AirWatch

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AirWatch
FormerlyWandering WiFi
VMW
IndustryEnterprise mobility management software
Founded2003 (2003) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
FounderJohn Marshall
FateAcquired by VMware, Inc.
Headquarters,
USA
Key people
Alan Dabbiere, John Marshall
ProductsAirWatch
BrandsAirWatch, AirWatch by VMware, VMware AirWatch, Wandering WiFi
Parent VMware
Website www.airwatch.com

AirWatch was an Atlanta-based provider of enterprise mobility management (EMM) software and standalone management systems for content, applications and email. AirWatch was acquired by VMware, Inc. in February 2014. [1]

AirWatch was the name of both the company and a product; however, it was later rebranded to Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) after being acquired by VMware. The subsequent acquisition of VMWare by Broadcom in November 2023 resulted in the sale of the End User Computing business unit to KKR, with the sale closing in the US and Ireland in July 2024.

History

AirWatch headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia AirWatch corporate building.jpg
AirWatch headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia

AirWatch was founded in 2003 as Wandering WiFi by John Marshall, who served as president and CEO. Alan Dabbiere has been the chairman since 2006. [2] [3] In February 2013, AirWatch received its first round of funding from Insight Venture Partners and Accel. [4] In July 2013, the company acquired Motorola Solutions's MSP (Mobility Services Platform) seeking to extend its portfolio to ruggedized devices. [5]

On February 24, 2014, the company was acquired by VMware, Inc for 1.5 billion, [6] [7] and the EMM product eventually was rebranded as AirWatch by VMware and then VMware AirWatch. In May 2018 the enterprise product was rebranded to Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management with the release of version 9.4. [8] The product is still sometimes referred to as VMware Workspace ONE UEM powered by AirWatch. [9]

AirWatch UK Limited was dissolved on 24 April 2018 with the company's final absorption into VMware as a business unit rather than a wholly owned entity.

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