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Trust Digital, a company that deals in enterprise mobility management for smartphones, has expanded its “Enterprise Mobility Management Platform” into the U.S. Army.
The company has also announced that Jason Rottenberg, managing director of OnPoint Technologies, has joined Trust Digital’s (News – Alert) board of directors following a strategic investment by the fund.
OnPoint Technologies is a strategic private equity investor with a mission to discover, invest in and support companies at the intersection of Army and commercial marketing needs.
Rottenberg has spent the last 12 years founding, building and funding early-stage technology companies.
According to the company officials, this new strategic investment will be used to expand Trust Digital’s customer base to include every branch of the military.
Mobility is an essential part of the U.S. Army doctrine; Trust Digital’s mobility management technology can benefit the over one million soldiers currently serving in this military branch.
Officials said that Trust Digital completed its first sale into the U.S. Department of Defense in 2006, and now the company’s EMM platform will help the U.S. Army meet their mobility objectives and enhance the usefulness of existing mobile devices through improved performance.
“We are constantly looking for innovative companies with products and technology that strengthens the readiness of the U.S. Army,” said Jason Rottenberg, managing director of OnPoint Technologies, in a statement.
Rottenberg said that Trust Digital’s technology has already demonstrated – through deployments with the Air Force and Marines – that it can address a wide variety of mobile applications for the military, from helping deliver situation awareness to Marines on the battlefield to delivering secure mobile email to U.S. airmen.
“We believe that the U.S. Army can leverage those same capabilities,” he added.
As the U.S. military is one of the largest mobile workforces in the country, the smartphone and ruggedized mobile device security and management needs of each military branch are extremely varied and complex.
The company officials claimed that the company’s EMM platform has demonstrated that it has the flexibility and sophistication to meet the unique needs of each branch of service.
“Our mobility management capabilities will enable U.S. military, one of the most mobile organization in the world, to use the latest handheld technologies to best serve the warfighter, regardless of the application,” said Nick Magliato, chief executive officer at Trust Digital.
Magliato said that the advice, guidance, analysis and assistance that the company will receive from Jason and his team will further efforts to serve the U.S. Army and Department of Defense and fuel the company’s successes in that market.