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Motus Expands Leadership Team to Accelerate Growth and Customer Value at Scale

Investment in New Chief Technology Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, and Chief Customer Officer to Drive Innovation and Incremental Value for Customers Over the Long-Term BOSTON, Mass., October 13, 2022 –...

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Mileage Reimbursement
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Mileage Reimbursement 101: Solution Choosing Need-to-Knows

Lara Gibbons on February 2, 2017

Reimbursing your mobile workforce correctly is of utmost importance. If done incorrectly, your company can expose itself to risk of a potential class-action lawsuit (which in some cases has cost…

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Food & Bev Companies
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Food & Bev Companies Can Streamline Their Vehicle Program

Lara Gibbons on January 26, 2017

More and more people are beginning to drive for work; in fact, by 2020, an overwhelming majority of the U.S. workforce will be comprised of mobile employees. Many of these…

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Connecticut Superintendent of Schools Pleads Guilty to Mileage Fraud

Xochitl Arteaga on January 20, 2017

Exaggerating the number of miles someone has driven for work is a form of employee theft. Although sometimes disregarded, employee mileage fraud poses a serious threat to businesses operating with…

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2017 IRS Mileage Rate
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Vehicle Reimbursement

2017 IRS Mileage Rate: What You Need to Know

Xochitl Arteaga on January 11, 2017

The IRS recently announced the standard mileage rate for 2017, advising taxpayers of the optional cents per mile reimbursement rate for the year. It’s important for businesses with mobile employees…

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Preventing a Vehicle Program Audit
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5 Tips for Preventing a Vehicle Program Audit

Xochitl Arteaga on December 14, 2016

There are many reasons why the IRS may audit your organization. But most decision makers often overlooked their vehicle program. Have a fleet? Maybe a reimbursement program? Regardless, the way…

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Cloud Computing
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The Importance of Cloud Computing

Scott Rankin on December 12, 2016

“Cloud computing.” “Mainframes.” These terms are often used without much context or explanation. To a technologist, these terms are really shorthand for two very different approaches to software design, development,…

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Fleet Vehicle Mileage Reporting
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Fleet Vehicle Mileage Reporting 101

Lara Gibbons on December 9, 2016

Giving your workers access to company-owned vehicles, also known as “fleets,” can greatly benefit both employers and employees. If companies don’t administer those fleets correctly, though, the potential benefits can…

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Production Systems
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Technological Transformation Part 2: Production

Scott Rankin on October 18, 2016

In part one of this series, we discussed the radical transformation of the Motus internal systems as we moved from a legacy monolithic application to a service-based platform. This post will detail the evolution our staging and production systems undertook in order to support the new platform.

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Mobile Workforce Technology

How Mobile Technology Lowers Costs and Increases Productivity

Alexis Reed on October 13, 2016

Mobile technology has reached a tipping point in business, and for good reason. Not only has mobile adoption reached a critical mass among employees, but many businesses are finding that those employees are willing – and in some cases even eager – to leverage their own devices for business applications. While companies originally feared mobile would be more of a distraction than a benefit, they are today finding the opposite to be true.

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