mobile technology in case studies
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study As many of the homes involved in the project don't have landlines installed - instead relying on mobile phones only - Aimes decided to use wireless mesh network technology for last mile connectivity.... [17 Jun 2008]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study M is for Mobile phones Police in Staffordshire are trialling video technology to capture and store footage officers have gathered on the beat using cameras worn on the body. The trial is funded from the... [12 Mar 2008]
PDAs to fight war on hospital wear and tear
Case Study The time taken to carry out vital repair and maintenance work at a UK hospital has been slashed by the use of new mobile technology. The PDA system, provided by mobile phone specialist... [18 Jan 2008]
TNT speeds data flow with handy hardware
Case Study In addition to new on-the-road hardware, TNT is in the process of upgrading the wearable mobile computer technology it uses in its warehouses to a Windows-based Symbol device. Delivery company TNT... [16 Nov 2007]
Somerfield gets serious about wireless security
Case Study Wireless communications is pervasive within the retail sector and a key part of sales-floor infrastructure in many stores as much of the workforce is mobile - stacking shelves and taking inventory, for example. [05 Nov 2007]
ICI takes the plunge with WLAN
Case Study Cheat Sheets ¦ Mobile location-based services ¦ FMC ¦ 3G But the company has found that Aruba's technology deals with this concern. ICI has rolled out a wireless local area network (WLAN) to make... [10 Oct 2007]
BlackBerrys juicing up work/life balance
Case Study Billy Campbell, manager desktop services at Standard Life, told silicon.com: "Mobile working has enabled Standard Life to provide technology to staff to increase productivity by allowing them access to... [13 Jul 2007]
Durham college betters campus life with wireless
Case Study Cheat Sheets Mobile location-based services FMC 3G Race said: "We're looking to be one of the first institutions to offer mobile convergence. Ian Walton, New College's director of finance and... [26 Jun 2007]
Foster's serves up disaster recovery on the move
Case Study Drinks company Foster's is using virtualisation to save cash and improve disaster recovery for the company's mobile workers. Half of the 160 staff employed at the EMEA branch of Foster's are mobile... [11 Apr 2007]
BlackBerrys set legal beagles free
Case Study Law firm MacRoberts has never looked back after dishing out BlackBerrys to its staff - because of the improved productivity and client retention they've seen since encouraging mobile working with the devices. [15 Feb 2007]
Small and Medium Enterprise Business Communications in the UK
Case Study There is clearly demand for high-bandwidth mobile services, but the technology that will deliver those services is still open to question; G has been around for some time and is still waiting for... [07 Dec 2006]
Cities rise to the £7m digital challenge
Case Study Nottingham's bid is using a mobile e-studio touring local libraries, enabling citizens to contribute knowledge and testimonies of past and present city life. Anthony Walker, director of strategy at Intellect, told... [02 Oct 2006]
How to grow your own eco-friendly tech team
Case Study For example, it has just begun using mobile ticketing technology from Swiftpass so visitors can get their entry ticket delivered to their mobile phones and save on queuing time. Visitors... [13 Sep 2006]
Cornish brewery drinks to mobile working
Case Study St Austell Brewery is speeding up decision-making and getting information to its sales team on the road by using mobile technologies. The brewery is looking to develop mobile computing further, with... [06 Sep 2006]
Hospital puts wireless at heart of tech plans
Case Study The trust is also looking at trimming time - and thus cost - out of the dispensing of drugs, and has reduced it from a 32-step process down to 10 by using - among other things - mobile devices to check the levels of... [17 Aug 2006]
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