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Rollout: NetMotion Mobility XE 7.2: Page 2 of 4

Mobility XE acts as a transport-level proxy between applications running on an internal server and any client applications running on a mobile client. In addition, all communications are secured using FIPS 140-2-validated AES (Advanced Encryption Standard).

When a mobile device becomes unreachable, the Mobility XE server at the back end maintains all application sessions with remote servers by tricking the server into thinking the client is still accessible. On the client side, network applications are kept alive in a similar manner. Once network connectivity is restored, Mobility XE will re-establish the VPN session automatically and signal client-server applications to resume data transmission. Device connectivity outages thus manifest themselves as a pause in the data flow rather than a complete client-server disconnection.

The server portion of Mobility XE runs on Windows Server 2000/2003 and is comprised of two parts. The first, Mobility's LDAP-based "warehouse," stores all client configuration information and can be housed on a single server or replicated among multiple servers. The second half terminates client connections and can be pooled and load balanced on up to 10 servers.

Mobility XE can authenticate the client's user name and password using Active Directory, a RADIUS server or RSA SecurID. An intelligently designed Web interface lets you manage server and client settings hierarchically. An optional policy module allows conditional actions, such as blocking unwanted applications like NetBIOS or bandwidth-hungry ones like Windows Updates on 3G connections. The Mobility VPN can be bypassed automatically when connected to the wired corporate infrastructure.