Field Technologies Featured Articles

1. White Paper: The Advantages Of Rugged Versus Consumer-Grade Computers: A Total Cost Of Ownership Approach 4/28/2011
   You’ve decided to equip your fleet with mobile computers to increase organizational efficiencies.
2. Case Study: Keystone Excavating 4/28/2011
   Keystone Excavating Ltd. wanted an automated mobile workforce management system to streamline job costing, billing and timesheet management.
3. White Paper: Six Technologies For Improved Fleet Safety 4/28/2011
   Fleet safety issues account for over 40 percent of workplace fatalities1.
4. White Paper: Decreasing Driver Distraction: What To Look For In Mobile Computing Technologies To Improve Safety 4/28/2011
   There is no lack of evidence to suggest that driver distraction is the leading cause of accidents.
5. White Paper: A Guide To Reducing Fuel Consumption With Vehicle Telematics: How To Select The Right Solution 4/28/2011
   Fuel costs account for 28-30% of most fleet budgets. This, combined with the volatile cost of fuel, makes reducing fuel consumption one of the most important issues facing fleet managers.
6. White Paper: A Guide To Resolving Key Mobile Workforce Challenges 4/28/2011
   Managing a mobile workforce is not easy. Whether it is an oil and gas fleet, utility company, or a field service provider, making an operation more efficient is a challenge.
7. The Price Of Progress: Assessing The Need For A Mobile Computing Migration 1/25/2011

   A choice of new mobile computing hardware can often have a significant impact on existing software applications and business processes. Perhaps the disruption of a complete overhaul of software and hardware, along with the associated business processes, is more change than a business can bear. Having the prerogative to phase in change on the timetable of your business versus the “rip and replace” timetable of technology is difficult to achieve. By Intermec

8. Top 5 Tips For Choosing Mobile Printers 1/25/2011
   This white paper explains the fundamentals, describes what differentiates mobile printers, and provides tips for selecting the model that will perform reliably, efficiently, and affordably in your operations. By Intermec, Inc.
9. Southeastern Software Association Names Utility's AVaiL Solution As One Of The Top Products For 2010 12/17/2010
   Utility, Inc., a provider of technology and services that allow first responders and utilities to more effectively command, control and support mobile field operations, announced recently that its AVaiL software as a service was one of five finalists for the Southeastern Software Association’s (SSA) 2010 Impact Award.
10. New Roles, New Rules: Are Your Smart Phones Tough Enough For Work? 9/23/2010
    Once enterprises could base their mobility selections mainly on coverage maps, rate plans and the look and feel of the phones themselves, but now they must carefully consider durability, device lifecycles, available enterprise software, support for bar code scanning and much more. By Intermec, Inc.