DEMOletter Weekly Edition, June 21, 2005

DEMOletter Weekly Edition
June 21, 2005
Volume 10, Number 23

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INSIDE DEMOLETTER THIS WEEK
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FLEET MANAGEMENT VENDORS CAPITALIZE ON WIRELESS
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Last week I wrote about Imagis Technologies, the Vancouver
company that provides a smart federated data integration
architecture. (I was gently corrected by the company's
Communications and Marketing Manager Eric Westra that the new
name for the company will be spelled Visiphor, with a "ph" not
an "f.") Imagis was the first of some dozen or so companies I
met during a week-long visit to Vancouver, British Columbia, and
in some ways it is the odd-one-out. Vancouver has a thriving
mobile and wireless developer community, and it was companies in
this category that I spent the majority of my visit.

Two of those companies are doing interesting - and very
different - work in wireless services for fleet management.

The first, InMotion Technology, creates a mobile Wi-Fi hot spot
for fleet vehicles. A ruggedized unit in the vehicle establishes
a wireless network for computers and equipment in and around the
vehicle. The unit taps a public cellular network for the
backhaul connectivity to the InMotion Connection Server. This
server provides a management console for the in-vehicle Wi-Fi
routers.

The second company, WebTech Wireless, is leveraging GSM
networks to provide fleet tracking and management. In-vehicle
devices combine GPS for location tracking with GSM and IP
networks to enable commercial fleet operators to locate assets,
monitor vehicles and retrieve diagnostic data, and message the
driver.

Read more about these companies at
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/009277.html

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KEITH SHAW'S END NOTES: PODCASTING USAGE LOOKING UP
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* Research firm predicts podcasting has a great future.

* Gadget of the week: Russound creates outdoor speakers that
will feel right at home in your rock (or rock 'n roll) garden.

* More details on the recent MasterCard credit-card number
hack.

Read all of this week's End Notes at
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/009267.html

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WEATHER REPORT
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* Meru Networks receives $12 million in latest funding round.

* Digital Railroad lands $5.2 million in Series A funding.

* Akimbo lowers price on its video-on-demand player to $99.99
for limited time.

The complete Weather Report archive is located at
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/weather_report.html

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<mailto:keithshaw@nww.com>.

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