NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GroundControl Solutions, Inc., a leader in cloud-based automation software for mobile device configuration, announces a significant new feature to GroundControlTM— customers can now update entire mobile fleets of Apple® devices to the latest version of iOS more efficiently than ever before. GroundControl is the most practical solution for quickly installing iOS updates in the field to enterprise fleets when security patches and other new features need to be quickly deployed. Because these updates are only downloaded once and are cached locally, they do not burden a company’s WiFi or WAN. In-the-field reconfigurations eliminate sending devices back to a depot and the dedicated manpower necessary to perform the reconfiguration — saving time, shipping expenses and labor costs.
“This new capability dramatically simplifies the process of managing corporate-owned devices,” says Aaron Freimark, CTO of GroundControl Solutions and creator of EnterpriseiOS.com, an online community of iOS administrators. “Updating a fleet in the field is as simple as connecting a device to a computer running the GroundControl’s Launchpad software. Like everything in GroundControl, we've made this feature optional. We don’t force you to update a device if the current version meets your needs. And, of course, you can update devices without erasing them, which is good news to companies with 1-to-1 deployments.”
GroundControl’s breakthrough configurator-in-the-cloud technology makes configuring large iOS device fleets effortless, fast and cost effective. It complements existing Mobile Device Management (MDM) systems by enabling supervision while dramatically reducing the number of steps it takes to get devices into employees’ hands to implement or maintain a mobile strategy.
Using GroundControl is a simple two-step process: open the box and plug it into a computer running the Launchpad software. Since the parameters of the Launchpad software are pre-configured in the cloud via the GroundControl Admin interface, any computer running Launchpad is able to make changes and updates. GroundControl’s straightforward plug-and-play design ensures that end users require no specialized training to use the system.
About GroundControl Solutions, Inc.
GroundControl Solutions, Inc. is the developer of groundbreaking, USB-delivered automation solutions designed to supervise, name, enroll and baseline fleets of enterprise iOS devices for large and small enterprises. Founded in 2014, the company provides its products to companies in sectors as diverse as education, retail, transportation, healthcare, arts & entertainment and financial services.
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