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U.S. Navy Research Exercise Demonstrates Microsoft-Based Mobile GPS Solution's Potential | 2009-11-05 | Microsoft |
| To explore options for reducing IT costs while enabling a mobile workforce, the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) has conducted field testing of a mobile command and control solution comprised of off-the-shelf components, including Microsoft tools and technologies and phones powered by Windows Mobile. The exercise included Inca X's Live Media GPS and enabled ONR to demonstrate innovative ways to leverage IT for collecting and analyzing operational data.
Tags: Mobile and Wireless |
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News Cooperative Creates Touch-Friendly Mobile News Service for Windows Phones | 2009-10-23 | Microsoft |
| As newspapers seek a way to thrive in the world of digital media, The Associated Press is assisting by identifying new outlets and revenue streams for member news providers. Its first response is AP Mobile, which delivers international, national, and local news from more than 1,000 content providers to Windows phones. The application takes advantage of gesturing, a touch-friendly interface, and polling that delivers breaking news alerts. | |||
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Cash Handling Firm Uses Mobile Applications to Deliver Data to Customers and Their Banks | 2009-10-20 | Microsoft |
| To boost service, Loomis Armored US had to improve the flow of cash information among Loomis, its customers, and their banks. The company chose devices running the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system for messengers to send data to the data center where customers and their banks can access it. In addition, Loomis used a Windows Mobile device on customers' safes to enable daily provisional crediting of deposits - before the cash leaves a customer's premises. | |||
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Alvarion Wireless Networks Improve Public Safety, Security and Communications in French Community | 2009-10-20 | Alvarion |
| CCRPF is a community of 17 towns and villages spread around the Charles de Gaulle airport north of Paris which covers an area of approximately 15 km. The challenge was to cost-effectively increase public safety and security while overcoming infrastructure and topology limitations. CCRPF deployed Alvarion's BreezeACCESS VL and BreezeNET B product lines for high capacity, reliable and secure point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connectivity.
Tags: Mobile and Wireless |
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Toyota Autoparts Philippines Optimizes Supply Chain With Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions | 2009-10-15 | Motorola |
| Toyota Autoparts Philippines is the global production and supply base for manual transmissions for the Innovative International Multi-Purpose Vehicle (IMV) project. Toyota initiated the IMV project to create an optimized global manufacturing and supply system for pickup trucks and multipurpose vehicles to satisfy market demand in more than 140 countries worldwide. The challenge was keeping track of hundreds of components. The solution was barcodes and Mobile application to track components easily and quickly.
Tags: Mobile and Wireless |
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School District Makes Technology Available to Enhance Student Achievement | 2009-10-12 | Microsoft |
| The Pittsford School District in New York State is one of the highest achieving school districts in the United States, and its commitment to student achievement begins at the elementary-school level. But in its elementary schools, disparate IT environments had become too inefficient to effectively enhance instruction or support the curriculum. Pittsford wanted to deploy a standardized, easy-to-use-and-manage solution that would help it to enhance productivity and learning for elementary students. The district initiated a successful pilot program to provide a computer cart with 30 portable computers running Microsoft Office Professional 2007 for fifth graders at one elementary school, incorporating technology into daily learning, enhancing student achievement, and improving educational and administrative efficiency.
Tags: Workflow Management |
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New Solution Helps Pilot Users at IT Company Save at Least 30 Minutes a Day | 2009-10-08 | Microsoft |
| Zipper by Enfo employees often work away from the office and need easy access to corporate information. The company is evaluating Windows phones with Windows Mobile 6.5. With improved ease of handling and faster operation, Windows phones are saving pilot users at least 30 minutes a day. Zipper plans to deploy the phones companywide and to recommend them to its customers. | |||
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Mobile Solution Saves Busy Realtor Up to Three Hours a Day, Increases Response Time | 2009-10-07 | Microsoft |
| Realtor Kris Anderson was using a smartphone running Windows Mobile 6 to respond to client needs and conduct business while out in the field. For more agility and speed, she decided to try a Windows phone with Windows Mobile 6.5. The software provides new touch features and a new Web browser that Anderson uses to help her work smarter, respond faster, and save up to three hours a day, which could translate into a savings of U.S.$35,000 a year. | |||
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Mobile Trailer Works: Keep on Trucking With MOTOTRBO & GPS! | 2009-10-05 | Motorola |
| Mobile Trailer Works lives by that motto, because that is the challenge its customers - shippers and trucking companies that service the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California - face every day. Mobile Trailer Work's customers must be able to transport their heavy cargo quickly and efficiently. That's where Mobile Trailer Works comes in. Its fleet of 13 mobile vehicles is staffed with highly skilled mechanics and state-of-the-art equipment. Mobile Trailer Works is profiting from the MOTOTRBO' digital two-way radio system with the GPS-enabled SafeMobile dispatch software. This solution streamlined and optimized their communications while significantly improving the company's ability to manage their mobile assets.
Tags: Mobile and Wireless |
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SAS Group Sees 20 Percent Faster Mobile Phone Performance and Enhances Security | 2009-10-01 | Microsoft |
| The SAS Group is evaluating new HTC Windows phones with Windows Mobile 6.5 to enhance communications for its flight crews. The increased responsiveness and easier navigation of the new user interface deliver up to 20 percent faster performance. Also, the ability to centrally manage Windows phones with Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 enhances security, which will support new applications to further improve crew efficiency.
Tags: Mobile and Wireless |
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