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

History

NetMotion Wireless was formed in 2001 as a spin-off for wireless software from WRQ (based in

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and later part of the Attachmate Group). Former WRQ president Craig McKibben was CEO. * 2006: NetMotion merged with Padcom, Inc."NetMotion, Padcom settle patent lawsuit with merger"
''RCR Wireless News'', link refreshed January 31, 2017 * 2012: NetMotion was acquired by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.Clearlake Capital Group Acquires NetMotion
retrieved September December 28, 2012 * 2016: NetMotion was acquired by

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,The Carlyle Group Invests in NetMotion
retrieved January 31, 2017 with a new CEO.Clearlake Capital Group Announces Sale of NetMotion Wireless to The Carlyle Group
retrieved January 31, 2017 In 2021, NetMotion was acquired by

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for an estimated US$340 million. 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.

Products

NetMotion products allow users to transition from traditional secure remote access technologies to a zero-trust approach, without affecting productivity or admin controls. 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.Software-Defined Mobility: Foundational technology for the fully mobile enterprise
retrieved February 9, 2017 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,
retrieved February 9. 2017 including

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and

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networks that are outside of their direct administrative control. An enhanced filtering feature named ''Aware'' was added in 2019. In July, 2020, a new release of the software added the term

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(SDP). In late 2020, NetMotion’s products were marketed with the term secure access service edge.

References

External links

Patent by NetMotion Wireless, Inc.
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