Today, service bays are experiencing a significant trend – there is a shortage of bays to accommodate a growing number of vehicles needing repair. As a result, dealerships are forced to do more with less in order to stay competitive with aftermarket services and bring in profit. Many are turning to technology – sophisticated diagnostic [...]
A 2008 article in USA Today notes that, “Trees falling onto wires in storms or wires sagging in the heat into tree limbs are to blame for most of the major U.S. blackouts going back to 1996, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC). The institute estimates that 90% of weather-related outages are [...]
At the XChange Tech Innovators Award ceremony in Las Vegas, our team received two Tech Innovator awards from CRN for its ongoing commitment to innovation in the mobile computing sector and specifically for its new Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), the Toughbook H1.
Last month I started a Toughbloggers discussion about a recent PCMag.com article that showed approximately 22 percent of business laptops require repair on an annual basis and, yet, people seem to view these high failure rates as acceptable. Well, a new study by Squaretrade shows, once again, alarmingly high failure rates for notebooks and—not surprisingly— [...]
Two weeks ago, PCSC exhibited at SUPERCOMMM, an industry leading telecommunications tradeshow. SUPERCOMM attracts technology buyers and connects them to suppliers in the broadband technology supply chain. Panasonic participates in this show because our line of Toughbook mobile computers serves a large number of service technicians and installers in the telecommunications field.
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra recently announced the launch of Apps.gov, a GSA-operated Web site that government agencies can use to both install and purchase cloud computing applications. Apps.gov features a multitude of applications designed to help government employees work more productively online.
The current issue of Government Computer News features a detailed GCN Lab review of the Panasonic Toughbook 30, as part of a broader roundup of eight rugged devices. It’s the second time GCN has reviewed the 30 this year, and the results were consistent. “After steam baths, freezing, cooking, vibration and shock, there wasn’t even [...]
For years we’ve been hearing that sales of laptops have been outpacing desktops, and that our workforce is becoming increasingly mobile. For laptop manufacturers, this is obviously good news – the demand for our products is growing and will continue to grow. Unfortunately, for the end user, laptop reliability is not growing at the same rate [...]
Today Panasonic unveiled a breakthrough in-car digital video system for law enforcement: the Toughbook Arbitrator 360°. It maximizes officer safety by capturing a 360-degree view surrounding an entire police vehicle, through simultaneous recording on up to five cameras. The process of recording and transferring evidence is fully automated, enabling officers to focus on their duties. [...]
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a ceremony at Phoenix City Hall, where city leaders formally accepted a donation of five new and fully-equipped Police Tahoe vehicles to the Phoenix Police Reserve Division. The donation was made by the Phoenix Police Reserve Foundation, which was formed by community leaders and provides equipment to the [...]
