In The News
Indianapolis — January 2012.
Keeping with its promise to serve customers with innovative solutions delivered
with outstanding support, Synovia introduces Synsurance™, a new fully turnkey,
hosted service that keeps systems updated and running and improves cash flow.
Through Synsurance™, Synovia provides a price guarantee for the term of agreement,
and a new monthly billing model helps customers keep their finances fluid. Other
benefits include:
• Guaranteed 99% uptime
• Lifetime warranty for replacements
• No upfront costs
• Automatic quarterly updates with new features, map data, patches, hot fixes
• Automatic hardware script updates –twice per year – proactive calling
• Live 24 months of data with managed back-ups and permanent archival (never lose data once it hits the servers)
• Proactive assessment of hardware/software/planned data import before Fall semester begins
Click here to learn more.
Indianapolis — January 2012.
David Payne has joined Synovia’s dedicated team of professionals, bringing more
than 30 years of sales and sales management leadership experience to better serve
Synovia clients. In his role as the Southern Region Sales and Marketing Manager,
Payne will be responsible for new business development of Synovia’s Fleet Management
and Software Solutions. Recognized for his contributions to marketing and management
of both high-tech start-ups as well as established marketing firms, Payne is a welcome
addition to the field of proven solutions Synovia offers its clients.
Payne’s background includes senior-level roles in marketing, sales, sales management,
and account management in the marketing, software, health, and information management
industries. He holds a Bachelors of Business Administration degree in marketing from the
University of Dayton, Ohio.
Indianapolis — March 24, 2011. It's a bird...it's a plane...no...it's
Clint and Joe! That's right folks, Clint Rooley and Joe O'Dell are reunited once
again to help school districts with their greatest challenges in transportation.
The "Dynamic Duo" has decided to join Team Synovia to help school transportation
departments meet the never-ending demands of providing safe and efficient transportation.
»
Download the entire Press Release [PDF 24K].
Indianapolis — November 2010. Synovia customers will be introduced
to the newest evolution in smart routing at this year's NAPT Summit in Portland,
OR. The fully integrated routing solution uses the most advanced web-based technology
to learn from your fleet and adjust routes accordingly in one, easy-to-use application.
Indianapolis — November, 2010. Designed to bring fleets easier and
faster solutions that work right the first time, The SilverLining Suite of Solutions
offers customers web-based options to track, manage, route and respond to what's
happening on the road. The latest addition to the Suite is the fully integrated
21st Century Routing solution that informs every decision with accurate and meaningful
data from your fleet.
Indianapolis — July 8, 2009. Micronet and Synovia have collaborated
in the past year on the development of a fully integrated school-bus fleet management
and student transportation solution, leading to the recently announced significant
project wins by Synovia.
Houston Business Journal — May, 2009. The Houston Independent School
District can now wirelessly monitor its fleet of more than 1,100 school buses and
official vehicles in real-time, thanks to an agreement the district has signed with
Synovia Corp. and AT&T Inc.
School Bus Fleet — February, 2007. Synovia's newest product line,
the Passenger Accountability System, helps school districts track and manage special-needs
students.
Georgia School Bus Magazine — Fall, 2006. At its fundamental level,
GPS technology will allow districts to remotely monitor where buses travel and what
they do along the way. With some additional options, the system may offer live status
monitoring, student identification, enhanced mapping and routing, and driver payroll
automation.
School Bus Fleet — August, 2006. School bus operators who want to
track the time and place of student boardings and deboardings have three options:
bar codes, radio frequency identification (RFID) and biometric systems. Each has
its own benefits and drawbacks.
School Transportation News — May, 2006.
District's desire to track bus locally or across multiple counties or states drives
decision on two-way radio or cellular coverage.
The Birmingham News — January, 2006.
Synovia's first customer in Alabama, Bessemer City Schools, is equipping its fleet
with GPS hardware.
The Journal Gazette — December, 2005. Next year, Fort Wayne Community
Schools officials will be able to tell where each of the district's 250 buses is
at any time.
Los Angeles, CA — September, 2005. TechnoCom Corporation®, a
leading provider of solutions to enable wireless location services and assure their
ongoing performance, announces the availability of the LMU-4000, a fourth generation
"smart" GPS location and messaging device and platform for mobile asset
management. The first units will be shipped to Synovia.
School Bus Fleet — August, 2005. Although still in its infancy in
school transportation applications, GPS (global positioning system) technology can
be used to do more than just track buses.
School Transportation News — July, 2005. Synovia's GPS quickly proved
itself when it conclusively eliminated issues of contributory negligence; plus parent
complaints have dwindled.
California Educational Technology Professionals Association — April, 2005.
An article exploring how school districts are currently using GPS systems, what
components are involved in purchasing a system and what to look for when evaluating
GPS vendors.
Fort Wayne, IN — November, 2004. Fort Wayne Community School Corporation
(FWCS), in Fort Wayne, Indiana, operates a fleet of 300 buses from two separate
transportation centers. The district's commitment to keep its buses running efficiently
and safely is evident with its most recent initiative.
Lafayette, IN — October, 2004. Tippecanoe School Corporation (TSC)
is no stranger to innovation. The district was the first in Indiana to pilot a GPS
system, the first to outfit its entire fleet of school buses, and is now the first
to pilot an integrated GPS and routing solution.
Indianapolis, IN — September, 2004. The Metropolitan School District
of Wayne Township, in Indianapolis, Indiana, has recently outfitted its entire fleet
of 150 school buses with Synovia's GPS hardware.
Indianapolis, IN — May, 2004. Indianapolis NBC Affiliate - Channel
13 Education Reporter Rich Van White interviews Brad Bishop, Vice President of Synovia
and Norm Foust, Transportation Director of Washington Township Schools and reports
on why Synovia's GPS solution is what some are calling the "school bus safety
system of the future".
Greensboro, NC — November 2002. At this year's supplier council meeting
for the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services
(NASDPTS), Synovia was selected as a member for the Steering Committee.
Indianapolis, IN — February 2002. Synovia and Edulog have begun work
on integrating Synovia's mobile asset management system, WizKid, with the EduLog.NT
management system.
