RuggedPCReview.com is your information source for anything related to rugged computing (handhelds, tablets, laptops, panels, embedded systems), as well as for the most detailed product reviews in the industry. RuggedPCReview.com is brought to you by the principal editors of Pen Computing Magazine (founded 1993) and associated professionals.
As of Spring 2021, according to Webalizer, RuggedPCReview serves, per month, about 1.45 million pages, 280,000 visits, and 3.0 million hits.
Conrad H. Blickenstorfer, Ph.D., co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Pen Computing Magazine, has extensive experience in all aspects of rugged computing from his many years at the helm of the Pen Computing industry journal, Digital Camera Magazine, Handheld Computing Magazine, and his years of service as Director of Information Systems and Chief Information Officer with the New York State Dormitory and project manager for the New York State Urban Development Corporation. He has also written for numerous technology journals and wrote the mobile technology section in Fortune Magazine's semi-annual technology buyers guide for years. Blickenstorfer has visited numerous rugged manufacturing operations in the US, Japan, and Taiwan.
Carol Cotton is an award-winning photographer and responsible for product photography, logistics and outdoor assignments at RuggedPCReview.
In addition, RuggedPCReview.com can draw upon a roster of independent contributors, all authorities in their respective fields and industries. Past contributors included:
Daniel W. Rasmus, independent analyst and strategy consultant. He is a former Vice President at the Giga Information Group and Forrester Research. Dan is the author of numerous books, including Management by Design (Wiley, 2010) and Listening to the Future (Wiley 2008). He is the Founder and Principal Analyst at Serious Insights.
David MacNeill was Executive Editor of Pen Computing Magazine for almost a decade, and is a pioneer of mobile and rugged computing technologies. In addition, McNeill served as Editor-in-Chief of Digital Camera Magazine, for which he was a co-founder. He also founded PersonalMediaReview.com.
Timothy S. Hillebrand, Ph.D., president of Synergetics International, is an archaeologist and mobile technology enthusiast who enjoys writing archaeological adventure novels, traveling, and working in his Japanese garden. He is a blogger, was the Windows Mobile editor for Handheld Computing Magazine, and has contributed hundreds of articles and reviews to various publications.
Rugged PC Review contributing writers and editors in a variety of technical and business areas include Jessee Allread, Taylor Allread, Ron Wooldridge, Jeffrey Blanc and many others.
Throughout our work with rugged and industrial computing systems and applications, we found that the hardware, software, terminology and resources of rugged computing are barely covered even in the trade press, that they are poorly understood, and that there is almost no information available on them. This is a strange situation as industrial and other vertical market applications rely on ruggedized computing equipment for projects that can dramatically improve productivity, return on investment, and the general bottomline. We also found that there is hardly any straight-forward, unbiased information on ruggedness testing procedures and standards, and that customers all too often must rely on information provided solely by vendors.
The purpose and goal of RuggedPCReview.com is to be your information provider and clearinghouse for anything related to rugged computing: hardware, software, peripherals, definitions, terminology, case studies, white papers, and, most of all, unbiased product reviews and roundups.
If you are looking for information that you cannot find, feel free to email us and we will try to answer your questions. We are also available for consulting arrangements, white papers, case studies, etc., regarding mobile technologies.
If you are a vendor and would like for us to review and then list your product(s), please contact us via email for an arrangement.
— Conrad H. Blickenstorfer
