IBM Teams with DaimlerChrysler for Telematics Internet Service

IBM (www.ibm.com) developed a new telematics software platform for FleetBoard, a DaimlerChrysler subsidiary, as part of its strategic relationship with DaimlerChrysler.

The new architecture will enable FleetBoard, a leading provider of fleet-management solutions and telematics-based internet services www.ibm.com/industries/automotive, to further strengthen its position across the European market.

"IBM has years of experience implementing telematics systems around the world from the earliest days of this expanding business arena, and we are very proud that DaimlerChrysler's FleetBoard subsidiary has chosen IBM and OSGi technology to further develop their offerings," said Erich Nickel,

IBM's Director of Global Telematics Solutions.
The new software architecture enhances and integrates the performance of DispoPilot®, an on-board computer that supports the daily business requirement of commercial-vehicle drivers.

DispoPilot offers a wide range of functions, including driving analysis, global positioning, on-board navigational services, journey scheduling, order transmission and shipment monitoring.

Communication and data transfer between vehicles and the FleetBoard Telematics Center via GSM/SMA and mobile hand-held computers with touch screens and scanners are also featured.

The architecture answers the demands of modern telematics systems for increasingly frequent software service updates, which are needed to stay abreast of rapidly developing function enhancements and the availability of new services that help drivers and fleet managers meet growing market and customer requirements.

Featuring the world's first open-standards-based embedded service platform - the OSGi Service Platform (provided here in a robust production implementation as the IBM Service Management Framework(TM)), the FleetBoard solution enables new software service bundles to be downloaded via mobile networks (GSM/GPRS) in a timely and cost-efficient manner.