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Novatel Wireless & SeeControl Introduce Insurance Telematics

seecontrol — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:54:33 +0000

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — (Mobile World Congress Booth: 1A55) — Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL), a leading provider of intelligent wireless networking solutions and SeeControl, a leading provider of M2M applications, today introduce and demonstrate an end-to-end pre-integrated usage-based-insurance (UBI) telematics solution at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

The UBI solution suite being demonstrated consists of pan-European connectivity, back office analytics, business and consumer facing applications as well as turnkey auto-provisioning support for Novatel Wireless MT 3000/ MT 3050 devices using the N4A™ CMS platform, enabling consumer plug-n-play self-installation. Combined with the SeeControl UBI application, the solution provides for a quick, easy and customized implementation per insurer. It offers key features designed to help capture new customers, reduce risk and eliminate fraud in claims processing:

Policy/Contract Management
Driver Risk Profiles
Customizable Driver Rating Algorithms
Multiple driver, multiple policy support
Market / Demographic Segmentation
Helpful tools for consumers such as diagnostic data plus oil change and maintenance reminders
Expansive telemetry options including speed, miles driven, idle time, harsh acceleration, harsh braking, possible accident, possible theft
Accident reconstruction
Full control of GPS data collection on a regional basis to comply with governmental and consumer privacy concerns

“The insurance companies are rapidly embracing UBI and pay-as-you-drive applications in order to offer aggressive discounts to drivers based on their actual driving statistics and behaviors,” says Rob Hadley, CMO of Novatel Wireless. “We are excited to be working with SeeControl to help insurers better align their market programs with tailored pay-as-you-drive market applications and solutions.”

The pre-integrated solution suite brings together all the elements needed for an insurer to rollout a program in weeks, not years. It combines the cloud-based, enterprise grade application from SeeControl that brings workflow, visualization and analytics together with the Novatel Wireless N4A Communication and Management Software that manages the wireless device lifecycle from initial device provisioning and deployment to upgrades, maintenance and data management once in the field. Additionally, it fully integrates the advanced features of the MT 3000 and MT 3050 to capture driver behavior data, set alerts and provide easy self-installation.

“The recent success of insurance telematics programs shows that consumers and businesses overwhelmingly understand the linkage between verifiable safe driving through telematics and lower premiums. They are eager for it to be widely available,” says Bryan Kester, CEO of SeeControl. “This turnkey solution allows insurers and wireless carriers of any size to participate in this tremendous evolution in insurance and address the opportunity rapidly.”

Novatel Wireless and SeeControl will be demonstrating their combined solution at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 27th — March 1 2012 booth #1A55.

About Novatel Wireless

Novatel Wireless, Inc. is a leader in the design and development of intelligent wireless solutions based on 2G, 3G and 4G technologies providing wireless connectivity. The company delivers specialized wireless solutions to carriers, distributors, retailers, OEMs and vertical markets worldwide. Product lines include MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspots, Ovation USB modems, Expedite embedded modules, Enfora smart M2M modules, and Enfora integrated M2M solutions. These innovative products provide anywhere, anytime communications solutions for consumers and enterprises. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Novatel Wireless is listed on NASDAQ: NVTL. For more information please visit www.nvtl.com. (NVTLG)

This release may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended to date. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements contained herein. These factors include risks relating to technological changes, new product introductions, continued acceptance of Novatel Wireless‘ products and dependence on intellectual property rights. These factors, as well as other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, are discussed in more detail in Novatel Wireless‘ filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov) and other regulatory agencies.

(C) 2012 Novatel Wireless, Inc. All rights reserved. The Novatel Wireless name and logo and N4A are trademarks of Novatel Wireless, Inc. Other Company, product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

About SeeControl, Inc.

SeeControl enables M2M integrators and IT developers to easily create tailored apps that wirelessly connect to remote assets, analyze their performance and manage the business processes around them. Over one-hundred companies in seven countries rely on SeeControl to predict operational needs ahead of time and act automatically to drive higher service, revenue and efficiency.

Contacts:

Novatel Wireless, Investor Relations
William A. Walkowiak, CFA
Tel: (858) 431-3711
Email: ir@nvtl.com

Novatel Wireless, Media Relations
Charlotte Rubin
Tel: (858) 812-3431
Email: crubin@nvtl.com

SeeControl
Jeff Cichon:
Tel: 866-523-7271
Email: jcichon@seecontrol.com

SOURCE Novatel Wireless, Inc.

Awarded M2M Product Of The Year

seecontrol — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:48:20 +0000

Enfora & SeeControl Collaborate on M2M

seecontrol — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:15:24 +0000

Enfora and SeeControl Collaborate for M2M Asset Management & Supply Chain Optimization

SAN DIEGO, June 15, 2011 – Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL), a leading provider of intelligent wireless networking solutions, today announces that Enfora, Inc., a Novatel Wireless company and SeeControl, which offers a cloud-based platform for building tailored M2M applications, will team up and combine their respective expertise to offer enterprises and wireless carriers an enterprise grade M2M solution.

The combined solution is focused on improving visibility, management and operation of remote mobile and fixed assets used in transportation/logistics, security, supply chain and energy operations. The partnership collaboration combines elements of wireless device integration, provisioning and remote data management services from Enfora with the workflow, visualization and analytics application configuration tools from SeeControl. Device, network and application components will be merged from each company’s software offering resulting in a complete solution for the enterprise.

“We are pleased to be working with SeeControl to drive this level of capability to Enterprise customers”, said Rob Hadley, CMO of Novatel Wireless. “With the combined offering, visibility and management of assets are increased which helps to drive improved productivity with respect to the workforce and workflow for enterprise customers.”

“Enfora has been helping customers across the globe reduce M2M complexity with a range of leading devices and innovative management software,” said Bryan Kester, CEO of SeeControl. “Now, with this turnkey solution suite, it’s easier than ever to deploy an intelligent asset network that automatically acts on real-time M2M data—across distributed operations and existing enterprise platforms”.

This partnership collaboration expands the existing relationship between Enfora and SeeControl who have previously worked together to fuse the Enfora Spider AT asset tracking device and N4A Communications and Management software platform into SeeControl’s cloud-based application builder for monitoring and managing remote assets for an enterprise.

Enfora and SeeControl will be demonstrating their combined solution at Connected World Conference in Chicago June 14-16 booth #108.

About Novatel Wireless Novatel Wireless is a leader in the design and development of innovative wireless broadband access solutions based on 3G and 4G wireless technologies. Novatel Wireless’ Intelligent Mobile Hotspot products, software, USB modems and embedded modules enable high-speed wireless Internet access on leading wireless data networks. The Company delivers specialized wireless solutions to carriers, distributors, OEMs and vertical markets worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Novatel Wireless is listed on NASDAQ: NVTL. For more information please visit www.novatelwireless.com. (NVTLG)

This release may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended to date. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements contained herein. These factors include risks relating to technological changes, new product introductions, continued acceptance of Novatel Wireless’ products and dependence on intellectual property rights. These factors, as well as other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, are discussed in more detail in Novatel Wireless’ filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov) and other regulatory agencies.

(C) 2011 Novatel Wireless, Inc. All rights reserved. The Novatel Wireless name and logo and Enfora, Spider and N4A are trademarks of Novatel Wireless, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other Company, product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

About SeeControl, Inc. SeeControl enables M2M integrators and IT developers to quickly and easily create tailored apps that connect to remote assets and products while managing the business rules and support processes around them. Over 100 companies in 15 countries rely on SeeControl to drive higher service performance and labor efficiency with lowered supply cost.

Contacts:

Novatel Wireless, Investor Relations William A. Walkowiak, CFA Tel: (858) 431-3711 Email: ir@nvtl.com

Novatel Wireless, Media Relations Charlotte Rubin Tel: (858) 812-3431 Email: crubin@nvtl.com

SeeControl Jeff Cichon: Tel: 866-523-7271 Email: jcichon@seecontrol.com

Argent Associates Named AT&T Supplier of The Year

seecontrol — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:10:55 +0000

Commitment to excellence over the past year has earned Argent Associates recognition as a 2011 AT&T Supplier Award winner for its support of affiliates of AT&T*, one of the world’s leading data, voice, wireless and Internet services providers.

“We are proud of our long-standing tradition of providing unparalleled, innovative products and services to our business and residential customers,” said Tim Harden, president of AT&T Supply Chain and Fleet Operations. “We’re successful on that front in large part thanks to extraordinary suppliers like Argent Associates that consistently go above and beyond, exceeding our expectations and helping exceed those of our customers as well.”

Argent Associates was one of only seven suppliers to receive the 2011 AT&T Supplier Award for its work in helping AT&T deliver outstanding service to its customers during the past year. Argent Associates was recognized for its contributions across a broad scope of criteria including cost management solutions, teamwork, customer service, product and service performance, diversity results and sustainability.

“We are honored to be one of the recipients of AT&T’s 2011 Supplier Award in recognition of outstanding performance and contribution to AT&T’s success last year. A key element of our success is our technology platforms and SaaS applications. One developed internally is our quality system , “U got Q,” which allows us to consistently exceed our customers’ expectations and our suite of SeeControl M2M apps that helps us expand the boundaries of our customers’ asset chains giving us a competitive advantage” said Betty Manetta, Argent Associates, President and CEO.

As part of its annual Supplier Award Program, AT&T took out a half-page ad in the April 19 edition of The Wall Street Journal to publicly thank the selected companies.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

About Argent Associates, Inc.

Argent Associates, Inc. provides supply-chain managed service solutions, M2M applications and new technology deployment, end-of-life cycle management, and environmental products and services for government and Fortune 500 markets. Established in 1998, Argent has warehousing, staging and assembly facilities in Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, Illinois, California, New Jersey and New York. Argent Associates is certified as a female- and minority-owned business. For more information, visit Argent Associates at www.argentassociates.com.

Leveraging M2M For a Complete Solution

seecontrol — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:05:16 +0000

SeeControl CEO Bryan Kester contributed to a Mobile Enteprise Magazine article sponsored by T-Mobile that does a nice job of summarizing the current market dynamics and excitement surrounding M2M. An excerpt is provided below. For a full PDF version of the article please visit Mobile Enterprise Magazine.

Bryan Kester is CEO of SeeControl, which offers a cloud-based platform designed to help people build M2M applications. Think of it, he says, as Salesforce.com for M2M. “We give customers a place where, without having to know how to program anything or write scripts, they can build an M2M application in 2 to 10 days. They they end up with something they can log into that looks like it was built specifically for their unique monitoring needs in areas such as fleet management, compressor monitoring, building controls, or whatever the problem set may be. What we offer used to involve custom software development that would cost millions and take a year or more to create,” he says.

While most people see an M2M solution as being made up of three key components, Kester says, there really are four. “There’s device, network, and then there’s an aggregation platform that gets you on the network and manages your devices. Then there’s something that we do, which is a real business application. We actually stop short of the network, he says. We listen to the network but we don’t manage the connection or the device on the other side. While managing the device and it’s bandwidth used to be an issue, in the last twenty-four months there are plenty of data aggregation and device management M2M platform providers from both wireless operators and device manufacturers.”

A good example of a SeeControl app, Kester says, is an airline that’s currently working with SeeControl to monitor its de-icing equipment on runways. “If snow’s falling and you see a truck roll out and de-ice your aircraft, we’re measuring the entire de-ice activity and we also analyze 150 data points about the engine that allows them to predict when it’s going to fail. We also manage all the mobile and central storage tanks of hazardous deice fluids that enable the whole effort; when fluids run low the airline can order new materials right from their monitoring application and manage the entire logistics workflow”, he says.

A solution like SeeControl can provide a clearer, more useful view of entire asset-based business processes. “We have five devices running on the [truck], but the end user doesn’t care that there’s a BlackBerry that tells you that the operator’s in the cab, or that there’s a sensor that tells you if the temperature is too cold for the fluid that’s meant to de-ice aircraft”, Kester says. “So we take all five of those devices and make them something called a de-icing truck that has a person inside, some fluid on it and quite literally a thousand other things happening. With most of the business applications that people are building right now the device equals the asset, and the application just presents huge logs of data and alarms related to the device, which is not what we see our customers needing. They need to fuze all this data from multiple sensors into one picture and make sense of it without smoke coming out of their ears.”

Kester says it has become much easier in recent years to offer a solution like this. For a long time, he says, it was just too expensive to deploy M2M at a reasonable scale. But what’s happened in the last two to three years is the carriers have run out of consumers to sell cell phone plans to, and they’re now very focused on M2M as their growth segment, he says.

Not long ago, Kester says, SeeControl couldn’t get an account rep at any carrier to deal with them. “I’ve had people out in the middle of Germany buying SIM cards at the local convenience store to get a cell phone account for M2M devices, when we might be deploying at places like Audi, he says. It’s comical. We’re providing an industrial enterprise grade M2M solution, and I’ve got people running in and out of convenience stores, trying to fulfill the projects’ needs”. Now, that’s all changed. “Everybody, in the last 12 months, has setup account teams set up to deal with companies like ours that are trying to help customers deploy end-to-end solutions in a way that is easier than ever before. They want more customers on the network and devices are those customers.”

SeeControl & Partner Win CTIA Award

seecontrol — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:53:56 +0000

Argent Associates, Inc. was honored by TIG’s DiversityNxt during CTIA Wireless 2011 with the “2011 Diverse Supplier Technology Innovation Award” sponsored by TIG. DiversityNXT Solution Supplier Award is awarded to the Diverse Supplier who has created the most innovative solution to solve a customer problem in the “next generation” arena. This solution showed how diverse suppliers can provide value and/or cost reduction in the overall supply chain. Argent with its sister company, SeeControl, developed a platform that enhances supply chains with Machine-to-Machine (M2M) information aggregation, wireless asset management and the ability to apply tailored business rules.

The platform is technology agnostic and allows customers to build and customize applications such as Cold Chain Monitoring, Fleet Telematics with Inventory Management, Remote Spares management with Access Control, GPS Asset Movement across the supply chain with in-service verification, Counterfeit detection and Pedigree tracing.

“This platform allows us to expand the boundaries and solution possibilities inside and outside supply chains, providing us and our customers a real time and multi-level, cross-participant view of asset status and movements.” says Ms. Betty Manetta, President & CEO. “Our technology has been implemented across various disciplines especially those we see future economic growth for small and diverse businesses especially Healthcare, Automotive and Aerospace. These are the converging markets and our application fits nicely within these verticals.”

About Argent Associates, Inc. Argent Associates, Inc. provides supply-chain managed service solutions, new technology deployment, end-of-life cycle management, M2M applications and environmental products and services for government and Fortune 500 markets. Established in 1998, Argent has warehousing, staging and assembly facilities in Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, Illinois, California, New Jersey and New York. Argent Associates is certified as a female- and minority-owned business. For more information, visit Argent Associates at www.argentassociates.com.

SeeControl Named A Top Asset Tracking Technology

seecontrol — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:28:22 +0000

Connected World Magazine featured SeeControl in a piece on Top 10 M2M Asset Tracking Technologies to watch. The article noted the company’s broad platform applications in telematics, remote monitoring, remote access control, logistics and indutrial automation.

Argent Associates Teams With SeeControl on M2M Apps

seecontrol — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:02:13 +0000

Argent Associates has selected SeeControl to create a suite of M2M remote asset monitoring and supply chain asset tracking software services. Argent Associates was recently cited by the Wall Street Journal as the fastest-growing woman and minority-owned business in the United States.

Argent Associates Inc. and SeeControl Inc. of Menlo Park, California have teamed up to offer turnkey M2M business applications and supply chain solutions which automatically track, measure and balance asset and supply operations. This suite of end-to-end remote asset monitoring software and asset tracking software solutions offer an array of features and options, which provides information as needed to sense and respond in real-time to critical events while creating decision support for intelligent business decisions. SeeControl provides the only M2M (machine-to-machine) SaaS cloud platform for tailoring any kind of tracking and sensor monitoring software application.

“As a woman business owner I feel it is important to create joint ventures with like-minded partners as this is key to future business growth. This partnership allows us to provide a superior value proposition for our customers. Currently the largest barrier to creating a secure, collaborative and demand-driven supply chains is the cost for every company involved and meeting each participant’s unique asset M2M sensing and supply management software requirements. With SeeControl and Argent Associates tools, costs are relegated to a negligible concern via the reach and flexibility of Software-as-a-Service,” stated Betty Manetta, President and CEO, Argent Associates.

Argent Associates and SeeControl will now offer three integrated service solutions. Asset Demand Management for Telecommunications optimizes field operations and remote spares management. Mobile Resource Management helps fleet owners and customers with remote work sites get control over vehicles and other complex assets such as generators. Pedigree Tracking software and Counterfeit Detection software allows Pharmaceutical and Defense Contractors to lock down and secure the flow of high-value items. The SeeControl and Argent approach is practical. It involves affordable M2M track and monitor tools plus a suite of M2M remote asset monitoring options for communicating with fixed and mobile assets. This combined with sophisticated business rules and management analytics enables visibility, control and optimization at any scale for distributed custody locations and remote sites.

About Argent Associates Argent Associates, Inc. provides managed service solutions, supply chain expertise, new technology deployment, end-of-life cycle management, M2M applications and environmental products and services for government and Fortune 500 markets. Established in 1998, Argent is headquartered in Edison, N.J. and has warehousing, staging and manufacturing facilities in Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, Illinois, California and New York. Argent Associates is certified as a female- and minority-owned business. For more information, visit Argent Associates at www.argentassociates.com.

News Archives

seecontrol — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:58:26 +0000

07/14/09 – Press Release:
RedPack Selects SeeControl to Keep Critical Equipment Running

03/23/09 – Press Release:
SeeControl Announces On Demand M2M Asset Tracking Software for IT Logistics Operations

01/01/09 – Article:
SeeControl Client ABB Featured in Integrated Solutions Magazine for Saving $2 Million in Productivity Costs

10/04/08 – Press Release:
Datalogic forms Strategic Alliance with SeeControl

03/06/08 – Press Release:
SeeControl hires new VP of Engineering to Rapidly Grow World’s Leading M2M Asset & Inventory Software Service

01/16/08 – Press Release:
SeeControl Announces Unique Identification (UID) Software Edition Creating Total Asset Visibility for Highly Secure Defense Applications

11/17/08 – Press Release:
SeeControl Wins Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Times Emerging Technology Award

10/23/07 – Press Release:
SeeControl CEO to Speak at Enterprise Software Forum

10/16/07 – Press Release:
Growth Into New Markets Prompts SeeControl To Launch VAR & OEM Program

10/04/07 – Press Release:
On Demand Market Growth Enables SeeControl to Expand Leadership Team

8/8/07 – Press Release:
George Hoyem Joins SeeControl Board of Advisors

7/18/07 – Press Release:
SeeControl Named to S&DCE Executive 100 List

7/10/07 – Press Release:
SeeControl Again Named GLSCS Magazine “Top 100 Supply Chain Partner”

3/28/07 – Article:
SOX-Readiness for Service Parts, Tools & MRO

3/22/07 – Article:
Competing on Post-Sales Service

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