On Tuesday, security behemoth Symantec Corp. announced plans to acquire Nukona, Inc., a privately-held provider of mobile application management.
According to Symantec, the acquisition extends Symantec’s enterprise mobility portfolio to include a cross-platform mobile application protection solution to help IT organizations “protect and isolate corporate data and applications across both corporate owned and personally owned devices.”
Between Nukona and the recently acquired Odyssey Software, Symantec is on track to bring its protection software deep into mobile territory.
“As the adoption of mobile devices and apps continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, one of the biggest challenges for customers is to protect and manage the native apps, data and environments of these devices,” says CJ Desai, senior vice president, Endpoint and Mobility Group, Symantec.
“The acquisition of Nukona helps us further address the ‘Consumerization of IT’ and ‘Bring Your Own Device’ trends by helping organizations protect and isolate corporate data and applications across both corporate owned and personally owned devices,” Desai concluded.
Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed but the acquisition should be completed sometime in April.
