All terrain rugged devices are finding use across a wide range of end applications. Here we speak with Panasonic’s Adam Read and Dan Creasey along with CI Distribution’s Jon Atherton, delving into why the Rugged devices market is proving to be an increasingly lucrative space for resellers. Panasonic have now …
Read More »Panasonic to acquire Blue Yonder, digital fulfilment platform provider
Panasonic Corporation has agreed to acquire Blue Yonder, an end-to-end, digital fulfilment platform provider. Panasonic will purchase the remaining 80% of shares (for USD5.6 billion) of Blue Yonder, adding to the 20% which Panasonic acquired in July 2020. Combining Panasonic’s strength in industrial engineering, IoT and edge technologies with Blue …
Read More »Panasonic appoints new rugged handheld distributor for UK
Panasonic has appointed new distributors for its rugged handheld devices covering mainland Europe and the UK and Ireland. Panasonic has expanded its relationship with rugged device specialists CI Distribution. As one of the most experienced rugged computing distributors in the UK and Ireland, CI Distribution will now support more than …
Read More »Panasonic and McAfee to build vehicle SOC to ramp up vehicle security monitoring
Panasonic and McAfee are planning to build a Vehicle Security Operation Centre (Vehicle SOC) to commercialise vehicle security monitoring services. To protect connected vehicles around the world against cyber-attacks, the companies will build vehicle SOCs that enable accurate detection and early response to attacks and help strengthen Cybersecurity measures in …
Read More »Video: Panasonic Toughbook sent into the stratosphere to test durability and network connectivity
NetMotion has unveiled a new video showing a stress test it carried out on a Panasonic Toughbook. Tying the tablet to a balloon, the team sent it into the stratosphere while running a Microsoft Teams call to test its ability to transition seamlessly from a Wi-Fi connection to a 4G …
Read More »Panasonic joins Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider programme
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK has become the first rugged-focused mobile computing provider to join the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider programme. The programme will enable TOUGHBOOK to offer customers more simplified deployment and management services. Customers can now slash IT administration time and radically improve the user experience when deploying new Panasonic rugged …
Read More »Chris Turner appointed UK&I Country Manager for Panasonic Toughbook
Panasonic has appointed Chris Turner as its new country manager for the UK & Ireland Toughbook Group. With more than a decade’s experience at Panasonic Toughbook, Turner has helped business customers improve the productivity of their mobile workforces with the implementation of the company’s rugged notebooks, tablets and handheld devices. …
Read More »CI Distribution named ‘EMEA Distribution Partnership of the year’ by Panasonic
“CI has shown phenomenal growth over the years we have been working with them,” says Panasonic’s UK&I channel manager.
Read More »Business buyers confused by “rugged” mobile computing terminology, says Panasonic
To help buyers with their rugged device purchases, Panasonic has published a number of questions to ask vendors.
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Mozilla has laid off a team that was working on Firefox OS, effectively marking the end of the company's attempts to build a commercial platform for connected devices
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