Sunday, September 04, 2011

My interview with Kevin Benedict

Kevin Benedict interview me at the Enterprise Mobility 2011 conference in Brussels, Belgium. We discussed topics that are important as you develop a mobility strategy for your business. The interview is a part of the Mobile Expert Video series.

See the interview at Kevin's site

See the interview directly on Youtube



Setup iPads for an Enterprise setup

After getting some requests on how we setup iPads at Philips, I'm sharing the basic setup that we use for iPads at Philips.

Request the Afaria user ID and password. This will be needed in the following steps. 
Install the SIM card
 Connect the iPad to a computer with iTunes. Disconnect once the “connect to itunes” disappears from the iPad. (i.e. do not setup the iPad in iTunes).
 On the iPad, go to Settings>Wifi and connect to WLAN-PUB.
 Click the URL http://t-systems.mobidm.com/start to start enrolling your device.
             Login to the system with your Afaria user ID and password.
        Click the first button to enroll your device. This will bring up a request to enroll your device and install a profile. Accept.
       Go back to the Safari browser and click the second button (to download Afaria).
 In the App-Store, click “free” to start the download. When the AppleID dialog is opened; click “Create new account”. Follow the steps to create a new account - however do not enter credit card details (i.e. select None for credit card type). (You can also click here to download Afaria).
Ask the secretary to forward the email to you.
Click the link in the email to verify the email and finish the verification / setup of the apple id.
Install Afaria. Then go back to the browser where T-Systems page is showing. Click the last button to configure Afaria.
Install Brainloop
Install Penultimate
Install Adobe Ideas
Install Socialcast (Note: After installation, start the app and click the Gear icon or setting icon - to change “api.socialcast.com” to “connectus.socialcast.com”)
Install Pages
Install Numbers
Install Keynote
Install Goodreader
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Setup Passcode
Create a mail account with the exchange settings (Server:www.mail.philips.com Domain:Code1 UserName: (nly or usd etc.) Password)
Setup ConnectUs/Social cast.(Note: Start this, click the Gear icon or setting icon - to change “api.socialcast.com” to “connectus.socialcast.com”)
Setup Brainloop