StayLinked Blog

The FIRST Robotics Competition Team

This past month, StayLinked invited local robotics team members from FRC Team 4322 to participate in a software development challenge at StayLinked Headquarters in Tustin, California. FRC, which stands for FIRST Robotics Competition, is, according to their website, "an intense six-week competition that challenges teams of 20 or more students to raise funds, design a team "brand," hone teamwork skills, and build and program industrial-size robots to play a difficult field game against like-minded competitors. It’s as close to real-world engineering as a student can get."

SmartTE for Datalogic’s New DL-Axist PDA and Joya Touch Mobile Devices

At StayLinked, we pride ourselves on the exceptional company we keep. For more than a decade, we've embraced the hardware leaders in supply chain technology and we are proud to announce our partnership with Datalogic. This partnership allows Datalogic customers to fully realize the capabilities of the Datalogic DL-Axist and the DatalogicJoya™ Touch by utlizing StayLinked’s new graphical SmartTE software in all of their data collection market segments.

When we made StayLinked SmartTE available earlier this year, we set out to release the premier graphical terminal emulation modernization solution. Part of that initial release was our commitment to constantly improve the experience for our customers. Fast forwarding just a few short months, we are proud to announce some exciting enhancements to the SmartTE client, and to the Designer Mode of the StayLinked Administrator.

1. Optimized Demo Mode (for Tablets, Wearables and Handhelds)

If you've recently updated your StayLinked Client for Android, you may have noticed some new options in the About Menu ("Run Demonstration Mode"). These different modes (Tablet, Handheld, and Wearable) allow you to connect to the StayLinked Demo Server to see how an application appears when it's optimized for different screen sizes and screen orientations. 

2. Contextual, Smart Keyboards 

Another exciting new feature is the ability for the StayLinked Client to recognize when and where the keyboard is needed within the native application. This feature saves valuable time by eliminating the need to manually access the keyboard. As users navigate through screens from the host app, the StayLinked Client detects when the application input calls for a numeric entry or an alpha entry, and displays the appropriate keyboard. 

3. Rapid Screen Development (Dynamic Templates and Content Generator)

If you haven't yet used the Screen Designer in the StayLinked Administrator, you likely haven't seen just how easy it is to generate dynamic content with the click of a button. Staylinked now allows application designers to quickly take host screens with static elements and convert those same screen items to dynamic elements just by selecting an option from a drop-down menu. You've got 50 screens to convert? No problem with the Screen Designer's Dynamic Content Generator.

4. Custom Enhancement Support for Certified Devices

StayLinked is also proud to announce the certification of the following devices for SmartTE:

• DATALOGIC DL-Axist
• Honeywell CT50
  
• Zebra MC92N0
• Zebra TC70
• Zebra WT6000 Wearable
• Zebra TC8000

These have been rigorously tested to ensure that all of the enhanced features of StayLinked SmartTE are compatible with each device.

Meet Kevin Hoostal

At StayLinked, developing and supporting strategic partners is a big aspect of our growth plans. Earlier this week you may have seen on the newswire that we upped that commitment with the hiring of AutoID industry veteran Kevin Hoostal as Channel Development Director.

For StayLinked and our partners, this represents an exciting new chapter in the vital role the channel will play in maintaining StayLinked's position as the leader in modern Terminal Emulation solutions.

Strengthening Partners and Resellers

In his new role, Kevin will focus upon expanding and strengthening StayLinked's reseller partner network and program. He'll also be responsible for enabling the channel to successfully bring StayLinked's new products to market.

Raspberry Pi and StayLinked

It’s likely that many of you are familiar with Raspberry Pi, the single-board computer from the UK that measures roughly the size of a credit card and sells for less than US $40. Though designed for use primarily in education and meant for distribution in developing countries, the tiny computer has grown in popularity over the past couple of years and has sold in the millions of units worldwide. Here at StayLinked Headquarters in Tustin, California, we thought it might be interesting to see how well the StayLinked Server not only installed on such modest hardware, but how efficiently the software performed, and whether or not it could scale to handle hundreds‒‒or even thousands‒‒of concurrent terminal emulation sessions.

As a leading company in the AIDC industry, we’re always looking for business partners that share our service ideals. This is why we’ve developed the StayLinked Certified Engineer Program: to identify and enable technology services and sales partners to provide the best product solution, support, and pricing.

Channel Development Manager - North America - Position Available

StayLinked is searching for an strong candidate with experience in the AIDC industry.  We would love to find a motivated, energetic professional to help us continue to grow the company with our new capabilities and products.  

Key Contributors to StayLinked's Record Setting 2015 Announced

2015 was an amazing year for StayLinked and we are very grateful to our amazing partners who make it all happen!

"As our business continues to grow we believe it is important to recognize the outstanding achievements of our partners," said Dan Hogan, StayLinked VP of Sales. "Our partners play a vital role in extending the reach of our products to a growing global audience. We congratulate all of our winners on their leadership over the past year, and look forward to our continued mutual success."

While we could easily have awarded many more partners, we decided to keep it simple by recognizing partners in the following four categories:

Meeting Increased Demand in Europe

Welcome to Ivan Accantelli who has joined us in Milan, Italy!

We are very happy to announce that we continue to build our team with top industry talent!

With the increase in demand for StayLinked products overseas, we have announced that Ivan Accantelli will lead the business development activities in Europe. Mr. Accantelli is a long-time data collection industry veteran whose previous positions include the roles of Managing Director and President for Telxon Italia, Managing Director for Danem Italy, and Business Development for Wavelink Corporation.

StayLinked SmartTE for Android and iOS is now available on the StayLinked download page as well as on the App Store and Google Play Store.  This product allows you to easily transform terminal emulation screens to touchscreen-friendly, graphically rich screens to increase application usability and overall productivity.