Independent Android expertise for organisations choosing platforms, building products, shipping hardware and running managed estates.
See the services ↓B8N Ltd is the commercial home for Android strategy, product direction, engineering, validation, deployment and managed operations.
Every engagement is led and delivered by Jason Bayton. No account layer, no sales hand-off and no recommendation tied to a platform licence.
Turn business, security and operational requirements into a platform choice, architecture, operating model and roadmap. Covers EMM selection, Android deployment design, procurement and TCO.
Product discovery and hands-on direction for EMM, OEM, MTD and Android ecosystem products. Define the problem, prioritise work, write acceptance criteria and challenge assumptions.
Test Android hardware across real UEM platforms, deployment modes and edge cases. Findings include evidence, impact, severity and a clear remediation path.
Support for GMS, Play Protect certification, MADA, EDLA, CDD and xTS across standard, dedicated and specialist Android hardware.
Design policies, app distribution, identity integrations, provisioning, migrations, training and support. Experience spans first pilots through fleets of more than 500,000 devices.
Run Android and ChromeOS estates day to day: onboarding, offboarding, policy changes, applications, health checks, incidents and service requests. Service delivery is independent of the management platform.
Bespoke Android apps and device-side components, including managed configuration, OEM and OTA agents, kiosk and launcher experiences, privileged services and hardware integrations.
Fleet delivery, platform work, device validation, certification and bespoke Android development. Public documentation and technical analysis remain on bayton.org.
Browse the Android library ↗Policy, provisioning, app distribution, operational readiness and support for an 8,000-device Android Enterprise deployment.
Managed-device operations currently span more than 500,000 devices, backed by repeatable onboarding, policy, application and service processes.
Independent Android Enterprise testing across UEMs, deployment modes and device behaviours, with evidence and prioritised fixes.
View an example report ↗Enterprise design, GMS and EDLA readiness, certification triage and OTA strategy for purpose-built devices.
Designed and delivered the complete Android software layer for a specialist bedside platform: launcher and kiosk experience, physical-control navigation, app and settings controls, background services and third-party integrations. The engagement covered product definition, implementation, testing, documentation and go-live support.
Managed device services cover the operational work between enrolment and retirement: policy, applications, access, changes, incidents, health checks and reporting. Every moving part stays in orbit around a consistent operational centre.
Calls help. Decisions, code, evidence, configurations and runbooks are what keep the work moving afterwards.
Requirements, options, trade-offs, cost and a recommendation that technical and commercial stakeholders can use.
Reproducible tests, evidence, impact, severity, ownership and a prioritised path to resolution.
Code, policies, configuration, enrolment, integrations, runbooks and training built for the actual environment.
Requests, changes, application lifecycle, health checks, incidents and reporting with context attached.
A single technical decision can be handled in a focused session. Delivery, development and managed operations get the time and continuity they need.
Hourly, half-day or full-day access for a defined question, architecture review, product decision or difficult fault.
BEST FOR · A BLOCKED DECISIONFixed scope, milestones, evidence, deliverables and handover for validation, strategy, certification, development or deployment.
BEST FOR · A KNOWN OUTCOMERetained product support or managed operations for recurring decisions, estate health, change, incidents and escalation.
BEST FOR · CONTINUOUS CONTEXTIn an ecosystem that doesn’t sit still, B8N is your constant.
01 Advice is not tied to an EMM, OEM or licence sale.
02 The person scoping the work stays with it through delivery.
03 Findings come with evidence, constraints and a next action.
Include the objective, current environment, constraints, timeline and what has already been tried.
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