by Field Technologies Online | Jul 13, 2011 | Mobile & Tech
Tablets are soaring in popularity, but which ones are right for the enterprise? Android, iOS or Windows? Consumer grade or Rugged? And why do businesses need tablets in the first place? Republished with permission from Field Technologies Online. Tablet computers are...
by Steve Berman | Jul 12, 2011 | Mobile & Tech
We’re always interested in news about fleet-tracking and telematics technology in the field, so we paid close attention to a recent dispatch from Mike Wade of Fleet Smarts detailing the findings at last month’s Goverment Fleet Expo (GFX). Among the news...
by Derek Korte | Jul 12, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
How do you nurture a small home cleaning service from a single shop to more than 120 independently owned business across the country? Easy to say but hard to do: Be an early adopter. In the relatively low-tech world of home cleaning service, MaidPro has grown rapidly,...
by Field Technologies Online | Jul 11, 2011 | Mobile & Tech
Even in high technology industries, customers typically still enjoy a traditional approach to service, where the sales and service teams know their names and what equipment they have installed, and are highly responsive when there’s a problem. For growing...
by Patrick Peterson | Jul 11, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
Here’s the final installment of our quick lowdown on what HVAC test instruments you do and don’t need along with what features they do and don’t need to have. (If you missed them, check out Part 1 and Part 2.) The third item on our list is a Manometer. It can...
by Steve Berman | Jul 8, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
FleetOwner, which generally focuses on commercial trucking fleets with five or more vehicles, recently posted a story on alternative fuel vehicles that holds relevance for field services companies of all sizes. It’s hardly breaking new ground to complain about...
by Patrick Peterson | Jul 8, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
Here is a quick low down on what HVAC test instruments you do and don’t need along with what features they do and don’t need to have. (Click here if you missed Part 1.) Number one on our list is the Digital Multimeter. This is the main staple of your test...
by Patrick Peterson | Jul 7, 2011 | Mobile & Tech
It doesn’t matter if you work on residential, commercial or refrigeration units; today’s equipment is more high-tech than ever and servicing them properly requires sophisticated test instruments. One thing you have to accept up front is that quality...
by Steve Berman | Jul 7, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
The Nissan NV has made waves since recently hitting the service van segment, and now the Japanese automaker is planning to test an electric version of their compact NV200 van as a mail delivery and collection vehicle in Yokohama over the next two months. “The role...
by Steve Berman | Jul 6, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
The consumer market for computers and tablets receives most of the buzz, but a pretty strong battle is being waged for enterprise computing dollars, especially companies outfitting their service technicians with more powerful mobile devices. This week two more...
by Patrick Peterson | Jul 6, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
I am going to warn you, much of what you are about to read will fly in the face everything you know, and it’s going to go against the grain of what many of the trade magazine gurus tout as being the proper way of doing business. Here is what I have to say about...
by Mobile Enterprise | Jul 5, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
To send orders to the far reaches of the empire, Roman generals used variations of a cryptographic system known as the Caesar cipher. Each letter of the alphabet would be shifted by a fixed number of places, so that for example, an “A” would become a “C,” a “B” would...