Are you still stuck behind a desk at work? If some predictions are correct, you may not be by this time next year. As technology analysts and media outlets publish their annual lists of trends expected for 2012, many are pointing to an explosion in worker mobility initiatives across a wide variety of industries as [...]
The Toughbloggers team saw mobile technology tested again and again in 2011 – sometimes deliberately, and sometimes by accident. The truly memorable stories are less about the technology, but more about the amazing people and inspiring missions they accomplish. Here’s a look back at the five most memorable Toughbloggers stories of 2011.
Consumer tablets have undoubtedly been the hottest mobile devices of 2011 and now, due to the increased interest in these devices, particularly from employees, tablets have started to make their way into the enterprise market via a phenomenon known as the consumerization of IT.
Earning employee buy-in is a challenge for many IT managers when looking to rollout a new mobile solution to a large or small field force. At Panasonic we’ve established some best practices to garner employee buy-in early on and streamline the deployment process.
You’re on a flight from New York to London, LA to Chicago, or San Francisco to Honolulu. The flight is delayed – again – and you decide to catch up on e-mail from the airport bar. You grab the only seat available, pull out your laptop and scroll through Outlook, while taking a cool sip [...]
The past two years have seen a massive influx of tablet devices in the enterprise space. IDC predicts overall global unit shipments of tablets in 2011 will be 53.5 million units. The iPad’s popularity has created great demand for the tablet form factor and caused many enterprises to start thinking about how they can implement [...]
When scanning the showroom floor of the 35th Annual IACP Law Enforcement Management (LEIM) Training Conference and Exposition in San Diego, CA, there was a clear representation of what is currently top-of-mind for public agencies across the board—a myriad of converging technologies that speak to officer and public safety, enterprise-wide data sharing and the improved [...]
Marketing Werks is the largest independent experiential marketing firm in the U.S. The company, based in Chicago, Illinois, creates mobile and event marketing campaigns for major consumer brands. Crain’s Chicago Business has named Marketing Werks as one of Chicago’s fastest growing companies for three consecutive years, and an independent firm recently named them as one [...]
Enel is one of the largest European utility providers, with a home base in Italy and subsidiaries in Spain, Russia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. In fact, Enel was the first utility company to roll out a large-scale smart metering project in Europe. The company’s rollout started at the beginning of the decade. By 2005, [...]
Variety Care had previously been using commercial grade tablets that were not specifically designed for the demands of a healthcare environment; these tablets experienced breaks and failures which resulted in clinician downtime. Manager of Information Systems, Carl Flippin wanted to enhance the facility’s workflow with mobile devices that were durable, portable, lightweight, reliable and had wireless capabilities.
Flippin met with DataSource Mobility, a value added IT reseller with an expertise is mobile technology, to discuss the criteria for Variety Care’s next mobile computing solution. After research and evaluation, the Panasonic Toughbook T8 computers proved to be the ultimate solution.
