Remote Support Solution Provider AetherPal To Be Acquired by VMware

This week VMware Inc. announced its intent to acquire AetherPal, a venture-backed remote support and mobile support enterprise solution provider based in Piscataway, New Jersey.VMware has been reselling AetherPal Remote Support under the name Workspace ONE Advanced Remote Management as an add-on to Workspace ONE since May 2017. With the acquisition, "AetheralPal's modern approach to enabling remote support will add to the intelligence-driven Workspace ONE platform and its deep cross-platform UEM capabilities, reinforcing VMware's commitment to simplifying customers' digital workspace journeys," according to the blog post by Shekar Ayyar, VMware's executive VP, strategy and corporate development and general Manager, of the Telco NFV Group.