The latest Apple announcements and OS releases analysed for enterprise mobility

This year’s Apple announcements combined with the recent ones at WWDC provided some of the biggest changes for Apple mainstream platforms. This is especially true with the new OS releases that businesses need to prepare for. To get you up to speed on all new Apple products and updates we have outlined some of the recent announcements below.

iOS 13

The yearly hardware announcement included the...

12 September 2019 | App Platforms

BAE Systems’ new AR headset aims to be the most durable on the market

Engineers at BAE Systems have developed a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses that is claimed to be one of the highest performing and most durable pieces of wearable technology to enter the market.

The glasses, which have been put in a lightweight headset, is said to offer best-in-class head-tracking and imagery stabilisation, with capability of operating in the harshest of environments and on...

9 September 2019 | App Platforms

Atheer acquires Flype with aim to accelerate augmented reality in the enterprise

Mountain View-based Atheer, known for what it calls AiR (augmented interactive reality) computing, has acquired San Francisco-based Flype, a secured sharing economy platform for international delivery, to bring about greater AR adoption in the enterprise.

Atheer – which was recently awarded as the Best Enterprise AR Solution at the industry's annual international AWE 2019 conference –...

5 August 2019 | Applications

Blurred lines: How desktop and mobile device management is evolving

A seismic shift in personal computing has taken place over the last 10-15 years. Where dedicated desktop and laptop computers were once most prominent, now we often carry handheld devices as primaries for both personal and business use. The management capabilities of the devices have also evolved rapidly and may even dictate how we manage all IT assets in the future.

History of mobility management

In the beginning stages, the enterprise was concerned with device-focused management -...

25 July 2019 | BYOD

RealWear secures $80 million in series B funding for industrial-grade wearables

RealWear has raised $80 million (£63.35m) in a series B funding round led by industrial automation company Teradyne to continue its expansion and accelerate its platform development. Others who participated in the financing round include Bose Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Kopin, and JPMorgan Chase.

The company, which is known for designing the HMT-1 ruggedised head-mounted monocular tablet computer,...

4 July 2019 | Enterprise Mobility

Why getting better connected could lead to a better world

Amid uncertainty, there’s one certainty; business is more global than it has ever been, and trading with partners, customers and suppliers across the world is set to characterise business in the future. Connectivity lies at the heart of collaboration and is central to knowledge, idea and information sharing which are essential for businesses to become more productive and efficient as they make their digital transformation journeys.

There’s no room for isolation in the...

22 May 2019 | BYOD

Why wearables need to be seen as the latest wave of enterprise lifecycle technology

With recent announcements and new lifecycle technology launches, wearables are the latest asset to make a push at the enterprise level. By 2020, experts believe there could be as many as 830 million wearable devices in use worldwide.

Today’s wearable technology market is growing annually by more than 15%—at this rate, the market’s value will exceed $50 billion in less than five years....

5 April 2019 | Applications

PTC and Nokia looking to augmented reality for industrial contexts at Hannover Messe

Hannover Messe this week is set to promise much for anyone with even a passing interest in industrial technology – and PTC and Nokia have gotten a jump on the rest by launching augmented reality (AR)-flavoured offerings.

PTC announced the unveiling of its new Vuforia Expert Capture AR solution. The product aims to improve the entire manufacturing process, including productivity, quality, safety,...

1 April 2019 | App Platforms

Scope AR secures $9.7m series A funding to provide enterprise AR expertise

Meet Scope AR. The San Francisco-based startup aims to in its own words ‘help make any worker an instant expert with augmented reality’ – and it has secured $9.7 million (£7.4m) in series A funding to help achieve that goal.

The funding round was led by Romulus Capital, with existing investors Angel ListHaystack, New Stack Ventures, North American Corporation, SignalFire and Susa...

21 March 2019 | App Platforms

How Tangoe has taken the acquisition of MOBI and is revamping its mobility roadmap

“I have to say I went through those seven steps of acquisition,” explains Chris Koeneman, now of Tangoe. “They were the enemy, this was who we fought every day, and to then go and be acquired by them… it was really at the last minute that we said yes to the equity partners behind Tangoe.”

Koeneman was senior vice president of worldwide sales at managed mobility services (MMS) provider MOBI, acquired by Tangoe late last year. Going through the stages of...

12 March 2019 | App Platforms