iPass Open Mobile global Wi-Fi service first enterprise connectivity management solution

USA: iPass Inc. announced that its Open Mobile global Wi-Fi service is the first enterprise connectivity management solution to support Microsoft's recently released Windows 8 operating system.

Support for Windows 8 is available via two different iPass Open Mobile clients. Open Mobile v1.0 for Windows Touch is a new Open Mobile client available via the Windows Store that will work on Windows 8 and Windows RT mobile devices supporting x86, x64 and ARM processors.

For IT managed Windows 8 devices, iPass has also made a version of its standard Open Mobile client (v2.3) available that is not available via the Windows store.

iPass Open Mobile delivers a service for enterprises that simply, securely and cost-effectively enables employees to be globally mobile from any device. Additionally, iPass Open Mobile provides access to the iPass Mobile Network, the world’s largest carrier-grade Wi-Fi network  of more than one million hotspots including in-flight Internet, hotels, airports and business venues around the world.