by Sarah Edge | Aug 30, 2022 | field work, Hardware
In an industry report looking at the future of field operations, energy and utility providers named their top challenges. Major concerns included meeting response time targets, ensuring worker safety and providing rapid dispatch to outages.For more and more oil and...
by Sarah Edge | Aug 23, 2022 | Hardware, Technology
There are 1.2m field services businesses in the UK, employing in total 6.7m people. Comprising maintenance companies, drainage contractors, ductwork cleaners, construction businesses and many more sectors, they are rightly described as the backbone of the...
by Sarah Edge | Aug 9, 2022 | Business Improvement, Hardware
Tablets and phones are now essential in the field services industry. As these devices become more prevalent, it is important to consider their backward compatibility. This refers to the ability of a device to be used with older versions of hardware accessories like...
by Sarah Edge | Aug 1, 2022 | Hardware
The price of fuel, equipment, materials and staff has been on the rise in recent years. As a result, the cost of building and maintaining facilities has also gone up. Facilities management companies can no longer compete on low pricing. The biggest differentiator...
by Sarah Edge | Sep 7, 2021 | Hardware
It’s easy to see the appeal of tough tablets. They offer far more screen space than a rugged mobile phone but are also more portable and adaptable in the field than a rugged laptop.The Nuffield Technologies Best Tough Tablets for 2021-2022 guide reveals our top...
by Sarah Edge | Aug 12, 2021 | Hardware
Tough phones – or ‘rugged’ phones to use the industry terminology – should cope with the knocks, drops and general abuse handed out in a business environment. But, just as there are many business environments and requirements, there are many tough phones out there to...
