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The top 5 benefits of cloud-based facilities...

The way that field and office teams work has changed rapidly over recent years, with technology bringing significant changes to the workplace. The need to capture accurate data, consolidate, analyse and share is critical to today’s key business decision makers – and Facilities Management is no different. The ability to efficiently managing daily tasks, internal and external workforces, as well as providing clarity to clients on a day to day basis is paramount.

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mpro5: New web portal release

This new mpro5 web portal release is coming very soon. We are always working to improve the web portal in terms of design, flow and features. In fact, the changes and tweaks we have made for this particular release total over 100! The headline features are the design overhaul of the ‘CRM’ area, as well as the ability to link to your single sign on system.

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mpro5 Integration API Overhaul

What is the overhaul? The mpro5 system has been providing an integration API facility for a while now using the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) standard. Microsoft developed SOAP and it communicates using the XML format. While SOAP originally solved a lot of problems and has been  the standard for a long time,  i t has issues of its own.  Some being –   having to  write lots of code to create the basic request structure  and  when  you send  a request through JavaScript   the  JSON  format isn’t supported,   meaning  your requests  have to   use  XML  are larger and  can affect speed.

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IoT, I want it in my business but where do I...

“We need IoT!”, “Tell us more about your IoT offering”, “When can we have IoT?”

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Facilities Management Technology & Benefits

How people work has changed significantly over recent years and technology has brought big changes to the workplace. The need to capture accurate data, consolidate, analyse and share it is critical to today’s key business decision makers. Facilities Management is no different. Efficiently managing daily tasks, internal and external workforces, as well as providing insights to their clients is paramount.

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Service Credits in Retail Monitoring Explained |...

How can an automated service credits system help retailers get value from contractors?

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Spreadsheets: your business can break free

Spreadsheets are great to keep track of static data as well as personal finances, budgets and so on. They can do some really smart calculations and quickly generate your figures…but, they simply aren’t maintainable for logging and tracking operations like cleaning, auditing and deliveries.

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mpro5: Ring-Tailed Lemur

This new mpro5 release, Ring-Tailed Lemur, comes with some really exciting features. The headline feature is the ability to capture information from Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Our focus has been on connecting to the latest range of BLE temperature probes for easier mpro5 temperature logbooks. In addition, our development team have worked hard to improve app robustness, usability and speed. If you have any questions about any of these new features, please email our Head of Development, Thomas England, using thomas.england@mpro5.com.

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The Future Of Internet Of Things - How We'll Use...

We’re always interested in glimpses into the future here at mpro5, especially the future of IoT, and The Economist’s Technology Quarterly usually has a good story or two about where the latest trends are taking us. The latest quarter didn’t disappoint, with a wide ranging and sometimes slightly bonkers report on what IoT has in store. Sensors in cars that give your insurer information about your driving style – and possibly lower premiums – is not new news. But how about a toothbrush that reports on how well you brush your teeth? Is that a fair price of lower dental insurance? There’s more. How about face recognition software that can estimate your body fat content? That one’s from China. And, you may have guessed, can affect health insurance premiums. Away from insurance, there is much less creepy stuff going on, in buildings. Here we have:

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mpro5 at The Things Conference UK

mpro5 are pleased to be a gold sponsor of this year’s The Things Network Conference UK in reading. If you’re interested in attending an Internet of Things event, this is a great one to go to. Plus, there’s great talks in store from the likes of Microsoft.

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mpro5 at O2’s Blue Door Event

mpro5 are pleased to announce that we will be demoing mpro5 with IoT at O2’s Blue Door event in October.

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What is Mobile Workforce Management (MWM)?

Mobile apps are everywhere and are coming more integral to every-day business and home life. Something that is becoming ever more apparent, especially with emerging Digital Transformation technologies accelerating at a rapid rate, is that business chiefs and innovation specialists across every vertical are now looking at how they can digitise their business processes and improve efficiency across their entire organisation with the addition of mobile workforce management. 

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