New K120 fully rugged tablet delivers comprehensive digital solution for users who regularly work in challenging situations and environments
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IRVINE, Calif., June 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Getac today announced the launch of its next generation K120 tablet, a highly versatile, fully rugged digital solution for professionals who need reliable technology in a diverse range of operational scenarios. The next gen K120 is ideally suited to industries such as public safety, manufacturing, and utilities, where digital devices have become essential daily tools, but are regularly subjected to accidental knocks and drops, spillages and inclement weather, all in the line of duty.
The next gen K120 boasts numerous upgrades over the previous generation of Getac's popular tablet. These include a powerful Intel® CoreTM 13th generation i5/i7 vPro® processor with integrated Iris® Xe graphics for superior computing performance, and Wi-Fi 6E for rapid data transfer and enhanced reliability. The inclusion of two ThunderboltTM 4 Type-C ports and Dual SIM card slot (Micro-SIM, 3FF and e-SIM) as standard expands end-to-end capabilities, while a user removable SSD provides a safe and flexible way to manage data on the go. For users with advanced communication and navigation requirements, additional options include 4G-LTE with integrated GPS and 5G Sub-6 with L1/L5 GPS. For even greater navigational accuracy, a dedicated GPS module is also available.
Additionally, a large 12.5-inch LumiBond® display with 1200 nits of brightness makes it easy to view large quantities of data simultaneously, which is ideal for command-and-control scenarios, viewing schematics, or completing complex multi-stage maintenance tasks. For extended activities in the field, the next gen K120's dual hot-swappable battery design delivers full-shift productivity, when the device is demounted from a vehicle dock or away from charge facilities.
On top of its upgraded specification, the next gen K120 is incredibly versatile, offering multiple operating modes to accommodate the needs of the user. In addition to standard tablet mode, these include laptop, presentation, and convertible modes (when used with a keyboard dock), tilt mode (when used with hard handle), and docking mode (when used with vehicle/office dock).
Like all Getac devices, the next gen K120 is built rugged from the ground up for exceptional reliability, featuring IP66 and MIL-STD-810H certification, vibration and drop resistant up to 6ft (1.8m), as well as an operating temperature range of -29°C to 63°C (-20°F to 145°F).
"As more rugged industries embrace digital transformation, a growing number of organizations need devices they can use to replace traditional pen and paper processes in the field, on the factory floor, at remote facilities, and everywhere in-between," said Mike McMahon, President of Getac North America. "The next gen K120 meets this need perfectly, combining the versatility and portability of a tablet, with the powerful performance and screen size of a fully rugged laptop, helping customers streamline processes and optimise productivity across the board."
The next generation K120 fully rugged tablet is available in July. For more information, visit www.getac.com
About Getac
Getac Technology Corporation is a global leader in rugged mobile technology and intelligent video solutions, including laptops, tablets, software, body-worn cameras, in-car video systems, digital evidence management and enterprise video analytics solutions. Getac's solutions and services are designed to enable extraordinary experiences for frontline workers in challenging environments. Today, Getac serves customers in over 100 countries spanning defence, public safety, ambulance, fire & rescue, utilities, automotive, natural resources, manufacturing, transport, and logistics. For more information, visit: http://www.getac.com. Participate in the Getac Industry blog or follow the company on LinkedIn and YouTube.
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Getac's Next Generation K120 Tablet Enables Customers Across the Rugged Industries to Meet Their Digital Transformation Goals
SEOUL, South Korea and REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- KT Corporation and Microsoft today unveiled a five-year multibillion-dollar partnership, which includes an investment from KT in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud technologies, and IT business, and a resource commitment from Microsoft in the areas of infrastructure and people. Through this partnership, the companies will propel KT's AI and ICT (AICT) transformation, and accelerate the advancement of AI services and innovation in Korea.
Following the agreement in June, KT and Microsoft have engaged in ongoing discussions to strengthen ties and outline key areas of collaboration and support. This strategic partnership is expected to drive progress in five pivotal areas: Development of customized AI solutions for Korea, delivering Korean sovereign cloud solutions, the establishment of an AI transformation (AX)-specialized service company, AI R&D capabilities advancement across Korea and KT's AICT transformation.
Developing Customized AI Solutions for Korea
KT and Microsoft will engage in engineering collaboration to develop a customized version of GPT-4o and explore developing a customized version of Microsoft's Phi family of small language models, with KT's extensive set of high-quality data around Korean culture and industries. These models will be used for both KT's internal and consumer-facing applications such as customer service chatbots, and also for building industry-specific AI solutions for B2B customers across industry verticals to best serve the needs of Korean consumers and businesses. KT will leverage Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Studio to develop custom AI agents aimed at differentiating customer experiences. KT plans to expand the development and utilization of KT-custom AI agents not only for consumer use cases in education, healthcare, and in-vehicle infotainment, but also for business applications. Importantly, Microsoft and KT will collaborate closely on further evolving KT's Responsible AI framework to help ensure the delivery of safe AI services for the Korea market.
"We are delighted with the partnership between KT and Microsoft, which presents a valuable opportunity to enhance our digital competitiveness," said Shinhan Bank, a leading financial group in Korea. "By utilizing the KT GPT model, specialized in Korean language and financial services, we aim to deliver innovative AI-driven services to the domestic financial consumers."
Delivering Korean sovereign cloud solutions
KT and Microsoft are partnering to develop and launch Secure Public Cloud services, which is KT's sovereign cloud solution built on Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty for Korean-regulated industries. KT will drive its Secure Public Cloud business with support from Microsoft, enabling public sector and regulated industry customers to use new platform capabilities for securing data and workloads, providing access to the latest cloud and AI features available on Azure and helping them comply with local privacy and regulatory requirements.
Accelerating AI transformation through AX-Specialized service company
KT will establish a new AX-specialized service company to help businesses in Korea transform with the latest AI innovation. The forthcoming KT's AX-specialized service company will provide advanced Microsoft Cloud and AI expertise and solutions to the Korean market, with plans to expand to broader markets, including ASEAN. Microsoft will support this initiative over the next three years with professional consulting resources to build core practices and capabilities for the new entity.
Advancing AI R&D capabilities across Korea
Microsoft will support KT in establishing a co-innovation center aimed at accelerating Microsoft technology-driven AI transformation in the Korean market. This center will help businesses build, develop and prototype new AI solutions with Microsoft technology and KT's AI specialists. Furthermore, KT will invest in fostering new AI startups and developing a partner ecosystem to support nationwide AI transformation. Microsoft will support this initiative by providing Azure credits and technical expertise. For the future of technology collaboration, KT and Microsoft Research (MSR)'s research leaders and business visionaries will explore high-impact research initiatives in network modernization, AI for healthcare, and industry AI adoption and further collaborate with leading academic institutions partnering with KT.
Accelerating KT's AICT Transformation with organization-wide upskilling
KT will migrate and modernize existing IT workloads including mission-critical applications, to Microsoft Azure while developing a new data platform and AI services powered by Microsoft Fabric and Azure OpenAI Service. This collaboration will enhance KT's overall IT infrastructure, making it more agile, resilient, and secure, driving innovation and elevating the customer experience through intelligent automation. KT also intends to deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot, for all KT employees and developers to supercharge productivity of the entire business. Microsoft will assist KT in equipping more than 19,000 employees with cloud and AI skills and enabling more than 5,800 AX specialists to lead a successful transformation through KT group-wide skilling and co-engineering support.
"The partnership with Microsoft presents a pivotal opportunity, not only for technological collaboration but also for expanding Korea's AI foundation and driving transformative innovation across industries and daily life," said KT CEO Young-Shub Kim. "Leveraging this strategic partnership, we aim to rapidly evolve into an AICT company with unparalleled competitiveness in domestic and global markets." 
"Our strategic partnership brings together KT's industry expertise with the power of our entire tech stack, from Azure AI to Microsoft 365 Copilot," said Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft. "Together, we will help accelerate the AI transformation of Korean organizations across the private and public sector and build new AI-powered experiences for millions of consumers."
About KT Corporation
KT Corporation is a leading company in Korea's telecommunications and ICT industries. By building an AX innovation platform based on differentiated AI, Big Data and Cloud competitiveness, and offering it with outstanding network infrastructure, KT is driving evolution into an AICT (AI and ICT) company.
About Microsoft 
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) creates platforms and tools powered by AI to deliver innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. The technology company is committed to making AI available broadly and doing so responsibly, with a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
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KT Corporation and Microsoft Take 'Giant Step' to Accelerate AI Innovation in Korea
