Featured Field Service Articles
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Janam CEO Lerner Details New Mini-Tablet At VARTECH
9/22/2014
One of the more interesting products I saw last week at VARTECH, the annual conference hosted by value-added distributor BlueStar, was Janam’s XT1 Rugged Mini-Tablet. Company CEO and co-founder Harry Lerner discussed it during a wireless breakout session at the show, and then I met with him near the busy Janam booth on the CodeZone expo floor.
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Telematics Data Can Earn Insurance Discounts For Fleets
9/17/2014
Telematics is used by many fleets — now, according to a FleetOwner article, insurance companies are getting in on the telematics trend. They are offering customers lower prices on insurance premiums for safe-driving practices — practices determined through the use of telematics solutions, such as those that use GPS.
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Field Service IT News For VARs — September 16, 2014
9/16/2014
In the news, the development of autonomous haulage systems benefits the mining industry, determining the GPS tracking solution for your client, and how to measure the success of a private fleet.
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Business Advice: Exhibit "Technology Humility"
9/15/2014
It’s easy for solutions providers to get caught thinking they’re smarter and better than their customers. However, just because you have more IT knowledge than your customers, doesn’t mean you’re better. Have some humility. That was the advice of Jason Etheridge, president and CEO of Logic Speak, who spoke at the recently held GFI MAX Customer Conference in Orlando. During his presentation on technology humility, he provided a handful of tips for solutions providers...
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New Solution Addresses Demand For Sales Rep-Centric Mobile App
9/10/2014
Mary Brittain-White, CEO of Retriever Communications, a provider of mobile field service automation, discusses the demand for rep-centric mobile applications for sales teams and Retriever Communication’s app designed to meet this demand.
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Field Service IT News For VARs — September 9, 2014
9/9/2014
This week in field service news looks at mergers and acquisitions that took place over the summer, as well as the fuel-saving benefits of idle-reduction technology and a prediction of fleet management system market growth.
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Field Service IT News For VARs — September 2, 2014
9/2/2014
In this week’s news is the outlook on trucking trends and how security plays an important role in field productivity. Also, an article reports taking photos while in the field can build customer trust and loyalty, and article discusses how enhancements to the Android OS will benefit your field service IT clients.
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“The Drive to Thrive:” Are Federal Agencies Able To Meet Data Center Challenges?
8/29/2014
Study says 70 percent of agencies suffer significant downtime that interferes with workload.
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Drones Are Moving Into The Healthcare Arena
8/26/2014
As technology is wont to do, drones have grown beyond purely military application and entered the civilian sector.
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Field Service IT News For VARs — August 26, 2014
8/26/2014
This week’s field service news includes an update on the Monthly Confidence Index for August — released from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation; streaming videos uses for field service; and the influence of the Internet of Things on field work performance.