Technology

Views from the TMW Transforum Technology Hub

Sept. 21, 2015

Loaded with wares and displays from more than 60 different trucking and transportation technology companies, the Technology Hub exhibition hall at TMW Systems' annual Transforum conference lived up to its name.

Aaron Marsh

The conference wrapped up Wednesday, Sept. 16, in Orlando, FL. A number of exhibitors announced new products, product features or software integrations in conjunction with the three-day event, and the Tech Hub drew steady traffic from attendees testing out those as well as the rest of the exhibitors' product and service offerings.

"Increasing the quality and depth of integration with our ecosystem partners is important," TMW President David Wangler told Fleet Owner. "If someone is on the [exhibit hall] floor and they are a technology provider, it's safe to say we have some level of integration with them as their solutions and ours work together and we add more capabilities."

Some of the announcements included:

• TMW unveiled new features and services across its transportation operations software lineup

• PeopleNet announced new integrations with TMW's TMT Fleet Maintenance software

• ALK Technology's PC*MILER 29 is tested and certified for use with the TMW portfolio of products

• Blue Tree Systems displayed its new hardware platform and "open Android" device and software compatibility

• CarrierWeb is offering an Android-based version of its fixed in-cab unit and new mobile solution

• SkyBitz announced new integrations with TMW's Truckmate for monitoring and tracking trailers

• QuikQ's system now interfaces with TMW's Innovative Flexfuel product to streamline access to data on fuel purchases

• project44 showcased its new cloud-based dynamic pricing for freight

About the Author

Aaron Marsh

Before computerization had fully taken hold and automotive work took someone who speaks engine, Aaron grew up in Upstate New York taking cars apart and fixing and rewiring them, keeping more than a few great jalopies (classics) on the road that probably didn't deserve to be. He spent a decade inside the Beltway covering Congress and the intricacies of the health care system before a stint in local New England news, picking up awards for both pen and camera.

He wrote about you-name-it, from transportation and law and the courts to events of all kinds and telecommunications, and landed in trucking when he joined FleetOwner in July 2015. Long an editorial leader, he was a keeper of knowledge at FleetOwner ready to dive in on the technical and the topical inside and all-around trucking—and still turned a wrench or two. Or three.

Aaron previously wrote for FleetOwner.