We are pleased to announce that ShoreTel Mobility 4.8 release is Generally Available as of today, April 27, 2012. Great news for Apple iOS users!! This release adds functionality that prevents the Wi-Fi radio from being disabled on Apple iOS devices when the ShoreTel RoamAnywhere Client is running in the foreground or background. This ensures [...]
When I landed in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress this past week, I received an SMS message from my iPhone mobile operator that indicated the international-voice roaming rate was $1.39/minute. Thankfully I have a corporate unlimited international data plan, although even with the $50 plan that provides 125MB of roaming data, I still would have [...]
ShoreTel Mobility 4.7 is now generally available. And we’ve added support for BlackBerry OS 7. I am excited that BlackBerry users who have OS 7.0/7.1 devices (like myself), on CDMA networks (Verizon, Sprint), can now extend coverage and slash costs with the new VoIP over Wi-Fi and VoIP over 3G/4G calling capability.
Unlike some of the recent mobility offerings being touted, ShoreTel Mobility supports VoIP/ Voice over wireless local area network (VoWLAN) with automatic handover between Wi-Fi and cellular. ShoreTel Mobility leverages the combination of reactive, proactive and policy metrics to provide reliable, automatic handover in all environments. Without Client support for VoIP/VoWLAN, enterprises can’t leverage corporate [...]
According Nielsen survey from earlier this year, 43 percent of all smartphone owners in the U.S. have an Android device. With the growing popularity of BYOD (bring your own device) initiatives, enterprises are sure to see a surge in the number of Android devices being used for business communications.
We’ve come a long way since the DynaTAC 8000X cell phone brick ushered in a new era of communication, removing the sci-fi stigma behind the commercial availability of mobile devices. Until recently, RIM ruled enterprise mobility – BlackBerry smartphones were used primarily to support the road warrior remote workers. But the emergence of new platforms [...]
Last week thousands of CIO’s and senior IT executives descended on the Swan & Dolphin resort at Disneyworld Orlando to learn about new business technologies and strategies that can enable them to grow their businesses and improve productivity. It was a well-organized event with both educational sessions and time for IT managers to interact with [...]
The way we do business is changing. The standard 9-5 in a single office building has been relegated to history books. The ubiquity of smartphones continues to grow as the workforce becomes increasingly mobile. According to latest Frost & Sullivan research, the number of mobile subscribers worldwide is expected to hit 6.8 billion by 2018, [...]
All those debates about iPad 2’s enterprise readiness seem so long ago. Analysts continue to predict that tablet adoption in on the rise with iPad in the lead. Gartner’s recent report on the Media Tablet Market accounts iPad’s market share at 69 percent in 2011, and forecasts at 47 percent in 2015 even with additional [...]