Expert Opinions

Robin Duke-Woolley

KORE Acquires RACO Wireless: M2M Network Providers on the Rise

The acquisition of RACO Wireless by KORE Wireless Group, announced today, is significant within the M2M market. The combined business will rival many Mobile Network Operator M2M business units in terms of numbers of connections served. (more…)

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July 2, 2015

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Robin Duke-Woolley

What do M2M Users Really Want? – IMC Survey

We have been working with the IMC – International M2M Council – on a large survey of adopter members which has just been published. The findings from this are revealing and help to confirm important trends going on in the M2M market that we have also measured elsewhere in other research activities and survey work. (more…)

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Telit

FastTrack company using Telit modules to end luggage loss and traveler frustration

Telit Wireless Solutions, enabler of the Internet of the Things (IoT), has announced that FastTrack, a player in electronic bag tags and track & trace solutions for travellers, has designed its new Eviate eTrack solution using Telit’s HE910-D and SE868 V2 GPS receivers. (more…)

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June 18, 2015

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A unique look at the market

M2MAPPS: Rod: Multi-Tech has an interesting and unusual portfolio: lots of pre-certified products as well as professional and manufacturing services. How do you distill it down into a clear, concise offer?

ROD LANDERS: It’s very simple. Our products are platforms that allow companies to deliver M2M services in very short time frames. We have a comprehensive portfolio of pre-certified end devices and that allows us to match an off-the-shelf product with the functionality of the service that the company is designing. (more…)

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April 29, 2014

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Addressing diverse needs

M2MAPPS: Let’s start with a short summary of Digi’s core competence and the markets you address.

JOEL YOUNG: If we have a single core competence it’s probably the fact that we’ve been enabling machine connectivity over all kinds of media for more than 30 years. That adds up to a lot of experience and knowhow. (more…)

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February 25, 2014

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A smarter way to save energy

M2MAPPS: Avner: Greenlet Technologies markets a “demand response” solution that is sold to utilities and power aggregators. Can you outline the core functionality?

AVNER COHEN : Our demand response solution allows both utilities and consumers to control and monitor the energy that’s used by their appliances. (more…)

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January 14, 2014

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High-tech old-fashioned health care

M2MAPPS: Ned: The VGo telepresence robot is an amazing high-tech / high-touch product. When and why was the decision made to create it?

NED SEMONITE: VGo was founded in 2007. The early years were spent raising money and starting the design. The people behind the company came out of the videoconferencing and robotics industries. (more…)

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December 13, 2013

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Business continuity goes wireless: Does more

M2MAPPS: Wyless Connect seems to have to have two main activities. Backup services for business continuity and the deployment of wireless devices. Let’s start with continuity. Is that your core competence?

BENNETT ALPERT: I’d prefer to describe the company as having a single expertise in wireless networks and a core competence to configure, deploy and support the hardware that’s needed to run them. But business continuity is definitely a key activity. (more…)

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November 5, 2013

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INSURANCE TELEMATICS FOR COMMERCIAL FLEETS: MAKE IT SIMPLE

M2MAPPS: Insurance telematics (UBI) for commercial fleets is a very new area. There are globally approximately 4.6 million vehicles and owners that use some sort of an insurance telematics solution, but not so many in the commercial fleets. Can you talk about what can be done to make UBI more attractive to fleet customers?

CHRISTOPHER CARVER: There are two points. First, the programs really need to be simple. They have to be easy to implement. Complex systems and processes get in the way of doing business, they make adoption more difficult, they reduce the likelihood that the telematics are going to be used. (more…)

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October 25, 2013

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Sergio Ramos Quake Global

M2M IN DEMANDING INDUSTRIES

M2MAPPS: Can you summarize Quake Global’s core competence and its key activities?

SERGIO RAMOS: QUAKE provides communications systems that enable global monitoring, tracking and control of corporate assets. We’re the market leader. (more…)

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September 18, 2013

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