IBM has expanded its enterprise mobile computing offerings with new software that puts critical information about buildings and equipment into the hands of maintenance staff in the field.

While maintenance staff have traditionally worked from paper copies of work orders, IBM Maximo Everyplace software provides real-time information at their fingertips across the expansive territory they need to maintain. Specifically, IBM software helps companies track, monitor and manage millions of physical assets as diverse as cell towers, buildings, vehicle fleets, clinical equipment, water mains, railway cars, manufacturing parts, and more.

The new software displays job plans, location of assets, maintenance history, work-order tracking, and service requests, which can help companies deliver better preventative maintenance, speed repairs quickly before impacting operations and optimize the usage of parts to ensure greater efficiency.

The new software provides mobile access through WiFi, cellular or satellite, eliminating the need to carry a separate mobile device. Since it is Web-based, no additional software needs to be downloaded to the device, and administrators have the flexibility to choose which capabilities are displayed on screen to fit individual preferences.

Through new enhancements, IBM's enterprise asset management software is available to run natively on the browsers of the Apple iPhone and iPad, and Android-based phones. In addition, through Maximo Application Designer, the administrator has the ability to quickly customize the mobile view of Maximo screens for each iPhone or Android depending on the type of functions the end user requires.