Telogis
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| Private | |
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Aliso Viejo, California |
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Number of employees
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500-1000 (2015) |
| Parent | Verizon |
| Website | www |
Telogis is a privately held US-based company that develops location-based software to manage mobile resources. Telogis sells software as a service (SaaS) which incorporate location information into applications for fleet owners as well as geospatial software development toolkits.
Telogis was founded in 2001 by Howard Jelinek, Newth Morris and Ralph Mason, as a trunked radio hardware and software provider. Former Novell Inc. Chairman and CEO Jack Messman is chairman of the board of directors. The company was started with investments from its founders, and by 2012 the privately held company had approximately $69 million in revenue.
Wall Street Journal reporter Don Clark stated of the company's technology that, "Telogis exploited the evolution of software-as-a-service–placing data from vehicles in the cloud ... so that companies that own vehicle fleets can track their cars and trucks without the need to set up their own servers for the purpose." In July 2010 Telogis acquired the assets of Remote Dynamics, then in February, 2011 Telogis acquired the assets of Intergis, a provider of routing, mobile resource and fleet management software for approximately 2,000 small to mid-sized business fleets. In July 2012 Telogis acquired Navtrak. The acquisition resulted in Telogis Navigation, commercial navigation software that gives professional drivers built-in feedback systems to provide up-to-date road network information.
The company's first outside venture capital was announced in October 2013, with $93 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. In February 2011 private investors provided $2.9 million. Additional funding was received from GM Ventures in 2014.
On June 21, 2016, it was announced that Telogis will merge with Verizon via an acquisition.
Telogis software collects location-based data from embedded and installed hardware in vehicles, as well as from mobile devices. It works on over 40 different hardware platforms from 12 different manufacturers and collects an important array of data. Telogis also provides a software development kit for users to create location-based mobile and desktop applications. One of the primary functions of Telogis's software is to provide United States Federal Government mandated hours of service commercial driver activity logs.
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