So, for example, if a field worker is having trouble repairing something, he can have a distant colleague remote in and offer help -- sort of the virtual equivalent of looking over someone's shoulder.

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In 1979's Norma Rae, Field played the title role in the tale of a Southern mill worker's fight to unionise her workplace.

BBC: Sally Field and Daniel Day-Lewis

It is an enabler for many companies to overcome the inertia of naysayers to experiment with scenarios where tablets can make add plenty of value (like field service, like sales, like meetings, like healthcare, like HR and general worker productivity).

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