Mobile Computing Optimization
Sponsored by Intermec
Intermec Inc. (NYSE:IN) is in the business of helping you achieve the most return from your automated information and data capture (AIDC) and mobile computing systems. That means we do more than design and build the industry's most complete lineup of rugged, reliable and versatile equipment. We also work with you to get inside your challenges, to know your unique situation and then leverage our strong relationships with resellers and industry-leading alliance partners to help you create a total solution that harmonizes with your networks, platforms and processes. Our collaborative, connected approach can ensure a more complete and seamless implementation whether your needs call for our Gen2 RFID, bar code systems, rugged computers or a Cisco WLAN infrastructure.
Sponsored Content
ABCs of RFID: Understanding and Using Radio Frequency Identification
This white paper provides an overview of RFID technology and capabilities, identifies major standards, and introduces ways to take advantage of RFID to improve convenience, accuracy, safety and security.
Do You Know Where Your Assets Are? Maximizing ROI with RFID Asset Management
This white paper examines asset tracking with RFID technology by providing a brief overview of technologies available, an explanation of how passive UHF RFID can be used for asset tracking, and a guide to choosing the right RFID partners.
Eliminating Paperwork Is More than Just Efficient
Read this white paper to learn how you can implement an automated, paperless workorder system that helps you meet not only your profitability goals, but your green ones too.
It Pays to Understand the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for Mobile Computers
When considering a mobile computing purchase, costs must be considered in parallel with service levels, business performance, quality and strategic mobility. This white paper shines a light on how hidden costs affect the TCO of enterprise mobility assets.
Top 5 Tips for Choosing Mobile Computers
This white paper explains five basic tips and how they can be applied to assist in the enterprise mobile computer selection process.
Wireless Security: It's Like Securing Your Home
This white paper gives you an overview of WLAN security in the simplest terms possible, helps you assess your needs, and discusses what types and levels of security are available today.
Future Proofing Your Mobile Computers
This white paper explains how the features and options available for ruggedized mobile computers can extend the time they can perform in warehouses and distribution centers.
Blogs
Group Uses Open-Innovation Approach for New IT Framework
There's lots of talk about collaboration within companies, and some companies are extending their collaborative initiatives beyond the corporate walls, to suppliers and other partners, to their customers and sometimes even to competitors. That last category is still pretty rare, so I always find it...More >
Keeping Tabs on Billions of Sensors
One of the challenges with the proliferation of sensors such as RFID tags is coming up with a practical tool for tracking all the data that comes streaming out these them. For example, IBM has rolled out an update to its InfoSphere Traceability Server that makes it easier to keep track of...More >
America Needs to Improve Math, Science Education
As a writer, you might think I'd be pleased my 8-year-old is turning out assignments that show a predilection toward writing. And sure, it's nice to see paperwork coming home with enthusiastic remarks from his teacher about his "creativity." But I wish he'd show more interest in math. A strong...More >
Articles & Interviews
What's Different About the CIO Job?
IBM recently concluded that in order to be successful, a CIO does three things: Make innovation real, raise the ROI of IT, and enhance the business impact [of IT]. In order to accomplish these goals, the successful CIO simultaneously executes on three pairs of contradictory actions and skills. They... More >
Apple Hopes to Best BlackBerry in Enterprise, Author Says
Patrick Avery spoke with Ryan Faas , author of " iPhone for Work: Increasing Productivity for Busy Professionals ," about using the iPhone for business-related activities despite concerns about security and third-party applications. His book is scheduled to publish in September. Avery: ... More >
RFID Gains Leverage in the Data Center
The Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements for financial institutions have that industry leading the charge toward the use of RFID technology to track data center assets. Sarbanes-Oxley requires companies to accurately show that they really own the assets they say they do, and that equipment... More >
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According to this press release , Lockheed Martin has formed a new cyber security technology alliance with leading technology providers. The new research, development and collaboration center based in Gaithersburg, Md., is called the NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Center. Some of the participating companies... More >
Can Entrepreneurship be Taught?
In a BusinessWeek article, writer Reena Jana asks whether entrepreneurship can be taught , pointing to a survey on the topic commissioned by the Small Business Administration. Findings from the study of 5,618 respondents finishing or holding business degrees from five Northeast U.S. schools: 39 percent of those... More >
JDA Software to Buy Rival i2 Technologies
JDA Software has announced plans to buy out rival i2 Technologies for about $434 million, according to an Associated Press story in the Los Angeles Times . JDA Software makes inventory-management software for retailers; i2 makes supply chain-management software. According to The Wall Street Journal , the deal was... More >
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