In FY2009 the cost of DoD maintenance amounted to a whopping $83 billion—a substantial portion of which was devoted to the maintenance of 14,000 aircraft. A recent Air Force Times article cited the U.S. Air Force’s plan to purchase up to 40,000 laptops and convert 65,000 of its technical orders (TOs) into “e-tools” digital format [...]
With the explosion of smartphones in the consumer market, Microsoft is emphasizing the new consumer-oriented Mobile® 7 operating system (OS). This means that Windows® Mobile – the standard OS for many commercial handhelds – will enter the end-of-life stage in late 2010. IT managers will soon be forced to decide which OS to deploy on [...]
Earlier this month we launched a new product offering called the Toughbook H1 Field, the world’s most rugged handheld tablet computer. It was developed to enable extreme mobility and productivity for field sales personnel, first responders, supervisors, inspectors, maintenance workers and other highly mobile professionals. Certified to meet IP65 and MIL-STD-810G – with a six [...]
