A new report from the Enterprise Mobility Network highlights that 80 per cent of businesses don’t have even a basic policy on how staff can use mobile devices while at work. The ‘On the move but locked down’ report looks at the interaction of mobile technologies and information security risk and suggests that first and…
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Mobile Working
Metronet launches AnywhereConnect mobile service
Metronet UK has just launched a new 3G mobile service for remote working in the housing sector. The AnywhereConnect service uses direct connections to its partners’ 3G networks to send traffic over an entirely private network infrastructure from the 3G network point straight to the internet, which the company said results in better performance, faster…
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Plus Dane’s £195k mobile contract with Kirona
Kirona has won a £195,000 contract with Plus Dane Group for a mobile workforce, dynamic scheduling and workflow solution. The first phase of the project involves 130 of Plus Dane’s 570 field-based workers using the Kirona application on their mobile devices for responsive repairs, planned maintenance and gas servicing. The second phase will cover the…
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Morrison mobile with 1st Touch, Motorola & Ryzex
Repairs and maintenance service provider Morrison has signed a contract with Ryzex for a new semi-rugged mobile device management solution, in partnership with 1st Touch and Motorola. The new contract will see Ryzex provide Morrison’s front-line staff with 1,200 Motorola ES400 handsets running 1st Touch’s mobile working software, and is expected to reduce Morrison’s mobile…
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Top five mobile trends in housing
A recent survey carried out by 1st Touch and Ryzex highlights the key mobile device trends in housing and local government, covering rates for mobile working adoption, the need for at least semi-rugged devices, choosing air-time providers and replacement cycles for damaged devices. 67 per cent of the survey respondents, spanning UK social housing and…
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Your Homes to save £1.1m with NDL
Your Homes Newcastle, an ALMO for Newcastle City Council, is using NDL for its first mobile working project, starting with 100 employees who run its concierge services. This is part of a wider plan by Your Homes to introduce mobile working across all of its operations. The concierge services of the first housing blocks will…
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