Webalo Partners With Symantec on Mobile Cloud Security
Grazed from TheVarGuy. Author: Christopher Tozzi.
Symantec and Webalo are partnering up on cloud computing. Here’s the background: How do you convince users that your apps — especially those that put their data in the cloud — are secure? In the past, pinky-swearing that you’ve reviewed all the code and are pretty sure there are no vulnerabilities might have sufficed. But in the age of the cloud, channel partnerships are playing an increased role in promoting security assurance, as a deal announced this week between Symantec and Webalo makes clear.
Webalo, which is based in California and was founded in 2000, develops what it calls an "enterprise mobility" platform. Essentially, the platform streamlines connections to the cloud-based mobile apps on which an enterprise relies, allowing users to connect from a single client and simplifying networking complications. The solution is subscription-based and offered in three different tiers according to the number of mobile users…
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