Microsoft, Nokia team on security appliance
CRN.com | at | by Mike
Microsoft and Nokia, archrivals in the mobile phone operating-system space, are partnering on a Unified Threat Management security appliance, sources familiar with the companies' plans said.
According to documents viewed by CRN, the companies plan to offer a UTM appliance that would act as a gateway for secure VPN access to network-based applications from remote locations or mobile devices such as smart phones, according to source familiar with the vendors plans.
For example, the appliance would monitor e-mail, Web and application traffic between a companys internal network and the Internet to detect, block and prevent various security threats, the sources said, adding that the product would support Microsoft and non-Microsoft environments.