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City of Stockholm selects MobileIron threat defense

The city of Stockholm has selected MobileIron Threat Defense, the company said in a statement. MobileIron Threat Defense will be deployed on 30,000 mobile devices used by the employees of the city.

“City of Stockholm employees rely on their mobile devices to increase their work efficiency,” said Constantinos Amiridis, solution architect, City of Stockholm. “With MobileIron Threat Defense, we can give our employees the peace of mind to safely use their devices without any data being compromised.”

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