Chatsworth Settlement Trustees, the trading arm of Chatsworth House and Estate, has adopted the Paxar Monarch, Pathfinder, Ultra, Platinum 6039, one-piece data terminal and printer solution for its advanced supply chain and stock take applications.
Mobile Computing, Mobile Devices, Enterprise Mobility
Mobile computing involves interaction between the user and a small, portable computer device that can be used on site or in the field. The main aspects that comprise a mobile computer are: hardware, software, operating system and communication/wireless service provision. Modern mobile computers also often feature a raft of features; including camera, barcode scanner, phone and Internet access. This coming together of what have historically been features available on separate devices, is often referred to as Convergence.
WHITBREAD ROLLS OUT MOBILE DEVICES ACROSS SUPPLY CHAIN TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AS FESTIVE PERIOD APPROACHES
Nov 14, 2006
Whitbread's supply chain and logistics division use mobile devices and Blackbay software to speed food delivery to high street brands.
NetOp Tech Ltd provides the answer to IDC analyst predictions with NetOp Mobile
Nov 13, 2006
Field personnel receive support for mobile devices including helpdesk assistance, file transfer and messaging
WareLite Ltd launches new Real Time Demand Chain Management solution
Nov 10, 2006
WARELITE TACKLES RETAIL ON-SHELF AVAILABILITY WITH AUTOMATED STOCK REPLENISHMENT SOLUTION DRIVEN BY REAL TIME SALES DATA
Psion Teklogix & CSI connect to deploy real-time wireless warehouse and delivery management system for one of Europes largest fitted furniture manufactures
Nov 06, 2006
The Symphony Group has enjoyed three decades of growth and expansion in all market sectors and offers an increasingly wide selection of individual product lines.
Hand Held Products Launches Dolphin 7600 Mobile Computer
Nov 06, 2006
Mobile computer sets a new standard for combining small size and affordability in a full-featured terminal.Includes Product Video
DA Systems & UnIQue ID Partner for Joint Success
Nov 02, 2006
DA Systems, leading software solution provider for transport and logistics companies, and UnIQue ID, the automated data capture and mobile computing specialist, have joined forces to promote each others solutions.
Mobilising Field Efficiency
Nov 01, 2006
How Kier Groups Building Maintenance division is harnessing the power of Pervasics mobile data platform for its field operatives nationwide
Bluetooth 'Zapper' from Barcoding.co.uk adds barcode scanning to PDA's
Oct 30, 2006
Barcoding.co.uk has come up with an innovative solution that allows barcode data capture to be added to standard PDA's and other mobile devices.
FrontLine Maintenance software supports 30% production increase for Charles Wells
Oct 30, 2006
With a planned production increase of 30% and the imminent introduction of 24/7 manufacturing, Charles Wells Brewery is upgrading its maintenance system with FrontLine On-The-Move.
Mobile Computing
Today with the proliferation of a new generation of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and PDAs, the emphasis is increasingly shifting to mobile and multi-device user experience, mobile social computing, next generation mobile solutions, mobile cloud services and infrastructure. Information that is readily available on a personal device anywhere, anytime has been the driving vision of mobile computing for the past two decades.
Mobile computing has three aspects: mobile communication, mobile hardware, and mobile software. The first aspect addresses communication issues in ad-hoc and infrastructure networks as well as communication properties, protocols, data formats and concrete technologies. The second aspect is on the hardware, e.g., mobile devices or device components. The third aspect deals with the characteristics and requirements of mobile applications.
Rugged Mobile devices and PDAs are used in field service and workforce management applications. They are particularly useful for field service engineers recording work in the field, communicating information back to an office environment -sending and receiving invoices, ordering parts. They are commonly used in parcel delivery with couriers using these devices to scan barcodes and record signatures as proof of delivery.
Innovations in wireless technology, energy-efficient portable hardware and adaptive software, has enabled a massive growth in the use of these devises for businesses across the enterprise or for personal and social use. These devices are now so versatile that employees are using smartphones for business applications (BYOD –Bring Your Own Device)
This phrase has become widely adopted to refer to employees who bring their own computing devices – such as smartphones, laptops and PDAs – to the workplace for use and connectivity on the corporate network.
BYOD Security - Employees using personal smartphones and mobile devices at work, pose a security risk. Many corporations that allow employees to use their own mobile devices at work implement a BYOD security policy that clearly outlines the company's position and governance policy to ensure network security is not compromised by employees using their own devices at work.
Email and Web access is a reality that is experienced by millions of users worldwide through their smartphones and tablets. Hot spot access points for Wi-Fi connection are becoming more prevalent and widespread, even in London`s underground network.
Cloud computing is evolving as a new paradigm of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet. The confluence of hardware virtualization, cloud and mobile computing drives the new era of mobile cloud computing. Platforms such as android, iOS, Windows 7 erodes the power of computing platforms like Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS and is creating cross platform app centric environment in which end-users and in particular the consumer marketplace will drive developments in business computing. There are endless possibilities that can be brought about with the mobile cloud in the near future.
