The Heart of Borneo is a sustainably managed and extremely biodiverse rainforest found in Borneo, the world’s third largest island, located in Southeast Asia. This area is shared between Indonesia in the south and Malaysia and Brunei in the North. With roughly 140,000 miles of rainforest, this area of Borneo’s interior is almost completely unknown [...]
Last year, we introduced you to Greg Gillis, a.k.a. Girl Talk, and his use of Toughbook 30 and Toughbook 74 notebooks during his live, vibrant shows. In a recent Rolling Stone interview, Girl Talk discusses his unique way of mixing music and creating fun tunes for the crowds – all of this on his Toughbook [...]
According to a report by VDC Research Group, most of the commercial workforce will be Generation Y and Millennial Generation workers by 2020. That means technology-savvy workers who have grown up in the digital age where mobile technology is not a luxury but a necessity, will be the face of our workforce in less than a decade.
In 2006 an international group of climbers from different faiths and cultures – including Palestinian and Israelis, embarked on a journey of peace and friendship to the summit of Mt. Everest. The expedition was an enormous success as 10 people made it to the top of the world! I was proud to have organized and [...]
For almost 90 years, Zurich Engineering has been helping businesses identify, manage and control risk. As part of Zurich, a leading commercial insurer in the UK, the division’s 500 engineer surveyors perform upwards of 3.5 million safety inspections a year on items ranging from escalators, elevators and industrial machinery to kettles and computers. Zurich Engineering [...]
Yorkshire Water manages 40,000 miles of water and sewage main lines in Yorkshire County, located in Northern England. It also supplies 1.24 billion liters of drinking water every day to local residents. In an effort to improve worker efficiency, the utility outfitted each of its water engineers and samplers with a Panasonic Toughbook. The company [...]
There has been a noticeable increase in the virtual workforce, which means more people will telecommute or work on the road rather than come into the office. In fact, by year’s end, an estimated 1 billion people will be working remotely. With the number of mobile professionals on the rise, companies need to rethink what [...]
In the healthcare industry durability is as essential as mobility. The customers of Panasonic Toughbook computers at various hospitals and hospices can speak to the significance of implementing a mobile technology solution that is innately sturdy and robust. Shock mounted hard drives, magnesium cases, and spill resistant keyboards are essential to any mobile technology solution [...]
Jessica Watson, the 16-year-old sailor from Buderim, Australia, set sail from Sydney on October 18, 2009 aboard Ella’s Pink Lady, a boat built specifically for ocean sailing. Jessica is hoping to become the youngest explorer, male or female, to circumnavigate the globe non-stop and unassisted.
