Ericom Software, Inc. is a

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–based company that provides web isolation and remote application access software to businesses.

Overview

Ericom develops and sells remote browser-isolation technology, available as a

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service or on-premises software. The company also sells a broad line of secure access products that connects users to

enterprise application Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software (EAS), is computer software used to satisfy the needs of an organization rather than its individual users. Enterprise software is an integral part of a computer-based information ...

s and

Windows Windows is a Product lining, product line of Proprietary software, proprietary graphical user interface, graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sec ...

environments. More recently, it launched a

Secure Access Service Edge A secure access service edge (SASE) (also secure access secure edge) is technology used to deliver wide area network (WAN) and security controls as a cloud computing service directly to the source of connection (user, device, Internet of things (I ...

(SASE) platform called ZTEdge that includes network security capabilities like a cloud-based

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, a web gateway, and other cloud security controls, as well as Remote Browser Isolation. Ericom has been promoting the concept of Zero Trust Browsing, positioning its isolation technology as a way to safely browse the internet, prevent

phishing Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware. Phishing attacks have become increasingly sophisticate ...

attacks, and stop credential theft. Ericom Blaze is also available as a Desktop Protocol (RDP) acceleration and compression technology to display content over a WAN (

wide area network A wide area network (WAN) is a telecommunications network that extends over a large geographic area. Wide area networks are often established with leased telecommunication circuits. Businesses, as well as schools and government entities, use ...

), high latency connections and networks with limited bandwidth. The solution accelerates RDP sessions accessed through a VMware View connection broker. Ericom AccessNow has been deployed at schools to enable student and faculty access to Windows applications and desktops from

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Chromebook Chromebook (sometimes stylized in lowercase as chromebook) is a line of laptops, desktops, tablets and all-in-one computers that run ChromeOS, a proprietary operating system developed by Google. Chromebooks are optimised for web access. They al ...

s. Ericom also has

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clients for VMware View and Quest vWorkspace, AccessNow for VMware View and AccessNow for vWorkspace, running wholly within the browser, that enable seamless access to Quest vWorkspace and VMware View

virtual desktop In computing, a virtual desktop is a term used with respect to user interfaces, usually within the WIMP (computing), WIMP paradigm, to describe ways in which the virtual space of a computer's desktop environment is expanded beyond the physical ...

History

Ericom Software was founded in 1993 by Eran Heyman, who was CEO until March 2015 and Executive Chairman until April 2023. Ericom initially developed

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(

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) products; later expanding to offer software for server-based computing, VDI, Web-to-Host Connectivity and secure browsing. In November 2007, Ericom delivered the first

Terminal Services Remote Desktop Services (RDS), known as Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 and earlier, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allow a user to initiate and control an interactive session on a remote computer or virtual machin ...

client to be certified by

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ...

for

Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008, codenamed "Longhorn Server" (alternatives: "Windows Vista Server" or "Windows Server Vista"), is the seventh major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server b ...

. Ericom AccessNow is a line of HTML5

Remote Desktop Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft Corporation which provides a user with a graphical interface to connect to another computer over a network connection. The user employs RDP client software for this pu ...

(RDP) clients that provide browser-based access to Windows applications and desktops running on Microsoft RDS/terminal services and VDI platforms from devices supporting an HTML5-compliant browser, including Google Chromebooks.

Ericom Connect Ericom Connect is a remote access/application publishing solution produced by Ericom Software that provides secure, centrally managed access to physical or hosted desktops and applications running on Microsoft Windows and Linux systems. Product ...

is a remote desktop and application

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tool. Ericom Shield is a remote browser isolation solution that protects data security. In January 2019, David Canellos joined the company as president and CEO. He said in an interview that he planned to focus on integrations with other technologies and vendors. In April 2019, the company announced that Nick Kael had joined as Chief Technology Officer. Kael is a cyber-security veteran and has held senior leadership positions at

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, Symantec, BT, and

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. In February 2020, the company announced that John Peterson had joined as

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. Dr. Chase Cunningham joined Ericom from

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as Chief Strategy Officer in January 2021. In April 2023, Cradlepoint, part of

Ericsson (), commonly known as Ericsson (), is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Ericsson has been a major contributor to the development of the telecommunications industry and is one ...

, announced that it acquired Ericom Software to solidify their

and

zero trust Zero trust architecture (ZTA) or perimeterless security is a design and implementation strategy of IT systems. The principle is that users and devices should not be trusted by default, even if they are connected to a privileged network such as a ...

offerings for hybrid 5G and wireline environments.

References

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