Dear Glacier Customers …

If you are considering a technology refresh for outdated or inefficient devices, please consider Glacier Computer for your data collection and identification technology solutions. For over 23 years, many have benefited from our consultive input on the …

The Problems With Powering Lift Mounted Tablets

Forklift mounted computers need power. That power comes from the lift’s DC battery. What you can connect and for how long can change from lift to lift. Computers running on electric lifts will have a different impact on the relationship from those moun …

Glacier Computer Featured on the “The New Warehouse Podcast”

Glacier Computer co-Founder and Strategic Accounts Manager, John Geary made an appearance on The New Warehouse Podcast. The program looks at warehouse logistics and every aspect of the inventory and distribution business.   In this episode, we learn ab …

Is There a ‘Wolf’ Feeding On Your Warehouse?

You’ve heard the story. Big wolf. Little pigs. Three houses. Guess what? They were Warehouses for bricks, lumber, and yes—straw. The big bad wolf? That was inefficiency eating away at the bottom line. It was becoming a serious problem. They’d each take …

The KODIAK Forklift Computer Just Got Better

The only rugged industrial computer on the market that will run Windows 7.x, 8.x, 10.x, WES7, Linux, Android, or Windows CE out of the box just got better. The 10.4″ LED Display has been joined by a 12.1″ version. The 12.1″ LED 500 NIT display has 1000 …

Glacier Celebrates Xplore Tech’s 20th Anniversary

Glacier Computer is a proud Authorized Reseller of Xplore Rugged Tablets. AUSTIN, Texas—August 23, 2016— Xplore Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: XPLR) today marks the start of its 20-year anniversary celebration. Since 1996, Xplore has exclusively engineere …

Lift Truck Tips: Mobile computers react to mounting demands

Excerpted from a recent article in Material Handling Magazine. When the concept of a forklift-mounted computer emerged, it was accompanied by a keyboard, separate battery and a better power conversion device specific to electric or propane, each of whi …

The Siren Song of Lift-Mounted ‘Rugged’ Tablets

In Greek mythology, the Sirens were dangerous yet beautiful creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. In Tablet Mythology the iPad revolution lured warehouse managers and …

One System to Rule Them All

Your business no longer has to delay a critical hardware purchase because that hardware may not run the next operating system or platform upgrade.  KODIAK is built to run the latest versions and the widest range of operating systems of any VMT, right o …

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