Windows 11 is on the way!
Microsoft introduced the world to Windows?11,?and?it looks like?they’ve?been focused?on?advancing?the platform without?making it?entirely new.?Striking that balance is?very difficult. You need?to impress consumers?where?the ease and visual simplicity?of the?Mac?platform makes for?a tough competitor.?And Microsoft wants?to maintain?its?position as the?dominant platform in?the?enterprise.?If they move too far?in one?direction or?the?other, they upset?the?delicate balance.?We’ve seen so far on?the face?of?things?that?it?seems?like?they walked that line well?with Windows?11.?
Microsoft noted that Windows 11?would?include?running?Android apps (thanks to integrations with the Amazon?app?store and Intel Bridge technology)?along the way of striking that feature offering balance.?This should be popular with?consumers for no bigger reason?than?it’s?a?massive?addition to what they can do with their PC. The same app they run?on?their phone will?be on the PC.?There’s?a competitive?blunting measure?against Apple here, but we?won’t?get?into that now.?
From an enterprise?perspective,?there is?seemingly more?value?in?“app?parity,”?where?the phone and PC run the same app, rather than?the?value?is?in?the?breadth of the ecosystem made available.?Many?organizations we deal with?have?either field or?plant operations?that utilize phone/tablet devices for?purpose-built?functions.?Windows?11?will enable those?organizations?to?leverage?existing?internally developed phone/tablet?apps without any?modifications?(assuming the?promise from Microsoft is accurate).?
Along with?the?Amazon store?integration?announcement,?Microsoft?focused?on?the?“app?ecosystem”?future?based?around?PWAs.?As?many have?expected,?it?appears?the?shift from?a?heavy?client,?installed executables?to?lighter?weight, portable?web applications?are?picking up.?This?is?really just?a?logical?evolution?of the?change?we’ve?seen over?the?past?decade,?from?client?apps?to?web-based?apps.?Where?there?were?once?12?client apps?to?each?web?app,?it’s?safe?to?say those?numbers?have?inverted.??
Web-based?apps?have?gained?features?and?increased?performance?as the?underlying?browsers have?steadily?advanced. Now?it’s?logical?to see the?purpose-built?web?apps?jump?outside?their traditional browser shell?and?use?the?same technologies to?run?“standalone.”?Technology marches on,?and?Windows?11?embraces that?idea.?
At?Browsium, we?couldn’t?be happier about these?moves.?It’s?a ringing endorsement of?the browser/web-based?application?model and?positions?it to?be what drives?business?operations into the next?decade.?We’ve?spent?the past decade?building tools specifically?for?the?challenges presented?by?the?shift to?web-based?applications and?managing a?browser-based?end-user?portfolio.?Our tools?are?ready for the next?step?in?this process and?will provide the insights needed?to understand?the what,?when,?how, where,?and?why of PWAs and?the?components?they?rely?on.??
We will have more to show and talk about?concerning?PWA support in the?Browsium?tools?in the?near future. Windows 11?isn’t?scheduled for release for many?months, but we have been working?to?prepare?for what it brings to?the enterprise?management challenges.?Customers?deploying our solutions?to?solve?prior?today’s?issues?are?exceptionally?well-positioned?to move more seamlessly?to Windows 11.?Those?customers?have seen?how?our tools?continually help?address problems with?managing the web?and?browser-based?ecosystem,?especially as?it?continues?to evolve.?The changes?with?Windows 11?may?not be?the?same kinds?of?technical or?process model?changes?we’ve?seen in the?past, but?we’re?ready?for what Microsoft is?delivering?in?Windows?11.?Let us help you be?ready too.??
There’s?no better time than?to start now to?ensure the transition?is smooth and?you?control?the timing.?
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