Esper specializes in building an enterprise-ready device management platform for dedicated and fully managed device use cases. What’s that mean? Internally, we use something called “the Netflix test.”
The Netflix test is simple: if you can watch Netflix on the device, it’s probably not a dedicated device. While not 100% perfect (thanks Tesla and Peloton), it works for the most part. Point of sale terminal? No Netflix. Clinical trial EDC devices? No Netflix. Inventory scanner, self-service kiosk, trucking ELD device? No, no, no.
Our customers require certain capabilities to ensure their dedicated devices continue to pass the Netflix test. When the customer has an app, kiosk mode — where you lock the device to that single app — is a big one. And when they want to pin a website to the device; well, they sometimes run into problems.
For “off the shelf” Android GMS devices, customers tend to use Google Chrome. And while it’s possible to put Chrome in kiosk mode, it is still a consumer-focused web browser, which is designed for freedom, not being locked down. Chrome (notoriously) tracks a lot of user data, wants to work with whatever network, and allows users to visit whatever site they want. These, of course, are not aligned with the dedicated device use case and present access and security challenges for enterprises.
We like these challenges. Because we’re purpose-built for the dedicated use case, we go much deeper than typical MDM vendors to provide the "above and beyond" expertise and tailored solutions so often required. We ask (and did ask many customers) what capabilities are required to meet their specific use cases. And then we built Esper Titanium.
Esper Titanium is an enterprise web browser purpose-built for dedicated device use cases. Like many popular browsers (including Google Chrome), Titanium is built on a Chromium base. But what makes it different is that it provides a locked-down and secure experience fit for many enterprise dedicated device experiences.
With Titanium, enterprises can:
- Set the URL
- Hide the URL bar so users can’t navigate away
- Hide the main menu
- Disable the “long press” option bar
- Allow or disable telemetry data like browsing history
- Only work on specific networks
Paired with additional Esper capabilities, enterprises can lock Titanium to the device in kiosk mode, creating a secure and consistent experience. You can read a technical deep dive here.Titanium is great for customers who want to use a website experience on their device rather than an app. It works on Android GMS but is even better for Android AOSP, which gives you even more control and customization. So, whether you’re using an off-the-shelf device or a custom one, Titanium can work.Where a Chrome-based deployment falls short, Titanium delivers exactly the experience you want, keeps your device secure, and reduces costs because you don’t have to develop a new app.To try it out, get in touch with our team.
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