TechRepublic Resources
- PDAs and labor laws
- The Canadian paper The Globe and Mail ran a story last week in which it stated that a union representing government workers was going to make the use of pocket-size electronic devices such as BlackBerrys a bargaining issue. In other words, it's advocating that the government pay its employees for...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Negotiation, PDAs, Handhelds, Free Trade, Hardware, Finance, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Axmedis PDA Player (zip)
- A PDA player for AXMEDIS/MPEG-21 cross media content. It allows to play AXMEDIS content with inside any kind of image, audio, video, animations and also MPEG-4, HTML and SMIL. It has been developed for Windows Mobile 5 and 6. The pack also contains a set of AXMEDIS demostrative objects. In...
- Tags: Consortium, PDAs, Handhelds, Digital Media, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-04-07
- NetOp Mobile (zip)
- NetOp Mobile is the comprehensive and reliable solution for remote management and bi-directional file transfer across multiple platforms and devices from a PDA. NetOp Mobile can operate in stealth or kiosk mode, all at industry-leading authentication and encryption. Version 9.1 enhances security options.
- Tags: Mobile, CrossTec NetOp, NetOp Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, PDAs, Security, Marketing, Handhelds, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-04-29
- PDAstatus (CAB)
- PDAStatus if freeware Window Mobile today screen plug-in displaying PDA parameters as icons with text summary. Supported statuses: Battery, Available memory, Available storage, SD card status & free volume, Display backlight brightness (device-specific, check program website for supported devices list or request for new device support)- SIM-card balance. You should...
- Tags: Device, Corner-A, PDAs, Web Site Development, Engineering, Memory, Handhelds, Hardware, Internet, Semiconductors, Components
- Software downloads 2008-04-18
- Using Bluetooth for Informationally Enhanced Environments
- The continued miniaturization in computing and wireless communication is about to make informationally enhanced environments become a reality. Already today, devices like a notebook computer or a personal digital assistant (PDA) can easily connect to the Internet via IEEE 802.11 networks (WaveLAN) or similar technologies provided at so-called hot-spots. In...
- Tags: Device, Environment, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, PDAs, Wireless, Handhelds, Hardware
- White papers
- Wireless Handheld Device Evolution
- This webinar will be of interest to marketing and technical salespeople who would like to learn about the evolution of wireless handheld devices from PDA and phones to today's smart phone and wireless PDAs. The webinar will discuss usage models of devices and look at evolving technologies and features in...
- Tags: Webinar, Handheld Device, PDAs, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware
- Webcasts
- Boiler Company Forecasts Savings of €1.5 Million With Automated Field Service Solution
- Gas boiler manufacturer, e.l.m. leblanc is part of the Bosch Group. It employs 700 people and has an annual turnover of €102 million. Engineers received work details and responded with job information via fax. e.l.m. leblanc was keen to automate manual processes and reduce paperwork for its engineers and office...
- Tags: Job, Microsoft Corp., e-Depanneur Solution, PDAs, Recruitment & Selection, Fax, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software
- Case studies
- Back to School: Intel Technology Transforms Education at Houston County High School
- Located in rural Georgia near a large Air Force base, Houston County High School faced the challenge of educating a diverse and often transitory student body. Meeting the needs of 21st-century learners, little or no technology, and teacher morale were some of the issues. In 1998, Houston County High School...
- Tags: Education, School, Mobile, Intel Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Tablets, Pocket PC, PDAs, Processors, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Handhelds, Semiconductors, Components
- Case studies
- QUALCOMM Case Study: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is the primary managed care provider in the mid-Atlantic area with nearly 3.2 million members, of which 1.2 million have prescription benefits. CareFirst wanted to extend the effectiveness of its DrFirst e-prescribing tool to improve patient safety and reduce prescription-related costs. CareFirst has enrolled 500 physicians into...
- Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Patient, Palm Treo, Qualcomm Inc., CareFirst, Productivity, PDAs, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Case studies
- Qualcomm Case Study: CROSSMARK
- CROSSMARK is a privately held company that provides sales and marketing services to leading consumer packaged goods manufacturers. CROSSMARK wanted to help its clients convert lost sales into profits by identifying product stock outs, missing promotional in-store displays, and other problems occurring at the store level. To help minimize lost...
- Tags: Qualcomm Inc., CROSSMARK, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, PDAs, Marketing Research, Sales, Handhelds, Hardware, Marketing
- Case studies
- Qualcomm Case Study: Medical Office of the Twenty First Century
- MOXXI wanted to improve the safety of patients by helping to decrease the number of adverse drug interactions by minimizing transcription errors and providing alerts and reminders about prescription drug interactions and drug-disease interactions. MOXXI provided physicians with a "smart" prescription pad in the form of an HP iPAQ equipped...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Interaction, Qualcomm Inc., Prescription, PDAs, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Handhelds, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Case studies
- River Flow Monitoring System Improves Forecasting and Response to Floods and Droughts
- Portugal has established an integrated network to monitor river flows, rainfall, reservoir levels and water quality in all the country's river basins. The 'RIOS' system, developed using the Microsoft .NET Framework, allows the Water Institute to better forecast and monitor flood and drought situations, and keep civil protection authorities aware...
- Tags: Monitor, River, Monitoring System, Information, Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Portugal, Monitors & Displays, PDAs, Hardware, Components, Handhelds
- Case studies
- Mississippi Choctaw's Use GIS and Mapping to Manage Tribal Lands
- This paper is intended to show how the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians are using GIS/Remote sensing to manage, maintain and acquire tribal lands, is being used to evaluate the 8 Choctaw Communities and plan for growth. Leica GPS Units with Panasonic Toughbook PDA's containing ESRI's ArcPAD are being used...
- Tags: Land Acquisition, Mississippi Choctaw, GIS, PDAs, GPS, Handhelds, Software, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers
- Leverage Your Mobile Staff, Manage and Resolve Critical Incidents Remotely With AlarmPoint
- While most Support and IT organizations have incident management applications in place, they are still missing a key component. Interactive alerting applications close the loop between the help desk and the personnel who can resolve critical incidents, thereby ensuring business services continue uninterrupted. This webcast will explain the benefits of...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Webcast, Mobile, Incident Management, Help Desk, PDAs, It Management, It Operations, Handhelds, Hardware, It service Management
- Webcasts
- Nortel Networks Case Study: W Seoul-Walkerhill
- Located on the slopes of Mount Acha, Starwood Hotels and Resorts' futuristic 14-floor, 253 deluxe room, W Seoul-Walkerhill is the first W Hotel in Asia. The hotel wanted to enable mobile voice and data communications to support delivery of the highest quality of service to guests and enhance employee productivity...
- Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., PDAs, VOIP, LANs, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Handhelds, Hardware, Networking, Marketing
- Case studies
- Energy Consumption in Data Analysis for On-Board and Distributed Applications
- Energy consumption is an important issue in the growing number of data mining and machine learning applications for battery-powered embedded and mobile devices. It plays a critical role in determining the capabilities of a broad range of applications such as space probes with onboard scientific missions, PDA-based monitoring of remote...
- Tags: Data Analysis, University Of Maryland, Battery, Energy Consumption, Engineering, PDAs, Databases, Handhelds, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers
- State of Victoria Case Study: Ivoclar Vivadent
- Since 1975, Ivoclar Vivadent Australia has supplied dentists with dental composites, materials and equipment products used in the dental practices and research laboratory. In May 2003, handheld Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) were issued to 24 sales representatives to collect orders from dentists on-site. Prior to the introduction of the handheld...
- Tags: Dentist, Sales Representative, PDAs, Handhelds, Sales Strategy, Hardware, Sales
- Case studies
- Ericsson Case Study: FedEx Ground
- FedEx Ground is North America's second-largest ground carrier for business-to-business small-package deliveries and an operating unit of FedEx Corporation. The company was limited to the number of transmissions they could make per day. Increased customer demand for FedEx Ground services became evident during the peak shipping season when FedEx Ground,...
- Tags: Federal Express, Ericsson Inc., FedEx Ground, Pocket PC, PDAs, Wi-Fi, Internet, Wireless, B2B, Handhelds, Hardware, E-business/E-Commerce
- Case studies
- Internet Operations Center Case Study: Pontiac Schools-Wireless Network
- Pontiac Schools needed to design a system to allow teachers to create/grade quizzes, pass out homework assignments and communicate with parents using a PDA. A major drawback to most programs is that each student must individually synchronize the PDA via infra-red "beaming" technology. With large numbers of students per classroom,...
- Tags: Network, Pontiac, Internet, PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware
- Case studies
- Mobile Learning and Teaching With PDAs: Dewsbury College, Thomas Danby College and Bishop Burton College
- Dewsbury College of Further and Higher Education and Thomas Danby College support predominantly urban multicultural communities in West Yorkshire. Both colleges make extensive use of community- and work-based outreach centres. Bishop Burton College offers a range of land-based courses and is a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) in agriculture. Personal...
- Tags: College, Mobile, Bishop Burton College, PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware
- Case studies
