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Grizzli Mobile Systems selects Webraska to provide real-time navigation services integrated in turnkey fleet-management solutions
URL(s): www.grizzlisystems.com
Grizzli Mobile Systems, one of the leading providers of turnkey fleet-management services in France, has selected Webraska, the worldwide provider of Location-Based Services (LBS) and telematics applications and server-based platforms, to integrate and deploy real-time navigation applications in their suite of productivity improvement solutions.
The new Grizzli-Webraska combined offering enables fleet managers from the distribution industry to increase driver productivity by sending them destination addresses from Grizzli's delivery route optimization software. Destination addresses are automatically used by the in-vehicle navigation application to provide real-time graphical and vocal navigation instructions to drivers seeking pick-up and delivery sites. The navigation applications have been developed by Webraska using Internet based Distributed Navigation (IbDN®). IbDN® is the company's wireless navigation technology, patented in 16 European countries and in the United-States. IbDN® technology, available as a Software Development Kit (SDK) allows easy integration and deployment of wireless navigation functionality into existing professional applications. The IbDN® SDK is available for Windows, QNX, VXWorks and Java OSGI embedded and mobile platforms.
"We chose Webraska navigation technology and applications for their flexibility and performance. They are also easily integrated with turn-key professional applications", says Georges Ferreux, Managing Director of Grizzli. "Thanks to integration of wireless navigation services in Grizzli productivity improvement solutions, our customers from the distribution industry will achieve significant improvements in efficiency coupled with improved quality-of-service to their end-users".
The new Grizzli offering combining delivery round management, vehicle and driver data collection and transfer, plus real-time navigation will be deployed on a first fleet of 150 vehicles by the end of September. One thousand additional vehicles will be equipped before the year-end.
"Service providers in the commercial fleet market are tremendously interested in using Webraska's IbDN® real-time navigation technology as a productivity improvement tool. We are looking forward to the development of our relationship with Grizzli who serves significant customers in France", says Laurent Vandebrouck, Telematics & Fleet Management Marketing Director at Webraska. "In Benelux, Telepointer already offers IbDN® to the fleet market. Our objective is to see IbDN® integrated with commercial turnkey fleet-management solutions in all major European countries before year-end. To this end, negotiations with a number of other service providers are already underway."
About Webraska
Webraska provides the advanced software solutions required to develop, integrate and deploy location-based and telematic services. Webraska's carrier-grade offering includes the SmartZone™ Geospatial Platform, the SmartZone™ LBS Application Platform, the patented and award-winning car navigation solution, IbDN® Lite, and over 30 other ready-to-deploy market-proven applications such as maps and directions, traffic alerts, yellow pages, BuddyFinder and m-Vite.
Webraska has headquarters in Silicon Valley and in France, and offices around the world. The company currently powers the LBS and telematics offering of service providers in four continents, including Shell Mobile, E-Plus, Pacific Access, Orange, Telecom Italia Mobile, and Viag Interkom, and has partnerships with leading technology providers including Borg, Ericsson, IBM, Nortel and Openwave.
Webraska has long been recognized as a leading player in the location-based services and telematics worlds, winning awards from Unstrung Magazine, TIME, Business Week, Tornado Insider and Frost & Sullivan. For more information visit: http://www.webraska.com
About Grizzli Mobile Systems
Grizzli is a provider of global on-board management solutions for fleet vehicles, it's hardware offering includes portable computers, cradles, printers, on-board GSM/GPS black box, meter interfaces, on-board briefcase systems…. Software modules include satellite positioning, data transmissions by GSM data, interfaces with measuring units, invoicing and payment. Grizzli also provides customer specific solutions. Hosting, ASP, installation, training, maintenance and telephone assistance services are also part of their offering.
Grizzli Mobile Systems, headquartered in Vienne, France was established in 1993 and is active throughout Europe. The company specialises in integrated mobile computing solutions for, amongst others: insurance assessments, public housing inspections, petroleum product deliveries, van sales, waste material collection, emergency medical intervention teams, sales order entry and field technicians. On-board management systems are deployed in several major petroleum groups and major retail distributors.
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