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Archer Field PC, Asset management, Customer stories, Ruggedness

The Archer’s Got Your Back (Literally)

The Archer’s Got Your Back (Literally)

  In our service department, an Archer Field PC recently came in for repair with an interesting story attached. The customer it belonged to—Fort Supply— is a partner of ours and provides hardware and software solutions to customers in Livestock & Animal Health Management, Factory Maintenance, Mining, and Agronomy. The […]

September 5, 2013 ×

Data collection software, Helpful information

Mobile Device Management (MDM) Software Recommendations

Mobile Device Management (MDM) Software Recommendations

Mobile handhelds deployed across enterprises and government agencies are many and varied. As the IT workforce has become more mobile in recent years, the challenge of managing the handhelds, securing them, and maintaining them has grown. The traditional mode of setup, deployment, and maintaining mobile devices by physically plugging them […]

August 27, 2013 ×

Helpful information, Industrial

NEC, IEC, & ATEX – A Guide to Intrinsically Safe Handhelds

NEC, IEC, & ATEX – A Guide to Intrinsically Safe Handhelds

Many of our customers work in areas where a small spark could endanger dozens of workers. Labeled “Hazardous Locations”—or “Hazlocs”—these work areas are known to house conductive or explosive substances either very often, or simply on occasion. Oil refineries, coal mines, and flour mills are just a few places where […]

August 22, 2013 ×

Data collection software, Utilities & public services

Juniper Aspect – New Release Out, Plus Try it for Free!

Juniper Aspect – New Release Out, Plus Try it for Free!

Have you heard about our field mapping software, Juniper Aspect? We now have a new release out: Juniper Aspect 1.2! If you’re a current Juniper Aspect customer, all you need to do is check for updates in your software, and the new version will automatically download. If you’re new to […]

August 15, 2013 ×

Data collection software, Geospatial, Mesa Rugged Notepad

Free App to Improve GPS Signal Accuracy

Free App to Improve GPS Signal Accuracy

For those of you who have used GPS out in the field, you know it can be frustratingly difficult to get an accurate GPS signal when you’re working in a challenging environment. Towering trees, looming skyscrapers, and deep canyons can all cause big problems for your GPS signal accuracy. When […]

August 8, 2013 ×

Archer Field PC, Data collection software, Natural resources, Partners

The Right Data Collection Tools for Testing Water Quality

The Right Data Collection Tools for Testing Water Quality

You know the feeling: get within 10 feet of a body of water and your hand instinctively death-grips your delicate cell phone. Maybe it’s the cost of the phone, the family pictures from last weekend that haven’t been uploaded, or likely just the painful thought of visiting a cell phone […]

August 2, 2013 ×

Customer stories, Mesa Rugged Notepad, Utilities & public services

Missouri Counties Use Grant to Purchase Mesas for Disaster Management

Missouri Counties Use Grant to Purchase Mesas for Disaster Management

A few weeks ago, Adrian Welsh, our Applications Support Engineer, flew out to Pettis County, Missouri to train people there on how to use the Mesa® Rugged Notepad for their wide variety of needs. Amazingly enough, Pettis and the seven other nearby counties that attended the training obtained this fleet of […]

July 25, 2013 ×

Helpful information, Rugged handhelds

How to Apply a Screen Protector to a Rugged Handheld

Have you ever tried to apply a screen protector—whether on your rugged handheld computer, your phone, or another device—and you ended up with a scattering of those little annoying bubbles all over the screen? Uggghh… so annoying, right? And when you’ve got a piece of equipment as nice as a […]

July 16, 2013 ×