Good Technology Acquires Macheen

Good Technology Acquires Macheen, Inc.

With expanded corporate data billing capabilities and enhanced carrier relationships, Good is poised to usher in new era of BYOD simplification

Auckland, New Zealand—October 22, 2014 – Good Technology™, the leader in secure mobility, today announced its acquisition of Macheen, Inc., a privately held, mobile cloud application service provider based in Austin, Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Building on the company’s recent hassle-free BYOD announcement, this acquisition further enhances Good Technology’s capabilities to provide customers with embedded corporate data plan support across business-required apps, and broadens Good’s carrier relationships, offering organisations more access and choice to work with their preferred wireless operator. Additionally, these new split-billing capabilities will enable customers to tie data usage costs directly to the apps using that data, reducing regulatory risks associated with traditional mobile billing models.

“As BYOD deployments continue to become mainstream, our customers want to alleviate the risk and cost associated with rapidly increasing mobile regulations, tax liabilities and complexities around mobile reimbursement and corporate stipend programs, while at the same time carriers are looking to better serve their enterprise customers,” said Christy Wyatt, chairman and chief executive officer, Good Technology. “By acquiring Macheen and its cloud-based offering, and coupling that with expanded carrier relationships, we will be securely and cost-effectively taking more friction out of deploying secure mobile apps and workflows - further positioning Good ahead of the industry in the race to democratise mobility.”

“At Sprint, we have ripped out and replaced our entire 3G network and deployed 4G LTE in 488 cities to deliver a future-proof data experience for our customers,” said Karen Freitag, vice president, wholesale and emerging solutions at Sprint. “Adding in the ability to deliver split billing capabilities through Macheen and now Good Technology, allows us to continue delivering a high-quality customer experience and further advances Sprint’s position as the leader in enabling Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO).”

Connected mobile devices are growing at an exponential rate, and enterprises are looking at how to capitalise on supporting more than just enterprise devices. According to Gartner, ” The installed base of "things," excluding PCs, tablets and smartphones, will grow to 26 billion units in 2020, which is almost a 30-fold increase from 0.9 billion units in 2009. The component cost of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabling consumer things will approach $1, and "ghost" devices with unused connectivity will be common.“[1]

“To this point, BYOD programs were generally defined by configuration, policy control and device management for smart phones and tablets,” said Richard Schwartz, president and chief executive officer, Macheen, Inc. “Together, our joint technology will offer controlled corporate usage of a broader set of enterprise devices and beyond as the era of Internet of Things (IoT) becomes a reality.”

Macheen serves businesses of all sizes, including Easter Seals UCP North Carolina and Virginia, enabling its mobile healthcare workforce to stay connected to critical HIPAA-compliant applications, while visiting hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

1Gartner, Forecast: The Internet of Things, Worldwide, 2013, November 13, 2013

About Macheen
Macheen Inc. is a leading global mobile application service provider for connected devices and services. Its flexible cloud-based platform enables innovative mobile business models and connected service offerings that can be tailored to individual device and market segments. Macheen is unique in providing a flexible platform for new mobile broadband subscription models for bundled access, sponsored content, split billing and fine-grained enterprise connectivity. Macheen has service in over 80 countries, with local service in 11 countries. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Macheen maintains wholly owned subsidiaries in Germany and the United Kingdom.

About Good Technology

Good Technology is the leader in secure mobility solutions, providing the leading secure mobility solution for enterprises and governments worldwide, across all stages of the mobility lifecycle. Good offers a comprehensive, end-to-end secure mobility solutions portfolio consists 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 6,000 organisations in over 190 countries use Good Technology solutions, including FORTUNE® 100 leaders in commercial banking, insurance, healthcare, and aerospace and defense. Learn more at www.good.com.

Statements concerning future prospects, business outlook, and product availability and plans are forward looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks. This information is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. It is not a commitment, promise or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality and the development, release and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at Good's sole discretion.

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