<s>
SAP	B-Application
Afaria	I-Application
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
management	O
software	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	B-General_Concept
helps	O
large	O
organizations	O
connect	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
such	O
as	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
to	O
the	O
company	O
network	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
(	O
IT	B-General_Concept
)	O
tasks	O
associated	O
with	O
buying	O
,	O
deploying	O
,	O
securing	O
and	O
maintaining	O
such	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	B-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
’s	O
Net-Essentials	O
product	O
suite	O
,	O
and	O
allowed	O
system	O
administrators	O
to	O
remotely	O
manage	O
client	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
disks	O
,	O
files	O
and	O
sessions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XcelleNet	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
became	O
an	O
independent	O
,	O
privately	O
held	O
company	O
in	O
February	O
2000	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
version	O
3.5	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
in	O
May	O
2000	O
,	O
as	O
Afaria	O
for	O
Handhelds	B-Application
,	O
and	O
version	O
4.0	O
in	O
June	O
2000	O
as	O
Afaria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sybase	B-Application
acquired	O
XcelleNet	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Sybase	B-Application
Afaria	I-Application
became	O
SAP	B-Application
Afaria	I-Application
,	O
following	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Sybase	B-Application
by	O
SAP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Market	O
intelligence	O
firm	O
International	O
Data	O
Corporation	O
(	O
IDC	O
)	O
first	O
recognized	O
Afaria	O
as	O
the	O
leader	O
in	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
management	O
in	O
June	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
continued	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
every	O
year	O
since	O
,	O
through	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Gartner	O
identified	O
Afaria	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
management	O
platforms	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
Gartner	O
Magic	O
Quadrant	O
report	O
on	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
management	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Gartner	O
Quadrant	O
for	O
MDM	O
of	O
June	O
2014	O
SAP	B-Application
Afaria	I-Application
is	O
in	O
the	O
Challengers	O
Quadrant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
Afaria	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
session-based	O
approach	O
when	O
it	B-General_Concept
communicates	O
with	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
in	O
the	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
it	B-General_Concept
to	O
circumvent	O
issues	O
related	O
to	O
intermittent	O
connections	O
caused	O
by	O
roaming	O
devices	O
that	O
might	O
lose	O
their	O
network	O
connectivity	O
during	O
a	O
data	O
transmission	O
in	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
Afaria	I-Application
organizes	O
its	O
tasks	O
into	O
worklists	O
and	O
sendlists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
download	O
the	O
device	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
(	O
called	O
provisioning	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
an	O
organization	O
’s	O
IT	B-General_Concept
department	O
sends	O
an	O
SMS	O
or	O
SMTP	O
email	O
to	O
each	O
device	O
with	O
a	O
link	O
to	O
the	O
Afaria	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
End	O
users	O
(	O
or	O
IT	B-General_Concept
)	O
can	O
click	O
the	O
link	O
to	O
start	O
the	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
commonly	O
use	O
SAP	B-Application
Afaria	I-Application
to	O
manage	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
company-owned	O
or	O
employee-owned	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
that	O
employees	O
use	O
for	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
increasing	O
popularity	O
of	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
other	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
in	O
the	O
general	O
population	O
,	O
many	O
people	O
now	O
bring	O
their	O
own	O
devices	O
(	O
BYOD	O
)	O
to	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
are	O
finding	O
that	O
they	O
must	O
support	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
employees	O
 '	O
personal	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
corporate	O
email	O
and	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
network	O
operators	O
and	O
service	O
providers	O
are	O
two	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
companies	O
that	O
frequently	O
employ	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
management	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
SAP	B-Application
Afaria	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
security	O
issues	O
in	O
SAP	B-Application
Afaria	I-Application
were	O
identified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
security	O
researcher	O
Dmitry	O
Chastukhin	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
vulnerabilities	O
allowed	O
attackers	O
to	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
all	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
connected	O
to	O
it	B-General_Concept
with	O
by	O
mimic	O
a	O
command	O
sent	O
from	O
the	O
server	O
to	O
a	O
mobile	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
