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Please contact:
Lee Salem
Sales Director, Heavy Reading Enterprise
415-947-6144
or via email at:
salem@heavyreading.com |
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| Enterprise Telematics: Covering Your Assets |
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If they haven't already, IT decision makers at companies with numerous mobile and portable assets should develop a strategy for telematics – a catch-all term for communicating with and tracking mobile and portable equipment and assets. One reason is that telematics provides benefits that range from compliance with U.S. Homeland Security regulations to improving the productivity of human and inanimate assets. Some telematics solutions are a better fit than others for particular applications, so by developing a strategy now, CIOs and IT managers can avoid making poor choices due to haste when their companies decide to deploy telematics later.
Another reason is that telematics is a long-term commitment. Consumers tend to replace their cellphones every 18 to 24 months on average, while the turnover rate at enterprises is somewhat longer; telematics modules, however, routinely stay in service for several years or longer. A module installed in a truck, for instance, might be in service for a decade or more. As a result, decisions such as vendor and network technology shouldn't be made lightly, because they determine the total cost of ownership and the ability to add applications over many years.
Telematics devices and services have been around for more than two decades, so there's a wide and growing selection of solutions available. The field is also evolving, partly because the wireless technologies on which it relies are changing. The ongoing move from analog cellular technologies, for example, creates opportunities for enterprises to deploy telematics applications capable of leveraging third-generation (3G) cellular bandwidth. At the same time, analog's phase-out is eliminating a cost-effective option for telematics applications that require constant network access, even in remote areas. As a result, CIOs and IT managers have more choices than ever when it comes to telematics products and services.
This report analyzes the current state of telematics technologies. It identifies and evaluates the top issues that CIOs and IT managers should consider when developing and executing a strategy for telematics deployment. It also includes product and strategy profiles for a dozen leading suppliers of telematics technologies and services.
This report provides critical insight for a range of industry participants, including:
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Enterprise IT managers and decision-makers involved in planning and administering telematics initiatives |
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Suppliers of telematics modules |
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Service providers targeting the enterprise sector with telematics solutions |
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Investors evaluating the competitive positioning and long-term prospects of startup and established suppliers in the telematics sector |
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| Sample research data from the report is shown in the excerpts below: |
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 Table of Contents (uei1206_toc.pdf) |
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| In the Americas, the two most widely available wireless technologies are CDMA and GSM, each of which is a family of technologies. The following table summarizes the members of these families in terms of data rates and coverage. Although this report is written primarily for a North American audience, South American coverage is included because it's relevant for some cross-border applications, such as tracking cargo containers. |
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| [click on the image above for the full excerpt] |
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| Companies interviewed and profiled in this report include: Aeris Communications Inc.; @Road Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDI); Cingular Wireless LLC, a joint venture of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and BellSouth Corp. (NYSE: BLS); Guidepoint Systems, a subsidiary of GPSi LLC; Kyocera Wireless Corp., a subsidiary of Kyocera Corp. (NYSE: KYO; Tokyo: 6971); Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT); Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM); Siemens AG (NYSE: SI; Frankfurt: SIE); Telit Communications Plc (London: TCM); TerreStar Networks Inc.; Tripmaster Corp., majority owned by Control Instruments Group Ltd. (Johannesburg: CNL); and Wavecom SA (Nasdaq: WVCM; Euronext: AVM). |
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