Technology

Modern Problems, Modern Solutions Driving down a slick, sweeping highway in Germany, Jeff copilots a car fitted with a multitude of sensors, an array of mobile devices tracking even the barest of movements. His hands, as you might imagine, are full scanning the many screens and jotting down information spewing from his test rig. Jake,…

How Security Consulting Services Can Capitalize in 2019 You don’t need us to tell you that cybersecurity is in a good place. Following the data breaches of large consumer retailers and Equifax, cybersecurity is no longer a “nice to have.” Like safety belts and airbags in a vehicle, cybersecurity is a company essential. So, what…

What’s the future of electric vehicles? Electric vehicles made recent news when Trump administration official Larry Kudlow announced their intent to remove subsidies for their purchase. This news might cause businesses providing company cars to their employees to pump the breaks on exploring the environmental future of their fleet. But there’s much more to the…

Edge Computing and How it Impacts Autonomous Vehicles What is edge computing? Well, it will likely be the key to a global Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) infrastructure (especially autonomous vehicles). Unlike cloud computing, edge computing pushes storage and processing closer to the source of data and not to a large centralized system. In other…

Vehicle Management Provider Recognized for its Market-Leading Technology and Innovation in Servicing the Growing Mobile Workforce BOSTON, Mass., October 3, 2018 – Motus, the definitive leader in mileage reimbursement and driver management technologies, today announced that it received the Business Intelligence Group’s BIG Award for Business and was named 2018 Company of the Year in…

Okay, you knew one of us was going to write about blockchain at some point – so here goes nothing. Blockchain, as defined by the MIT Technology Review, is simply “a mathematical structure for storing data in a way that is nearly impossible to fake.” It has become a driving force in today’s tech world,…

Car connectivity in fleets is a growing trend. In one of our recent blog posts, Motus Vice President of R&D and Product Innovation, John Petrucelli, explored Google and Apple’s race to phone and car connectivity. Android Auto and Carplay have opened up a whole new world of automation for drivers across the globe. And while…

We know that battery drain ­­­­can get you down – so we’re here to bring you back up with Smart Track! This new feature is designed to help users reduce battery drain while using the Motus App to automatically track business mileage. Let’s get your questions answered so you’re fully clear on the benefits of…

Embedded versus tethered apps: Who wins the battle? Your phone knows a lot about you – and is getting smarter every day. Why not share some of that data with your vehicle (especially if you drive for work)? The notion of connectivity, however, introduces a whole new set of privacy issues. The million-dollar question remains:…

A few weeks back I had the pleasure of attending Google I/O: a developer festival in Mountain View, CA that “brings together developers from around the globe annually for talks, hands-on learning with Google experts and a first look at Google’s latest developer products.” The conference gave me a first-hand glimpse into how Google is…