Trimble Horizon--a New Cloud Platform for Field Service Management

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Oct 16, 2014, 06:30 ET

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today its new cloud-based platform for field service management—Trimble® Horizon. Trimble Horizon will be the core platform for its Field Service Management (FSM) suite of solutions and services. Built upon Trimble's robust hosting and infrastructure framework, Trimble Horizon supports the following capabilities:

Solutions – Trimble's cloud-based solution suite which includes Work Management, Fleet Management and Driver Safety
Mobility – Mobile applications and tools for better empowerment, data sharing and collaboration in the field
Connect – Web services to enable seamless integration
Insight – Business intelligence and analytics tools

Trimble Horizon offers customers an extensible, flexible platform allowing them to depend on Trimble as a single provider for all their field service needs. Cloud-based and modular, Trimble Horizon enables organizations to drive an agile, dynamic field service operation.

"We are delighted to introduce Trimble Horizon," said John Cameron, general manager of Trimble's Field Service Management Division. "In a world where technology is so fast moving, we wanted to provide our customers and businesses globally with a foundation for innovation. Trimble Horizon will allow them to add, extend and integrate technologies as their needs change, providing them with the agility to adapt and innovate. Trimble Horizon will couple our best-in-class field service management solutions with integration opportunities and the ability for customers to configure and utilize specific modules across the platform's global infrastructure."

Trimble Horizon is a key element of Trimble's FSM global strategy to continually focus on solutions and tools to better enable organizations around the world in driving service excellence and empowering the mobile workforce.

Trimble will be hosting a Webinar with Aberdeen Group on Thursday, Oct. 30. Aly Pinder, senior research analyst of the Aberdeen Group, will discuss the key emerging technologies empowering workers in the field including the use of mobility. To register for the Webinar, or to sign up for a recording, register here:
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=qhxelxfmvubx.

For more information about Trimble Horizon, visit: www.trimble.com/fsm/horizon.

About Trimble's Field Service Management Division

Trimble's Field Service Management Division provides visibility into field and fleet operations so businesses can streamline efficiency and increase productivity. The Field Service Management suite includes Fleet Management, Work Management and Scheduling, Worker Safety and Mobility solutions that transform the effectiveness of work, workers and assets in the field. The cloud-based portfolio allows Trimble to offer customers industry-specific, enterprise-level solutions for exceptional performance and ease of use.

For more information, visit: www.trimble.com/fsm.

About Trimble

Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring position or location—including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to utilizing positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver the solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

For more information, visit: www.trimble.com.

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