Motorcycle officers in the Traffic Enforcement Division of the Tucson Police Department used to be cut off from critical information, unable to access the CAD system and dependent on radio transmissions for communication. Now they’re equipped with the Toughbook® U1, an extremely rugged ultra-portable computer that runs a full Windows® OS and features embedded Gobi™ [...]
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 [...]
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.
I recently came across in interesting article in Healthcare IT News, “Health calls thrive with IT,” reporting that the number of medical house calls is steadily on the rise thanks to innovations in information technology. According to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the number of house calls paid by Medicare has increased by [...]
On June 9, I had the honor of speaking at FierceWireless’ Embedded Wireless Devices, an interactive, virtual executive summit. The session I participated in, moderated by Derek Kerton from the Kerton Group, focused on embedded success stories, highlighting current industry trends for both, enterprises and consumers. Two industry experts, John Horn from T-Mobile USA and [...]
Panasonic has always been at the forefront of wireless developments, building our Toughbook® computers “from the antennae out” and adopting innovative technologies that help our customers do their jobs more efficiently. Following our recent Gobi™-partnership news with Qualcomm, we are proud to say we are the only notebook manufacturer to offer the Gobi chipset in [...]
As the mobile workforce increases in the U.S., the need for high-speed mobile wireless broadband (WWAN) is also growing. Utilizing mobile solutions to boost employee productivity is becoming a top priority for IT managers across a variety of industries and organizations. Endpoint Technology Associates predicts that the embedded wide-area wireless notebook market will grow to [...]
