NetMotion Software

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

NetMotion Software
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryComputer software
technology services
FoundedSeattle, Washington (2001)
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington
Products
Number of employees
~190
ParentAbsolute Software Corporation
Websitewww.netmotionsoftware.com

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]

References

  1. NetMotion Wireless releases Mobility 10 software, retrieved January 31, 2017
  2. Introducing Our Inaugural Forrester New Wave™ Evaluation On End-User Experience Management, retrieved December 11, 2020
  3. Netmotion - Secure VPN - SDP - ZTNA, retrieved December 11, 2020
  4. New NetMotion unified platform includes software-defined perimeter (SDP) capabilities, retrieved December 11, 2020
  5. Matthew David. "The essential guide to improving mobile performance".
  6. Malanie Luna (February 22, 2012). "Performance management for mobile devices: Solutions and strategies".
  7. "WRQ Plans Wireless Spin-off". Information Week. April 4, 2001. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  8. "NetMotion, Padcom settle patent lawsuit with merger", RCR Wireless News, link refreshed January 31, 2017
  9. Clearlake Capital Group Acquires NetMotion, retrieved September December 28, 2012
  10. Mobile Performance Management, retrieved January 31, 2017
  11. WRQ spinout NetMotion Wireless sells again, this time to private equity powerhouse The Carlyle Group, retrieved January 31, 2017
  12. Utility supplies: Mobile performance management software, retrieved January 31, 2017
  13. The Carlyle Group Invests in NetMotion, retrieved January 31, 2017
  14. Clearlake Capital Group Announces Sale of NetMotion Wireless to The Carlyle Group, retrieved January 31, 2017
  15. "Under new CEO, Seattle's NetMotion Wireless looks to 'reposition'". BizJournals.com. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  16. "Absolute Software to Acquire NetMotion, to Deliver the Next Generation of Endpoint Resilience". Press release. May 11, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  17. 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.
  18. "NetMotion Announces Global Availability of SASE Platform". PRWeb. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  19. Software-Defined Mobility: Foundational technology for the fully mobile enterprise, retrieved February 9, 2017
  20. NetMotion Leverages Software-Defined Trend to Secure Mobile Devices, retrieved February 9. 2017
  21. Matthew Miller (February 26, 2019). "NetMotion Software announces Aware update, Mobility key to remote work policy". ZDnet.com.
  22. Miller, Matthew (July 9, 2020). "New NetMotion unified platform includes software-defined perimeter (SDP) capabilities". ZDNet. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  23. "NetMotion Announces Global Availability Of SASE Platform". Press release. December 1, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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