AirWatch Announces Instant and Comprehensive Support for OS X Yosemite

ATLANTA, Oct. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AirWatch^® by VMware^®, the leading enterprise mobility management (EMM) provider, announced instant and comprehensive support for OS X^® Yosemite, made available today by Apple^®. Last month, AirWatch announced feature enhancements to AirWatch Mac Management capabilities, including application management, streamlined staging, an app catalog, interoperability with Apple's Device Enrollment Program (DEP) and new profile configurations. With the launch of OS X Yosemite, Apple has made even more management capabilities available through the AirWatch EMM platform.

With the release of OS X Yosemite, organizations can leverage AirWatch Mac Management to support:

• Remote view commands that enable an IT administrator to request a user to share a device screen.
• Passcode profile update to set a maximum number of failed attempts before locking out a user.
• Managed domains for email accounts that highlight unapproved email domains for users.
• Content filter payload that allows third-party apps to adopt approved browsing filters.
• AirPlay mirroring payload to specify a whitelist for AirPlay devices.

"As organizations continue to move into enterprise mobility management and end-user computing, AirWatch strategically focuses on providing the same mobile device capabilities for Macs and laptops," said John Marshall, senior vice president and general manager, AirWatch by VMware. "Providing industry-recognized same-day support for OS X Yosemite demonstrates our commitment to enable customers with a comprehensive set of Mac management capabilities and access to the latest operating system innovations. The new features offered will provide our customers even greater control of their enterprise mobility initiatives."

AirWatch provides organizations with instant support for OS X capabilities in real-time across all global production cloud environments in the 14 AirWatch data centers globally. Software is available now for on-premises customers to download at my.air-watch.com.

For more information about AirWatch support for OS X Yosemite, please visit www.air-watch.com.

About AirWatch by VMware
AirWatch by VMware is the leader in enterprise mobility management, with more than 13,000 global customers. The AirWatch platform includes industry-leading mobile device, email, application, content, and browser management solutions. Organizations can implement these solutions across device types and use cases, including complete EMM for corporate and line of business deployments, and containerized solutions for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs. Acquired by VMware in February 2014, AirWatch is based in Atlanta and can be found online at www.air-watch.com. VMware is headquartered in Silicon Valley and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

VMware and AirWatch are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. or its subsidiary in the United States and other jurisdictions.

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