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VMware is constantly pushing boundaries on the virtualization front and sometime next year will release MVP or Mobile Virtualization Platform. This exciting technology will allow a single phone to become your personal and business cell phone all in one. With MVP companies IT teams can enforce security and compliance policies, ease management, and reduce capital expenditures while giving the employees the freedom to use the mobile device of their choice.

• Secure employee-owned devices with access to corporate resources.
• Manage and provision all mobile endpoints and desktop from a single interface.
• Reduce costs and allow employees to use their own mobile device for work.
• Safely support a wide variety of mobile phones connecting to a company network.

More and more users are asking their IT departments to support their Android, iOS, and Blackberry units this is called "Consumerization of IT". There are many challenges for IT departments to keep up with security, compliance and ease of management. VMware MVP will allow enterprises to get the security and ease of management they require while reducing the costs involved.

Deploying a corporate profile on an employee-owned device allows IT departments to enforce security and compliance policies. With VMware MVP, a personal profile and a company profile can securely and simultaneously run on the same device instead of having two separate devices. Corporate applications and data are securely isolated from an employee's personal profile.

Management of mobile devices has always been a tough task. With VMware MVP you can remotely provision, manage and update corporate profiles in a streamlined manner no matter what device the user carries. Employees can use the personal devices to connect to their corporate network from a profile that was provisioned and managed by their companies IT department. IT administrators can manage mobile end-points and desktops from a single interface.

The ever growing mobile market will continue to present IT departments with new challenges. There are a few companies out there like VMware that are working to make these devices easier for IT to administer and more productive for the end-user. Look for more information on this product in the coming months. This will be a very anticipated release for coming year.