Westcon Comztek is pleased to announce that Westcon Security Solutions vendor partner Citrix has been placed in the leaders' quadrant in Gartner's annual Mobile Device Management (MDM) Magic Quadrant, moving up significantly from last year. Citrix has also been positioned as the most visionary product for the third year.
Criteria for inclusion in the MDM software Magic Quadrant cover several requirements across both technical and business requirements around the four critical MDM components, including: hardware, software, security and network service management. To qualify, vendors must meet all the technical requirements, and at least four of the business requirements.
According to the report, leaders and visionaries "must offer features that remove significant roadblocks to the complex challenges that enterprises face when attempting to treat mobile consumer devices as business tools".
In the report, Citrix was acclaimed for its strong, broad set of enterprise mobile offerings in all the major MDM areas, as well as its deep understanding of enterprise application and mobility needs. It also have a long history of supporting mobile endpoints and remote access through product innovation and acquisitions, as well as an integrated product solution across all major MDM areas.
In addition to this achievement, Citrix has also been placed on Gartner's annual Critical Capabilities report. This report evaluates all vendors on a variety of dimensions and use cases, taking a deeper look at the top technologies in MDM for policy compliance, mobile security management, mobile software management, mobile content management, analytics and delivery styles. Citrix was ranked first overall, taking the top spot in all categories, including: Regulated Deployments, Flexible Deployments, Agile Deployments and Mass Deployments.
"Westcon Comztek aims to offer the very best solutions to our customers, and we are proud that Citrix has attained recognition for its MDM product set. With this rating, our customers are assured that our offerings are best-of-breed and internationally recognised, and will bring the greatest value and return on their investment," concludes Andrew Potgieter, business practice director at Westcon Security Solutions - Network.
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