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ProxToMe Adds Android to iOS for Proximity Sharing Using Facebook, the Cloud
ProxToMe, for iPhone and Android lets you discover people nearby by leveraging Facebook to share digital content in real-time. By using a proprietary wireless technology the app detects users within 250 feet and allows for seamless interaction. Following on the heels of their iOS release, it now supports Android.
The app’s requirement that nearby users also have it installed makes for an interesting chicken-and-egg problem. Launched in time for the annual SXSW Interactive social computing blowout, ProxToMe appears to be hoping for an initial boost from bands leading the way with content sharing.
ProxToMe also enables cloud-to-cloud content sharing, including Dropbox to Dropbox, which neatly sidesteps mobile bandwidth issues.
AppGlu Out to Change Mobile Application Lifecycle
AppGlu has launched and hopes to change the way the mobile application lifecycle is managed by giving business people more control of their mobile apps after launch. AppGlu competes in the Mobile Enterprise Application Platform (MEAP) space and is ideal for companies creating apps for employees (B2E), apps for business partners (B2B) and apps for their consumer customers (B2C). They have a intro video that tells more:
Webalo Adds Mobile Analytics to Support Real Time Operational Intelligence
Webalo, Inc. announced today the general availability of a new version of its cloud-based enterprise mobility service. The product upgrade delivers Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to any smartphone or tablet so that mobile users can monitor, analyze, and act on real-time operational intelligence (RtOI) – the type of information that reflects how well the business is running.
This upgrade builds on Webalo`s ability to simultaneously monitor multiple backend applications and data sources from numerous vendors, including a range of BI platforms and ERP systems from IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce.com, in-house custom-built applications, or any other enterprise application vendor. With Webalo, users can receive sophisticated analytics on their smartphones or tablets, that provide real-time panoramic views of the enterprise, allowing them to determine what`s happening and, if anything needs to be done, take action directly from their device.”
Webalo can be easily configured to display dashboards on users` home screens so they can view KPIs in real time and, when there are deviations from normal, click on an icon to drilldown for more detail about the cause of particular problems so they can take immediate action – from their smartphone or tablet – to correct it.
“As the sole plant supplier to more than 150 Home Depot Inc. garden centers across seven states, we rely on Webalo to equip hundreds of our employees with the tools they need to optimize daily replenishment in all of our store locations,” said Joe Perret, Vice President, Systems and Technology of Bell Nursery, one of the nation’s largest greenhouse growers with growing operations in Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio. “Webalo`s mobility solution not only helps us track inventory levels and trends, but also enables our store employees to perform real-time transactions, ensuring accurate replenishment that meets customer demand. A comprehensive mobility solution is critical to the success of our business, and we are delighted to partner with Webalo.”
QuickBooks Online Adds Mobility With New iPad App
With today’s introduction of QuickBooks Online for iPad, small businesses that are mobile by nature will no longer have to save the books for last. Rather, they can get more out of their workdays with an app that helps them work more productively, wherever they are.
“As a wedding planner, I spend 70 percent of my time away from my desk meeting with clients and vendors. At the end of the day, I used to sort through my meeting notes, map out next steps, track payments and expenses, and follow up with invoices,” said Sadie Waddington of Locally Grown Weddings in San Francisco, Calif. “Now, I save time by catching up on accounting during the four hours I commute on public transit each week using QuickBooks Online for iPad. The app also helps keep me more organized and look more professional in front of my clients and vendors.”
Now available in the App Store, QuickBooks Online for iPad brings the world’s No. 1 small business cloud accounting solution to one of the world’s fastest-growing computing devices. It packages the most useful on-the-go business tasks in an easy-to-use, friendly app with a native iPad experience, including integration with the Camera, Contacts, Push Notifications and Location Services.
“Managing a small business is a different game today than it was a few years ago, due in large part to the proliferation of smartphones and tablets,” said Dan Wernikoff, senior vice president and general manager of Intuit’s Financial Management Solutions division. “We found that more than 20 percent of QuickBooks Mobile for iPhone users access the app through iPads. And, customers like Sadie told us they need more than mobile point solutions – they need an all-in-one app that lets them work in a whole new way, and that’s what we created.”
ManageEngine Adds Android Mobile Device Management
ManageEngine today announced it now manages Android devices in the latest version of its desktop and mobile device management (MDM) software, Desktop Central. The move extends the mobile device management support in Desktop Central to include smartphones and tablets running Google’s popular mobile OS as well as devices running Apple iOS.
“The mobile usage trends will eventually drive sharp increases in demand for enterprise MDM solutions that embrace BYOD while ensuring enterprise data security,” said Mathivanan Venkatachalam, director of product management at ManageEngine. “The growing Android market and increasing demand for Android support among our customer base encouraged us to add Android support to Desktop Central as quickly as possible.”
Android MDM in Desktop Central provides data wipe, mobile application management, configuring profile/policy and default option to run mandatory background applications
Desktop Central 8 is available immediately. Prices start at $10 per computer annually for the Professional Edition. The MDM add-on module support is available on all the editions, and prices start at $15 per device annually. The Free Edition of Desktop Central manages up to 25 computers and two mobile devices. A free, fully-functional trial version is available at http://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/download.html.
LoadSpringMobile Releases Mobile Project Management
LoadSpring Solutions today released LoadSpringMobile, a streamlined, secure interface for mobile devices such as smartphones, iPads and tablet PCs.
LoadSpringMobile was designed to maximize the usability of PM applications such as Oracle Primavera P6, Contract Management 14.
It solves a prominent problem among project personnel in the field—how to view and interact with advanced PM software on a small mobile display. In the past, many mobile solutions were of limited value because they attempted to duplicate the full desktop experience on a much smaller screen. The result was a cluttered workspace with more features than needed, making them difficult to view and use.
With LoadSpringMobile, working on the fly is easier, thanks to simple graphics and the elimination of unwanted features and information. Still, every essential tool is available in a mobile setting.
According to Eric Leighton, LoadSpring’s founder and CEO, “We based our interface on ‘What You See is What You Need.’ That’s because mobile teams and contractors only require certain functions and data to do their job. Anything more would just reduce usage and lower efficiency and ROI.”
Mr. Leighton went on to say, “For those who need a mission-specific version of the interface, our Customer Services division can accommodate them by customizing LoadSpringMobile to fit their exact needs.”
Mozido Partners with Savvis to Increase Cloud Infrastructure Offerings
Mozido, LLC, the cloud-based, white label integrated platform of mobile payments, commerce and marketing, today announced a multiyear agreement with Savvis which will provide Mozido with access to Savvis’ cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions to deliver the performance, scalability and security needed to meet the everyday demands of customers in the mobile payments market.
“Mozido’s agreement with Savvis underscores our continued commitment to meeting the diverse needs of a global customer base,” said Greg Corona, CEO and President, Mozido. “By leveraging Savvis’ leading cloud and hosting infrastructure, we will enable customers in the mobile payment ecosystem to quickly implement and scale as their businesses grow, while ensuring the quality of their IT systems and operations.”
With a global footprint, Savvis manages one of the largest and most sophisticated hosting infrastructures in the world. Through this relationship, Mozido will offer its customer base a suite of Savvis solutions including:
- Access to premium, PCI-audited data center facilities with multiple
levels of security and redundancy to ensure maximum availability to
customer applications; - Skilled data center management professionals available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week; - Cloud infrastructure that meets end-to-end enterprise requirements for
application security, privacy and performance; - Advanced security options with dedicated locked cabinets, on-site tape
vaulting and highly secure off-site vaults to meet the most stringent
security requirements.
“As the mobile payments market expands, Savvis has become a preferred hosting partner for leading players in this space,” said Varghese Thomas, global head of financial services, Savvis. “Backed by our secure global data center footprint, Mozido’s mobile payment and commerce solutions offer the scale and stability to meet the diverse needs of the global payments base.”
OpenText Releases Windows 8 Apps
OpenText today announced that OpenText Tempo Box and OpenText eDOCS DM, two secure enterprise information management applications, are now available in the Windows Store for Windows 8.
OpenText has expanded its product roadmap to deliver Windows 8 solutions for OpenText Capture, OpenText Provision, Case360 and MBPM. Similarly, OpenText Content Server, Enterprise Connect, and Email Management are adding Windows 8 support along with Web Experience Management, Portal, Media Management and other products.
“Businesses today are increasingly asking for technology solutions that will provide them with the flexibility to access important documents on their PCs and mobile devices interchangeably. Windows 8 and Windows RT give them this access with the rich functionality, ease of use and a heightened level of security they’ve come to expect from the Windows operating systems,” said John Richards , Senior Director, Windows App Marketing for Microsoft Corp.
Tempo Box is a comprehensive offering that fulfills organizational needs for security, control and integration. Unlike other solutions, it provides enterprise-grade security features that help businesses ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational mandates. Tempo Box allows users to access, view and manage files from their Windows 8 device, as well as edit files in other apps installed on Windows 8. Direct integration with a user’s corporate LDAP or AD directory makes security-enhanced sharing with other Tempo Box users fast and easy.
Tempo Box, a simple, secure file transfer and synchronization service, and the newly developed eDOCS DM app, designed to support legal and mid-market businesses, support both Windows 8 and Windows RT on tablets and PCs, providing customers with the versatility of cloud-based data access – whether in the office or on the go.
“Our Tempo Box product and our eDOCS DM app will empower our business users to quickly take full advantage of all the innovative mobility features that Microsoft offers in these new operating systems,” said Muhi Majzoub, Senior Vice President of Engineering at OpenText. “These innovations demonstrate OpenText’s continued commitment to bringing leading-edge EIM solutions to customers and represent key parts of OpenText’s Enterprise Information Management (EIM) strategy, helping organizations to work more efficiently and drive better business outcomes.”
The newly developed OpenText eDOCS DM app also supports virtually anytime, anywhere access for Windows 8 users with an easy to use app that is consistent with the new Windows user experience. It supports Windows touch interactions and provides a consistent user experience when interacting with eDOCS DM content on any Windows 8 or Windows RT device regardless of form factor.
OpenText Tempo Box and eDOCS DM users can now take advantage of all the simplicity and elegance of Windows 8 – such as the new Start screen; touch screen capabilities; Cloud-connected access; improved performance and system reliability; as well as increased end-to-end enhanced security and manageability features. OpenText Tempo Box and eDOCS DM enables users to take full advantage of the new advanced mobility and usability features in Windows 8, while ensuring a consistent experience when interacting with EIM applications on different devices.
EIM helps organizations manage and exploit their enterprise information to drive innovation, create competitive advantage and make better decisions about their business without compromising their information governance and security.
All editions of Tempo Box including CS10, Express, and Cloud editions are available immediately. Tempo Box is also now available in the Windows Store
Total Communicator Solutions Launches Mobile Marketing Communication Platform
Total Communicator Solutions has launched its Mobile Marketing Communication Platform, a cloud-based platform which enables a company to communicate with their clients who download the company’s mobile app via a simple web based dashboard interface. The solution includes a mobile app that can be dynamically changed and controlled by the CRM system.
“We have created a business solution by combining cutting edge mobile technologies such as an Augmented Reality (AR) solution with a powerful cloud based CRM system. With this we have developed a simple to use Mobile Marketing Communication Platform,” explained TCS Founder and CEO Erik Bjontegard . “The CRM system serves as the central nervous system. The app can be used to gather information such as activity, location and more – the system then can deliver content that is relevant to the app user’s context and behavior. We have gone from context awareness to what I like to call contextual intelligence.”
The platform is targeted for use by a company’s marketing department. It enables automatic delivery of messages, content and offers based on a variety of parameters. These include location, activity and past behavior within the app. The solution can also reward those that use the app to share with others through their social networks.
The first company to use the application is the cutting edge restaurant group Enlightened Hospitality Group of San Diego. They are active users of social and digital marketing and have their own in house digital ad agency. Partner and CEO, James Brennan states, “When we first saw the TCS solution, we knew we wanted this, and wanted to be the first to use it. This fits perfectly in our marketing plans where we promote our restaurant group as well as our celebrity Chef, Brian Malarkey .”
