LBSzone Feature - conversation with David Van Driel, Director of OEM Business Development, nPhase
Written by The Where Business
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Rebecca Mantle of The Where Business recently had a conversation with David Van Driel, Director of OEM Business Development, nPhase and wants to share the outcome with our readers. David is one of the key players involved in the new joint venture between Qualcomm and Verizon
It
gets even better because David Van Driel will be speaking on innovative joint
ventures in a session entitled Delivering
Transformative Smart Business Offerings alongside
Verizon’s Maurice Thompson and C’J Driscoll’s Mark Licht at this years Fleet and
Asset management USA Conference and Exhibition, Nov 18-19, Atlanta, GA.
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quick and easy registration via our secure site or call our sales hotline on +44 20 7375 7585 or 1 800 814
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Other
key sessions at this focussed commercial forum will
include:
§Liberty Mutual and GE Security among
others will debate the Key
Drivers behind
Insurance-Telematics
Business Models
§FMCSA & Volvo will
provide insight in to Interoperable Smart Partnerships!
§Daimler Trucks will
examine the potential of smart
technologies.
§Ford Motor will reveal how to Drive Your Business
Forwards by
Harnessing the Mobile
Office
§Garmin, Tom Tom & Tele Atlas will
discuss how to Increase Market
Penetration with
Consumer Grade Devices
§Volvo Trucks will Map out Next-Gen
Diagnostics and Fleet
Performance Solutions!
The
conference is only 2 weeks away and we have already confirmed over 150
senior-level telematics professionals! Conference passes will sell out, so
don’t miss out. Do you want to be sitting at your desk during the two conference
days, or, do you want to engage in proactive business transformation alongside your peers by making your presence felt at the show? There is
absolutely no reason as to why you shouldn’t join Fleet and Asset Management USA
2009.
No
other industry conference has managed to devise such a focussed and dynamic
combination of leading speakers, insightful content and enhanced networking. See real results in just 2 days. Here’s what one of our speakers just said
about the conference:
"Fleet
& Asset Management USA 2009 is a must-attend because the show will unite
commercial and fleet telematics developers at this crucial time when companies
cannot afford to miss even a single trick! The agenda, speaker lineup is the
best ever and I would recommend industry executives to invest in this
conference."
Mobile Technology Feature - Top 10 Business Apps for Android - Android has become one of the most popular mobile operating systems
in the world due to advanced software, competitive manufacturers, and an
app market that is filled with exciting and useful applications. Read
on for this fine Top 10 List compiled by tech writer, Blake Sanders
The Really Big List of Mapping, Geo location Mobile developer resources, APIs and Tools - The Mobile Ecosystem... no question that mobile is huge and
the opportunity for developers, in particular, geo developers! There's
loads of developer resources on the web so to help the developer,
here's a listing of just some of the fine dev resources, blogs,
toolsets and more to consider when developing or porting your app to a
smartphone or Tablet.
ArcGIS.com Mashup Tutorial with Flickr and Foursquare data-
Here's a simple "how to" tutorial on working with the free ArcGIS.com
to easily import KML or RSS data from Flickr and foursquare into ArcGIS
to create your own custom map mashup. ArcGIS.com has some recent
updates including support for KML, be sure to check it out!
Most Users of Free Photo Apps Say Adding Cool Effects is Most Useful - Adding cool effects
to photos was rated as the most useful thing by more than halfof
consumers surveyed using free online photography services, according to
CatchFree a free
online service that helps people find the best free mobile and web applications
to perform useful tasks.
Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Up Close - No Replacement for the iPad But Pretty Darned Sweet - As could be
expected, speculation and blogging is rampant with many stories and
pseudo "reviews" coming out, many of them touting the next "iPad
killer".
Mobile Developer Resource - MapQuest & The Mobile Worker - Facility management companies, surveyors, multi-level marketing,
insurance claims, pipeline companies, water utilities; all have field
workers who would benefit from mobile applications. Not only checking in
to work sites, but keeping a record of the work done
Flickr GPS Photo Tag Tip - Here's a tip for Flickr users who want to share their GPS information
with their photos. note, in order to do this you'll need to be
capturing photos using a GPS-enabled or GPS-aware camera (see you're
smartphone hardware settings to ensure that GPS or location sharing is
turned "ON)".
Mobile data usage in Canada to triple between 2010 and 2012 - Some interesting, yet not terribly surprising, numbers on mobile
usage coming out of Canada. According to a report summarized on
Techvibes, mobile usage is soaring, in particular, the smartphone
segment
Suggested Reading
The Underground Guide To The iPhone:
The iPhone is – if I may say so – one of the greatest mobile
revolutions of the past decade. More and more, mobile phones seem to
materialize out of our wildest dreams. Because of the tight integration
of third-party applications, you can do nearly everything with your
device — be it gaming, working, fooling around, and of course phoning.
Good Mobile Messaging: Executives and professional field forces spend an increasing amount of time on the road tending to business.
Mobile Apps - Native or Web?:
You probably have a plan to build a mobile app, but you've struggled
with the basic question - Should I build it using open web standards
such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, or should I build it as a native app
for the devices I want to target?
iBike Coach App- a new “Always On” feature always gathers data
Nike+ GPS App- for sports tracking, recording and sharing
Featured Events
Content & Apps for Automotive Europe 2012 (18-19 April, Germany)
will give you key insights on how in-vehicle connectivity is being
revolutionised as OEMs integrate dynamic content to stay relevant
throughout the vehicle life cycle.
Location Intelligence for Enterprise - Europe 2012, January 16-17, London Hear from Google, Jones Lang LaSalle, Tesco, Willis, Oracle,
ESRI, Microsoft, PBBI and many more as they debate the best strategies
for business models and integration.
Consumer Telematics Show 2012 (Jan 9, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, USA) is the most prestigious and
dynamic consumer telematics focused meeting for the automotive industry.
Held in Las Vegas on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES),
this year's senior-level speakers will include General Motors, Audi,
Toyota, Panasonic, Continental, Hughes Telematics, Gartner, KIA,
Mercedes-Benz and many more
Esri Dev Summit - The
Esri Developer Summit (DevSummit) brings together developers and GIS
professionals from all over the globe. March 26-29, 2012, Palm Springs,
CA
