HARMAN International, focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer, and enterprise markets, recently announced a multi-year partnership with ORBCOMM, a company delivering visibility, intelligence and efficiency to some of the world’s largest shipping lines, over-the-road trucking, and cold chain transportation fleets.
This strategic partnership aims to further strengthen and expand ORBCOMM’s R&D operations by scaling innovation, delivering advanced data and platform engineering and global support for their asset intelligence product portfolio. ORBCOMM and HARMAN have come together to set up a new extended development centre in Bangalore, one of the fastest-growing technology hubs in the world.
ORBCOMM picked HARMAN Digital Transformation Solutions, recognising its position in data modernisation, industrial AI, data science, advanced BI and analytics services within the midsize provider segment. Through this engagement, ORBCOMM will harness HARMAN’s scale and expertise in building end-to-end connectivity solutions, data platforms and Agentic-AI accelerators that transform data into actionable insights, driving greater efficiency, safety, resilience, and sustainability for ORBCOMM’s customers.
“Our collaboration with ORBCOMM represents a pivotal leap in the evolution of industrial IoT with advanced data and AI platforms driving trust and actionable intelligence,” said Vikas Gupta, Executive Vice President and General Manager, HARMAN. “By fusing HARMAN’s cutting-edge DataOps and Agentic-AI technologies with ORBCOMM’s market-leading IoT solutions, we are set to unlock powerful insights and automation that enable high-quality decision-making and redefine how industries track, monitor, and control assets at a global scale.”
“Our strategic collaboration with HARMAN marks a new chapter in delivering asset intelligence solutions,” said Udaya Shrivastava, Chief Technology and Information Officer, ORBCOMM. “By combining HARMAN’s strength in advanced analytics and connectivity with ORBCOMM’s proven expertise in IoT-driven asset management, the extended development centre in Bangalore is expected to catalyse innovation to deliver smarter, more resilient industrial IoT solutions for global supply chain and cold chain markets.”
This partnership emphasises HARMAN’s ongoing dedication to pioneering digital transformation across industries and represents a critical step forward in ORBCOMM’s broader mission to digitalise the end-to-end smart container journey—at port, at sea and on land.
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