According to the Ontario, Canada, company, which specializes in software for managing and tracking devices, its SDK is the first to allow this function for iOS.

While remote-control technology is common on PCs, Soti CEO Carl Rodrigues said, iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches lacked this capability until now. Soti's SDK, which also offers other features, addresses a functionality gap in iOS products, he said.

"True remote control is not possible, officially, on an Apple device," said Rodrigues.

Apple does not allow remote-control capability on apps offered publicly in its App Store, because of security concerns, so Soti is making its SDK available only to developers of apps for internal use at enterprises. Apple's Developer Program has a specific program for enterprise mobile application developers, in which developers have to register with proof that they are creating software for a corporate environment. Unlike software offered in the App Store, those apps do not have to be approved by Apple.

Developers use Soti's SDK to create mobile applications with remote access capabilities. Only applications built with the SDK have the remote access feature, Rodrigues said. For example, if workers download the popular Angry Birds game to their iPhones, that application will not be accessible to the company's IT staff, he said.