July 5, 2008   Vehicle Tracking Solutions Branches Out The fleet monitoring market continues to expand, and to take advantage of this growing interest, Vehicle Tracking Solutions, www.vehicletrackingsolutions.com, Deer Park, N.Y., is expanding its U.S... (More)
Numerex Unveils Portal Ease of use can play an important role in the success of a product or service. A new device management system from Numerex Corp., www.numerex.com, Atlanta, Ga., aims to help customers more easily... (More)				Manufacturing Sector Expands  SAP to Acquire Visiprise  Energy Shadings  Building a House with BIM ALL OF TODAY'S HEADLINES       Which of the following is the hottest application area in M2M today?       Location-based services     Advanced metering infrastructure     Automated home technology     Smart services     Pioneers This is the fourth edition of the M2M Pioneers, and each year the message of those selected becomes more refined and even more defined. Table of Contents Location-Based Services: Enabling Large and Small Enterprises Location-based services combine cellular communications, GPS technology, and software to provide broad application-oriented visibility that can be... Table of Contents On the Brink Would the real M2M please stand up? At a United Nations summit in 2005, the Intl. Telecommunications Union, www.itu.int, Geneva, Switzerland... Table of Contents
And the Nominees Are… Each year, M2M magazine calls on the machine-to-machine industry to nominate corporate adopters that have lived, as some may call it, the M2M dream: These adopters see the potential business benefits... (More) Utility Remote Metering Moves Ahead No one really questions that there are many advantages for remote monitoring and other associated services for utility metering and submetering. However, we might do well to acknowledge that electric... (More) The Changing Face of M2M Hardware The chicken-and-egg duo of growing demand and increasing technological capabilities is driving M2M (machine-to-machine) hardware to become more powerful tools in a variety of vertical industries... (More) And the Finalists Are... This isn’t the first time I have written about communication following a basic model of sending, receiving, and processing. (More) 2008 M2M Product Showcase Welcome to the 2008 M2M Product Showcase, a catalog of many of the cutting-edge and innovative hardware products for M2M (machine-to-machine) communication on the marketplace today. In covering this... (More) Stick to Our Knitting One of the best things about being an editorial director is getting feedback from our readers. Not only is it great knowing we are hitting the mark with our editorial, but it’s even better knowing... (More) LTE Subscribers May Reach 32 Million Western European Module Market Growth in Cellular Modem Sales WSN Technology to Help Solve Energy Crisis		Siemens Wireless Modules Sold -  March 12, 2008 Siemens Wireless Modules, www.siemens.com/wm, Munich, Germany, announced it has been purchased by private equity investor Granville Baird, www.bcpe.co.uk, London, U.K., and T-Mobile Venture Fund, a... (More) Verizon and Alltel to Merge -  June 13, 2008 Verizon Wireless, www.verizon.com, Basking Ridge, N.J., recently announced its intention to acquire Alltel Corp., www.alltel.com, Little Rock, Ark., from TPG Capital, www.texaspacificgroup.com, Fort... (More) Insights from Kyocera In this podcast from the second-annual M2M United conference, M2M magazine Editorial Director Peggy Smedley speaks with Dean Fledderjohn, general manager of the M2M business segment of Kyocera Wireless, about how companies across many vertical industries are adopting machine-to-machine communications. Fledderjohn also discusses how a solution-selling approach is the key to the market's success. To hear more podcasts, please click here M2M Value Chain Awards This award honors the most successful corporate adopters of M2M technology and the team of solutions providers that made their success possible. (More) U.S. Current-Account Deficit Increases -  June 23, 2008 According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), www.bea.gov, Washington, D.C., the U.S. current-account deficit increased to $176.4 billion in the first quarter of 2008, up from $167.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007. The account deficit measures the balance on trade in goods in services, income, and net unilateral current transfers. (More)