Mobile & Wireless
Insight, roundtables, and strategic advice into wireless networks, mobile devices, wireless solutions, and mobile UC.
Thanks to abundant mineral resources, skilled industry professionals, advanced extraction processe and cutting-edge technology, Australia is a leader in the global mineral industry. Strategic Path writer Morris Kaplan looks at the major challenges faced by Byrnecut Mining and its choice for IT solutions.
An overview of mobile solutions: Customer Care over mobile device and trends for the future
An auditor working at a mine site. A rep printing an invoice from his mobile printer at a customer's warehouse floor. A doctor sending a chart across to a hospital over his smartphone. A salesperson living in airport lounges and hotel rooms. Business has seen the future, and it's mobile.
An auditor working at a mine site. A rep printing an invoice from his mobile printer at a customer's warehouse floor. A doctor sending a chart across to a hospital over his smartphone. A salesperson living in airport lounges and hotel rooms. Business has seen the future, and it's mobile.
As the industry marches towards a virtual workplace spurred on by advances in mobile technology and IT, our interview with industry leader Brother International provides insight to where you could be heading.
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The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance and Paramedic Service (B.H.A.P.S.) covers an area of 1,106 square miles, serving a population of 1.7 million people. It responds to over 150,000 emergency and 300,000 non-emergency calls each year. The Accident and Emergency service employs 418 operational staff based at 23 locations.
When James Castrission and Justin Jones kayaked across the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand in late 2007, the 3318km journey made them the first ever kayakers to cross the Tasman Sea and was the longest two man kayak expedition ever undertaken.
Fixed mobile convergence you say? Ha! Good luck with that. A cell phone will never be as good at computing as a laptop and the need for screen real estate and a human input device (mouse, keyboard, etc) negates a cell phone from being as useful as a laptop for reasonable computing tasks.
With the seemingly un-wavering boom in sales of smart mobile handsets, the opportunity for developing and selling mobile applications more sophisticated than ringtones and games is ever more appealing. But while the market is growing, it is also changing and evolving rapidly, with new concepts and technologies vying for attention. In order to gain momentum mobile applications need to have both the 'mass' of appeal ing value for customers and the 'velocity' of the most appropriate, rapid and wide reaching routes to market.
Do you have an over-reliance on populist models?
Several models exist for planning mobility around broad categories of mobile worker. While useful, these models are being overused, placing emphasis on the wrong aspects of mobility without deep consideration of the processes and applications being addressed.
Several models exist for planning mobility around broad categories of mobile worker. While useful, these models are being overused, placing emphasis on the wrong aspects of mobility without deep consideration of the processes and applications being addressed.
A Perth resources company is using Panasonic Toughbooks to help repair essential mining equipment in the depths of some of the world's largest underground mines. Jeff Knuckey, IT Manager, Byrnecut Mining talks of the drivers behind the Toughbook roll out.
Telsyte's latest research into the state of play of Australia's fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) reveals that we are at risk of falling behind other comparable markets, with commercialised offerings and notable consumer and business adoption not expected until 2010.
Notebook PCs are now a routine purchase for business users, but keeping total cost of ownership down and ensuring reliability can be a tricky challenge. Angus Kidman examines the key issues to consider.
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