Our team here at Ublip has a lot of experience building GPS tracking applications as well as M2M applications in general. One thing you quickly learn about these type of applications is that they have a lot of moving parts. There is the device and the embedded code that runs on it, there is the provisioning of this device with a wireless carrier, a gateway application to receive data from the device, a database to store the data, and a front end web application to display the data. And believe me, that is a simplified list. Usually people who are thinking about building an M2M application for the first time thing about either the device or the web application and grossly underestimate all the other pieces that must be put in place to have a functioning application end-to-end.

However, for a large subset of M2M applications, everything except the web application could be the same, or at least very similar. And while there are very few teams who have all the skills necessary to build and maintain an M2M application end-to-end, a talented web-development team is comparatively easy to put together.

With that in mind, Ublip is releasing a new product called Foundation which consists of a complete M2M software stack hosted on a dedicated server. You start with a complete turn-key solution from day one. Database, communications middleware, even a functioning web application; it’s all there. You get access to the complete source code of the web application so that you can modify it to meet your needs. We also provide professional services if you would like us to assist you.

We brought our first two Foundation customers online last week. We should have a product page up on our website any day now to make the product launch more official, but don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like more details.