The World is Your Workplace: Going RuggedThe World is Your Workplace: Going Rugged

When the Los Angeles Police Department’s IT team started shopping around for laptops to put in patrol cars, they knew ordinary computers wouldn’t work. The streets of LA are not an ordinary job location. These machines would be tested by harsh conditions: rough roads, dirt, weather, and the glare of the sun. Fragile technology was not an option; real-time information for cops on the job is the very definition of “mission critical.