Overstock executive named cochair of VRARA Retail Committee
Friday, January 12, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Months after Overstock.com, announced the launch of its augmented reality (AR) feature within its iOS shopping app, the organization’s senior vice president of software engineering, Amit Goyal, was named as the chair to VR/AR Association (VRARA)’s global retail and e-commerce committee. Along with Goyal’s responsibility as chair, he will serve as president of the newly ...
Cisco releases security connector app for iOS devices
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Cisco announced the availability of Cisco Security Connector, a security app designed to give enterprises the deepest visibility and control over network activity on iOS devices, now in the App Store.Apple has designed iOS to be secure from the ground up and to be simple, intuitive, and powerful for users. By using iPhones and iPads with iOS 11 and Cisco Security Connec...
Appdome extends its platform to accelerate mobile management
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Appdome has announced the immediate availability of its Mobility Suite, a new service offering that provides integration options for third-party and custom mobile apps being deployed within enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions. The Appdome Mobility Suite extends EMM systems, allowing EMM and MDM (mobile device management) solutions to reach mobile ap...
Prey expands mobile device management capabilities for iOS
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Prey Software has announced Apple Push Certification for Prey software. Organizations now have a simple path to mobile device security and management using its connection with Apple iOS for full remote control and access to Apple laptops, iPhones, and smart devices.Mobile Device Management for iOS requires the use of various digital certificates for its operation, and A...
Appdome integrates into the AppConfig community
Monday, August 14, 2017 by Richard Harris
Appdome, a cloud hub for mobile app integration, has joined the AppConfig Community, re-affirming its ongoing commitment to a secure and efficient mobile industry. AppConfig’s best practice feature-set can now be automatically integrated in apps via the Appdome platform, all without any code or coding. App Publishers (ISVs) and enterprise app developers can add AppConfi...
Apperian announces new security capabilities
Monday, July 3, 2017 by Richard Harris
Apperian, an Arxan company and provider of mobile application management (MAM) and security solutions, has announced several platform enhancements, which increase the security of enterprise mobile app data. These updates take advantage of native device capabilities, multiple industry protocols and additional password controls, to provide a solution for distributing secu...
Get mobile printing up and running: What CIOs need to know
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 by Brent Richtsmeier
Enterprise workplace infrastructure is changing. Gartner found that total mobile sales into the enterprise globally are greater than 200,000 per year, while PCs are half that. The PC installed base has been on a steady decline since 2014, while the mobile installed base is on the rise - meaning mobile is set to surpass the PC installed base in 2017.However, even as more...
What's so tricky about Android security anyway
Monday, December 12, 2016 by Don Duncan
Android authentication can be a tricky business because it can help identify the user, but it can also open the door to hackers at the same time. It all comes down to the device administrator access which comes with a lot of benefits like. Device administrator access provides complete device management access rights that include creating and managing poli...
Mopria provides Samsung Galaxy phone users the ability to easily print
Friday, November 11, 2016 by Richard Harris
The Mopria Alliance just announced that the Mopria Print Library will be a part of the Samsung Print Service. Mopria will provide Samsung Galaxy phone users the ability to easily and intuitively print content from their mobile devices to more than 88 million1 printers, regardless of printer brand. Mopria will power the Samsung Print Service to enable user...
Magic xpa 3.2 launches to feed your RAD beast
Thursday, November 3, 2016 by Christian Hargrave
Magic Software Enterprises just announced the latest version of its rapid application development platform, Magic xpa 3.2. The code-free Magic xpa Application Platform provides an easy-to-use, highly-productive and cost-effective development environment that lets organizations and ISVs quickly create multi-channel mobile and desktop business apps. Enhancements in the Ma...
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 Release Offers New Microservices and Object Services Technology
Thursday, July 28, 2016 by Richard Harris
Kony has released the latest edition of its MobileFabric platform, the company’s mobile middleware solution designed to be used to rapidly build mobile backend applications. This release, MobileFabric 7.0, offers a new model-driven approach to mobile app development using microservices and includes object services that make it easier and cheaper to develop, maintain and...
The Impact of BYOD on Developers
Friday, July 1, 2016 by Mitch Black
From Security Research Labs breaking into a phone within seconds on 60 Minutes earlier this year to the Apple/FBI debacle, it’s increasingly clear that enterprises have varying levels of device security protocols in place. Surprisingly, the responsibility of ensuring vital data remains secure, especially as BYOD policies and a mobile-first workforce become the norm...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Releases New Converged Infrastructure Platforms for the IoT
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 by Richard Harris
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has introduced the Edgeline EL1000 and Edgeline EL4000 Converged Systems for the Internet of Things (IoT). These systems integrate data capture, control, compute and storage to deliver analytics and insights at the edge for real-time decision making. HPE has also announced enhanced IoT security capabilities, new services and an IoT partn...
MDM Policies Could Make You Feel Like a 5th Grader on iOS
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 by Chris Hazelton
Apple recently released its iOS 9.3 update which will add new features for enterprise mobility management (EMM) vendors to control the look and feel of Apple iOS devices with mobile device management (MDM) profiles. The primary purpose of these capabilities are for the education vertical where shared devices can focus students on classroom materials. That said, wit...
Using Virtual Mobile Infrastructure to Protect Corporate Data
Saturday, March 5, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
We chatted with Avast Vice President Sinan Eren to talk BYOD mobile security and how the Avast VMP solution provides companies with the ability to create a virtual mobile infrastructure (VMI) that streams mobile apps to any device. Sinan is a cybersecurity expert, who has extensive knowledge in both the engineering and business aspects of security. ADM: What is the...
ManageEngine Releases Cloud Version of its Mobile Device Management Platform
Monday, January 25, 2016 by Richard Harris
ManageEngine has released a cloud edition of its Mobile Device Manager Plus, a mobile device management (MDM) software solution. The new cloud edition provides a scalable on-demand service to manage a company’s mobile devices. Highlights of the new release include:- Stringent restriction policies for securing apps and mobile devices- Containerization of corporate d...
SOTI MobiControl 13.0 Release Offers Greater Mobile Device Management Functionality
Monday, January 18, 2016 by Richard Harris
SOTI has introduced SOTI MobiControl 13.0, the latest version of SOTI’s MobiControl enterprise mobility management solution. This latest iteration of the product offers greater integration with any device form factor, more consistent user experiences across all devices, and the ability to help companies support the next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) connected devi...
What You Need to Know about BYOD Security
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 by Jayaraman Gopal
As employees bring their own devices to work, IT teams face an assortment of challenges, from managing mobile apps on a myriad of different devices to backing up and restoring business data. But bar none, the greatest burden for IT staff is securing business data on mobile devices.The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (in Reverse Order)The UglyThe BYOD phenomenon has spawned ...
New Magic XPA 3.0 Offers Rapid Mobile Development
Monday, May 18, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Magic Software has announced the release of Magic xpa Application Platform 3.0, offering mobile development capabilities and In-Memory Data Grid technology for the creation of mobile and cross-platform business applications.Magic xpa is part of Magic’s End-to-End Enterprise Mobility Solution that also includes Magic’s Integration Platform, Mobile Device Management and M...
Mobile Devices Are the Weakest Link for Enterprise Mobility Solutions
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 by Chirag Shivalker
The time has come when the fact is accepted and discussed at large, the one that we have been trying to resist since long. We all are aware that today mobile Apps for Enterprise Management consider mobility at their core. It has given new peripheries to businesses by transforming operations – better engagement with customers – and of course an innovative appro...
LANDESK Offers New App Wrapping Capabilities to Its Enterprise Mobility Management Platform
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 by Richard Harris
LANDESK has announced the release of new features and upgrades to its Enterprise Mobility Management platform, including an application wrapping feature. This new feature will allow IT departments to add another layer of security to the enterprise apps they supply to their users.The solution allows an IT administrator to wrap an application in one step and deploy it to ...
Application Readiness Strategies for Reducing Mobile Application Management Risk and BYOD
Monday, September 8, 2014 by Maureen Polte
With the meteoric growth of mobile Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) in the enterprise, IT is facing an existential crisis. How does it enable and empower employees yearning for mobile access to enterprise applications and data – without sacrificing security or control? How organizations ultimately resolve this crisis is yet to be determined. But the strategy IT adopts will ...
Flexera Software Release AdminStudio Suite 2014 Mobile Testing and Management Platform
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 by Richard Harris
Flexera Software has announced the release of AdminStudio Suite 2014 which offers application packaging tools to prepare application packages for software deployment with a set of automated MSI packaging, customization, testing and reporting capabilities. AdminStudio Mobile Pack enables centralized management of mobile apps with the same tools and process...
Good Launches “Presence” Server Based Service for Enterprise Mobile App Development
Monday, August 4, 2014 by Richard Harris
Good has announced “Presence”, its first server-based service available with the Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform. This service provides online presence information about a user – i.e., available, busy, in a meeting, do not disturb, etc. With the new Presence service, online presence information can be made available in any app that uses the service. So pres...
Good Technology Announces New Enterprise Mobility Offerings
Thursday, July 17, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Good Technology has announced four new enterprise mobility management (EMM) suites. The new EMM suites are based on Good’s existing product portfolio.Good Professional Suite: $0 per user, per monthOriginally announced as Good Pro in February, this entry-level suite is for business professionals or small businesses wishing to ensure their data and mobile devices are prot...
Magic Software Launches Mobile Enterprise App Accelerator Framework
Thursday, July 17, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Magic Software has launched the newest version of its multi-channel application development platform, Magic xpa 2.5, along with a new Mobile Accelerator Framework, both designed to improve the user and developer experience for mobile business apps based on Magic technology. Magic Software is a provider of software platforms for enterprise mobility, cloud appli...
Apple vs. Android: Developing Secure Enterprise Apps
Friday, June 6, 2014 by James Seibel
Mobile Device Management (“MDM”) is an infrastructure protocol for executing privileged commands on mobile devices. In other words, MDM is an infrastructure technology that enables administrators to take full advantage of features already included on devices. The MDM specifications are provided by operating system designers, for example Apple and Google, and include gui...
Aternity Launches New Mobile Application Performance Management (APM) Platform for Enterprise App Development
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Aternity has released mAPM for Enterprise Apps, a new set of mobile application performance management products that provide enterprises with the capabilities that their app development, IT Ops, and line of business teams need to measure, manage, and improve workforce productivity.The mAPM capabilities allow enterprises to ensure a quality user experience for their...
Microsoft Announces New App Developer Opportunities at Build, Along With Windows Phone 8.1
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Microsoft continues to woo the app development community and announced several new new developer opportunities at Build 2014. The emphasis was on the Windows platform as a common platform across devices, a single toolset, a common infrastructure across the Windows and Windows Phone stores, and a clear commitment to interoperability. The company also annou...
Top Mobile Predictions for 2015 and Beyond
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 by Richard Harris
If you had a crystal ball and looked at 2015 and 2016 to see what will be the driving factors for mobile what would you see? Garnter analyst Nick Jones provides his top 10 predictions in a recent report.And what where they? Drumroll please:1) Multiplatform/Multiarchitecture AD Tools2) HTML53) Advanced Mobile UX Design4) High-Precision Location Sensing5) Wearab...
New Centrify MAS SDK Lets Enterprise Mobile Apps Play With Active Directory
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Centrify Corporation has launched a new developer site to provide direct access to Centrify’s SDKs which provide identity management services through cloud, mobile and datacenter applications and systems. The site also serves as a hub for newly introduced and updated SDKs, technical resources on integration, code samples, interaction with the developer community, a...
Enterprise Mobility and BYOA in 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014 by Tania Amar
Let’s get out the crystal ball, stir the tea leaves and see what lies ahead for enterprise mobility in 2014. With strategies figured out for BYOD, businesses will start focusing on BYOA - application. BYOA means that employees are bringing their own applications to work more efficiently and be more productive. While all leading industry analysts, like Gartner, Forrester...
Magic Adds Features to Mobile Device Management Products
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 by Richard Harris
Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. has, announced that it has enhanced its enterprise mobility solution to provide businesses with an end-to-end solution that addresses enterprise mobility requirements, including support for offline mode and a full Magic Software Enterprises (MDM) offering.
The new product offering includes secure and reliable access to real-time enterpri...
Amazon App Developers Can Fire Up Android and Web Apps With Kindle Fire HDX Powered By OS 3.0 Mojito
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Amazon has officially launched its new Kindle Fire HDX featuring a new 7-inch or 8.9-inch HDX display, quad-core 2.2 GHz processor with 3x the processing power, twice the memory of the previous model, 11 hours of battery life, and dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus audio.
From a consumer standpoint, probably the most innovative aspect of the new device is the...
