Kinvey, the leading enterprise mobile Backend as a Service (mBaaS), today announced the industry's first "one line of code" integration
with VMware Identity Manager and AirWatch by VMware single sign-on
(SSO) capabilities, providing enterprise app developers with all the
benefits of VMware's advanced solutions with a single line of code.
The integration decreases development time by 80 percent and eliminates
the need for mobile app developers to learn SAML, Active Directory, and
other enterprise authentication approaches.
Securely connecting mobile apps to enterprise
credentials is difficult given the multiple methods of authentication
used across systems. By integrating Kinvey Mobile Identity Connect with
AirWatch and VMware Identity Manager, enterprises can easily extend
their corporate login credentials to any mobile or web app. The
solution removes the burden of repetitive logins by providing a single
point of entry across all applications with single sign on capabilities
in connection with AirWatch SSO and VMware Identity Manager.
Mobile developers are familiar with OAuth
authentication and often lack SAML-specific programming expertise. This
solution eliminates the need for them get into these details. The
developer is simply required to map identity for an application to
Kinvey Mobile Identity Connect with a single function call, and Kinvey
securely handles the access, handshake, and token management with
AirWatch SSO and VMware Identity Manager.
"Enterprises want to deliver apps that are
easy to consume, and Kinvey provides an incredibly simple way for
developers to connect their apps with our leading solutions, including
VMware Identity Manager, AirWatch SSO and the ACE community," said Noah
Wasmer, CTO and Vice President of Product Management, End-User
Computing, VMware. "Together with Kinvey, we can enable even more
organizations to take advantage of VMware's leading solutions across all
enterprise apps."
"The solution dramatically simplifies
enterprise mobile app authentication", said Brian Wilson, Kinvey CTO.
"Kinvey Mobile Identity Connect provides developers with secure,
pre-built identity management, freeing them to focus on user
experience."
The integration is provided as part of
Kinvey's mobile Backend as a Service running in a multi-tenant or
dedicated instance on VMware's vCloud Air hybrid cloud service.
In addition, Kinvey also announced it has
joined the leading application innovator ACE (Application Configuration
for Enterprise) initiative, adding mBaaS expertise to the existing
membership including AirWatch, Box, Cisco, Workday, and other enterprise
leaders. ACE is an open, vendor-neutral community that drives best
practices for application management and security for easy deployment
via enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions.
"By participating in ACE, Kinvey can easily
provide connectivity to enterprise authentication with consistent and
secure single sign-on," said Wilson. "As the leading enterprise mBaaS,
we focus on enabling our customers to get to market with 5-Star apps
twice as fast and at half the cost. The ACE open standard for managing
and securing apps enhances this value proposition."