Now here’s a nice litte update from one of my colleagues:

iPhone @ 0:08
Palm WebOS @ 1:50
Nokia Symbian @ 2:25
Windows Mobile @ 3:33

And of course a common question is still “what is Junos Pulse?”, which, thankfully, is briefly described here.

Juniper SSL VPN achieves EAL 3+ status!  Funny how so few SSL VPN vendors even bother to get certified (or imply that their SSL VPN features are certified), yet here we are, sitting pretty with a very impressive certification level, having upgraded from our previous certification status.  Oh, and our UAC products appear to be right around the corner. 

Tip to the wise: When in doubt over any certification status, find the Common Criteria link and then read the security target to see if it really does cover the modes of operation that you would run it in.  You might be surprised what you learn.

During the recent Mobile World Congress event, Juniper made a big splash with Junos Pulse and, in general, really proving that the service provider (MSSP) arena is important when it comes to managed SSL VPN services.  For those interested in this emerging strategy for elite managed SSL VPN services, check out the links here and here.

“… includes support for forthcoming SSL VPN applications from Juniper Networks and Cisco.”  http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/04/08iphoneos.html 

It will certainly be great to start runing “Apps” on the iPhone and iPad through a quick SSL VPN session rather than having to rely on things like published applications.  Not that there is anything wrong with published applications, it’s just that there is a time to run an application and then there is a time to run an app (clearly the “App” being the more lightweight version of an application running on the iPhone). 

Personally, on the iPhone I mostly prefer to run iPhone Apps, as I the experience is much more inline with what the device was designed for.  As I have said before, I’m just not that big on always having to be connected to get published applications and then having to pinch-zoom and scroll all over the place to get to the information I need.  Just as I do with my banking apps, where the apps serve me quite well to get my hands on the information I need, after which I may go open up a web page to get access to the full online banking experience, even going to a full software package like Quicken if I really want to unleash the power. 

Clearly, the experience of  being able to quickly and securely connect to the corporate network, launch the just the right business app, access internal corporate data, and then perhaps even have access to all that information offline is a winning combination that should really open up more and more corporate adoption of smartphone app usage. 

Here’s the link to the Juniper blog site, which has a bit more on the subject as well.