ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FleetMatics, a leading global provider of fleet management solutions for commercial fleet vehicles, announced today that its newly introduced FleetMatics iPhone Mobile App for Apple and Android-powered smartphones is receiving remarkable market response from users. The new app, which was unveiled June 23, 2011, quickly rose to the prestigious status of ‘top free business apps’ in the iTunes App Store on the day it was introduced to the market.
“I downloaded the iPhone app as soon as I heard it was available – which I saw on the FleetMatics home page”
FleetMatics’ Mobile App is a powerful mobile delivery platform that offers a portable, full-featured version of the FleetMatics 8.0 GPS Vehicle Tracking System. The easy-to-use mobile application provides fleet owners and managers with real-time access to vehicle locations, alerts, reports and dashboards anytime and anywhere, using a native Apple application. The new app is available from the iTunes Store.
Best Electrical in Stevenage, England were among the thousands of FleetMatics customers that quickly took advantage of the new mobile access to their fleet data.
“I downloaded the iPhone app as soon as I heard it was available – which I saw on the FleetMatics home page,” said Daniel Allison. “Obviously that means where ever I’m at I can always see where the engineers are, so it’s brilliant if I’m out of the office.”
Mobile Access to Key Fleet Data – Anytime and Anywhere
According to Peter Mitchell, CTO of FleetMatics, “Our development teams quickly responded to customer interest by taking FleetMatics software ‘mobile.’ We engineered this powerful iPhone app to deliver the top features our customers want, and the response has been positive. On the very day the app was unveiled, we had nearly 1,700 installs…representing more than 30,500 vehicles worldwide. Demand has skyrocketed since and online reviews are 5 stars.”
He continued, “Our new apps are popular because mobility is critical to any small or mid-sized business that uses company cars and trucks to deliver products and services to customers. Today’s challenging economic times mean business leaders must continually make business decisions that improve operational efficiency without sacrificing customer satisfaction. With FleetMatics’ Mobile, fleet managers can run their fleet operations just as smoothly from their smartphone as they do from the office.”
With FleetMatics iPhone Mobile App, users can:
- Utilize full FleetMatics software functionality, not just mobile web browsing.
- Quickly locate any driver in the mobile workforce or link the nearest technician to an urgent job.
- Make key business decisions based on ‘fleet insight’ delivered via Dashboard metrics and Scorecards.
- Receive real-time activity alerts and push notifications on the smartphone.
- Drill-down into Google-powered features such as Live Fleet or Route Replay to investigate incidents in the field.
- Create a new Point of Interest (POI) on Google Maps from anywhere.
Technology Innovation on Demand
FleetMatics fleet tracking system uses GPS satellitetechnology and Google Maps to provide real-time locations and record historical vehicle activity. The solution can be installed and operated very quickly by a skilled team of professional technicians who can install a vehicle tracking unit into each company vehicle. There are no exposed wires or antennas, making the equipment virtually tamper proof, and allowing for covert installation. The vehicle tracking units transmit data to the FleetMatics servers via GPRS wireless networks every 90 seconds, delivering ‘real-time’ insight for improved decision making. Fleet tracking information can then be accessed 24 hours a day either via smartphone or through any internet connection around the world.
To ensure robust support in the U.S. market for the new FleetMatics 8.0 Tracking System and Mobile App, FleetMatics completed implementation late last year of a new hosted data center, with ViaWest in Denver, Colorado, providing the servers. The multimillion dollar infrastructure investment augments the company’s other hosting site, located in Dublin, Ireland.
About FleetMatics
FleetMatics is a leading global provider of fleet management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS). The company’s solutions offer real-time insight into vehicle activity that reduces operational costs and improves customer service. FleetMatics now serves over 14,000 customers, has installed more than 200,000 vehicles worldwide, and is adding thousands of vehicles monthly. Its SaaS and mobile application gives businesses anytime access to real-time data about their business.
The company’s world headquarters are in Ireland, with U.S. headquarters in the Boston area and additional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Charlotte, Clearwater, and Phoenix. FleetMatics is the parent company of SageQuest. For more information, visit www.fleetmatics.com or call #