Android in the Enterprise: The One Feature Missing

Android is the leading operating system in enterprises, accounting for 65% of business smartphones and 52% of tablets in Q2 (Strategy Analytics). Despite this prevalence, there’s a very basic and common task enterprises haven’t optimized for Android.

Printing.

Printing with Android requires downloading a third-party app and reverting to the public cloud. This makes printing complex, time-consuming and unsecure. IT admins need a means to seamlessly enable and assign Android users to print directly to any network printer, allowing print jobs to stay securely on-premise behind the company firewall.

This is possible with leading enterprise mobility solution Cortado Corporate Server. With Androids print system integrated in the solution, Cortado Corporate enhances security and productivity for today’s enterprises.

Learn more here.

EMM: Why Everyone is Getting it Wrong

What do you think the top concern for IT pros is? Most studies or surveys say security. It makes sense, considering the security threats personal devices and an increasingly mobile and remote workforce create. But, the industry has forgotten the purpose behind these devices and remote work: productivity.

Today’s mobility solutions focus so heavily on security that productivity is almost nonexistent.

Cortado announced Cortado Corporate Server 7.4 earlier this week to overcomes this.

Unlike any other EMM solution, Cortado provides the best possible security and productivity. New features and capabilities from Cortado that support this include:

  • The only solution to provide completely on-premise internal and external file sharing
  • A new user interface designed with complete focus on the user experience
  • Document push, which assures all employees have the most recent version at their fingertips
  • Expanded VPN capabilities, including always-on and per-app VPN
  • Secure user-authenticated mobile printing
  • Leverage of the latest iOS business innovations, including defining trusted web and e-mail domains for iOS 8 devices

For more details, check out the press release here.

Secure Mobile iOS Printing for the Enterprise

A key aspect of enterprise mobility that is often overlooked is printing. This is often overlooked because it is complex. However, there is an even bigger challenge – mobile printing. Mobile printing in enterprise environments has always been difficult, but there is an added element of complexity when printouts contain sensitive data.

To overcome this challenge, Cortado announced a new print function for enterprise environments this week. The new function, which will be a part of the new Cortado Corporate Server 7.4, will enable iPhone and iPad users to benefit from secure, user-authenticated, mobile printing on any available network printer. As a result, enterprises can save money, increase productivity and guarantee security.

Read full details on how to better secure mobile iOS printing here.

Mobility Solutions Honored with Five Industry Awards

There is a plethora of mobility solutions on the market designed to enhance productivity. However, many lack security or are too complex for users. Cortado, a leader in enterprise mobility, proves once again that there are secure, simple solutions available. The company announced last week that its MDM, file sharing and printing solutions received five Shinning Star Awards from the Mobile Village Mobile Star Awards™ program.

Cortado’s solutions were honored in the following categories:

  • ThinPrint Cloud Printer – Shining Star, Consumer: Printer Mobile App category and Enterprise: Mobile Printer for Enterprise category
  • Teamplace – Shining Star, Consumer category
  • Cortado Corporate Server – Shinning Star, Mobile Secure File Access or VPN category and Mobile Devices Management category

The Mobile Star Awards honor the industry’s top consumer and enterprise mobility solutions and services each year. Winners are chosen from the votes of the mobile-savvy readers of MobileVillage.com and its bi-weekly “Go Mobile™” email newsletter.

Learn more about Cortado’s winning solutions in the press release here.

Moving Shadow IT and Dropbox Data to Corporate IT Just Got Easy!

It’s no secret that cloud storage solutions like Dropbox pose security risks for corporate data. As companies look to move their data from shadow IT to controlled IT, they need a solution that enables them to quickly and easily perform the move.

With its latest advancements for its automated email and data migration solution, MigrationWiz, BitTitan became the first company to provide its partners and customers with a solution that automates data migration from Dropbox to more secure environments such as OneDrive for Business, a part of Office 365, and Google Drive.

BitTitan’s Dropbox migration service provides a new growth opportunity for the channel. It enables partners to grow their business by offering data storage in the cloud, along with associated migration services that complement their existing mailbox and Office 365 migration practices.

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What VPN Is Right For You?

With today’s increasingly mobile and remote workforce, enterprises need solutions that provide secure, external access to the corporate network. While Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) as an option have been around for a while, they have had shortcomings for enterprise mobility in the past. However, with Apple’s iOS 8, VPNs may be the way go. This is because iOS 8 eliminates the security and technical issues, enabling the creation of a truly secure business container. The question now is, which VPN is right for your business?

Enterprise mobility leader Cortado created an infographic to help businesses decide which VPN fits their niche. This includes:

  • Standard VPN
  • VPN on Demand
  • Per App VPN
  • Always-on VPN

The infographic was developed shortly after Cortado’s partnership with F5. Through the partnership, Cortado Corporate Server, the ONE solution for all enterprise mobility needs, and F5’s BIG-IP® Access Policy Manager (APM) enable businesses to take full advantage of iOS’ per app VPN.

Check out the full infographic here.