Webraska Launches SmartZone Navigation Suite and Signs New Deals in the Enterprise and Fleet-Management Markets.Business Editors/High-Tech WritersMAISONS-LAFFITTE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003 Webraska, the worldwide provider of location-based services See mobile positioning. , telematics Originally coined to mean the convergence of telecommunications and information processing, the term later evolved to refer to automation in automobiles. GPS navigation, integrated hands-free cellphones, wireless communications and automatic driving assistance systems all come under the applications and enabling platforms is pleased to announce the launch of the SmartZone Navigation Suite. Based on Webraska's patented IbDN(R) technology (Internet-based Distributed Navigation(R)), the SmartZone Navigation Suite comprises on-the-shelf applications and software development kits (SDKs) for the development and deployment of wireless, turn-by-turn navigation applications. IbDN(R) has established a reputation as one of the most effective technologies powering real-time navigation software solutions. It enables dynamic extraction of cartographic car·tog·ra·phy n. The art or technique of making maps or charts. [French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus corridors from remote servers and high-speed transmission to mobile or embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. devices over cellular networks. Optimized mapping corridors and high compression enables data download to remote terminals within seconds. GPS and voice enabled driving directions are initiated as soon as the download starts and the connection is dropped once data transfer is completed. The SmartZone Navigation Suite currently includes: -- SmartZone Navigation for PDAs: An on-the-shelf, off-board, real-time navigation application for Pocket PC platforms. The graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to can be easily customized according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the customers' graphic and feature requirements; -- SmartZone Navigation Duo: Designed for use in the fleet management sector, this is a hybrid navigation application for Windows(R) platforms providing on-board and/or off-board navigation. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , the application is able to generate real-time navigation instructions from map data stored in the device or on a remote server when necessary. Delivered as a DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. (library), it can be easily integrated into turn-key productivity improvement solutions developed for fleet operators by service providers and system integrators; -- SmartZone Navigation for SmartPhones: An off-board navigation application specifically developed for advanced mobile phones. A version is already running on Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. (R) powered SmartPhones. -- SmartZone Navigation SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). : Available in C++ and Java OSGi versions, the Software Development Kit allows Webraska customers to integrate IbDN(R) into their new generation of telematics platforms. They can develop their own wireless navigation applications which can communicate interactively with other embedded or remote applications for security, tracking and fleet-management; -- SmartZone VectorMap SDK: This Active X(TM) control enables customers to develop their own dispatch or mobile applications through the manipulation of vector data. It also permits easy integration of mapping and routing features in their own mobility, tracking or fleet management applications for Windows environments (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. . The strength of the offering is reflected in recent customer wins across Europe, by service providers integrating SmartZone Navigation within their solutions: -- Grizzli Mobile Systems, has just signed a contract with Carrefour, the leading French retailer, to equip the trucks of Carfuel, a subsidiary of the Carrefour group dedicated to the oil business, with SmartZone Navigation Duo to improve the efficiency of the drivers. The product was developed in partnership with GRIZZLI Mobile Systems, one of the leading Service Providers in France, specialized in the provision of turnkey fleet-management services. "This navigation solution allows us to optimise vehicle journeys by sending the destination addresses from the dispatch application directly to the driver," commented Gerard Melin, managing director at Carfuel. "The navigation application is automatically launched in the vehicle using the addresses received by the dispatch software without the need for the driver to enter different destination addresses by himself. We have selected the GRIZZLI mobile systems solution integrating Webraska navigation solution for the real productivity gains it provides. Productivity gains calculated during the pilot phase for trucks were in excess of 15 %." -- Webraska is also pleased to announce that ASP Virtual Computer (France) has signed an agreement to launch SmartZone Navigation for PDAs to business users in France. Virtual Computer will begin rolling out the product this month to customers with large mobile sales and field forces, as well as to individual business users. This follows a successful launch of the product by Telepointer in the Benelux region. "When you consider that IbDN(R) technology can be ported and integrated in virtually any type of hardware and professional application to provide access to up-to-date proximity and real-time navigation services optimised with traffic information, the flexibility and competitive advantage of the technology is apparent," commented Laurent Vandebrouck, Vice-President for Telematics at Webraska. "It is also the only available technology packaged in SDKs allowing fleet operators from the transport and distribution industry to integrate navigation in their dispatch applications in order to achieve additional productivity gains." About Webraska Webraska provides the advanced software solutions required to develop, integrate and deploy location-based and telematics services. Webraska's carrier-grade offering includes the SmartZone(TM) Geospatial Platform, the SmartZone(TM) CallCenter, award-winning SmartZone(TM) Navigation Suite and the SmartZone(TM) Wireless Application Suite including CityGuide, BuddyFinder, RoutePlanner and MapViewer. Webraska has its worldwide headquarters in Paris, France, and offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and around the world. The company currently powers the LBS (Location-Based Services) See mobile positioning. and telematics offering of service providers in four continents, including Bell Mobility, E-Plus, Sensis (Australia), Telecom Italia Mobile TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and a GSM network with EDGE in Brazil. In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance. TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro. , O2, Vodafone Live! and Orange, and has partnerships with leading technology and content providers including Ericsson, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , NavTech, Nortel, Openwave and SAIC-Telcordia. 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: www.webraska.com About Grizzli Mobile Systems Grizzli is a provider of global on-board management solutions for fleet vehicles, its hardware offering includes portable computers, cradles, printers, on-board GSM/GPS black box devices, meter interfaces, and on-board briefcase systems. Software modules include satellite positioning, data transmission by GSM data, interfaces with measuring units Noun 1. measuring unit - a unit of measurement measuring block unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change , 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 Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings solutions for, amongst others: insurance assessments, public housing inspections, petroleum product deliveries, van sales, waste material collection, emergency medical intervention teams, sales order The sales order, sometimes abbreviated as SO, is an order received by a business from a customer. A sales order may be for products and/or services. Given the wide variety of businesses, this means that the orders can be fulfilled in several ways. entry and field technicians. On-board management systems are deployed in several major petroleum groups and major retail distributors. For more information visit: www.grizzlisystems.com |
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