look at the enrollment experience, end offers users much better insight into what happened, as they log on with an MDM server. This is for users lead to have a better understanding of what it means to register their devices and therefore better confidence with their enterprise IT iOS 8 MDM UX Simplification
  2. Touch ID -. Most companies implement EMM solutions, enforce Pin / password protection to all corporate resources. This can sometimes be annoying for the end user. Touch ID will make the experience seamless, yet offer a strong biometric security system
  3. New restrictions -. iOS 8 brings a number of new restrictions that administrators can now enforce better security. Some examples is the ability to handoff to disable iCloud Sync off for managed applications, disable erase all content and settings, ...
  4. Install and Manage Books - iOS 8 now allows companies Delivery the books Similar Apps. , This ability to manage books, a whole new world of management opened and content control, secure and seamlessly
  5. Managed Domains - MDM Server can now managed domains in Safari browser shall define. Managed Domains represent URLs that come under the managed space. What this means is that an admin can now define their corporate network domain as a managed domain, and all files downloaded from this domain can be opened only with managed applications. This is an extremely powerful feature
  6. Improved iOS 8 Mail app -. IOS 8 will bring some exciting improvements to the Mail app. Free / busy alerts, VIP threads, out of office settings, and more.

What does 100% compatibility?

EMM or Enterprise Mobility Management is a big world, and a variety of technologies with - mobile device management, mobile application management mobile Content Management

Mobile Device Management - , XenMobile for iOS complete MDM provides support 8, and this was announced here one week ago. What this means is that all existing applications from XenMobile support to continue to work properly in an MDM context, since end users iOS update 8. Only checks have function to ensure security and productivity.

Mobile Application Management - XenMobile offers our customers, as part of XenMobile App Edition and Enterprise Edition XenMobile, the ability to define the security controls of enterprise applications and enforce. In addition, we also offer a range of productivity applications including WorxMail, WorxWeb, WorxNotes, WorxEdit, WorxDesktop and Share File. We have now released a new MDX Toolkit and productivity apps, the 8th for full compatibility with iOS This ensures that the end user of iOS Update 8, they are as productive as ever, and all political controls continue seamless security to ensure.

Mobile Content Management - Citrix XenMobile includes Citrix Share File, safe for the management of all enterprise content to mobile devices. Share File is tightly integrated into the XenMobile product suite and provides seamless data access and intelligent workflows in tandem with our productivity apps like WorxMail and WorxNotes. We have now released, Share File wrapped iOS 8 compatible version of our MDX app to ensure end users upgrade to iOS 8, have unrestricted access to their data and workflows.

iOS 8 iPad Screenshot with Citrix Worx Apps
iOS 8 iPad Screenshot Citrix Worx Apps

Road to compatibility

Citrix is ​​a dedicated Apple partner and mobile productivity applications than any other EMM provider around all employed the new development on a continuous basis. At WWDC 2014 Apple gave all developers a preview of iOS 8, with specific MDM insights to all MDM partners. XenMobile team has employed since that time, in better on the new iOS understand 8 skills, and a roadmap preparation to deliver this to our customers. We have conducted intensive tests were conducted with iOS 8 beta, and work on our applications and servers to make it 100% compatible for iOS 8 Management. We also have proactive advice to all our customers are providing to plan 8 roll-out as for their iOS; and from all the necessary tools today to facilitate the process.

As our CEO, Mark Templeton ever it is, our customers are the heart of Citrix. We thank our customers for their patience. Our goal at Citrix is ​​higher quality products and supporting our customers to deliver, plays a crucial role to achieve this objective.

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