Last week, I wrote about the release of Android For Work by Google and the fact that two Canadian companies are part of a select group of Enterprise Mobility Management vendors that Google has tapped to bring Android For Work to market. Today at Mobile World Congress, SOTI Inc. has announced the immediate availability of MobiControl 12.1 which brings these new features:
- Android For Work support: SOTI is now the first Enterprise Mobility Management vendor to have a product available to the public that supports Android For Work. That is huge for reasons I’ll get to in a second.
- Support for Samsung KNOX 2.4 & Support for the New Samsung Galaxy S6: The Samsung Galaxy S6 was only announced yesterday and SOTI already supports it. That combined with broader support for Samsung’s KNOX security will likely make SOTI a leading choice for those with Samsung phones in their enterprise and is also huge news.
- Support for Apple’s Device Enrolment Program (DEP): This addition will make it easier for enterprises to deploy iOS devices.
So, why are the first and second points huge? SOTI is a company that up until last week, had not been on my radar. The fact that they beat better known companies such as BlackBerry, MobileIron, SAP, IBM, AirWatch, and Citrix to market with support for Android For Work and the new Galaxy S6 shows that this company, which is based in Canada by the way, is one to keep an eye on. They clearly have the resources to play with companies that are better known than they are.
I for one will be adding this company to my Google Alerts. You might want to do the same.
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SOTI First To Release Support For Android For Work…. And They’re Canadian Too!
Last week, I wrote about the release of Android For Work by Google and the fact that two Canadian companies are part of a select group of Enterprise Mobility Management vendors that Google has tapped to bring Android For Work to market. Today at Mobile World Congress, SOTI Inc. has announced the immediate availability of MobiControl 12.1 which brings these new features:
So, why are the first and second points huge? SOTI is a company that up until last week, had not been on my radar. The fact that they beat better known companies such as BlackBerry, MobileIron, SAP, IBM, AirWatch, and Citrix to market with support for Android For Work and the new Galaxy S6 shows that this company, which is based in Canada by the way, is one to keep an eye on. They clearly have the resources to play with companies that are better known than they are.
I for one will be adding this company to my Google Alerts. You might want to do the same.
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