The deal will extend the capabilities of the Good Dynamics platform with AppCentral's AppGuardian wrapping and mobile application management technology.

The deal doesn't come as a surprise to Gartner's Leif-Olof Wallin: "We are now seeing an increasing number of mobile device management vendors either buy or build mobile application management functionality," the research vice president said.

Another example of that trend is Symantec's acquisition of mobile applications management vendor Nukona, which closed in April.

The thinking behind the integration of application and device management is to improve efficiency and lower cost, and make it easier for enterprises to let employees bring their own devices to work.

The AppGuardian cross-platform application-wrapping technology embeds policy-control capabilities into any app, without requiring redevelopment work, according to AppCentral.