VMware will update Workspace ONE to use Chrome Policy API, a component of Chrome OS that eases certain device management tasks. This integration is being enhanced as part of the updates announced today. VMware Inc.’s VMware Workspace ONE, another popular device management platform, already provides an integration with Chrome OS. Administrators can also perform a variety of other tasks, such as resetting user passwords and ensuring that a laptop’s configuration settings meet security requirements. A company can, for example, leverage BlackBerry UEM to download security patches onto user devices automatically. Google is rolling out connectors for BlackBerry UEM and Samsung Knox Manage, two software platforms that companies use to maintain employee endpoints.

The integrations provide the ability to manage workers’ Chrome OS devices and Chrome browser installations using popular third-party software tools. Google today introduced Chrome Enterprise Connectors Framework, a collection of integrations designed to ease IT teams’ work further. For enterprise information technology teams, Google offers a product called Chrome Enterprise Upgrade that provides access to additional cybersecurity and device management features. Over recent years, the operating system has also been gaining traction in the enterprise.

Google LLC today introduced a set of tools designed to help companies improve cybersecurity for workers using its Chrome browser and Chrome OS devices.Ĭhrome OS is a lightweight operating system developed by Google that is widely used in the education sector.

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