Newsletter | September 19, 2012

09.19.12 -- Electric Utility Benefits From Rugged Tablet Computing Deployment

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Field Technologies Online is a partner of ElectricNet, and it is through our partnership that we’re sending you this annual newsletter from Field Technologies Online with information relevant to optimizing the mobile workforce in your industry. If your business is like many others, your mobile workforce is going to continue to expand. By the end of 2013, IDC expects the total number of mobile workers will grow to nearly 1.2 billion — more than one third of the world’s workforce. Unlike workers within your four walls, these mobile workers — and the tools and data they carry with them — are significantly more challenging to control. How do you not only manage these mobile assets, but also maximize them? That’s where Field Technologies Online can help.

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Special Report: How To Make M2M Work For You
Once you've determined M2M would add value to your organization, the work has only just begun. The information in this report will help you navigate what comes next.

Special Report: How To Make M2M Work For You

Featured Articles

Field Mobility 2012: How Real Users Are Leveraging Mobile Technologies
This special 16-page report provides firsthand insight from Field Technologies readers on the technologies they're currently using, plan to use in the future, and the features and functionality they feel are most important when purchasing mobile solutions.


Issues Affecting The Electricity Transmission And Distribution System In North America
By Milt Caplan, President, MZConsulting Inc.
This white paper examines the issues faced by the electricity transmission and distribution system, including those related to the workforce, as it struggles to move forward and keep the lights on for the people of the United States and Canada.


How To Stay Connected With Field Workers
By Laine Matthews, director of business development, Wilson Electronics
For companies that send employees and contractors out to work on projects in the field, maintaining communications with those off-site workers is an all too familiar challenge. Everyone has a cell phone nowadays, but if the project is in a remote location, cellular connectivity can be an iffy proposition at best.


The Next In Rugged Tablet PCs: The Compact Tablet, A Q&A
By Sarah Howland, Field Technologies
Many mobile computing hardware vendors tout the ruggedness of their products — I'm sure you've heard the stories. But, there's a real difference between hearing the claims and witnessing firsthand the durability of a device.


Meeting The Wireless Security Challenge With An Emerging VPN For The Remote Worker
By NetMotion Wireless
Wireless Internet connectivity has become ubiquitous during the last five years. Driven primarily by lower cost access and integrated connectivity in devices, such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones, wireless Internet has become a viable option for remote employees.

Featured Downloads

Field Service Applications: The Top 5 Reasons To Go Cross-Platform
Cross-platform solutions extend advanced capabilities from your back-office applications to your mobile workers in real time — regardless of the worker's location, the device being used, or even whether or not you have a network connection.

Stratix Corporation

Electric Utility Benefits From Rugged Tablet Computing Deployment
At Hydro One in Toronto, field technicians were handwriting information onto paper forms when they conducted inspections of towers, poles, and other transmission equipment

Xplore Technologies

Let SaaS Put You In The Driver's Seat
With the emergence of enterprise-class SaaS (Software as a Service) applications, corporate decision makers are faced with the challenge of comparing two very different costing models in order to assess the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of SaaS versus traditional on-premises solutions.

TOA Technologies

World Class, Reliable Wireless Remote Monitoring
The capital and operational expenses associated with implementing a full SCADA solution can be prohibitively high — and for small to mid-sized municipalities, the costs of SCADA may outweigh the benefits.

KORE Telematics
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