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Assessing the broad business case for rugged computing
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2008 
 
www.larstan.com 
 
 
 
Lane F. Cooper 
Stephen Lee 
 
Copyright © 2008 
All right reserved 
Assessing The Broad 
Business Case For Rugged 
Computing 
This paper outlines the key demand drivers for reliable computing while
describing the elements for different levels of "ruggedness." It reports on the
spectrum of mission-critical mobile users who have different levels of needs for
rugged computing. It provides guidelines for "certification" and testing to
accurately assess vendor claims and appropriately map the correct rugged form
factor to the required functionality.
 

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  • Page 1 2008      www.larstan.com        Lane F. Cooper  Stephen Lee    Copyright © 2008  All right reserved  Assessing The Broad  Business Case For Rugged  Computing  This paper outlines the key demand drivers for reliable computing while describing the elements for different levels of “ruggedness.” It reports on the spectrum of mission-critical mobile users who have different levels of needs for rugged computing.
  • Page 2  Assessing The Broad Business Case For Rugged Computing  Assessing the Broad Business Case for Rugged Mobile Computing Devices While the concept of rugged computing has been pioneered by users working in extreme environmental conditions, there is growing evidence that a broader business market is developing for this category of mobile computers. The new trend is driven by three factors: •...
  • Page 3  Assessing The Broad Business Case For Rugged Computing  “Anytime” connectivity implies an “anywhere” requirement. As people access their network resources more often, they are also doing it from more places; some of those places are not always computer friendly. That is why, in a separate survey conducted by Harris Interactive, 70 percent of U.S. adult laptop users (in a sample of 2,300 respondents) strongly agreed that they would not feel comfortable storing their laptop in an overhead bin while traveling on an airplane because of fear that it might become damaged.
  • Page 4  Assessing The Broad Business Case For Rugged Computing  "The combination of rugged features in more consumer-grade mobile devices is at the very core of product differentiation and the growing need to cater for field force enablement. Fully ruggedized products in traditional vertical markets such as oil and gas, mining, and the military will continue to be strong...[but] there will be growth for these products in not so traditional markets."...
  • Page 5  Assessing The Broad Business Case For Rugged Computing  Some private equipment testing agencies have tested and assessed durable computing products for manufacturers and their customers. The results of these tests, however, are often not released to the public in their entirety – if at all. Thus, manufacturers define their own standards for rugged computing, and additionally, have introduced variations on the concept of rugged.
  • Page 6  Assessing The Broad Business Case For Rugged Computing  From a practical end-user standpoint, enterprise notebooks can be broken down into three basic categories: …Rugged (also known as Fully-Rugged) Laptop Computers These are computers that must withstand the harshest environmental conditions, including dust, sand, lots of shock and vibration (such as in vehicle- mounted applications), as well as situations that can lead to a device falling to the deck or ground.
  • Page 7  Assessing The Broad Business Case For Rugged Computing  It is important, however, that buyers and users carefully evaluate all vendor claims around ruggedness. …Rugged User Community Expanding Beyond Traditional Scope Rugged computing users have typically tended to work in specialized environments in government and a few specific industrial or commercial business sectors.
  • Page 8  Assessing The Broad Business Case For Rugged Computing  According to estimates by IT analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., annual failure rates for conventional commercial laptops range from 15 to 23 percent. Since 2003, notebook PC damage rates have risen 22.5 percent, with an average damage incident cost of $2,900. Currently, most major US suppliers of conventional consumer- and commercial- grade portable computers outsource assembly to a group of China-based contractors who assemble the machines from a variety of supplied parts on low...
  • Page 9  Assessing The Broad Business Case For Rugged Computing  STD-810F test procedures that most closely reflect the challenges targeted users will face in the field. These tests include drop-, shock-, moisture-, dust- and vibration-resistance, exposure to extremely low and high temperatures, and other stressors. Third party certification is critical. But it is also important for buyers to understand which elements of the MIL-STD-810F were in fact tested.
  • Page 10 To accommodate this requirement, components that emit lower levels of heat are used in fully rugged solutions. Of course, that said, rugged computing leaders like Panasonic have worked hard to innovate to bridge the divide between high performance and rugged reliability.
  • Page 11 For more information on rugged computer technology in action...visit http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/products.asp ______________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © All Rights Reserved for Larstan Business Reports...