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Trimble Sees Video's Growth As Fleet Tool Continuing
Monday, April 22, 2019 - 11:32am | 946Fleets are rapidly deploying video solutions, finally convinced of their benefits, and Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) is one of the companies benefiting from this. The company's video intelligence platform, launched in early 2017, is gaining acceptance among customers for the value it is...
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FreightWaves Releases Air Temperature Forecasts And Fleet Count Data In SONAR
Monday, April 15, 2019 - 4:59pm | 451FreightWaves continues to enhance the SONAR platform by adding the following new data and features this week: Freight data now has sortable categories in the mapping tool Air temperature added to the location forecast data viewable in the mapping widget Added new index category to the existing...
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3G Networks Shutting Down Could Leave Fleet Technology Solutions Powerless
Monday, April 15, 2019 - 10:54am | 767It's time to join the 5G revolution. So we've been told. If you've seen the ads on television, providers are rolling out their 5G technology across the country, but trucking isn't quite ready for 5G just yet. In fact, based on conversations, much of trucking is still not...
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Rapid-Fire Pitch: Orbcomm's FleetManager Puts Analytics Within Easy Reach
Sunday, December 30, 2018 - 3:11pm | 496L to R: Mark Spicer and Chris Corlee of Orbcomm. Orbcomm is already a leader in the telematics space, with 2.2 million devices enabled across a trucks, dry and refrigerated trailers, chassis and containers. But the question for fleet managers is how to integrate and view those assets in an easy-...
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a16z, General Catalyst Pour $100M Into Samsara at $3.6B Valuation
Saturday, December 29, 2018 - 12:17pm | 686The money keeps rolling in for end-of-year deals in the mergers and acquisitions and venture capital spaces. Friday morning, sensor data platform startup Samsara confirmed reports that previous investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and General Catalyst had closed its late-stage round to the tune of...
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How To Prepare Drivers And Fleets To Navigate Winter Weather Efficiently
Monday, December 17, 2018 - 5:11pm | 1061From driver health concerns to snow build-up on equipment, braving the winter months often requires carriers to plan in advance. Spireon hosted a webinar in collaboration with FreightWaves earlier this week to offer carriers tips on how to best prepare their drivers and their fleets for winter...