Mobile Workforce Architecture

Secure Mobile Collaboration

Cisco Mobile Workforce Architecture enhances business with highly secure and collaborative network services on any smart device, anytime.

Solution Overview

Deliver highly secure network services to mobile workers anytime, anywhere with Cisco Mobile Workforce Architecture (MWA). This framework also helps network administrators cost-effectively deploy services and applications.

MWA Benefits

Consolidate Deployment Types and Cut Costs

MWA supports many mobile devices, including smartphones and laptops, on the Cisco Integrated Services Router Generation 2 (ISR G2) platform. Cisco embeds network security into the hardware of every ISR, consolidating all VPN deployment types on one headend router. You can lower the cost of network ownership by deploying a single network for:

Teleworkers (Cisco Virtual Office)
Branch offices
Mobile users (Cisco MWA)

Provide Highly Secure Services

The Cisco MWA vision is to provide highly secure:

Automated deployment
Connectivity
Access to services on smart mobile devices

With highly secure automated deployment, you can easily manage and deploy mobile data, applications, and devices. MWA also delivers highly secure connectivity that:

Uses Cisco VPN technologies trusted by a public key infrastructure
Supports an always-on VPN and always-on security

In addition, MWA offers highly secure access on smart mobile devices to services such as:

Intranet
Email
Cisco Mobile for iPhone
Cisco Jabber for Android
Third-party collaboration applications

Solution Overview

Mobile Workforce Architecture - Solution Overview (PDF - 302 KB)

Deployment Guides

MWA - VPN Deployment Guide for iPhone, iPad, RIM, Nokia (PDF - 200 KB)

MWA - VPN Deployment Guide for Android and Windows Mobile (PDF - 186 KB)

MWA iPhone SDP Deployment Guide (PDF - 1.2 MB)

MWA Cisco Mobile Deployment Guide (PDF - 1.4 MB)

MWA - Mobile IP Deployment Guide (PDF - 476 KB)

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