Redware wins eLearning Award with Redsource
Leamington Spa based Redware is celebrating a milestone win after being awarded gold for ‘most innovative new learning hardware or software product’ for their newly launched mobile learning platform Redsource.
Judges said "This one could change the e-learning landscape" at the eLearning Awards gala dinner on November 8th in London. The learning and mobile solution firm was shortlisted for the award in September after 200 applied and the team were delighted to accept the accolade.
"We are incredibly pleased! We thoroughly enjoyed presenting Redsource to the panel of judges in September and it was very encouraging to see such a positive reaction. What we've created is revolutionary and as we keep saying, is changing the way people do business. This award recognises a significant step forward in mobile learning" said CEO Andre Wigley.
The news follows two highly successful show appearances for Redware - on the same two days in October, the firm unveiled Redsource at World of Learning and Apps World, creating quite a stir. Staff were inundated with questions with an overall sense that Redware has achieved in creating what others have tried and failed to do.
Redsource is already being implemented in Jaguar Land Rover's impressive dealer network, which will be using the platform to distribute content globally across many job roles to some 50,000 devices. The introduction of Redsource will radicalise the way information is shared across the network, bringing with it the security and assurances that Jaguar Land Rover expect for their data.
With limitless possibilities and flexible content options, rich, interactive content can be delivered to devices so it is available at the point of need. This means on demand learning can be implemented with ease across a complex network, with users only seeing the content they need too, so they can, for instance, look up a training video or instruction document the moment they need it. Strong management, administration and reporting modules mean Jaguar Land Rover can continually assess the popularity of content and forecast future training requirements for all users.
"These awards are a showcase of the best our industry has to offer; from recognising the needs of our customers' people, to rewarding those businesses embracing the best technology on the market. That's why it is such a pleasure to work with eLearning Age and now be the very proud owners of an award!" concluded Andre.
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More about Redsource
With Single Sign On (SSO) functionality, end to end encryption using the SDK, powerful reporting and in app analytics, Redsource is passing the power of Bring Your Own Device and mobile learning back to companies, with an intuitive way of managing even the most complex of networks. Andre Wigley, CEO at Redware comments;
"We envisage this flexible platform being used by progressive organisations and those interested in workforce mobilisation across all sectors. Within learning & development, there is a huge opportunity to put our expertise to work to continue to evolve mobile learning using Redsource. The very nature of Redsource means it can adapt to suit any organisation looking to revolutionise the way they do things" said CEO Andre Wigley.
"We have faced plenty of challenges in developing a platform which answers all of the users needs if they are to unlock the massive potential of Mobile Application Management, paying particular attention to the challenge of maintaining user's ownership and individuality on their devices, with the integrity a business would expect of its enterprise applications. With the marketplace itself in its infancy, there was a huge gap in the market for something different, that gap has been filled with Redsource, which will continue to innovate and excel in this rapidly evolving market".
Redsource is already being implemented in Jaguar Land Rover's impressive dealer network, which will be using the platform to distribute content globally across many job roles to some 6000 devices initially and shortly after to deliver mobile applications to a far larger network. This solution will mean that sales people will always have the latest information to hand, on portable devices, meaning customers always get the most up to date information available to them. Dr Adrian Birch, Training Technologies, JLR added;
"The Redware offering is second to none and we feel it offers everything that we need to deliver content securely to our dealerships. We put a number of firms through their paces and Redware are the ones who are able to deliver to our high expectations".
Ready for the technology?
Content - Redsource is a versatile platform capable of handling many forms of content;
- Video - The platform can handle any number or length of video files. The files appear in the store as an asset and the user is able to interact with and view the video. The file is then cached so a user only downloads it once, but is available for later use.
- Documents - The platform can handle any number or size of PDF file. The files appear in the store as an asset and the user can interact with and view the document from there. This is then cached so it is only downloaded once.
- Weblinks and Webapps - With webapps an icon is placed on the users device, so to access it, it becomes as simple as using a normal app. With weblinks, they are only available from within the store and will open the page in browser.
- Native app without embedded agent - Apps which haven't been development with the embedded agent
is useful for legacy applications and bought in applications. Certain features of the platform cannot be
used with apps that don't use the embedded agency, though updates can still be fully controlled. - Native app with embedded agent - Apps which are built using the embedded agent have the full suite
of tools and capabilities. With a full SDK available these apps can be developed with ease.
Redsource is also capable of full app content delivery and updating, either through a clear call to action to the user or seamlessly in the background. Redsource can also expire content remotely and in the background, to deal with the issue of time sensitive data.
Security and user management - Redsource has a powerful suite of tools to manage the full user and leaver cycle
- Remote lock and wipe of applications and data, without affecting the users device, this can be used in
the event of a leaver or breach of security on a device. This can be in the form of an App specific block,
full block of all content and apps, basic wipe of all data since installation and a full wipe which renders
all apps (only those installed through Redsource) useless on a user's device. - Device anti-tamper measures
- Ability to group and categorise users and control content and data per user group
- End to end encryption and on device encryption back for apps with embedded agent
Analytics - Redsource provides full logging and reporting for all app store interactions, all security interactions and
in the case of Apps with the embedded agent, full content interactions. This allows companies to carry out powerful reporting on user profiles, app specific reporting, security auditing, app popularity and usage and many more. The Redsource API includes a wrapper for Google Analytics that allows a company to add central logging and reporting into an app.
Apple license restriction - If a company wants to sign an app with a corporate license instead of a developer's licence the responsibility of distributing that content becomes theirs and they are responsible for ensuring that the app is not installed or used by people that are not employees of the signer or close 3rd parties. Redsource provides an intuitive solution to not only fulfil the distribution aspect but also the security aspect with its sophisticated platform.
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