TechRepublic Resources
- The Role of Rugged mobile computing in Overhaul, Service & Maintenance Operations
- This paper explores the strategic, operational, and technological issues that are addressed by rugged mobile solutions for maintenance and service managers. The overhaul, maintenance, and service environment is in the process of adapting to a barrage of new forces. Those forces include increasing sophistication and computerization of the equipment that...
- Tags: Mobile, Mobile Computing, Equipment, Larstan Business Reports, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2008-02-08
- Is your network ready for the mobile device explosion?
- Mobile computing is on the brink of an explosion of users, and Mobile Device Management is estimated to grow to a $20 billion per year industry by 2013. The issue is how to manage all of the smart phones, PDAs, ultraportables, and other highly mobile computing platforms effectively and...
- Tags: Mobile, Network, Mobile Computing, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Hampshire County Council Expedites Social Services With mobile computing
- The County Council needed to expedite delivery of services by providing the staff with speedy, remote access to their centralized database, which would allow the staff to review cases and enter data from offsite locations. The IBM Integrated Technology Services team recommended an infrastructure based in part on IBM WebSphere...
- Tags: Mobile, Network, Mobile Computing, IBM Corp., LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Remote Access, Networking, WANs, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Case studies
- mobile computing: Secure Your Network in a Connected World
- This webcast discusses the current state of mobile security. Through this webcast, the viewer will gain more insight on upcoming trends in the mobile security market, and learn what best practices to keep the mobile workers and network safe and productive.
- Tags: Security, Mobile, Network, Mobile Computing, Jupitermedia Corp., Connected Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Webcasts
- mobile computing and Intel Technologies Enhance Productivity and Efficiencies for John Deere, Its Dealers and Customers
- German health care is renowned for its quality, but also its high costs. With new government mandates changing the way hospitals bill for care and requiring electronic submission of invoices, German healthcare provider Klinikum Neumarkt needed to transform its Information Technology IT infrastructure to help it control costs, enhance productivity...
- Tags: Mobile, Mobile Computing, Health Care, Intel Corp., Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Using Real-Time mobile computing to Change the Field Service Business Model
- In today's competitive market, many companies need to optimize their field service resources to reduce overhead, yet still find ways to continually improve service value and delivery, while looking to generate new service revenues. How far reaching are the benefits of providing access to critical customer information in real-time? This...
- Tags: Mobile, Mobile Computing, Maytag Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Roi/Tco, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts
- Geological Survey of Western Australia: Innovative Use of mobile computing and GPS Significantly Improves Productivity for Field Data Collection Program
- The inventory of abandoned mine sites, conducted by the Geological Survey of Western Australia GSWA, has focused on mapping sites of historic production, mostly for mines that closed prior to 1990. To make the project a success, GSWA needed to meet three requirements: a software solution that offered robust mobile...
- Tags: Mobile Computer, Mobile, Mobile Computing, Survey, GPS, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware
- Case studies
- Apple Computer Case Study: Stillman College
- In 2001, Stillman College was at a crossroads. With the goal of enabling greater access to technology for all of the private liberal arts college's 1500 students, administrators were reviewing their options. In the early stages of the college's technology evolution, Stillman's IT team began installing a fiber-optic network throughout...
- Tags: College, Mobile Computing, Apple Inc., Fiber Optics, Handhelds, Optical Networking, Wireless, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware
- Case studies
- Amcor's Online Boardroom Aids Efficient Distribution of Information
- Employing 30,000 people at 242 plants in 40 countries, Amcor is the second largest packaging company in the world. The company wanted to provide the Board of Directors and Board Committee Members with simple and secure electronic access and management of board agendas, documents, and information sources; traditionally physically distributed...
- Tags: Board, Mobile Computing, Director, Amcor, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Case studies
- Fire Department Gets Information Access on the Front Line
- For the fire department of the Technical University Munich TUM, the many different chemicals handled at the university pose an added threat to the normal course of duty. To optimize their response to a call, firefighters need the most up-to-date information about a building that sets off an alarm. However,...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Department, Mobile Computing, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Microsoft Windows XP, Handhelds, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Case studies
- Family Medical Practice Goes Paperless With Integrated Microsoft Solution
- Dr. Sumathy Pathy, having just completed her final year of residency, wanted to build a paperless medical practice that would take advantage of recent technological innovations, enabling her to be more efficient and spend more time with patients. Dr. Pathy needed a solution that would minimize her expenses and help...
- Tags: Solution, Mobile Computing, Dr., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Handhelds, Pocket PC, Wireless, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Mobile Service Clouds: A Self-Managing Infrastructure for Autonomic mobile computing Services
- The paper introduces Service Clouds, a distributed infrastructure designed to facilitate rapid prototyping and deployment of autonomic communication services. This paper proposes a model that extends Service Clouds to the wireless edge of the Internet. This model, called Mobile Service Clouds, enables dynamic instantiation, composition, configuration, and reconfiguration of services...
- Tags: Florida International University, Mobile, Mobile Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Wireless, Marketing, Hardware
- White papers
- Intrusion Detection Techniques for Mobile Wireless Networks
- The rapid proliferation of wireless networks and mobile computing applications has changed the landscape of network security. The traditional way of protecting networks with firewalls and encryption software is no longer sufficient and effective. It needs to search for new architecture and mechanisms to protect the wireless networks and mobile...
- Tags: Intrusion Detection, Mobile, Network, Mobile Computing, Wireless Network, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Networking, Marketing, Hardware
- White papers
- An Efficient Mobile IP-Wireless ATM Interworking for mobile computing
- Next generation wireless networks are expected to offer a range of services to mobile users, including voice, video, conventional data and internet services in an integrated fashion. This paper identifies the issues in internetworking of Wireless ATM with Mobile IPv6. The mobility features of both Wireless ATM and Mobile IPv6...
- Tags: Mobile, Mobile Computing, Mobility, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers
- Adaptive Recovery for Mobile Environments
- Mobile computing allows ubiquitous and continuous access to computing resources while the users travel or work at a client's site. The flexibility introduced by mobile computing brings new challenges to the area of fault tolerance. Failures that were rare with fixed hosts become common, and host disconnection makes fault detection...
- Tags: Purdue University, Recovery, Mobile, Mobile Computing, Protocol, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware
- White papers
- A Methodological Assessment of Location Privacy Risks in Wireless Hotspot Networks
- Mobile computing enables users to compute and communicate almost regardless of their current location. However, as a side effect this technology considerably increased surveillance potential for user movements. Current research addresses location privacy rather patchwork-like than comprehensively. Thus, this paper presents a methodology for identifying, assessing, and comparing location privacy...
- Tags: Mobile, Network, Mobile Computing, Privacy, Wireless Hotspot, Location Privacy, Handhelds, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Marketing
- White papers
- Secure mobile computing Via Public Terminals
- The rich interaction capabilities of public terminals can make them more convenient to use than small personal devices, such as smart phones. However, the use of public terminals to handle personal data may compromise privacy. This paper presents a system that enables users to access their applications and data securely...
- Tags: Terminal, Mobile, Mobile Computing, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- White papers
- Going Global: 45 Worldwide Offices and Multiple Disparate Systems Are Integrated to Position Leading mobile computing Accessories Supplier as a World-Class Operation
- In 1997 Targus was making critical decisions about the future of its business. Company executives needed to eliminate its paper and manual processing systems, tighten visibility to and management of its supply chain, create a communications environment that extended beyond employees' personal AOL e-mail accounts and centralize three separate applications...
- Tags: Mobile, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Mobile Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), E-mail Providers, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Management
- Case studies
- Real Estate Firm Recruits More Clients, Improves Service With Mobile Office Solution
- Although Prudential California Realty - San Bruno is the most successful Prudential single office franchise in North America, management wanted to improve agents' productivity on the road through a mobile computing solution that would eliminate paper and reduce trips back to the office. The franchise deployed Criterion Corporation's REDTablet solution,...
- Tags: Solution, Mobile, Prudential Insurance Company Of America, Microsoft Office, Mobile Computing, Microsoft Corp., Real Estate, Tablets, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows XP, Handhelds, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Case studies
- Escape From the Computer Lab: Education in Mobile Wireless Networks
- As mobile wireless network technology becomes widespread, the importance of education about this new form of communication is becoming critical. One of the benefits of mobile computing education is that courses focusing on this topic can leverage advances in wireless technology to support novel education and learning paradigms. In particular,...
- Tags: Education, Mobile, Network, Mobile Computing, Computer, Wireless Network, University Of California, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Marketing, Hardware
- White papers
