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full day’s or even a week’s worth of multiple
technicians’ time, which translates to dozens
of hours lost and long delays in a project.
Cloud services offer a solution
With the advent of high speed mobile
networks and low-cost data storage, a new
approach to managing and storing data–
the cloud–has become commonplace. By
getting results out of the tester and up to
the cloud, the chances of losing data are
minimised. Testers don’t need to be recalled
from the field. Results can be automatically
consolidated into the correct job.
Once connected to the network, results
can be uploaded with just a few keystrokes.
Tests are tied to projects, so, once they get
to the cloud service, it adds them to the
appropriate project automatically. Since the
process is so quick, it can be done many
times a day, so that the impact of a card
failure or stolen tester is minimised.
Information can be accessed from
anywhere by tablet or smart phone. This
gives the project manager or consultant a
real-time view into the status of the project
and the ability to drill down into individual
test results to ensure they are done properly.
When the time comes to generate the
report, the contractor simply downloads
the results onto a PC or laptop. From
there, the status of the project can be
checked, and missing or improper results
immediately identified.
CONCLUSION
Managing results through a cloud-
based service offers significant advantages
including:
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Increased productivity by no longer
needing to recall testers from the field
just to download test results.
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Reduced time by automatically
consolidating all results into the correct
job.
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Less rework by reducing the likelihood
of losing test results when testers or
memory cards are lost, stolen or erased.
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Instant access to results for faster
troubleshooting.
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Real-time visibility into project status
from any location.
Using a cloud-based service is a sensible
approach that can prevent problems and
save time.
> Fluke Networks
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