With the growing use of mobile computing devices, there comes an increasing need to keep those devices connected to enterprise applications. Data entered into mobile devices needs to be transmitted to the enterprise application without loss and without user re-authentication.
Enter Mobile Application Gateways (MAGs). This research note reveals the fundamentals of MAGs, including:
- The nagging business issues that are driving the need for MAGs.
- The technology components that make up a MAG solution.
- What MAGs are designed to do, and not do.
For those mobile users and applications that must have consistent, secure connectivity, even as the user moves in and out of wireless coverage and between network types, a MAG provides the needed connectivity.
