Patrick White
Vice President of Strategic Marketing for General Dynamics Itronix

One of the biggest challenges is technology adoption, given that the technology is changing so quickly. You don’t want to be on the bleeding edge because you have to be conscious of your budgets but you still want to push the boundary as far as you can. To help mitigate those pressures we do the research and analysis to understand what technologies are going to be viable for the long term. With rugged computers, you are looking at a product cycle of anywhere from 5 to 10 years, so you really have to go where the puck is going from a technology standpoint.

That can certainly be done through our slice architecture, which allows us to adopt new technologies over the lifecycle of the product. We also work collaboratively with a number of research laboratories in the various branches of the military and federal government to vet some of these technologies to see what’s going to be necessary for the long-term.