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Windows Wake-Up Call for Rugged Handhelds

May 22, 2018 By Marco Nielsen, Vice President, Managed Mobility Services, Stratix Corporation, Industry Today As Microsoft Pulls Another Plug, What’s Your Mobile OS Plan? Microsoft’s decision to...

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Windows Wake-Up Call for Rugged Handhelds

May 22, 2018 By Marco Nielsen, Vice President, Managed Mobility Services, Stratix Corporation, Industry Today As Microsoft Pulls Another Plug, What’s Your Mobile OS Plan? Microsoft’s decision to phase out many of its legacy operating systems by 2021 caught a lot of enterprise customers by surprise, but at least the technology giant provided ample lead...

VDC-Modernizing Legacy Mobile Applications

By David Krebs, Executive Vice President – VDC Research Microsoft’s Windows CE and Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 (WEH6.5) have long a tenure as the OS platforms of choice for rugged handheld...

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VDC-Modernizing Legacy Mobile Applications

By David Krebs, Executive Vice President – VDC Research Microsoft’s Windows CE and Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 (WEH6.5) have long a tenure as the OS platforms of choice for rugged handheld computers supporting business and mission critical applications across most industries, including retail, logistics, manufacturing, healthcare among others. The portfolio of devices and form factors...

Stratix scored in Gartner’s Critical Capabilities for Managed Mobile Services, Global

NORCROSS, Ga. (May 16, 2018)—Stratix Corporation, a leading managed mobile services (MMS) provider today announced it scored first in the Resource and Cost Visibility and Control use case, second...

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Stratix scored in Gartner’s Critical Capabilities for Managed Mobile Services, Global

NORCROSS, Ga. (May 16, 2018)—Stratix Corporation, a leading managed mobile services (MMS) provider today announced it scored first in the Resource and Cost Visibility and Control use case, second in the Mobility Outsourcing use case, and tied for second in the Business Extension and Transformation use case in Gartner’s 2018 Critical Capabilities for Managed Mobile...

IHL-Retail’s Top 5 Challenges when deploying Mobile

Promises of Mobile in Retail Mobile technology in retail has been the source of a tremendous amount of buzz since coming on the scene a handful of years ago. Devices have ranged from off-the-shelf...

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IHL-Retail’s Top 5 Challenges when deploying Mobile

Promises of Mobile in Retail Mobile technology in retail has been the source of a tremendous amount of buzz since coming on the scene a handful of years ago. Devices have ranged from off-the-shelf consumer tablets to purpose-built rugged devices to now hybrid devices that can be both fixed and mobile depending on the use...

How rugged mobile device users can prepare for life after Windows

By Marco Nielsen, VP Managed Mobility Services, Stratix As Microsoft winds down support for many of its legacy operating systems, manufacturing plants, warehouses and other rugged environments are...

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How rugged mobile device users can prepare for life after Windows

By Marco Nielsen, VP Managed Mobility Services, Stratix As Microsoft winds down support for many of its legacy operating systems, manufacturing plants, warehouses and other rugged environments are mulling where to take their mobility strategy...

Retailers face challenges when deploying mobility: Stratix Managed Services can help.

Top 5 Challenges Retailers are Facing When Deploying...

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Retailers face challenges when deploying mobility: Stratix Managed Services can help.

Top 5 Challenges Retailers are Facing When Deploying...

As Customers Demand Personalized In-Store Experiences, Retailers Contend With Mobile Tech

Today’s retailers cannot deny the importance of giving customers highly-personalized experiences. In the past, online retailers have had a distinct advantage, as data collected from shoppers...

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As Customers Demand Personalized In-Store Experiences, Retailers Contend With Mobile Tech

Today’s retailers cannot deny the importance of giving customers highly-personalized experiences. In the past, online retailers have had a distinct advantage, as data collected from shoppers allowed for encounters to be highly customized. Today, smart retailers are focusing their efforts on providing a similar experience in-store, and are shifting the role of the store associate...

Mobile POS boosted sales 24% for retailers in 2017

Jan 8, 2018 11:52am by Jacqueline Renfrow – Fierce Retail Deploying in-store mobile can help retailers drive revenue growth up to 146%. That’s according to a new survey from Stratix,...

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Mobile POS boosted sales 24% for retailers in 2017

Jan 8, 2018 11:52am by Jacqueline Renfrow – Fierce Retail Deploying in-store mobile can help retailers drive revenue growth up to 146%. That’s according to a new survey from Stratix, in partnership with global research and advisory firm IHL Group, which found that retailers who enabled mobile POS technology saw an average sales increase of 24% in 2017....

10 Mobile Predictions Your Business Needs to Know for 2018

By Marco Nielsen Vice President, Managed Mobility Services, Stratix Corporation With businesses counting on digital transformation to drive competitive advantage in 2018, many are busy planning their...

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10 Mobile Predictions Your Business Needs to Know for 2018

By Marco Nielsen Vice President, Managed Mobility Services, Stratix Corporation With businesses counting on digital transformation to drive competitive advantage in 2018, many are busy planning their IT initiatives for the coming year. Mobile is a central part of that strategy, as new high-profile devices from Apple and Samsung continue to bolster enterprise demand. A...

Bluehill – The Enterprise Mobility Stakeholders & the Mobile Center of Excellence

by Tony Rizzo – Blue Hill Research Mobility is now a table-stakes requirement for any organization to deliver on, and most companies that I speak with these days fully acknowledge this mobile...

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Bluehill – The Enterprise Mobility Stakeholders & the Mobile Center of Excellence

by Tony Rizzo – Blue Hill Research Mobility is now a table-stakes requirement for any organization to deliver on, and most companies that I speak with these days fully acknowledge this mobile reality. In an earlier blog post, “Managing Today’s Enterprise Mobile Projects – The Right Partners are Critical to Success,” I strongly suggested that,...

CIO Dive – How enterprises can design more effective mobility solutions Nov. 14, 2017

Guest article – Gary Lee, CSO at Stratix Corporation. This has been a blockbuster year of mobile devices for the enterprise. Samsung debuted the Galaxy S8 earlier this year, and with...

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CIO Dive – How enterprises can design more effective mobility solutions Nov. 14, 2017

Guest article – Gary Lee, CSO at Stratix Corporation. This has been a blockbuster year of mobile devices for the enterprise. Samsung debuted the Galaxy S8 earlier this year, and with business-friendly features such as the Knox 2.8 security platform, analysts predict sales in the millions among enterprise users. Meanwhile, Apple released the iPhone 8 in September and plans to roll...

Blue Hill Research – Managing Today’s Mobile Projects

An MMS Partner is Critical to Success by Tony Rizzo – Blue Hill Research Over the 16 years, I’ve covered enterprise mobility I can identify three distinct eras of enterprise mobile computing....

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Blue Hill Research – Managing Today’s Mobile Projects

An MMS Partner is Critical to Success by Tony Rizzo – Blue Hill Research Over the 16 years, I’ve covered enterprise mobility I can identify three distinct eras of enterprise mobile computing. This first, the pre-iPad era running from 2001 to 2009, we can now think of as ancient history. Some might argue that the...

Bluehill – The Successful Enterprise Mobility Deployment

Bluehill – The Successful Enterprise Mobility Deployment – Setting Goals & Measuring Results by Tony Rizzo – Blue Hill Research In my blog post, “The Enterprise Mobility...

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Bluehill – The Successful Enterprise Mobility Deployment

Bluehill – The Successful Enterprise Mobility Deployment – Setting Goals & Measuring Results by Tony Rizzo – Blue Hill Research In my blog post, “The Enterprise Mobility Stakeholders & the Mobile Center of Excellence,” I pushed hard for businesses to establish internal or Managed Mobility Services (MMS)-managed Mobile Centers of Excellence (MCoE). I want to...

VDC – Field Service Modernization

New Solutions for New Pressure Points. By connecting devices, people, and business networks, the next generation of field mobility solutions are changing the way business and customer-critical assets...

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VDC – Field Service Modernization

New Solutions for New Pressure Points. By connecting devices, people, and business networks, the next generation of field mobility solutions are changing the way business and customer-critical assets are being managed, facilitating the shift from a reactive service model to a proactive, predictive, and preventative service model. Download the whitepaper to read more on the Modernization...

CIO presents a Mobility-As-A-Service Webinar

Join Straix and IDG in a discussion – Learn how IT leaders manage multiple device types securely and economically while giving users a highly responsive and productive experience. Watch the...

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CIO presents a Mobility-As-A-Service Webinar

Join Straix and IDG in a discussion – Learn how IT leaders manage multiple device types securely and economically while giving users a highly responsive and productive experience. Watch the Mobility-As-A-Service...

Mobile’s Most Daunting Challenge: Support

This white paper tackles what most enterprises say is the toughest mobile challenge of all: support. Nowhere is mobile’s complexity more apparent than enterprise support for end users. Often, IT...

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Mobile’s Most Daunting Challenge: Support

This white paper tackles what most enterprises say is the toughest mobile challenge of all: support. Nowhere is mobile’s complexity more apparent than enterprise support for end users. Often, IT leaders, who have been consumed with device acquisition and provisioning in advance of deployment, overlook the complexity of supporting mobile’s end...

Measuring Mobile Support

How does your mobile support operation stack up? Does your enterprise use internal resources to support mobile users or delegate that responsibility to a Managed Mobile Services (MMS) provider?...

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Measuring Mobile Support

How does your mobile support operation stack up? Does your enterprise use internal resources to support mobile users or delegate that responsibility to a Managed Mobile Services (MMS) provider? Either way, it is vitally important that the support operation’s efficiency be monitored to identify opportunities for improvement. This oversight takes on an added level of...

Growing Complexity of Enterprise Mobile

Three trends complicating business use of mobile. While several factors are pushing up mobile’s “high degree of difficulty,” a look at three pivotal trends explains the reasons why. These...

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Growing Complexity of Enterprise Mobile

Three trends complicating business use of mobile. While several factors are pushing up mobile’s “high degree of difficulty,” a look at three pivotal trends explains the reasons why. These trends, each of which is having an exponential impact on mobile’s complexity, are converging to complicate enterprise mobile on a grand scale. Consider these three hallmarks...

The Rapid Evolution of Enterprise Mobile

Enterprises frequently ask a pivotal question: How did mobile get so complex so fast? While there are several factors contributing to mobile’s “degree of difficulty,” a quick historical review...

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The Rapid Evolution of Enterprise Mobile

Enterprises frequently ask a pivotal question: How did mobile get so complex so fast? While there are several factors contributing to mobile’s “degree of difficulty,” a quick historical review holds some revealing insights. The Rapid Evolution of Enterprise Mobile traces mobile’s progress through three distinct time...

CIO Magazine – “Mobile Enterprises Turn to Mobility-as-a-Service”

THIS IS THE AGE OF ENTERPRISE MOBILITY. At companies of all kinds, business leaders, managers, and employees expect to get work done wherever they are, whenever they want. Download the whitepaper to...

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CIO Magazine – “Mobile Enterprises Turn to Mobility-as-a-Service”

THIS IS THE AGE OF ENTERPRISE MOBILITY. At companies of all kinds, business leaders, managers, and employees expect to get work done wherever they are, whenever they want. Download the whitepaper to learn how IT leaders manage multiple device types securely and economically while giving users a highly responsive and productive...

The Current State of Enterprise Mobile

Way back in 2016, enterprise mobile began to replace the dominant siloed approach of deploying mobile one department or business unit at a time, with a new enterprise-wide orientation. As a result,...

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The Current State of Enterprise Mobile

Way back in 2016, enterprise mobile began to replace the dominant siloed approach of deploying mobile one department or business unit at a time, with a new enterprise-wide orientation. As a result, scalable, organization-wide deployments of mobile became the norm. Mobile began to be valued as a transformative catalyst for business. Enterprises combined mobile assets...

Current State of Enterprise Mobility

Enterprises combined mobile assets with cloud-based applications and business intelligence tools to pull from mobility previously hidden business insights. Check out the infographic and learn more...

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Current State of Enterprise Mobility

Enterprises combined mobile assets with cloud-based applications and business intelligence tools to pull from mobility previously hidden business insights. Check out the infographic and learn more about the Current State of Enterprise...

Mobile Operations Center (MOC)

Stratix Mobile Operations Center (MOC) a top-rated mobile support center providing personalized service to your entire mobile workforce. We are the experts behind the mobile operations of Fortune...

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Mobile Operations Center (MOC)

Stratix Mobile Operations Center (MOC) a top-rated mobile support center providing personalized service to your entire mobile workforce. We are the experts behind the mobile operations of Fortune 500s in every major...

Custom Mobile Accessories

Today, enterprises are using mobility solutions to drive employee productivity and satisfaction, operational efficiencies, and create winning customer experiences. By partnering with a Managed Mobile...

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Custom Mobile Accessories

Today, enterprises are using mobility solutions to drive employee productivity and satisfaction, operational efficiencies, and create winning customer experiences. By partnering with a Managed Mobile Services provider for mobile expertise, deployment resources and 7x24x365 support, these companies are maximizing the power of their investments. But there is one easy and economical opportunity to...

Jennifer Paine and Southwest Airlines Fly in Tandem

The senior director of technology puts innovation and teamwork in play Working for an airline is, as Jennifer Paine puts it, the ultimate team sport. No position—whether pilot, mechanic, or flight...

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Jennifer Paine and Southwest Airlines Fly in Tandem

The senior director of technology puts innovation and teamwork in play Working for an airline is, as Jennifer Paine puts it, the ultimate team sport. No position—whether pilot, mechanic, or flight attendant—is able to succeed without the support of other team members. At a company like Southwest—the nation’s largest carrier in terms of originating domestic...

Rugged Preferences Shifting to Android

Long the “go to” device class for use in harsh environments, rugged mobile is enjoying a new found popularity in the Android-dominant enterprise. While demand for rugged mobile devices in...

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Rugged Preferences Shifting to Android

Long the “go to” device class for use in harsh environments, rugged mobile is enjoying a new found popularity in the Android-dominant enterprise. While demand for rugged mobile devices in specialized environments has always been strong, a distinct preference for Android began emerging last year. In all, 54% of rugged devices now use the Android...

The Ins and Outs of Deploying Mobile Devices Across the Supply Chain

By Marco Nielsen How do you use mobile devices and apps in your distribution center or warehouse? What costs do you incur? Does your entire organization use mobile technology properly and securely?...

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The Ins and Outs of Deploying Mobile Devices Across the Supply Chain

By Marco Nielsen How do you use mobile devices and apps in your distribution center or warehouse? What costs do you incur? Does your entire organization use mobile technology properly and securely? Is your voice-picking system up and running at all times?...

5 Mobile Security Steps to Take Now to Protect Your Retail Business

When the massive “Vault 7” leak made headlines, the world learned just how insecure many mobile devices are. In more than 8,000 documents allegedly obtained from the CIA, whistleblower Wikileaks...

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5 Mobile Security Steps to Take Now to Protect Your Retail Business

When the massive “Vault 7” leak made headlines, the world learned just how insecure many mobile devices are. In more than 8,000 documents allegedly obtained from the CIA, whistleblower Wikileaks said that the agency had turned...

Enterprise Mobile Blueprint – Crafting a Strategic Plan that Lasts

Plan – it’s a word that strikes fear in the hearts and minds of corporate evangelists eager to prove the value of mobile. With images of missed deadlines and burgeoning budgets swirling in their...

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Enterprise Mobile Blueprint – Crafting a Strategic Plan that Lasts

Plan – it’s a word that strikes fear in the hearts and minds of corporate evangelists eager to prove the value of mobile. With images of missed deadlines and burgeoning budgets swirling in their heads, the all-important planning process is often shelved in favor of a much-needed mobile project’s immediate rollout. Seduced by the sexiness...