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TomTom debuts software alliance programme

TomTom Business Solutions has announced the launch of the TomTom Software Alliance Programme, a software integration, marketing, and sales programme that delivers additional value to commercial fleets by integrating core TomTom fleet management technology with industry leading software.
July 31, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
1692 TomTom Business Solutions has announced the launch of the TomTom Software Alliance Programme, a software integration, marketing, and sales programme that delivers additional value to commercial fleets by integrating core TomTom fleet management technology with industry leading software.

The company’s programme provides easy access to the its set of APIs, enabling the development of integrated ‘over-the-road’ vehicle and driver management capabilities. Leveraging these APIs and the company’s map data, IQ routes and HD traffic, it is claimed that TomTom and its partners can rapidly deploy a host of solutions including: quickest ETA vehicle assignment; real-time ETA calculations; two-way communications for dispatching and work-order flow; integrated turn-by-turn navigation; real-time GPS tracking and driver safety features.

"Our fleet customers are already realising a high degree of value from TomTom’s fleet management solutions and our value-added software partners,” said Michael Geffroy, vice president, TomTom Business Solutions. “Our decision to make more of our core technology freely available to more software companies shows our commitment to partnering. We believe our new Software Alliance program will lead to greater levels of innovation and value-add to a broader range of commercial fleets.”

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