[eBook] How To Help Your Customers Select The Right Ruggedized Device For Their Environments

How to Help Your Customers Select the Right Ruggedized Device for Their Environments

Advances in technology have put the power of desktop computing into smaller mobile devices like notebook computers, tablets and smartphones. These advances have pushed computing power out into the warehouse and the factory floor, allowing the warehousing, distribution and manufacturing industries to access more computing power.

Given further advances in reliability, usability and features of mobile devices, many of the world’s leading organizations are placing more enterprise mobile technology into more hands.

As more front-line workers are being equipped with more powerful mobile devices, the ability of these devices to withstand their working environments has become stressed. Consumer-grade devices are not designed to withstand drops, liquid spills, dust, vibration, extreme temperatures and other harsh conditions. Consumer devices are also generic, with limited options for how workers input and retrieve information.