Good Technology Advances Strategic Relationship with Samsung

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Good Technology™, the leader in secure mobility, today announced it has entered into a global reseller arrangement with Samsung Electronics America, Inc. The two-part agreement will allow Samsung Business Services, part of Samsung Electronics America, Inc., to resell Good enterprise mobility management (EMM) suites and collaboration apps as well as provide troubleshooting, maintenance and support for Good software.

"Enterprises continue to mobilize their primary computing platforms using Samsung devices," said Robin Bienfait, chief enterprise innovation officer at Samsung. "Our strategic alliance with Good Technology, one of the industry's largest mobile security leaders, strengthens Samsung Business Services' ability to deliver high touch service, support and solutions for our customers."

Samsung Business Services will offer Good Technology products and services, providing enterprise customers a single point of contact to not only manage and support their enterprise mobility infrastructure, but also provide a range of associated services and solutions. Samsung Business Services enterprise technology specialists will provide customer guidance and technical support for the Good Technology secure container and collaboration apps, including Good Work™ and Good for Enterprise®, deployed on Samsung devices with built-in KNOX mobile security.

"Enterprise customers today continue to prioritize true security for their mobile deployments," said Christy Wyatt, chairman and CEO at Good Technology. "Good has long been the leader in secure mobility for the Global Enterprise. Leveraging the depth and breadth of distribution and support with the Samsung alliance, we are excited to be able to give customers new ways to work with Good on a global basis."

Earlier this year, Good and Samsung jointly brought to market the Good for Samsung KNOX solution, creating the most secure platform for enterprises and government agencies looking to accelerate their Android programs to drive secure mobile productivity. Good's secure container and collaboration apps integrate into the KNOX mobile security framework providing a tightly integrated, end to end secure productivity solution for Android in the enterprise. Over 1900 ISV partner and custom apps have been built on the Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform, providing app-level encryption, advanced Data Loss Prevention and secure communication between apps.

IDC recently recognized Good Technology as the largest pure-play EMM provider in its 2014 Worldwide EMM Market Share report¹. Good is credited for having the second largest revenue share of the EMM software market with 9.7 percent, a significant increase over its fifth place share in 2013. Good was also recently positioned as a leader for the fifth consecutive year in the 2015 Magic Quadrant for EMM suites report by Gartner. The report noted that Good provides the industry's most advanced email solution, stringent security and a broad range of capabilities offered by the Good Dynamics® Platform².  

For more information on Good Technology EMM Suites, please visit www.good.com.

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¹ IDC, Worldwide Enterprise Mobility Management Software Market Shares, 2014: Fragmentation Continues, But the Dust Is Starting to Settle, IDC #256627, June, 2015.

² Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites" by Terrence Cosgrove, Rob Smith, Chris Silva, John Girard, Bryan Taylor. June 8, 2015.

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Good Technology is the leader in secure mobility, delivering solutions across all stages of the mobility lifecycle for enterprises and governments worldwide. Good offers a comprehensive, end-to-end solutions portfolio, consisting of a suite of collaboration applications, a secure mobility platform, mobile device management, unified monitoring, management and analytics, and a third-party application and partner ecosystem. More than 6,200 organizations in 189 countries use Good Technology, and we are trusted and deployed in 100 percent of the FORTUNE® 100 commercial banks and aerospace and defense firms as well as leaders across healthcare, manufacturing and retail. Learn more at www.good.com.

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