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Quake Global… Shakes Up List Of Top 100 M2M Companies

[SatNews] recognizes the companies that have established the top products, services and commitment to enable connectivity in the M2M marketplace.

Quake Global, Inc., a manufacturer of machine-to-machine (M2M) devices for terrestrial and satellite networks, has been named to the Connected World (CW) 100 for 2014.

Connected World magazine announced the 2014 CW 100 companies in a press release Sept. 24. The list, published annually by the magazine, recognizes the companies that have established the top products, services and commitment to enable connectivity in the M2M marketplace.

The CW 100 is intended to provide the definitive list of the leading companies that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technology in M2M, according to the magazine’s press release. The companies are determined by the editors of Connected World.

“To be included in this prestigious list with so many other industry leaders is an honor,” said Michael Geffroy, vice president, sales and marketing, Quake Global. “It validates QUAKE™’s position as a dynamic and energetic global powerhouse in M2M. We offer a full portfolio of devices and end-to-end integrated hardware and software solutions for a wide range of M2M applications, using cellular, satellite and RFID links. We’re providing the enabling technology for tracking, monitoring and managing remote assets ranging from heavy construction machines and ships at sea, to hand tools and parts in factories and prescription drugs in hospitals.”

Quake Global, Inc. designs and manufactures industrial M2M devices for asset tracking and monitoring using satellite, cellular, GPS and other technologies. Through a network of international distributors, QUAKE™ sells M2M solutions to original equipment manufacturers and other companies in the heavy equipment, aviation, maritime, trucking, utility, oil/gas and rail markets.

Major customers include Bell Equipment, Caterpillar, Doosan, Faria, Hitachi, Hyundai, Komatsu, Marine Instruments, Sumitomo and Volvo. The company has deployed more than one million M2M devices worldwide and is ranked by Inc. as one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the United States. Founded in 1998, QUAKE is headquartered in San Diego with offices overseas.