IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CalAmp (Nasdaq:
CAMP), a global technology solutions pioneer transforming the
mobile connected economy, won the 2020 OCTANe High Tech Award for
Best Consumer Technology Innovation for its Here Comes The Bus®
school bus tracking solution developed by its subsidiary, Synovia
Solutions. This award recognizes a company in the Orange County ecosystem that exhibits
innovation in a consumer technology with a sustainable growth
strategy.
More than 350 districts across North
America rely on Here Comes The Bus to deliver real-time
school bus arrival and departure notifications to parents via
mobile push and email notifications. The school bus tracking
service is trusted by more than 2 million registered users today in
major metropolitan districts from New
York, Virginia and
Georgia to Indiana, Minnesota and California, as well as scores of smaller
districts across the U.S.
"Here Comes The Bus has had impressive growth and recent
accolades from well-regarded industry organizations like OCTANe are
testaments to the hard work and dedication of the Synovia and
CalAmp staff with a passion for keeping kids safe," stated
Jeff Gardner, CEO of CalAmp.
"Recognition in the incredibly competitive consumer technology
space is truly an honor. We are very grateful for OCTANe's
commitment to recognizing the role that organizational culture and
creativity plays in technological innovation and the significant
impact it makes in the wider community."
Here Comes The Bus® is an industry-leading and parent-approved
mobile app that demonstrates the tremendous power IoT portends to
solve long-standing, real-world problems. Recently, in response to
the pandemic, public school districts nationwide have used Here
Comes The Bus in exceedingly innovative ways to alert families
about meal and homework deliveries. The app allows all parties to
practice better physical distancing by avoiding trips to the
grocery store or food pantries. Approximately 125 school districts
used the app to provide these types of alerts to roughly 75,000
users.
"Congratulations to CalAmp for winning the Best Consumer
Technology Innovation Award at the 2020 High Tech Awards," stated
Rita Battocchio of OCTANe. "As
usual, there is no shortage of innovation in Orange County in this category and Here Comes
The Bus stood out as a market leader. CalAmp differentiated
themselves from their competition and demonstrated to our panel of
independent judges that they should be the winner."
The Here Comes The Bus app has earned a 4.6 star ranking on the
Apple App Store with more than 68,000 reviews and has recently
captured GSMA's coveted 2020 Global Mobile Award (GLOMO), an IoT
Evolution Excellence Award and an IHS Markit Innovation Award.
About High Tech Awards
The High Tech Awards (HTA)
seek to celebrate and recognize those individuals and companies who
make Orange County a center of
technology and medical technology innovation. In its 27th year, the
High Tech Awards has recognized and more than 100 innovative
companies in Orange County. This
is a great time to celebrate innovation and leadership in
Orange County as we emerge from a
global healthcare crisis. Learn more about High Tech Awards:
https://octaneoc.org/high-tech-awards/
About Octane
Octane convenes and enables the
Southern California technology and
medical technology business ecosystem by connecting people,
resources and capital. Our goal is to create 55,000+ high-value
technology jobs in Southern
California by 2030. We impact our community through
LaunchPad, an industry leading accelerator, Enterprise Solutions, a
new platform to provide companies capital and growth resources to
accelerate job creation, Signature Events & Programs, and
direct access to capital.
About CalAmp
CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP) is a global
technology solutions pioneer transforming the mobile connected
economy. We help reinvent business and improve lives around the
globe with technology solutions that streamline complex mobile IoT
deployments and bring intelligence to the edge. Our software and
subscription-based services, scalable cloud platform and
intelligent devices collect and assess business-critical data from
mobile assets and their contents. We call this The New How,
facilitating efficient decision making, optimizing mobile asset
utilization and improving road safety. Headquartered in
Irvine, California, CalAmp has
been publicly traded since 1983 and has 20 million products
installed and over 1.3 million software and services subscribers
worldwide.
LoJack®, Tracker™ and Here
Comes The Bus® are CalAmp brands. For more
information, visit calamp.com,
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Blog.
CalAmp, LoJack, TRACKER, Here Comes The Bus, iOn Vision and
associated logos are among the trademarks of CalAmp and/or its
affiliates in the United States,
certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other trademarks or
trade names mentioned are the property of their respective
owners.
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