Put Your Car in Park to Understand Telematics - M2M Evolution

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4/03/2013

Featured Articles » Leveraging the BI Power of M2M » An M2M Technology Solution for World Autism Day » Feature Phones Becoming Extinct » Malaysian Telecom Carrier Celcom Partners with Korea's nTels to Offer M2M Connectivity   Sponsored By: M2M Evolution Conference & Expo – August 26-29, 2013   Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Conference Center – Las Vegas, NV M2M Evolution highlights how M2M technologies, the Internet of Things and the wireless network combine to significantly improve business processes, minimize risk, and drive revenue. Join us in Las Vegas for this two track program focused on providing you with information on how M2M solves business problems across multiple industries and in nearly all business functional areas. Conference sessions will focus on the retail and energy verticals as well as applications in big data, security and logistic functions (including transportation, fleet management and demand response). Members of the M2M ecosystem, including wireless carriers, application providers, platform companies, and device manufacturers will discuss their roles in creating effective technologies and procedures that work to create an ecosystem for actionable data, information and efficiencies.   Top Stories » Telco 'OTT' Concern Might be Ebbing » Mckinney Trailer Rentals to Implement Management Solution from SkyBitz » Hyundai Heavy Industry to Implement M2M Solution from Telit in the Field » Teach a Machine to Fish and IT Eats for a Lifetime   From The Expert Corner April 03, 2013 Put Your Car in Park to Understand Telematics By Carl Ford Partner, Crossfire Media It’s getting harder to agree on what is mobile in M2M and what is part of the Internet of Things.  For example, tablets and smart TVs have many of the same characteristics; both are usually shared devices with a strong emphasis on entertainment.   So what about a car?  It certainly fits the mobile criteria; the driver has functions – monitoring and controls, location-based services, communication (including assistance) – but beyond the driver’s seat, it’s all about infotainment.  So it’s with a great deal of curiosity that I read about telematics. Jennifer Kent, Analyst at Parks Associates, recently wrote an article examining M2M that focused on the consumer side of telematics. Parks “projects by 2017, 17.6 million consumers will subscribe to embedded connected vehicle services such as General Motors' OnStar and Chrysler's UConnect Access... Read More    Featured Videos Getting a Healthy Attitude toward M2M.    Featured Resources » When Machines Talk to Machines: M2M deployment can make your business systems smarter » Global M2M Fleet and Asset Management » Global M2M Service Platform Overview   Featured Channels » Embedded M2M Solutions » Machine to Machine Solutions   Visit www.m2mevolution.com for the Latest Machine to Machine News & Info   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit M2M Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a TMCnet columnist! Interested in reaching M2M Evolution's Global M2M Communications and Technology Audience of 80,000 Unique Visitors? Please contact Matthew Gleeson to learn how at mgleeson@tmcnet.com or 1 (203) 852-6800 x145.

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