MaaS 360


MaaS360 is a SaaS product offered by IBM that allows for the management of BYOD and enterprise-issued devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops. It is a cloud-based product originally developed by Fiberlink Communications until its acquisition by IBM.

History

MaaS360 was first developed by Fiberlink Communications. Fiberlink Communications was started in 1991. The company was known for managing laptops in the cloud until developing MaaS360. In 2013, IBM bought Fiberlink for $375 million. This allowed IBM to integrate a Mobile Device Management solution into their IBM MobileFirst product line

Technology

MaaS360 was originally offered only as a Cloud-Hosted solution, although an on-premises solution was later introduced. Since IBM MaaS360 uses a Software-as-a-Service model, the software resides on IBM's BlueMix cloud platform. It has multi-tenancy allowing for all types of businesses and organizations to use the software from their web based login portal. MaaS360 has a "cloud extender" plugin allowing a corporate Active Directory server to integrate all of a user's normal login credentials.
MaaS360 is available to manage Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows, and Mac.