14 DAY TRIAL // Recently priced at $750, Cisco's Cius tablet is now receiving the AppHQ, an application ecosystem that allows users to create, manage and quickly deploy tablet applications in the enterprise
Cisco Cius, an Android-based tablet aimed at business customers, combines voice, video, collaboration, and virtualization capabilities and is the first of its kind.
With AppHQ developers will be provided with tools and resources to create, test and market applications for Cisco Cius.
In addition, the application allows IT managers to control which applications can be used on the devices.
Using AppHQ, companies will be able to create private, own-branded application storefronts for their organizations where employees can find, publish and procure applications that complement their business environments.
“Cisco is the number one provider worldwide of telepresence and telephony endpoints and with the Cisco Cius tablet and AppHQ ecosystem, Cisco is extending its leadership in networked collaboration to the mobile form factor in a highly secure and controlled way,” said Barry O'Sullivan, senior vice president, Communications and Collaboration Group, Cisco.
Basically, AppHQ is a highly secure, cloud-based user storefront that provides capabilities for end users and IT managers that have yet to be implemented in other application stores that are now live on the market.
One of the main reasons behind the creation of the AppHQ is Cisco's desire to provide IT managers and users with a “trusted source” for applications, ensuring that every application within AppHQ goes through its own validation testing, whether developed by Cisco, third-party Android developer partners, or users within the enterprise.
Enterprise customers will have a Cisco hosted, highly-secure and private application store within AppHQ, which will be customizable.
Furthermore, the customers' stores place within Cisco's store is also a platform that they can use to deploy applications efficiently for their organizations.
With AppHQ Manager, IT will have the ability to allow or deny access to application marketplaces by user role or device and to grant or deny access to applications by type, source or category.