The importance of remote connectivity is growing, VPN has become quite essential for each and every organizations starting from Enterprises to a SMB. These days’ people started using the smartphones for VPN connectivity including me. This is an era of iPhones, iPads, Black berries etc.

There is a good news for iPhone users as Juniper Network one of the leading network security company has released Junos Pulse app, which provides secure remote mobile access to corporate resources on an iPhone or iPod Touch. Junos Pulse app happens to be the industry’s first downloadable VPN app for iPhone,  coupled with the Juniper Networks SA Series SSL VPN Appliances, a remote user can now have the privilege of accessing any corporate resource from the iPhone and iPod touch enabling the mobile workforce to stay connected, productive and informed while on the run.

Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager of Juniper’s Service Layer Technologies Business Group said on the release of the app: “Instant and seamless secure access to corporate resources including applications, email, contacts and the intranet are all critical elements demanded by employees of any successful organization. We worked with Apple to ensure the Junos Pulse App enables the productivity that enterprise users are demanding and are very excited that it is now available on the App Store.  Juniper’s market-leading SSL VPN solution will keep any enterprise mobile, secure, empowered and working more efficiently.” 

The Junos Pulse app works on iPhone and iPad with an iOS version of 4.1 or later. On the infrastructure side, customers must have a Juniper Networks SA Series SSL VPN Appliance running version 6.4 or later.