Despite the ecological value of incentivizing the swapping of low mileage cars for higher mileage cars, there has been some questions over the economic value of the Cash for Clunkers program. Many are wondering if the program only served to pull forward manufacturing demand that would have soon developed anyway. I have been kicking around the following questions: would there have been more value in the program if there were additional incentives for purchasing cars that had telematics systems? Besides the obvious personal and societal advantages regarding safety and security, could cars equipped with telematics potentially be more efficient because of better routing afforded by these devices and their value added services? Could the telematics systems be used to gather real life data » Continue reading
Time to Ease the Development Process
A long time, respected colleague of mine, Stefan Gudmundsson of Telit, has a published a feature article in the current addition of M2M Magazine. This article provides an excellent roadmap for any company that is considering developing its first M2M application. Stefan has done an excellent job of integrating both the design and business requirements of an application in to a simple to understand primer on the topic. Anyone who is just starting out in M2M would do well in taking this primer to heart as it will help in cutting through the current buzz or hype and potentially save you much expense and heartache downstream.
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