Big Data, In All The Right Places

By Bob Ashenbrenner, President of Durable Mobility Technologies, LLC.

Each business in every industry is unique, and yet there are common technologies that are used across each of these markets “horizontally”. For example, all service organizations – whether supporting utility, construction, mining or railroad operations – use heavy-duty pickup trucks, cellular data networks, and PCs with USB ports. Some organizations just add modifications to tailor these foundational tools to their specialized needs, such as hi-rail pickup trucks that can ride on railroad tracks, or the use of ruggedized mobile PCs with additional specialized I/O ports.

And although these are just a few examples of the well-established, fundamental tools that have been accepted as “must have technologies” in nearly every global industry, it’s rare to hear anyone really shed light on how they are impacting corporate performance across multiple industries.