NetMotion_Software

NetMotion Software

NetMotion Software

Network security software vendor

NetMotion Software, formerly NetMotion Wireless, is a privately held software company specializing in network security.[5][6]

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History

NetMotion Wireless was formed in 2001 as a spin-off for wireless software from WRQ (based in Seattle, Washington and later part of the Attachmate Group). Former WRQ president Craig McKibben was CEO.[7]

In 2021, NetMotion was acquired by Absolute Software for an estimated US$340 million.[16]

NetMotion is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with offices in Chicago, London, Tokyo and Sydney. The company added a second headquarters in Victoria, British Columbia in 2019.[17]

Products

NetMotion products allow users to transition from traditional secure remote access technologies to a zero-trust approach, without affecting productivity or admin controls.[18] Fundamentally, it consists of client software on each mobile device, which communicates with a control server in the cloud or data center that pushes policies and actions to the client for execution.[19] Through this architecture that gives administrators control of the endpoints, they can manage application delivery based on changing network conditions through software, regardless of the combination of networks used,[20] including cellular and Wi-Fi networks that are outside of their direct administrative control.[19]

An enhanced filtering feature named Aware was added in 2019.[21] In July, 2020, a new release of the software added the term software-defined perimeter (SDP).[22] In late 2020, NetMotion’s products were marketed with the term secure access service edge.[23]

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    Netmotion - Secure VPN - SDP - ZTNA, retrieved December 11, 2020
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    "WRQ Plans Wireless Spin-off". Information Week. April 4, 2001. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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    Mobile Performance Management, retrieved January 31, 2017
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    WRQ spinout NetMotion Wireless sells again, this time to private equity powerhouse The Carlyle Group, retrieved January 31, 2017
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    Utility supplies: Mobile performance management software, retrieved January 31, 2017
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    The Carlyle Group Invests in NetMotion, retrieved January 31, 2017
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    "Absolute Software to Acquire NetMotion, to Deliver the Next Generation of Endpoint Resilience". Press release. May 11, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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    Staff. "Seattle-based NetMotion Software Expands into New Victoria, B.C. Office to Support Sustained Growth in Canada and Beyond". BC Technology. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
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    "NetMotion Announces Global Availability of SASE Platform". PRWeb. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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    Software-Defined Mobility: Foundational technology for the fully mobile enterprise, retrieved February 9, 2017
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    NetMotion Leverages Software-Defined Trend to Secure Mobile Devices, retrieved February 9. 2017
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    Matthew Miller (February 26, 2019). "NetMotion Software announces Aware update, Mobility key to remote work policy". ZDnet.com.
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    Miller, Matthew (July 9, 2020). "New NetMotion unified platform includes software-defined perimeter (SDP) capabilities". ZDNet. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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    "NetMotion Announces Global Availability Of SASE Platform". Press release. December 1, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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