Tony Wheeler, Global Traveler
Lonely Planet and Mobile Computing
Lonely Planet’s Challenge: Reliability for Rugged Places.
When you’re traveling to some of the loneliest places on earth, technical support is always a luxury and rarely an option. "Any equipment that lives with me has to stand up to a lot of things." |
Lonely Planet’s Solution: Latitude™ Laptops, Mobile Computing
Tony and the staff of writers at Lonely Planet are constantly traveling around the globe to work on new travel guides and updates for the Lonely Planet website. They rely on durable Dell Latitude™ laptops that have been tested to military standards and can be configured with solid state hard drives, free fall sensors, and StrikeZoneTM shock absorption – all so that Tony knows his mobile workforce will stay up and running whether they’re catching a cross-town bus or hitching a ride on a camel. Redesigned for exceptional performance, Latitude laptops are based on the 2010 Intel® Core™ processors for reliable business computing needs that combine with groundbreaking advancements in durability, security, battery life, connectivity and remote administration: Dell ControlPoint with ControlVault™ for secure credential management Dell Latitude ONTM 1 for instant access to email, calendar and Internet Dell ImageDirectTM for easy deployment and management of mobile assets |  |
| "To gather travel information, you can’t be doing it from an office. So our, our writers, researchers are people who are traveling a lot," Tony explains. "These days we’re asking a lot more from them. We’re asking them to provide information in all sorts of different fashions and different forms. And provide that information to us much faster. Speed is more and more the essence." |
