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Transforming eMaintenance into iMaintenance with Mobile Communications Technologies and Handheld Devices

Transforming eMaintenance into iMaintenance with Mobile Communications Technologies and Handheld Devices

Nalin Sharda
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781613501504|ISBN10: 1613501501|EISBN13: 9781613501511
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-150-4.ch012
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Sharda, Nalin. "Transforming eMaintenance into iMaintenance with Mobile Communications Technologies and Handheld Devices." Mobile Technology Consumption: Opportunities and Challenges, edited by Barbara L. Ciaramitaro, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 182-199. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-150-4.ch012

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Sharda, N. (2012). Transforming eMaintenance into iMaintenance with Mobile Communications Technologies and Handheld Devices. In B. Ciaramitaro (Ed.), Mobile Technology Consumption: Opportunities and Challenges (pp. 182-199). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-150-4.ch012

Chicago

Sharda, Nalin. "Transforming eMaintenance into iMaintenance with Mobile Communications Technologies and Handheld Devices." In Mobile Technology Consumption: Opportunities and Challenges, edited by Barbara L. Ciaramitaro, 182-199. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-150-4.ch012

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Abstract

iMaintenance stands for integrated, intelligent and immediate maintenance; which can be made possible by integrating various maintenance functions, and connecting these to handheld devices, such as an iPhone, using mobile communication technologies. The main innovation required for developing iMaintenance systems is to integrate the disparate systems and capabilities developed under the current eMaintenance models, and to make these immediately accessible by ubiquitous and intelligent computing technologies –such as Digital Ecosystems and Cloud Computing– connected via wireless networks and handheld devices such as the iPhone. A Digital Ecosystem is a computer-based system that can evolve with the system that it monitors and controls, and can be embedded in the system’s components, thereby providing the ability to integrate new functionality without any downtime. Cloud Computing can provide access to additional software services that are not available in the local Digital Ecosystem. This chapter will show how these computing paradigms can provide mobile computing and communication facilities required to create novel iMaintenance systems.

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