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AirWatch Introduces AirWatch Chat for Secure Enterprise Messaging
September 2014 by Marc Jacob
Today at AirWatch Connect™, AirWatch® by VMware, the leading enterprise mobility management (EMM) provider, introduced AirWatch Chat™, a containerized, secure instant messaging application for iOS and Android. AirWatch Chat, available at the end of Q3 2014, will integrate with existing user directory resources for simple, secure messaging across an organization with an intuitive user experience.
Employees are increasingly seeking ways to communicate with one another instantly, but consumer SMS applications do not provide the security IT requires. Confidential or private messages sent through non-secure messaging applications, create potential for major risks, especially for highly-regulated industries such as healthcare, government, finance and legal. Companies deploying AirWatch Chat will benefit from the FIPS compliant algorithms and familiar user experience found on consumer SMS applications.
Key features of AirWatch Chat will include:
• Enterprise-grade message security that provides end-to-end message level encryption, trusted device detection, single sign-on integration and app-level authentication, data encryption at rest and the ability to archive messages for audits on an as-needed basis.
• Data loss prevention capabilities such as restricting multimedia messages, disabling copy/paste, preventing screen captures and restricting the use of the camera.
• Native user experience that reflects consumer SMS applications, including threaded messages, availability status, fetching offline messages, message delivery confirmation and user profile pictures.
• Administration settings such as enabling AirWatch Chat on Wi-Fi only and usage as software-as-a-service or on-premises.
AirWatch Chat will be available by the end of Q3 2014.
