Diverse partner ecosystem secret to SOTI’s ongoing dominance in key industry verticals across transportation and logistics, field services, healthcare, and retail markets.

SOTI, the world’s most trusted provider of Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions, today announced the recipients of its annual SOTI Altitude Channel Partner Awards. The winners were recognized at SOTI SYNC 2016, the company’s second annual global conference for SOTI users and partners, taking place in London, England.

SOTI is committed to delivering solutions that connect the mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem for businesses globally, providing them the ability to enable and manage the broadest range of mobile and connected IoT endpoints, users, applications, content, and more. Through the robust capabilities and value of SOTI’s solutions, the company’s partners are strategic enablers of business transformation, differentiated customer experiences, seamless workflows, and innovative products and services across industries.

The SOTI Altitude Partner Program offers best-in-class pre-sales, post-sales, sales enablement, and training programs to empower its partners to grow their businesses. Today’s SOTI Altitude Partner Programwinners exemplify the true spirit of the program. SOTI’s internationally recognized and award-winning partner program enables channel partners in building and growing their mobility management practices by creating differentiated solutions based on SOTI’s advanced technology and two-decade pedigree in managing and enabling advanced mobility strategies.

Along with this year’s channel awards, SOTI also celebrates significant channel growth, including:

• 26 percent year-over-year channel ecosystem growth: SOTI significantly enhanced the reach of its global channel, increasing its global partner ecosystem by 26 percent year-over-year and expanding its global channel reach to nearly 200 countries worldwide.
• More than 45 percent global channel revenue growth: SOTI continues to refine its competitive advantage by investing increased resources into partner onboarding processes, sales and technical training, sales enablement, and partner relationship management resources. By actively working together with its channel, SOTI saw channel revenue grow by 46 percent globally year over year, demonstrating the strategic value of SOTI MobiControl and its impact across all lines of business within the enterprise.
• 171 percent growth in OEM channel: Over the last 24 months, SOTI has further solidified its foothold as the leader in Android management, expanding its Android+ OEM relationships by 171 percent to over 95 device manufacturers representing more than 90 percent of the Android device market.
• Multi-OS, multi-form factor support: As the mobility and IoT enterprise landscape continues to grow, SOTI has embedded enhanced support for Google Android for Work, iOS, Windows 10, and Samsung Knox, giving partners the ability to have deeper management over any device regardless of form factor.
• IoT business workflow enablement: In the last year, SOTI introduced a robust set of APIs that allow its partners to integrate mobility management with a broader number of third-party systems and internet of things (IoT) devices for automated business workflows.
• Growing cloud-based deployments: The company’s cloud subscriber base continues to accelerate with a 46 percent surge, as a result of both new customer acquisitions and growing cloud adoption. This mirrors growing trends in the enterprise mobility sector to move toward cloud-based solutions geared to reducing up-front costs, easy-to-run pilot projects, and phased roll-outs to simplify the onboarding experience.

 
The SOTI Altitude Channel Partner Awards were presented by Carl Rodrigues, President & CEO, SOTI who said, “It is inspiring to see the intuitive and forward-thinking approach the SOTI award winners and nominees have taken to expanding the strategic footprint of mobility across all sectors. SOTI channel partners understand their customers, and they embrace the essence of the connected enterprise – continuously seeking opportunities to enhance connected experiences, business efficiencies, and deliver differentiation that impacts their customers’ bottom line.”

Roula Vrsic, Chief Marketing Officer, SOTI, added, “We are thrilled to honor these top-performing partners who represent the brightest, most innovative and engaged leaders within the enterprise mobility industry. As enterprises further embrace mobility and IoT, our work with our channel partners will be key to helping customers take advantage of the market transitions in order to reinvent themselves. We are committed to providing the solutions, expertise, training, support, and partner enablement resources through the SOTI Altitude Partner Program to provide our channel with a game-changing opportunity to further elevate their value and relevance as a strategic IT business advisor.”

The SOTI Altitude Channel Partner Awards celebrate excellence in driving innovation within the enterprise mobility market, as well as recognizing growth in both revenue and customer deployments.

The award winners are:

• Application Development Partner of the Year – CloudSeven
• Distribution Partner of the Year – Penetrate Of Limits
• Global Partner of the Year – Stratix Corporation
• Value Added Reseller of the Year for North America – OCR Canada Ltd
• Value Added Reseller of the Year for Europe – Symec Technologies Ltd
• Value Added Reseller of the Year for APAC – Airtel India
• Value Added Reseller of the Year for MENA – Luna Information Technologies
• Value Added Reseller of the Year for LATAM – WM Wireless & Mobile
• Rising Star Value Added Reseller of the Year – Add.Scan
• OEM Partner of the Year – Zebra Technologies
• Cloud Partner of the Year – E²
• Marketing In Motion Award – Luna Information Technologies
• Market Maker Award – OCR Canada Ltd

SOTI’s MobiControl Solution Powers Unitech’s Mission Critical Android Handheld Computer

Unitech latest Android handheld computer–the PA692A– is now officially certified by SOTI Inc., the world’s leading provider of Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) solutions. In this partnership with Unitech, SOTI’s versatile MobiControl technology will help businesses manage and secure thousands of PA692As at a time.

“SOTI’s MobiControl solution can take a large deployment of PA692As to the next level,” said Shash Anand, VP of Strategic Alliance.

“With over 20 million devices under management worldwide, global businesses need a simple way to manage all their hardware at once. SOTI’s EMM leadership allows us to offer solutions businesses need to keep their devices functioning and secure from anywhere.”

Key benefits include:

• Apps and content management: Ensures that mobile workers utilize the PA692A for its intended use only.
• Remote access and advanced security features: Enables troubleshooting in the field, and encrypts important data collected on a daily basis, allowing only workers with the proper credentials access to sensitive database information. With SOTI MobiControl, businesses can prevent data loss, unauthorized access to the PA692A, and misuse of company assets.
• Device versatility build for the enterprise: This fully ruggedized handheld computer runs Android 4.3, and includes an: RFID reader, Gorilla Glass 3 screen, integrated 2D barcode scanner, and a QWERTY or numeric keypad.

 
“Intech’s partnership with SOTI brings trusted EMM technology to today’s mobile workers, allowing them the support and versatility needed to get the job done properly,” said Brian Silence, Director of Business Development. “The PA692A’s superior performance specs and durability certifications make this device a significant upgrade from a regular smartphone, and when paired with SOTI MobiControl the difference between consumer-grade and enterprise grade technology is unmistakable.”

La alianza global lleva el galardonado MobiControl a los usuarios de dispositivos móviles robustos de todo el mundo

Handheld Group, un fabricante líder de computadoras móviles robustas, y SOTI, el proveedor líder en el mundo de Gestión de movilidad para empresas  (Enterprise Mobility Managememt, EMM), anunciaron hoy una alianza estratégica que extiende las profundas capacidades de gestión de SOTI MobiControl a los robustos dispositivos móviles de Handheld.

La certificación de los dispositivos de Handheld dentro del programa de socios OEM de SOTI habilita a los socios revendedores de Handheld a ofrecer la tecnología avanzada de SOTI para proveer rápidamente dispositivos, contenidos y aplicaciones sin intervención del usuario final ni tiempos fuera de servicio. Handheld eligió a SOTI sobre la base de la experiencia vertical y el control de dispositivos de la compañía. Las capacidades integrales de gestión de la movilidad de SOTI satisfacen las necesidades de las empresas que utilizan dispositivos de Handheld.

“Esta asociación estratégica les permitirá a los usuarios finales gestionar sus dispositivos móviles y los periféricos conectados, y proteger los datos de la compañía en forma segura“, comenta Jerker Hellström, CEO, Handheld Group. “Esto hará que nuestros productos sean todavía más valiosos para las organizaciones con trabajadores en territorio en todo el planeta“:

“Con dos décadas de innovación en gestión de movilidad, SOTI trabaja exitosamente con socios como Handheld para llevar al mercado las capacidades de gestión de movilidad más avanzadas, liberando las infinitas posibilidades que ofrece la movilidad a la empresa conectada“, indica Shash Anand, VP de Alianzas Estratégicas de SOTI. “Nos complace asociarnos con Handheld para llevar la solidez de MobiControl a su red, lo que posibilitará a las organizaciones gestionar centralmente, respaldar, asegurar y hacer el seguimiento de los dispositivos móviles corporativos, con independencia del tipo de dispositivo, la plataforma móvil y la ubicación“.

Optidev, una compañía especializada en logística que actualmente ofrece las soluciones SOTI para sus clientes, también es un socio revendedor de dispositivos Handheld. “Los reclamos sobre movilidad de nuestros clientes son únicos. SOTI brinda capacidades centralizadas de gestión de la movilidad que abordan sus diversos requisitos“, reseña Christian Lundin, director de ventas. “Añadir SOTI MobiControl a los dispositivos ultra robustos de Handheld es una combinación natural que permite a las empresas manejar eficientemente sus instalaciones móviles“.

Las PDA y tabletas ultra robustas Nautiz y Algiz de Handheld están específicamente desarrolladas para el uso en ambientes difíciles, en industrias como geomática, logística, explotación forestal, transporte público, construcción, minería, servicios en territorio, servicios públicos, seguridad pública, fuerzas armadas y seguridad.

Las computadoras robustas de Handheld con SOTI MobiControl estarán en exposición en la conferencia Movilidad para Empresas en París, del 6 al 8 de octubre.

Global alliance brings award-winning MobiControl to users of rugged mobile devices worldwide

Handheld Group, a leading manufacturer of rugged mobile computers, and SOTI, the world’s leading provider of Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), today announced a strategic alliance extending SOTI MobiControl’s deep management capabilities to Handheld’s rugged mobile devices.

Certification of Handheld’s devices within the SOTI OEM partner program enables Handheld’s reselling partners to offer SOTI’s advanced technology to quickly provision devices, content and applications without end user intervention or downtime. Handheld chose SOTI based on the company’s vertical expertise and device control. SOTI’s comprehensive mobility management capabilities meet the needs of businesses using Handheld devices.

“This strategic partnership will allow end users to securely manage their mobile devices and connected peripherals, and securely protect company data,” said Jerker Hellström, CEO, Handheld Group. ”This will make our products even more valuable to organizations with field workers across the globe.”

“With two decades of mobility management innovation, SOTI successfully works with partners such as Handheld to bring the most advanced mobile management capabilities to market, unleashing the infinite possibilities that mobility offers the connected enterprise,” said Shash Anand, VP of Strategic Alliances at SOTI. “We are pleased to partner with Handheld to bring the strength of MobiControl to their network, which will enable organizations to centrally manage, support, secure and track corporate mobile devices, regardless of device type, mobile platform and location.”

Optidev, a company specializing in logistics and mobility currently offers SOTI MDM solutions to optimize and provide a secure mobility environment for its customers. Optidev  is also a supplier of Handheld devices. “Our customers’ face many unique challenges in device management . SOTI provides a centralized mobility management capability that address these challenges” said Christian Lundin, sales director. “Adding SOTI MobiControl to Handheld’s ultra-rugged devices is a natural combination allowing enterprise customer to efficiently manage their mobile deployments.”

Handheld’s Nautiz and Algiz ultra-rugged PDAs and tablets are specifically developed for use in tough environments in industries such as: geomatics, logistics, forestry, public transportation, construction, mining, field service, utilities, public safety, military and security.

Handheld rugged computers with SOTI MobiControl will be demonstrated at Handheld’s stand K34 at the Emergency Services Show in Birmingham on September 23-24, and at the Mobility for Business conference in Paris on October 6-8.

The World Of Thor, el distribuidor oficial para España y Portugal de la firma europea HANDHELD GROUP AB, fabricante de los dispositivos móviles robustos NAUTIZ y ALGIZ, con un importante porfolio de productos para la movilidad y los trabajos de campo en entornos agrestes e industriales.

Y la empresa canadiense SOTI, como el proveedor más fiable del mundo en soluciones de Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), con más de 14.000 clientes de empresas y millones de dispositivos gestionados.

Han llegado a un acuerdo comercial para que The World Of Thor de cobertura comercial a la solución MobiControl de SOTI en todos los dispositivos móviles de Handheld, la mejor forma de reforzar la gestión de la movilidad de una empresa.

Una solución galardonada internacionalmente, SOTI MobiControl, que proporciona a las empresas la posibilidad de gestionar todos los dispositivos móviles, aplicaciones, contenido, emails, brindando la mayor seguridad en una solución todo-en-uno.

SOTI unifica la gestión de movilidad desde una consola de administración única, eliminando la complejidad de la gestión de ambientes con múltiples SO, diferentes marcas y dispositivos de uso variable y en actividades diferenciadas. La gestión avanzada de MOBICONTROL ofrece un control granular a todos los dispositivos que se utilizan en la empresa, accediendo a los datos de forma segura y confidencial.

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