Mobile Computing Resource Center
FEATURED THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
5 Ways To Ensure You Have A Smooth Software Implementation
Any Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) solution needs to be optimized to work specifically for field services. This guide will lay out five ways to solve your field services tech adoption challenges.
REAL-WORLD CASE STUDIES
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Combatting The Heat And Embracing Portability With The TOUGHBOOK 33
Learn how Batson-Cook increased productivity by replacing consumer devices with Panasonic Connect TOUGHBOOK 33, streamlining construction project layout processes.
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Drone-Based Remote Asset Inspections
Our customer aimed at providing field technicians with better and clearer insights regarding assets’ conditions and failure sources, through advanced remote collaboration features, which can even be drone-based.
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Hartwig Turns To Fieldpoint For Mobility And Ease of Use
When someone needs to have their mill, lathe, grinder or CNC machine tool repaired, chances are they are turning to Hartwig, who has become one of the nation’s leading machine tool and manufacturing support solution companies in the United States. Their support of the machine tool industry has helped decrease downtimes and improve the overall efficiency of the equipment they produce, which has made them the first line of support for the machines they sell.
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Gas Utility Reduces Inspection Times By 50% Using Mobile App
Challenged to meet regulatory requirements, a natural gas distribution utility was able to replace slow and unreliable paper data collection processes with a mobile data collection app. The new digital workflow included data capture via bar code saved significant time in getting accurate data into the utility’s digital network as-builting process.
FIELD TECHNOLOGIES MAGAZINE ARTICLES
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Field Service Organization Cuts Scheduling Costs12/1/2019
Moving to a cloud-based solution helps this in-home services provider reduce support costs, eliminate outages, and optimize scheduling.
If your field service management (FSM) platform does not do enough for your organization, it is time to reconsider. Historically, FSM solutions seemed quite similar. Most of the solutions providers in this sector focused on the same core services of scheduling and billing, gradually progressing toward supporting the field service visit as these companies built more advanced capabilities.
Revenue and market growth are accelerated by a new approach to leading a service business. The Service Growth Portfolio concentrates on value and capability creation in three distinct investment areas: 1) Service Product Offering, 2) Workforce Skills and Behaviors, 3) Enabling Technology.
Customers interact with a company across multiple touch points such as sales, customer service, and technical support. Interactions are not limited to human contact; customers interact with a company’s systems, channels, and products that mold their view as well. These experiences customers have over the myriad interactions influence their perception of an organization.
Your field force are the key people who interact with customers, day in and day out. One of the foundations often used to ensure that your customers have a consistent experience is to create a customer journey map. When properly trained on and executed, it will guide your team to take the right actions at the right time and to ensure they understand when and how to best engage customers around different circumstances.
FIELD TECHNOLOGIES WEBINARS
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How To Scale Field Service With AI And Automation
Discover how Salesforce Field Service, leveraging Einstein AI, boosts field productivity, proactive management, and automation, addressing modern service challenges.
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3 Strategies To Reinvent Field Service Delivery
Watch this on-demand webinar, where we talk about easy, innovative ways to scale your field service teams and boost customer satisfaction with trusted AI and data.
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Apple Partnership On-Demand Webinar
Learn how to provide the best service experiences with new Apple + Service Cloud innovations and see how you can make engagement effortless using trusted mobile apps and tools.
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Driveroo Adds Integration To Geotab Telematics Platform5/20/2026
Driveroo, powered by ROO.AI, announced today the availability of integration between the Driveroo inspection platform and Geotab, one of the world’s leading fleet management and connected vehicle telematics platforms.
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HERE Technologies Unveils Location Reasoning, Redefining Geospatial Grounding For Real-World AI Decisions5/19/2026
HERE Technologies, the world’s leading mapping and location technology company, today announced HERE Location Reasoning, a geospatial, advanced grounding solution that will enable AI models, agentic systems and enterprise deployments to deliver deterministic, location-aware outcomes in real-world environments.
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Panasonic Connect Launches Tough Command To Unify And Power Connected Fleets5/19/2026
Panasonic Connect North America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, today announced the launch of Tough Command.
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Geotab Launches New Product Families For European Fleets At Connect Europe5/19/2026
Geotab Inc. ("Geotab"), a global leader in connected vehicle and asset management solutions, today at Geotab Connect Europe™ 2026 announced the European launch of the GO® Device Family and the GO Anywhere™ asset tracker family.
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Solvares Group To Expand Scheduling Optimization Options For Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service Customers5/19/2026
With a strong foundation across Europe and a growing North American presence, the Solvares Field Service scheduling optimization solution, VISITOUR, delivers real-time appointment scheduling and predictive-traffic route optimization.
MOBILE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS
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The Trimble® Nomad ® 1050 rugged handheld computer’s many built-in capabilities make it easy to collect, maintain, save and transmit data in the field. It provides all the features mobile workers need, including: a lithium-ion battery with more than 15 hours of continuous use, 8 GB storage, and a high-resolution, sunlight-readable VGA color display to show images, maps and data in crisp detail.
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The Motion C5, the first mobile clinical assistant (MCA) that integrates technology from Intel® Health, combines durable design elements with key data capture technologies to simplify workflows, increase productivity, and improve overall quality of care. Designed based on input from thousands of clinicians, the C5 brings reliable, automated patient data management directly to the point of care. Get a handle on patient care with the C5. It’s highly portable and lightweight.
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The T510K portable tablet gives you the power of desktop computing in a slim, rugged design with a large 10 inch display and 23-key Keypad. On-the-go data collection is easy with 2D barcode imaging, camera, and RFID.
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The Glacier T508 is the perfect 8 inch tablet for your toughest jobs in the field. Small, light-weight and rugged, the T508 tablet is designed with an ultra low power consumption and dual hot swappable batteries, providing up to 8 hours of continuous usage.
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In your world, getting the job done means being on the move. The new rugged Panasonic Toughbook® H1 Field handheld tablet PC is the ultimate productivity tool for mobile workers.