• Vizion in focus at upcoming conference
    • 20/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Vizion’s annual conference will take place on 22-23 March at the Telford International Centre. Hosted by former Top Gear and Fifth Gear presenter Quentin Willson, the conference – Kinetic; let’s move forward together - will take delegates on a journey over the two-day event by considering the critical shifts [...]
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  • Driver distrust negating connected car benefits
    • 15/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The potential benefits of connected vehicles are not being realised due to distrust from drivers about who has access to their data. According to The Deloitte 2023 Global Automotive Consumer Study, 30% of motorists in the US are sceptical about sharing the personal data collected by connected cars. This means [...]
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  • Dealers turn to tech to cut costs
    • 09/11/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Dealers are increasingly looking at technology to help manage the rising cost of business. This is according to data from MAD Devs, which has reached a milestone of 800 dealerships in record time as management teams look to reduce operating costs. The company has seen high-profile dealers join its platforms, [...]
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  • Kagool continues international growth
    • 21/10/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Coventry-based software and services company Kagool has continued its expansion strategy by opening new offices in Singapore. Kagool has developed bespoke technology that seamlessly integrates defined data sets to the cloud delivering real-time actionable insights, with time-to-value measured in weeks instead of [...]
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  • LKQ names new head of channel
    • 12/08/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    LKQ Coatings has appointed Jodie Mullard as new head of channel. Mullard joins from LKQ Europe, where she was director of digital customer experience, overseeing everything from product value propositions, centralisation and execution of the digital portfolio, through to business model development and the effective [...]
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  • Insurers drive double-digit CAPS growth
    • 29/03/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Data from 2021 shows a 23% increase in the use of CAPS as a number of top UK motor insurance companies now use the platform to communicate with their motor repair supply chain. Insurers such as Ageas, Direct Line, Esure, LV= and Sabre are now among those using CAPS to exchange data directly to the software [...]
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  • Solera strengthens AI services
    • 10/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Solera Holdings has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Spireon, one of North America’s largest device-independent telematics and connected vehicle intelligence companies. The acquisition from Greenbriar Equity Fund will further strengthen Solera’s position as a leading provider of AI-powered software, [...]
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  • Marriot Motor Group enhances security protocols
    • 01/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Marriot Motor Group has boosted the data security it can provide customers in a new partnership with iStoreDOCS. The iStoreDOCS platform, which integrates with sales and dealer technology systems to reduce the need to re-enter data and provides an audit trail of activity for each customer, has rolled out to 13 [...]
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  • Thatcham Research and WTW combine data
    • 26/01/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    WTW and Thatcham Research have announced a new partnership that combines their data and analytical capabilities to deliver a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of increasingly advanced vehicle technologies on claims risk. Vehicle technology is experiencing a seismic transformation and the pace of change [...]
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