Trimble and Esri Elevate Long-standing Partnership
At Esri’s 2024 User Conference, Trimble $TRMB has announced an extension of its partnership with Esri for geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence and mapping. The companies, which have partnered for more than 25 years, offer location-enabled solutions for GIS users for construction, transportation, utilities, federal, state and local governments and forestry. Last month, Trimble launched Trimble Unity, an asset lifecycle management suite, which leverages Esri’s GIS knowledge for construction project and capital planning, enterprise asset management and permitting solutions.
Contact: Trimble, www.trimble.com/esri.
UnaBiz Launches Geolocation Service
To grab a share of the asset tracking, logistics and supply chain market, UnaBiz has launched its Sigfox Atlas Sparks Beta geolocation service. The service, which works with the company’s Sigfox Atlas Wifi ML, allows logistics companies to enhance the location accuracy by equipping 20 percent of them with Smart WiFi trackers and 80 percent with Sigfox-only trackers, the company said.
Other features include compatibility with existing tracking solutions, enhanced accuracy and cost reduction, the company said.
Contact: Fu Shuhui, UnaBiz, 65 9336 6452, shuhui.fu@unabiz.com.
Swift Navigation Partners With Bad Elf
Swift Navigation, which exhibited at the Esri User Conference this week, has partnered with GNSS receiver company Bad Elf. Swift and Bad Elf will deliver a solution for high volume and high precision GIS data collection, the company said.
Swift will pair its Skylark Precise Positioning Service with Bad Elf’s Flex and Flex Mini receivers. Using the combined solution, field teams can capture centimeter-accurate location data on any tablet or smartphone, the company said.
Contact: Swift Navigation, press@swiftnav.com, www.swiftnav.com/skylark.
HERE Technologies Integrates Matrix Routing With SAP Field Service Management
HERE Technologies has announced the integration of HERE Matrix Routing with SAP’s AI-enabled Field Service Management solution to power predictive routing functionalities. The integration of the HERE Matrix Routing API brings routing capabilities to SAP Field Service Management, to help businesses calculate multiple routes, the company said.
The integration also simultaneously predicts estimated times of arrival (ETAs) to help field service operators streamline operations by reducing travel time, optimizing schedules, and using available resources, the company said.
Contact: Jordan Stark, HERE Technologies, (312) 316-4537,0
jordan.stark@here.com.
Sheeva.AI Receives German Research Allowance Certification
After launching SheevaConnect in the Citroën India C3 Aircross earlier this year, Sheeva.AI said it is expanding its reach—with the EU being a key market. Germany’s Bescheinigungsstelle Forschungzulage (BSFZ) innovation office has given the company’s SheevaConnect product suite the recognition of “highly accurate vehicle localization and comprehensive charging, refueling and parking geofencing for cross-provider vehicle-integrated service activation.”
Contact: Trevor Curwin, Sheeva.AI, (415) 646-6063, tcurwin@sheeva.ai,
CSX Joins RailPulse To Accelerate Use of GPS
CSX CSX 0.00%↑ has announced its membership in RailPulse, a coalition of railcar owners, “dedicated to developing, broadening and accelerating the use of GPS and other telematics technologies on railcars that aim to increase safety, efficiency, and visibility across North America’s freight rail industry.”
As the fourth Class I railroad and 11th member of the coalition, CSX joins a group that includes Bunge North America, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, GATX Corp., Genesee & Wyoming, Norfolk Southern Corp., Railroad Development Corp., The Greenbrier Companies, TrinityRail, Union Pacific Railroad, and Watco Companies. The key objectives of RailPulse include: industrywide telematics infrastructure, building an information infrastructure that harnesses data from GPS and railcar-mounted sensors and enhanced service through visibility.
Contact: CSX, (855) 955-6397, mediateam@csx.com.
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Rochester Electronics Partners With U-Blox
Rochester Electronics and u-blox [SIX: UBXN] have partnered to offer customers support for current and end-of-life semiconductor chips, modules, and IoT solutions for the industrial, automotive, and consumer sectors. Rochester Electronics is the world’s largest continuous source of semiconductors, offering 100 percent authorized, traceable, certified, and guaranteed devices, the company said. Rochester focuses on extending the availability of obsolete lifecycle products, along with providing support for active lifecycle products, the company said.
Contact: Tracey Corbitt, Rochester Electronics, tcorbitt@rocelec.com.
Actility Acquires API-K
Actility has acquired API-K, a technology startup founded in Grenoble, France, that specializes in outdoor geo-security. Prior to this acquisition, API-K and Abeeway, a subsidiary of Actility, had been collaborating on the design of equipment and low-power IoT LoRaWAN networks for ski resorts.
API-K’s Personal Location Beacon (PLB) allows air rescue teams to detect signals from as far as 10 kilometers away, the company said.
Contact: Actility, www.actility.com.
SuperCom Secures Additional $2.9 Million in New Orders
SuperCom SPCB 0.00%↑ has received new orders from European governments—valued at $2.9 million. The orders, expected to be delivered in the next four months, is the third group of orders from European clients that total more than $11 million, the company said. The orders are for the company’s SuperCom’s PureSecurity Suite electronic monitoring solution with GPS tracking, communication and monitoring technologies.
Contact: SuperCom, ir@supercom.com, www.supercom.com.
Garmin Releases Report Highlighting Worldwide Cycling Trends
Garmin GRMN 0.00%↑ last week released a report that highlights how cyclists around the world are logging miles and the positive health benefits they’re seeing as a result. Some takeaways from the report include cycling activities increased 7 percent while indoor cycling activities rose percent.
In addition, women cyclists took the top spot as the fastest-growing cycling demographic in the Garmin community with a 9 percent increase in cycling activities. The company also said that Garmin users who ride at least 70 miles per week average normalized power of more than 180 watts. Click here to read the report.
Contact: Stephanie Schultz, Garmin, (913) 397-8200, media.relations@garmin.com.
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