Mobile Device Virtualization stories on BrianMadden.com

Mobile device virtualization has long been promised, yet as of 2013 it hasn't really been launched yet. The idea is that two virtual environments living side by side on a single phone will allow IT to manage one side of the device (treating it like a corporate phone and avoiding some of the difficulties of mobile app management) and ensure user privacy and isolation on the other side. The problem is that mobile virt will likely be limited to just a handful of Android devices, meaning that it's not an all-encompassing way for IT to deal with BYOD. The companies that are planning to offer mobile virtualization are VMware, Cellrox, Red Bend, and General Dynamics (Open Kernel Labs). Read all of our mobile device virtualization stories below:

VMware is releasing Horizon Mobile Android virtualization, and your phone might be capable of running it today!

Today VMware announced that Horizon Mobile for Android, their dual-persona mobile virtualization product, is finally available on two phones from Verizon (the LG Intuition and the Motorola RAZR M). We’ve been waiting for this release for a long...

by Jack Madden on May 15, 2013 : 3 comments , 4,300 views
Think users will blindly agree to MAM? Think again!

Mobile application management isn’t a cure-all for the problem of controlling corporate assets on personal devices. Users will still need a good deal of convincing and persuading -- or, if you prefer a gentler term, “education.” During...

by Colin Steele on February 28, 2013 : 9 comments , 3,079 views
UPDATED: Mobile World Congress 2013 is kicking off with some big enterprise mobility management announcements

Mobile World Congress is starting today in Barcelona, and already there have been major enterprise mobility management announcements from Samsung, Airwatch, and Red Bend. Let’s look at each one of these: (UPDATE 2/25/13 10:00AM PST: More announcements...

by Jack Madden on February 25, 2013 : 0 comments , 4,575 views
Consumerization Nation #20: We interview VMware's Ben Goodman about Horizon Suite

VMware's end user computing evangelist Ben Goodman joined Colin Steele, James Furbush and me to talk about VMware's Horizon Suite announcement . In particular, today's show covered: Why VMware's enterprise mobility management has been a long time coming...

by Jack Madden on February 21, 2013 : 0 comments , 3,446 views
Red Bend’s mobile virtualization solution. The right or wrong way to do mobile virtualization?

In November I posted an article called Is Apple ruining mobile virtualization for us or saving us from it? Shortly afterwards, I was contacted by Red Bend Software , another company that’s hoping that mobile virtualization will be the answer to...

by Jack Madden on January 07, 2013 : 6 comments , 4,149 views
2012 was a huge year for mobile...for everyone except VMware

2012 has been a great year for the advancement of mobile application management for many of the vendors in our space. All of them, that is, except for VMware. While other companies have developed, announced, and shipped tons of mobile products, VMware...

by Jack Madden on December 19, 2012 : 2 comments , 11,983 views
Consumerization Nation #17: Good patent lawsuits, Zenprise, and mobile virtualization

Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 . You can also now subscribe to our podcast in iTunes! For this episode of Consumerization Nation, Colin and I were joined by fellow TechTargeter Jim Furbush. We spend...

by Jack Madden on November 29, 2012 : 0 comments , 617 views
Is Apple ruining everything for mobile virtualization? Or are they saving us from it?

We’re on the cusp of having several different virtualized mobile phone offerings on the market from VMware , Cellrox , and Open Kernel Labs . While these solutions have each have their own strengths and weakness, they all face one huge challenge...

by Jack Madden on November 28, 2012 : 4 comments , 6,046 views
Consumerization Nation #16: Windows Phone 8 MDM, Surface RT, and dual persona MAM

Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 And did you know you can subscribe to Consumerization Nation in iTunes? After a few weeks off from the show, Colin and I overcame hurricanes, sleet, and international...

by Jack Madden on November 07, 2012 : 0 comments , 493 views
What’s the story with Open Kernel Labs and their dual persona virtualized phone solution?

Open Kernel Labs has been around for several years doing virtualization for smartphones, but they’ve mostly been working with OEMs in ways that IT and end users never would have noticed. But now, just like VMware and Cellrox, they’re now hoping...

by Jack Madden on October 10, 2012 : 0 comments , 443 views
Consumerization Nation #14: More talk about mobile virtualization, and iOS 6 MDM won't change the landscape

Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 Today's show interwove the topics of mobile virtualization, sandboxed email, and the MDM features in iOS 6. Here's an approximate summary of the show, with links to...

by Jack Madden on September 25, 2012 : 0 comments , 311 views
Cellrox offers multiple “personas” for Android phones. Is this how we wish VMware Horizon Mobile worked?

Cellrox is a startup that’s addressing BYOD issues by creating lightweight virtual personas for Android devices. I recently spoke with Omer Eiferman, their CEO, to find out more about the product. Of course when we talk about BYOD, separating corporate...

by Jack Madden on September 22, 2012 : 0 comments , 5,737 views
VMware announced that Horizon Mobile will do app wrapping for iOS, but they’re going to stick with OS virtualization for Android. Confusing or brilliant?

Last year VMware announced a project called “Horizon Mobile” that would be their solution for keeping work and personal apps and data separated on smartphones. Horizon Mobile consisted of a corporate-controlled Android VM that runs as a guest...

by Jack Madden on September 05, 2012 : 4 comments , 7,156 views
Why VMware Horizon Mobile is different on iOS than on Android

SAN FRANCISCO -- In the middle of Tuesday morning's end-user computing keynote at VMworld 2012, a tweet caught my eye: # VMware Horizon Mobile on iOS: bit.ly/OqA6xl # vmworld — Tony Dunn (@tony_dunn) August 28, 2012 My immediate reaction: Wow. Apple...

by Colin Steele on August 30, 2012 : 13 comments , 1,039 views
VMware Horizon Mobile will do app wrapping for iOS (VMworld video)

Yesterday at VMworld in San Francisco VMware announced that Horizon Suite (the new name encompassing many of VMware's end user computing products) will do app wrapping for native iOS apps. We've been expecting some sort of iOS mobile application management...

by Jack Madden on August 29, 2012 : 0 comments , 658 views
With VMworld next week, will VMware catch up to Citrix’s mobile offerings?

Over the last 6 months, desktop virtualization companies have been getting into the mobile space in a big way, and not just with remote desktop clients. Currently, VMware’s offerings are lagging behind those of longtime rival Citrix. With VMworld...

by Jack Madden on August 21, 2012 : 3 comments , 704 views
VMware Horizon Mobile: surprisingly not dead *and* not terrible!

There hasn’t really been much news recently about Horizon Mobile , VMware’s phone virtualization platform. Since VMworld is just a week and a half away, I thought this would be a good time to take a look at what we know about Horizon Mobile...

by Jack Madden on August 15, 2012 : 3 comments , 672 views
Five consumerization sessions to look forward to at VMworld 2012

VMworld 2012 is still a month and a half away, but it’s never too early to start thinking about which sessions to attend. There’s a decent amount of content on consumerization-related topics, and here are five that stood out as I perused the...

by Colin Steele on July 11, 2012 : 1 comments , 311 views
BYOD Smackdown 2012: Cellrox uses virtualization to create split personalities. Too bad for iPhone users!

This week for the BYOD Smackdown 2012 we have Cellrox , an Israel-based company that was created in 2011 to bring lightweight virtualization for Android devices to market. The VMs that Cellrox uses aren’t full OS instances, and in fact Cellrox refers...

by Jack Madden on March 23, 2012 : 0 comments , 201 views
From VMworld 2011 Europe: VMware announces wireless carriers for Horizon Mobile. But is this real BYOD?

Today VMware announced relationships with Verizon Wireless and Telefónica to deliver devices incorporating Horizon Mobile . Corporations will be able to separate their environments from users’ personal environments on Android phones, but...

by Jack Madden on October 19, 2011 : 1 comments , 3,703 views

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