The Getac Podcast: All Things Rugged‪!‬ Getac

In this episode of the Getac Podcast - All Things Rugged, I spoke to Tim Hansen – Director of Sales with TG3 Electronics. TG3 Electronics is a leading supplier of engineered input solutions. That includes keyboards, touchpads, trackballs, joysticks, and other input devices. In this episode, Tim and I discuss the role rugged keyboards play in public safety organizations such as police, fire, and EMS.

Public safety vehicles, such as police cruisers, fire trucks, and ambulances, travel with a plethora of mission-critical equipment essential to emergency and non-emergency response situations. Vehicles carry everything from rugged computing technology to officers, civilians, and other cargo-related items.

Choosing the correct mounting and docking solutions is just as important as choosing the right computing equipment. Especially during a high-speed pursuit, a mobile computing device can quickly become a dangerous projectile if not correctly mounted.

Rugged computers are engineered, designed, and built at their core to work and survive in extreme or harsh environments. However, an organization sometimes requires a customized mobile computing solution for a specific use case or mission. 
Most rugged computer manufacturers are not in the business of customization. And while Getac offers a variety of pre-configured Select SKUs engineered for specific industry use cases, there are instances when a select SKU just isn’t a perfect match for a particular use case, and a Customized solution is really needed. 
What if an organization has a critical need and the size/scope of the project isn’t a large-scale deployment, and the solution isn’t standard to COTS Rugged products?
I recently sat down with Joe Schweon – of Pro Custom Group, the market leader in the customization of COTS rugged laptops, rugged notebooks, rugged servers, and tablet products.
In this episode, Joe and I discuss how PCG makes customized rugged computing solutions possible for many customers and deployments, even as little as a one-unit deployment. This is a great episode you won’t want to miss. 
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How does an organization measure ROI (Return on Investment) when it comes to recouping revenue from a technology deployment and how does total cost of ownership (TCO) (Total Cost of Ownership) fit into the equation?
I recently spoke with an independent industry analyst who specializes in Financial Modeling and Technical Operations, with an emphasis on predicting how rugged technology helps or hurts the workforce over time. Jason constructs program-specific analytics models out of publicly available data and privileged information from a variety of computer vendors and OEMs
In this episode, we discuss  TCO + ROI as it relates to technology deployments in enterprise organizations. Whether you are in the middle of a technology deployment or just thinking about it – you won’t want to miss this episode.
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Read - 5 Things You're Not Thinking About When Calculating TCO
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I recently spoke with Alistair Banham and Bill Galione from pureLifi and Randy Phifer of Getac. We discussed what I consider a game changer in wireless connectivity called LiFi.

pureLiFi is one of the companies that are bringing this next generation of wireless communications to the market. LiFi uses light rather than radio frequencies to transmit data and promises to augment, enhance, or transform wireless networks with the market’s most secure and reliable wireless communications.

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Alistair Banham and Bill Galione from pureLifi and Randy Phifer of Getac. We discussed what I consider a game changer in wireless connectivity called LiFi.

pureLiFi is one of the companies that are bringing this next generation of wireless communications to the market. LiFi uses light rather than radio frequencies to transmit data and promises to augment, enhance, or transform wireless networks with the market’s most secure and reliable wireless communications.