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TomTom and Pitney Bowes Expand Partnership to Serve Growing Market for Location-Based Intelligence and Data Solutions
TomTom (News - Alert) (TOM2)
and Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI)
today announce an expansion of their partnership. TomTom's global
location content is assisting Pitney Bowes to strengthen its position as
the preferred single-source provider of enterprise-grade location
intelligence solutions worldwide.
This announcement bolsters the long-standing partnership between TomTom
and Pitney Bowes, and demonstrates both companies' commitment to serving
the Enterprise GIS market.
"When we think about location intelligence, we are guided by a powerful
motto: 'Locate success'," states Bob Guidotti, Pitney Bowes' President
of Software Solutions. "Our clients trust our software solutions and
data to help them make informed business decisions, take advantage of
new location-based marketing opportunities and identify and manage
previously unseen risks."
The sophisticated Location Intelligence Suite of software solutions from
Pitney Bowes is enhanced with the accuracy and freshness of TomTom's
international map content and diverse layers of location-based data.
Businesses across all industries are looking to extract valuable
insights from data to deliver a clear view of customers, including who
they are and what they want, no matter where they are located. The
mapping and location technologies from Pitney Bowes help businesses
better communicate with their customers, create more targted promotions
and pursue new cross-selling opportunities.
"Being selected by Pitney Bowes reaffirms that TomTom is the industry
standard for global maps and location data used in enterprise-grade GIS
applications," says Anders Truelsen, Managing Director of TomTom's
Licensing Business Unit.
"We are extremely proud to partner with Pitney Bowes and support them as
they harness the full potential of our mapping services and data:
including road networks, address points, postal codes, administrative
boundaries and, with this latest agreement, additional data-driven
insights from TomTom's best-in-class Traffic services."
TomTom data accuracy is critical to the performance of the location
intelligence solutions of Pitney Bowes, particularly for industries such
as Telecommunications looking to optimize mobile network performance;
Insurance for precisely locating assets to identify potential risks; and
State and Local Government to efficiently allocate and manage government
assets and services.
Going beyond these core offerings, Pitney Bowes is rolling out a suite
of new vertical solutions addressing common business challenges
including fraud management, compliance and customer communication. With
this accelerated partnership, TomTom and Pitney Bowes will jointly
collaborate to redefine GIS products and location intelligence services
worldwide.
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About TomTom
At TomTom (TOM2) our mission is to make technology so easy to use, that
everyone can benefit from it. We created easy to use navigation devices,
helping millions of people to get where they want to be. Today, we
continue to simplify the complex, making technology more accessible for
everyone. We have four customer facing business units: Consumer,
Telematics, Automotive and Licensing.
We make easy to use navigation devices, sport watches and action cameras
for consumers. We enable businesses with vehicles to more easily manage
and improve fleet efficiency whilst increasing overall business
performance with our Telematics solutions. We also offer a world leading
real-time map platform that is powering innovative location based
services and helping to make automated driving a reality for the
automotive industry. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Amsterdam, we
have over 4,600 employees and sell our products worldwide.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) is a global technology company powering
billions of transactions - physical and digital - in the connected and
borderless world of commerce. Clients around the world, including 90
percent of the Fortune 500, rely on products, solutions and services
from Pitney Bowes in the areas of customer information management,
location intelligence, customer engagement, shipping, mailing, and
global ecommerce. And with the innovative Pitney Bowes Commerce Cloud,
clients can access the broad range of Pitney Bowes solutions, analytics,
and APIs to drive commerce. For additional information visit Pitney
Bowes, the Craftsmen of Commerce, at www.pitneybowes.com.
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