Juggernaut Battle Incoming: Starlink vs. Kuiper
What do you do when Amazon comes for your lunch?
Amazon has announced a $10B investment in a LEO constellation
Joining SpaceX in the race to establish a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, Amazon announced on Thursday, 30 July, 2020 that the company would be investing $10 Billion in Project Kuiper, a new constellation that would provide broadband internet access on a global scale. This announcement follows SpaceX’s announcement and...
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Designing for Growth
Designing, building, and launching products in any industry is perhaps the purest test of a company’s core competencies. With a multitude of factors at play, and an unmistakable talent requirement, innovating for success is a challenge most firms are not equipped to achieve. GSE is a relatively small firm for its industry footprint and reputation, and in its 16-year history, has proven itself on multiple occasions to have the special sauce...
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Is your Software Positioned for Growth?
The majority of potential enterprise and government clients in the market for telematics and fleet management solutions are looking for a way to manage an entire data ecosystem, and they’re aware of their ability to capture and track more than just location data. In order to remain on the competitive edge, solution providers need to ensure their software platform continues to evolve so they too can remain ahead of this demand.
Things to...
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Hacking Satellite - Innovation Events
When I joined GSE a couple of years ago, Sean and I discussed the possibility of running innovation events like hackathons and engineering challenges within the satellite community in order to demonstrate thought leadership and accelerate the future of our industry. Since those initial conversations, we’ve had a number of massive undertakings with regard to our flagship products that have tabled those innovation events. Just this week,...
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5G and the future of SatCom
2019 was a massive year for the development and deployment of 5G, and many of the industry's best minds have already been able to process the implications for SatCom, and as such, it is important for our clients and partners to understand the future opportunities as well as the conversations that will be swirling about. As it is, there is hardly a consensus with regard to the exact role of existing satellite networks in the 5G future, but most...
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Telematics Service Providers Accelerate to Revenue
GSatTrack is Deploy Ready
Expand Existing Projects, Address Untapped Market Opportunities
GSatTrack is a cloud-based hardware-agnostic telematics system that supports nearly all satellite products in the SATCOM industry as well as many cellular devices, and dual mode (Sat/Cell) devices built on a multilingual platform.
Retain and grow business with your existing customers and attract new customers by providing complete solutions to open a...
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Product Management and Growth in the Satellite Industry
Product Managing for Satellite
Coming to work for GSE two years ago is one of the best decisions I have ever made. Truly a unicorn in its industry, GSE has unlocked the secret to operating successfully in an industry that rewards stability and legacy systems while simultaneously investing in the tools, products, and initiatives that get ahead of the market.
What, exactly, does it really take to succeed as a product manager in the satellite...
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Feature Highlight: GSatTrack - Two-Factor Authentication
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an enhanced method of securing your account with GSatTrack. Once configured and enabled, two forms of identification are then required to log into your account:
Your password
A trusted device
Requiring two different forms of identification – something you know and something in your possession – increases the security of your account, dramatically reducing the chances of an unauthorized party accessing it....
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Feature Highlight: GSatTrack - Data Integration Options
Tracking providers often highlight their versatility in getting data into their systems by accepting a wide variety of data formats and protocols from a multitude of devices. GSatTrack is no exception to this, allowing one to integrate hundreds of different device types under a single platform. The flip-side, however, to getting data into a singular system is often how one can get data back out of the system in order to integrate with legacy,...
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Universal CANbus solution remotely monitors vehicles and heavy machinery of all types
In today’s world, a Controller Area Network (CAN) is used in diverse industrial machinery which may consist of multiple microcontroller modules that need to communicate to each other for safe, efficient and uninterrupted operation and provide an extended functionality. Be it a refrigerating trailer unit or paver, a bus or a drilling rig, a truck or a combine-harvester, they all utilize a very sophisticated communication mechanism with...
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