Ivanti and Huawei Sign MoU to Meet Multinational Customers' Security and Service Needs

Ivanti and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together on the growing security and service needs of the multinational customers the two companies share. Ivanti describes itself as a company that brings IT and security operations together to manage and protect the digital workplace, while Huawei is a leading information and communications technology company.

For Ivanti, the agreement is a significant one. Huawei becomes a key partner for large transnational integration projects that support global IT enterprises and their digital transformation plans.

What each side brings

Under the terms of the deal, Huawei will use Ivanti Unified Endpoint Manager and Endpoint Security for Endpoint Manager to strengthen governance and control of its CloudCampus access control system, which applies detailed management policies to user groups. By building on these unified endpoint management (UEM) and security products, the two companies plan to give users a seamless experience through integrated technology and delivery.

The arrangement also works in the other direction. Through Huawei Enterprise Service, Ivanti will be able to offer broad and efficient services to multinational enterprises as they carry out their digital transformation strategies.

Steve Daly, Ivanti's CEO and chairman of the board, said Huawei shares Ivanti's global aim of supporting multinational customers' digital transformation with security and efficiency he called unprecedented. He described the agreement as a win for both sides that would bring better security and service availability to their mutual customers.

Lianhe Wu, vice president of the Switch and Enterprise Gateway Line at Huawei, said both companies see market potential in unified endpoint management combined with endpoint security. As influential players in their respective technical fields, he said, they will push the technology forward and deliver more advanced, mature and varied solutions to a larger number of Huawei customers, while winning a bigger share of the market.

The two businesses behind the deal

Huawei Enterprise Service sets out to build a partner ecosystem that is open, flexible and secure, supplying advanced ICT hardware and software infrastructure that helps customers solve problems, expand their business and complete their digital transformation. So far, 211 companies in the Fortune Global 500, and 48 of the top 100 enterprises, have picked Huawei as their digital transformation partner.

Ivanti presents itself as a leader and innovator in the UEM market, advancing the technology while also promoting a number of technical indicators in terminal security. The company says this will help enterprises protect their endpoints during digital transformation, and raise both IT and user productivity along with the overall user experience. Its unified IT strategy adds IT service management, IT asset management, identity management and endpoint security to its UEM base.

Ivanti Endpoint Manager and Endpoint Security for Endpoint Manager provide patching for operating systems and applications, application control, device control and other functions to detect and prevent modern cyber threats. They also automatically isolate and remediate ransomware and other threats that will inevitably slip through. According to the companies, combining these unified IT solutions with Huawei's services and resources will let organisations transform IT quickly and bring IT and the business into closer alignment.