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Omnitracs' Layoffs And Product Concerns Are Nothing New, Source Says
Monday, August 2, 2021 - 2:59pm | 1087Tensions are still high among employees and executives at risk and asset management solutions provider Solera and its newly acquired companies Omnitracs and DealerSocket. After approximately 30% of employees at Omnitracs, a fleet telematics company, and DealerSocket, an automotive SaaS provider,...
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Exclusive: Massive Layoffs Hit Omnitracs And DealerSocket
Friday, July 23, 2021 - 10:41am | 1110A significant number of employees at logistics telematics company Omnitracs and SaaS provider DealerSocket were laid off this week, two months after both companies were acquired by Solera Holdings Inc. Many other employees received 90-day notices in a massive restructuring plan by Solera, a major...
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What's The Value Of FreightTech Patents? For Omnitracs, Maybe Nothing
Monday, June 21, 2021 - 10:34am | 1795For Omnitracs, patent number US 9,147,335 B2 — also known as "System and method for generating real-time alert notifications in an asset tracking system" — is key to its position as a leading fleet management software company. It's why Omnitracs filed a lawsuit last year against Platform Science...
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Omnitracs Technology Targets Distracted Driving
Thursday, June 10, 2021 - 3:01pm | 606Fleet intelligence and telematics provider Omnitracs announced Thursday the release of SmartSense for Inattentive Driving+, which identifies distracted driving and aims to reduce accidents. The next generation of the company's SmartSense technology uses cab-facing cameras and a sensor to engage AI...
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Omnitracs Under Review: Weaker Debt Position, But Tech Investments Roll On
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 2:42pm | 1006Omnitracs, the manufacturer of electronic logging devices (ELDs) and other telematics systems, got a mixed financial review from S&P Global Ratings in an infrequent look at a few of the company's financials. Omnitracs is privately held, with Vista Equity Partners as its majority owner. Vista...
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Omnitracs Innovation Lab Tackles Weather, Parking Deserts And Dwell Times
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 4:38pm | 582As part of a broader corporate transformation effort, Omnitracs has created an innovation team that aims to remove pain points and inefficiencies for carriers and their drivers. In existence for about a year, the lab is based in Chicago, a transportation hub that is deliberately apart from the...
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Omnitracs CEO: Company Needs To "Innovate Faster"
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 12:55pm | 991Although the year 2019 was not entirely "a bed of roses," Omnitracs made great strides in embracing data-driven technology solutions, said the CEO of the fleet management solutions company during its annual user conference in Las Vegas this week. In his keynote address, Ray Greer discussed the...
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Connectivity Restored To 99.9% Of Omnitracs ELDs
Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 10:25am | 483Omnitracs reported that 99.9% of its electronic logging devices (ELDs) affected by a four-day connectivity issue are working again, meaning truck drivers can stop manually tracking their movements. "We are here to assist the exceptional few customers who have not received the updated configuration...
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Omnitracs Chasing Solution To ELD Connectivity Issues
Monday, November 4, 2019 - 5:48pm | 509Industry telematics leader Omnitracs is still chasing a fix for a connectivity glitch that caused some models of its electronic logging devices (ELDs) to stop reporting accurate time and location data. "Resolving this issue is our highest priority, and our team is working around the clock until...