Technology News

Qualcomm teams with InstallerNet to support MCP50

To increase market acceptance of its new MCP50, Qualcomm has partnered with InstallerNet to provide a cost-effective installation option for fleets adopting the MCP50. This collaboration adds an estimated 1,100 fleet installation technicians to significantly expand the footprint of Qualcomm’s existing coverage, offering fleets broad access ...

By Jeff Crissey Published April 30, 2012

Dossier Users Group sets annual meeting for New Orleans

The Dossier User Group will hold its annual Summit this year in New Orleans from Tuesday, Oct. 23, through Thursday, Oct. 25. The conference will be preceded by an optional Day of Service to help rebuild the city. Dossier is the maintenance management software from ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2012

FedEx Office offers Google Cloud Print

FedEx Office announced it now offers the ability to transform digital files into hard copies by sending documents through Google Cloud Print to more than 1,800 FedEx Office stores nationwide. Combining FedEx Office Print & Go and Google Cloud Print, customers now can access and ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 30, 2012

Fatality trends added to BTS indicators

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics has added three new tables to the Multimodal Transportation Indicators that will track seasonal and long-term highway, aviation and rail fatality trends. The latest quarterly highway data are drawn from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s CrashStats ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 29, 2012

Qualcomm announces Vision 2012 Management Conference lineup

Qualcomm Inc., a provider of integrated wireless systems, applications and services to transportation and logistics companies, released the lineup of interactive breakout session topics and speakers, as well as sponsors, for its upcoming Vision 2012 Management Conference, set for June 4-7 at the Omni Hotel ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 28, 2012

Struggling with doing business in the West?

At the Great West Fleet Executive Conference June 13-14 at the Sand Expo Center in Las Vegas, NV you will learn first hand how to: Comply with changing environmental regulations, Spec equipment to meet the West’s operational needs, and more. Enter WEB for 30% off.

Fleets focused on fuel economy, going green, PHH Arval survey shows

Recently unveiled at the inaugural PHH Arval Telecommunications and Utility Conference, a new company survey shows that fleet managers are focused primarily on fuel economy and green initiatives. “PHH Arval understands that the telecommunication and utility industries are going through dynamic times,” says George Kilroy, chief ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 26, 2012

Vigillo offers Crash Management System

Vigillo – creators of data mining software products designed to aggregate, organize and deliver fleet safety information in an easy-to-read scorecard format – announced the release of its new Crash Management System. The Web-based application represents the seventh product in the Vigillo Daylight Suite designed ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 25, 2012

Internet Truckstop launches paid shipper rates

Internet Truckstop, a Web-based freight matching service, has added paid shipper rates as part of the existing RateMate service. The feature includes 30, 60 and 90 days of paid shipper rate data provided by thousands of shippers over the last few years. Internet Truckstop says ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 25, 2012

Drivers at ECM Transport cashing in on fuel efficiency

Last year, Ed Meiers, president of New Lexington, Penn.-based ECM Transport, decided to try a novel approach to improve fuel efficiency. The company outsourced its fuel incentive program to FuelOpps, a new service from Pittsburg-based Propel IT. “At first we were apprehensive, but drivers accepted it ...

By Aaron Huff Published April 25, 2012

Cadec to co-market PowerVue to fuel delivery market

Cadec Global Inc., which provides enterprise-class fleet management solutions, announced a strategic agreement with Energy Edge to co-market Cadec’s PowerVue in-cab mobile solution to the fuel delivery market. PowerVue fleet management solution is designed to deliver flexibility and configurability to meet each fleet’s unique business ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 24, 2012