Ipad News & Articles

This week, there have been a number of interesting releases, including haromon.ie’s app for document collaboration for SharePoint accessible on iPad, Halcyon has updated its document management software for IBM i, Sertifi is offering free e-signing in Salesforce and Accusoft offers cloud capture for Silverlight.

Harmon.ie, the enterprise workflow integration specialists, has debuted a new mobile SharePoint iPad app, and the company promises a full mobile device management offering by the end of June.

Since Colligo released Colligo Briefcase Enterprise for iPad in December, it has been putting a lot of effort into developing it as more enterprises take iPad on board. In February it introduced Colligo Briefcase Pro, adding extra muscle. Now it has released v2.0 with added functionality.

A final announcement from OpenText this week. Yesterday we had an extension of media management through a partnership with ConceptShare; today it’s the turn of its mobile offerings, which have been expanded with the release of Exceed onDemand for Apple iPad tablets.

If you’re attending Drupa 2012 this week -- one of the world's leading exhibition for the print media industry -- you may want to check out the new HELIOS iPad Document Hub publishing platform. With so many looking for ways to develop their own individually branded and customized iPad apps, to present content on iOS devices, HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading developer of cross-platform file, print, image, proofing, remote collaboration, and PDF server software, has made it easier with its new iPad Document Hub publishing platform and app for iOS.

There is no question about the dominance of Apple in the tablet market. With Google's Android lagging in second place, everyone else is in the minority. But a recent deal between Microsoft and Barnes & Noble might turn Windows 8 into a major contender in the tablet and e-reader market soon.

Data is going mobile and web services are increasingly being used on phones, if you're not responding to the rise in mobile, then expect your business to plummet. They are some of the findings of Chetan Sharma's State of the Global Mobile Report.

A recent survey has determined that Apple remains dominant in the enterprise tablet market, with over 97% of activations being iPads. Apple's lead over Android has been further bolstered with the launch of the new iPad, which is now considered the de-facto standard for enterprise tablet computing.

Google's head of mobile advertising has put together a little show-and-tell project, The Busy Executive's Guide to Winning With Mobile, which looks at strategies for success in the mobile space. The thing is, if you don't already know what the content is, you really shouldn't be running a company. Or have access to firearms. Or heavy machinery. Or livestock.

LinkedIn has added an iPad app to go along with newly redesigned iPhone and Android apps. LinkedIn waited even longer than Facebook to finally release an iPad app, but the result is a polished new look for the powerful professional networking tool.

While the ability to gain access to content through smartphones or other mobile devices was a welcome step forward, it's just not enough any more. Workers are now looking for the ability to interact with that content and initiate business processes. SpringCM has introduced a new range of apps that does that with its content management software.

Apple has settled into a nice pattern recently. The iPad, dominates its market with a sleek, subtly changing, tablet with metal and gloss in all the right places. The iPhone 4 generation has that striking metal band and flat surfaces. But both are getting on a bit in design terms in a fast-evolving market. So, what can Apple bring to its next generation devices to add some magic?

Read it Later, the popular iOS and Android app that saves content for when you're ready to view it, has changed its name to Pocket and simplified organizing and tagging items. Pocket is a free app, and anything saved can be viewed from other devices for super-convenient access to things you run into during the day, but simply have to put off until, er, later.

After the iPad 3 launch, things have gone rather quiet, with disquiet about its actual capabilities. Since any new iPad will struggle to push the tech envelope much further, is it time for the iPad Mini to step in and expand the brand?

If you're not satisfied with your existing cloud storage facility, then why not give the beta of Cubby a go. Billed as "one giant leap for your stuff", it offers a mix of local or 5GB of cloud storage and access from browsers, iPads and other devices for easy collaboration.