Tango Networks Collaborates with Samsung to
Deliver Secure, Compliant Mobile Unified
Communications to U.S. Enterprises
Tango
Networks™, a leading provider of full-featured enterprise mobile
communication solutions, and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. are
collaborating to deliver secure and compliant mobile Unified
Communications (UC) solutions to enterprises.
The
collaboration focuses on delivering a solution that combines Samsung’s
smartphones and Knox security and management capabilities with the Kinetic Communications mobile UC platform
from Tango Networks. The Kinetic platform is being demonstrated by
Tango Networks this week at the Samsung Developer Conference in San
Francisco.
The
combined solution turns Samsung mobile phones into feature-rich
extensions of an enterprise’s communications system. It enables
companies to extend business communications features – such as call
recording, compliance policy enforcement and workforce optimization
(WFO) capabilities – to their users’ Samsung mobile phones.
Operating
in conjunction with mobile device management processes, the combined
solution maximizes security and compliance to fully lock down mobile
devices, including personal devices in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
environments. The Knox solution helps ensure device and application
integrity to protect corporate data while the Kinetic platform further
enhances security and enforces compliance policies on phone calls and
text communications.
This
maximizes the benefits of workforce mobility while enabling enterprises
to maintain control, ensure quality, and strengthen information
security practices.
“Enterprises
are going ‘mobile first’ and making the most of the flexibility and
efficiency of mobile communications,” said Lathan Lewis, Chief Strategy
Officer, Tango Networks. “But these enterprises must also ensure that
communications on these devices are compliant with privacy, quality and
other requirements. With Samsung, we are producing a mobile UC solution
that unlocks the power of enterprise mobility while providing
uncompromising security and compliance capabilities on both corporate
liable and BYOD devices.”
Tango’s
Kinetic platform provides deep integration with communications
solutions from all major UC vendors and allows users on Samsung mobile
phones to benefit from the same productivity-enhancing functionality as
desk-phone extensions. The combined solution offers a simple and
intuitive user experience for activating business communications
features on Samsung phones.
Samsung
Knox enables corporate data and personal data on Samsung phones to be
separated and isolated from each other. Tango’s Kinetic platform
complements the Knox solution with powerful identity management features
that tie business calls and texts to the enterprise’s corporate number,
while personal calls and texts are handled separately and remain
private.
The
Kinetic platform enables IT managers to enforce policies on mobile
devices using their existing monitoring, recording, logging, archiving,
WFO and quality assurance systems, ending the common “blind spot” that
these systems have for mobile devices. Mobile call recording integration
partners include ASC, Citycom Solutions, Cognia, Enghouse Networks,
GWAVA (Micro Focus), Red Box Recorders and Verint.
The
platform also permits mobile communications to be automatically logged
in applications such as Customer Relationship Management systems,
including Salesforce.
“Today’s ‘always-on’ business world demands communications that are highly mobile, yet highly secure,” said Nick Rea, Vice President, Mobility Innovations division, Samsung Electronics America. “We’re pleased to work with Tango Networks to help companies hit the perfect balance of mobility and security with a solution that helps expand a company’s Unified Communications footprint, while increasing policy enforcement and security for their mobile enterprise users.”
Source: Tango Networks media announcement