AR glasses market on the rise
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger
AR glasses are a type of wearable technology that connects people to computers. Many functions of smart glasses enable users to examine data pertinent to their environment. Technology for AR glasses has advanced tremendously in recent years. Several sectors, including manufacturing, shipping, field service, inspection, and operation, are already expanding with smart gla...
Why Glass Enterprise Edition 2 is easier to develop for and deploy
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 by Richard Harris
Google made the first prototype of "Google Glass" in early 2013, and sold them as prototypes, in limited quantity for $1,500 - a hefty price to pay but super cutting edge and they came with total geeky overload.
The official public release of the glasses game later in 2014 and was met with an abundance of backlash because of obvious privacy concerns.
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AI driven codeless testing solution drops from Perfecto
Thursday, March 14, 2019 by Richard Harris
Perfecto announced it will release Perfecto Codeless, an AI-driven codeless testing solution that allows teams to automate the process of writing test scripts regardless of skill level. Equipped with machine learning (ML) capabilities, changes to the test script are made agnostically, allowing scripts to continuously run and fix themselves without disrupting operations....
Zinier gets $22M to transform field service management with automation
Monday, March 11, 2019 by Brittany Hainzinger
Zinier has raised $22 million in Series B funding to accelerate global growth and expand its platform to meet the growing needs of field service organizations. Returning investor Accel led the round, along with Founders Fund, Nokia-backed NGP Capital, Qualcomm Ventures LLC and returning France-based investor Newfund.
The investment coincides with the field service in...
Here's why AR is not ready for industrial use
Monday, November 19, 2018 by Austin Harris
Retriever Communications announced the results of a study it commissioned with the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) sharing deeper insight into the design of industrial-grade augmented reality (AR) software and hardware.
The goal of the study was to identify heuristics that will aid designers and developers in the creation of hands-free technologies for field s...
The iPhone XS phones and low code programming complexity
Monday, October 1, 2018 by Richard Harris
The new iPhone XS devices are the most complex and sophisticated phones Apple has ever produced. Just concerning sheer technology inside - know that the A12 Bionic processor inside is the first commercially available 7-nanometer chip for consumers, and that it contains 6.9 billion transistors. It has an eight-core CPU that's capable of crunching five tril...
Making voice enabled apps for home or business
Monday, March 12, 2018 by Richard Harris
A voice-enabled application is a piece of software integrated with a service like Amazon Lex to add a conversational interface. This is typically a technology that we associate with consumers, thanks to voice assistants like Alexa, Siri, Cortana, and Google Home. However, history tells us that consumers expect the enterprise to mirror their own personal use of technolog...
Janam launches rugged Android smartphone
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 by Austin Harris
Janam Technologies LLC has announced the launch of the XT100 rugged touch computer. Packed with every business-critical feature that enterprise organizations require, the XT100 surpasses its competition by delivering the latest enterprise-grade technologies, all at an attractive price point.The pocket-sized XT100 withstands repeated 4 foot/1.2 meter drops to concrete an...
Red Hat survey identifies where tech investment is happening most
Friday, January 19, 2018 by Richard Harris
A new survey from Red Hat is out, aimed to better understand how technologies are being applied and the impact they are having in the enterprise. Red Hat commissioned research firm Vanson Bourne to survey 300 IT decision makers from organizations in the U.S., Europe and Asia that employ a significant field workforce. The survey examined investment trends, current a...
Oracle weighs in on chatbots for enterprise developers
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 by Richard Harris
From self-service to instant payments, the chatbot industry has seen great things from the latest advents in the field of AI. That's why we sat down with Oracle to learn more about how with all these new changes in the messaging industry enterprise can see the value that can be attained by adoption.We recently had a conversation with Suhas Uliyar, Vice President, A...
Research suggests a diverse need for video communications PaaS
Friday, December 1, 2017 by Austin Harris
Vidyo in collaboration with WebRTC ventures has released a report titled “The Rise of Embedded Video Communications: Trends in Video-Enabled Apps.” The report shows that communications platforms-as-a-service (PaaS) is a top choice for those who are planning embedded video projects, with 49% of respondents saying that they plan to use a communications PaaS to initiate an...
GE Digital unveils new industrial software solutions
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 by Austin Harris
GE has unveiled expansions to its suite of edge-to-cloud technologies and industrial applications, designed to help its customers build a complete asset strategy. These additions to the GE Digital portfolio complement software applications that drive industrial productivity and extend these benefits through Predix, the application development platform for the Industrial...
CoresystemsSightCall partnership brings AR to field service
Monday, August 28, 2017 by Austin Harris
Coresystems, a provider of cloud-based field service and workforce management software, has announced its partnership with SightCall, a video communications cloud platform. The partnership will bring the augmented reality (AR) functionalities of SightCall’s Video Assistance to Coresystems’ field service solution, allowing for field technicians to leverage augmented remo...
Andrew LeCates from FileMaker discusses version 16
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 by Richard Harris
FileMaker, an Apple subsidiary that helps developers make custom apps, has recently released their platform's 16th iteration. The updates have enhanced previous versions with improvements that both professional and first-time developers can use to create, share, and run custom apps.Some of their new updates include a new Layout Objects window, scalability up to 500 simu...
Demand for mobile print solutions are on the rise
Thursday, May 11, 2017 by Christoph Schell
Understanding the opportunity for mobile printing in the workplace first requires rejecting the notion that the enterprise has abandoned much of its need for printing and paper records. Digital forms and workflows may be reducing the amount of paperwork, yet many organizations still rely on hard-copy contracts, government forms and reports to support business processes ...
Catching up with Red Hat Mobile to talk about low code in the enterprise
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 by Richard Harris
Low code is a movement that has emerged in the marketplace in recent times, not only for mobile but also for business process management (BPM) and other application development areas. What company can resist the pull of low-cost and relatively fast development times? Especially when it's as simple as a drag and drop gesture away. So it's not surprising that many big nam...
Coresystems says crowdsourcing can upend the field service industry
Monday, March 20, 2017 by Austin Harris
Coresystems has introduced the Project Management Module, a significant new enhancement to its field service software platform. With the new offering, Coresystems is enabling customers to crowd source their field service operations through their “crowd service” delivery model, in order to reduce operational expenditure and risk and increase customer satisfaction and rev...
Enterprise mobile demand will outstrip IT's capacity to deliver in 2017
Monday, December 26, 2016 by Richard Harris
Editors note: 2017 predictions from Yuval Scarlat, CEO and Co-Founder, CaprizaA shortage of mobile developers and designers spawns a wave of mobile “citizen developers.” Demand for enterprise mobile apps continues to surge, and analyst firms like Gartner have predicted that enterprise mobile demand will outstrip IT’s capacity to deliver by a factor of 5 through 2018. Mo...
Predictions from Red Hat for 2017
Saturday, December 24, 2016 by Richard Harris
Catching up with Red Hat’s mobile team on what they’re expecting to see in mobile and IT in 2017.1. Prediction: Mobile goes mainstream as part of enterprise application strategy that hinges on containers, DevOps, and microservices. There are more mobile devices in circulation than the global population and mobile searches now outstrip those from PCs; mobile can no ...
Should you buy or build a mobile app for your business
Friday, November 11, 2016 by Glenn Chenier
The question of whether a company should Buy or Build a mobile app for their business is often portrayed as a binary choice between picking an off-the-shelf app/solution, or building a custom solution from scratch, using an in-house developer team or contracted 3rd party.
The Build vs Buy landscape has many more options. Organizations looking to adopt a m...
JAMF Software to Support iOS 10
Saturday, September 10, 2016 by Richard Harris
JAMF Software has announced support across all of its products, including Casper Suite and Bushel, for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra, which will become generally available on Sept. 13 and Sept. 20 respectively. When customers upgrade to the latest Apple operating systems, IT administrators can be confident their mobile device management (MDM) workflows will be uninterrupted.
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Kony MobileFabric Now Offers Enhanced Support for Apps on AWS
Monday, August 15, 2016 by Richard Harris
Kony has announced enhanced support for applications running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and updates to its offerings in AWS Marketplace. The announcement includes new support for AWS Mobile and IoT offerings that make it easier and faster for mobile app developers using Kony MobileFabric to develop, build and deploy apps on the AWS Cloud.Kony MobileFabric 7 provides a...
Tickets On Sale Now For GitHub Universe September 1415
Saturday, August 13, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
GitHub Universe is the flagship user conference for the GitHub community. The event will be held in San Francisco on September 14 -15, and is intended for developers, operations and system administrators, technical leads, entrepreneurs, and business leaders. The event features two keynotes, six featured speakers, and twenty-four breakout sessions that dive deep into tec...
Being Ready for a MobileFirst Business Strategy
Sunday, July 31, 2016 by Sravish Sridhar
If your business isn’t talking about its mobile strategy yet, it’s only a matter of time. According to 451 Research, 40 percent of companies will prioritize the mobilization of general business apps over the next two years, compared to just mobilizing field service and sales teams. Companies recognize mobility offers huge business benefits, from driving customer satisfa...
Tad Johnson Discusses JAMF Software's Focus on Apple Devices
Thursday, May 5, 2016 by Richard Harris
Tad Johnson, marketing campaign manager at JAMF Software, reached out to us to discuss why the company has focused solely on offering solutions for Apple devices and how that strategy has evolved.ADM: Who is JAMF Software and what does the company do?Johnson: Since 2002, JAMF Software has been solely focused on helping organizations succeed with Apple. In fact, we offer...
Salesforce Releases Field Service Lightning to Connect IoT Devices
Thursday, March 17, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Salesforce has launched Field Service Lightning, a new field service solution built for mobile and the Internet of Things (IoT) that harnesses signals from connected devices and customer data With the platform companies have a new option to engage customers, connected devices, agents, dispatchers, and employees in the field.The Field Service Lightning is available throu...
Kony Releases New Mobile Field Service Solution to Help Companies Modernize Operations
Thursday, December 10, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Kony has introduced a new Mobile Field Service solution for SAP Business Suite, which includes a set of three new apps and implementation services to help companies mobilize and modernize their field service operations. In just 30 days Kony's Mobile Field Service solution can help businesses move away from a paper-based field service operation to a completely mobil...
VidyoWorks Launches API for Smart Glass App Development
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
VidyoWorks for smart glasses is a solution that enables hands free video communication and collaboration for augmented reality and see-what-I-see applications. VidyoWorks delivers a scalable video coding (SVC) platform offering error resiliency and the ability to combine workflow integration, performance and scalability to deliver a wearable visual engagement solution.&...
How To Make Better Field Service Communications Apps
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 by Edward Wall
If you’re looking for a fascinatingly complex and highly unique development challenge, you don’t have to look any further than connecting field service workforces for organizations with a regional, national, or global presence. This wide and diverse group – which encompasses everything from big-box retailers to grocery chains to transportation companies – are often...
Flowfinity Wireless’s Enterprise Mobile App Solution Now Offers Third Party Self Service Capabilities
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Flowfinity Wireless’s latest version of its Flowfinity Actions enterprise mobile app software now provides customer portals to provide the ability for companies to let their customers log into Flowfinity directly for self-service capabilities such as service requests, information updates, document access, or viewing of past and scheduled services. Flowfinity s...
Kony Releases New Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS) for Enterprise App Developement
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Kony has released a new Mobile Backend-as-a-Service (MBaaS), featuring pre-built multi-channel packaged mobile apps and enhancements to the Kony Multi-Channel Experience Cloud.The Kony MBaaS provides an open set of integrated, enterprise-grade cloud services that help companies mobilize business processes including customer relationship management, human resou...
Skylight SDK Lets You Create Smart Glasses Apps
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 by Richard Harris
Skylight is a software platform from APX Labs that can be used to create smart glasses applications for scenarios where it is desirable for hands-free, in-context, real time information right where work is getting done.It is a complete system managing the user experience on the smart glasses itself and it is the back end platform which powers the business...
Sencha Space – Solving BYOD with Cross Platform Management to Build and Deploy Secure Mobile HTML5 Apps
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 by Nicholas Harlow
With more and more enterprises adopting BYOD policies, the challenge for IT departments has become how to manage personal and professional applications on the same device, making sure company information is secure without infringing upon personal privacy. The importance of this issue will only grow as mobility becomes an even greater fixture in the enterprise.At Sencha,...
CDW Launches App Marketplace to Connect Enterprises with App Developers
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 by Richard Harris
CDW has launched its new App Marketplace as part of its Total Mobility Management portfolio of services. The CDW App Marketplace is a single, online destination that connects organizations with vetted, proven developers of mobile apps for key business functions such as sales support, customer relationship management, human resources systems and more ...
Snappii Announces Enhancements to Its Enterprise App Creation Platform
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 by Richard Harris
Snappii has announced several major feature enhancements to its mobility platform which allows businesses to quickly design, prototype, build via configuration, integrate, deploy, manage, and evolve enterprise apps across smartphones, tablets and web with no coding required.New enhancements to the platform include:Multi-device design capability: The Snappii Vi...
