A few weeks ago, I returned from a trek with a fantastic group to the base camp of Mount Everest and summit of Kala Pattar in the Himalayas of Nepal.

Along with the usual supplies, I took a Panasonic Toughbook 19 computer. Throughout the trip, I was able to send updates via email and Facebook to the rest of the world from some incredibly extreme and remote locations thanks to the connectivity and durability of the convertible notebook.

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To meet the demand of police agencies in the U.K., the British subsidiary of General Motors, Vauxhall, now offers fleet customers the option of a built-in Panasonic Toughbook 19 in its Astra model. In this economic climate, spending cuts are widespread, forcing agencies, like police departments to improve efficiency. Without a mobile computer, writing a [...]

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Rivers, lakes and bad roads never stopped Mark Gumbert’s team from tracking bats, but inadequate equipment did. Mark Gumbert, founder and president of Copperhead Environmental Consulting, and his team spend about three weeks every spring researching and tracking bat migrations for both independent and government-commissioned research and need computers that can withstand the terrain, weather [...]

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From March 2007 until late 2010, Tokyo International Airport was constructing Runway D, the airport’s fourth runway. The eastern end of the runway lies on 500 meters of reclaimed land and pier along a wharf. Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd., Taisei Corporation and Maeda Corporation were responsible for seawall construction and reclamation work for this project. [...]

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For ArborMetrics Solutions (AMS), a leading vegetation management service company in North America, connectivity and durability were two significant factors when it came time to choosing the proper mobile technology solution for its field workers.  AMS “arborists” are constantly on the go to cover the thousands of distribution lines they support.  Complicating matters, their work [...]

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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 [...]

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Panasonic has announced a license and reseller agreement with Mobile Armor, Inc. to integrate the Mobile Armor Data Encryption Solution (which incorporates FIPS certified 2.5-inch self-encrypting disk drives from Seagate Technology) into select Panasonic Toughbook rugged notebooks and mobile clinical assistants. The result? A secure and reliable computing solution for mission critical users across a [...]

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We recently updated our Toughbook 19, a fully-rugged convertible tablet. Important upgrades to our fourth version of this product include optional WiMAX and Gobi2000 chips. The Toughbook 19 is also one of the first mobile solutions to incorporate the newly launched Intel® Core™ i5-540UM processor, featuring Intel® Turbo Boost Technology with speeds up to 2.0GHz, [...]

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Crimes are usually solved at the scene, not in the office. But information nevertheless needs to be processed and passed on. The police in the English county of Leicestershire have come up with a way of reducing bureaucracy without adversely affecting data management. The solution the Leicestershire Police deployed was the fully-rugged Toughbook 19 convertible [...]

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The Dakar Rally started in Buenos Aires for the first time in 2009. Previously, the race had run from Europe to Africa (The Paris-Dakar), but security threats resulted in the move to South America.  The 2009 event was also the first outing for Ellen Lohr – one of Germany’s most accomplished female drivers and a [...]

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