In October of 2010, Symantec publicly announced its mobile protection strategy, defining a new era in how Symantec secures and manages the information and identities of consumers, businesses and governments in an increasingly mobile world. At its core, the announcement laid out our protection strategy and approach for enterprises, consumers and communication service providers.

That approach is still at the core of how Symantec is addressing the larger mobility trend. However, we continue to strengthen and refine our approach as advancements in mobility develop and changes to the mobile threat landscape evolve. In that regard, Symantec announced some significant advancements to its overall mobile strategy in February of this year and demonstrated that we have delivered on our mobile strategy. Some of those advancements hinged on the acquisition of Odyssey Software.

Odyssey is a mobile...

As Forrester analyst Christian Kane pointed out in his analysis of Symantec’s proposed acquisition of Nukona, enterprises want a single solution to account for their devices, apps and data. I couldn’t agree more.

My last blog post was nearly a month ago, on the day that Symantec announced the agreement to acquire Nukona. I’m proud to say that we have finalized the transaction, and Nukona is now a part of the Symantec family! This is the beginning of a whole new era of growth for Nukona’s products and for the industry, and I’m really excited about it.

As you know, we have always pushed the envelope, and our goals for the Nukona product line are higher than ever. Stay tuned as we continue to drive for greater usability and capability in enterprise mobility security and management with Symantec’s Endpoint Management and Mobility Group.

As Forrester analyst Christian Kane pointed out in his analysis of Symantec’s proposed...

The acquisition couples Nukona’s unique Mobile Information Management (MIM) technology with Symantec’s expertise, broad portfolio of security and management products and strong relationships with enterprise customers.

Today Symantec announced a definitive agreement to acquire Nukona. Both Jeff Enderwick (co-founder) and I wrestled with this decision, but ultimately it just made too much sense; not just for Nukona but for the industry as a whole.

We started the company in mid-2010, barely three months after the original iPad was launched. Now tens of millions are in use in enterprises and that will very soon become hundreds of millions. With the BYOD trend accelerating rapidly thanks to the capabilities offered by the latest tablets and smartphones, a massive change in corporate computing is well under way.

And what are the biggest challenges for enterprises with BYOD and the Consumerization of IT? It’s very simple: information security and...

by Rob Greer, vice president of product management, Endpoint and Mobility Group, Symantec

The impact mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have had on the way we live our lives and the way we do business is nothing short of revolutionary. It is quickly approaching parity with the impact of other significant technological innovations, such as the personal computer and the Internet.

As an indication that mobility has truly gone business mainstream, a recent Symantec survey on the state of mobility revealed that 59 percent of organizations are now making line-of-business apps available to employees on mobile devices and 71 percent are even considering the creation of a corporate app store. Why is this transformation happening? The answer is because mobile technology has proven itself as a legitimate source of business agility. Consider that about three-quarters of businesses surveyed expected to increase efficiency through mobility, and the full 73...