Main Course Technologies’ PortaTrack To Manage Mobile Assets

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NEWS
Issue #2001 - 05 (Jan. 2001)
(Updated on Jan. 31, 2001)

PRODUCTS, SERVICES & APPLICATIONS

Main Course Technologies’ PortaTrack To Manage Mobile Assets

Once predominately the domain of the military, Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking is now being made available to a host of organizations and individuals for everything from locating stolen equipment to locating children or the elderly. One company that is advancing the technology is Los Angeles-based Main Course Technologies which recently introduced PortaTrack, a Web-based tracking service utilizing GPS and wireless technologies.

PortaTrack allows dispatch, sales, and fleet managers to see the whereabouts of a piece of equipment, a vehicle, or a colleague on the screen of their mobile phone or PDA. For example, when tracking a vehicle, a fleet manager could view such particulars as

City, street, cross-street information,
Speed and direction of vehicle,
Both graphic maps and text reports of a vehicle’s travel history,
Real-time location of vehicle.

For the driver, PortaTrack’s road reports, such as traffic congestion, construction, and vehicle accidents, will keep them on schedule by helping to avoid traffic tie-ups.

"We have integrated our state-of-the-art database technology, GPS technology and Web and wireless devices to bring elegance and cost-effectiveness to mobile asset tracking," said Pat Coggins, Main Course Technologies’ co-founder and chief technology officer. "PortaTrack is what we call ‘device-agnostic,’ making it easy for individuals, small businesses, or corporations to leverage their existing infrastructure and investments," Coggins added.

For more information: http://gomct.com/MCT_docs/docs/info.htm

Mobileinfo Comments and Advisory: GPS is becoming an affordable technology and fleet management application is being offered by many - though there is room for growth still - mostly in systems and application integration.

Note: This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology architectures.

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