How remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance can deliver major cost-savings for city fleet managers

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Luke Antoniou speaks to Cloudera’s Cindy Maike about these empowering technologies .

 

Fleet management and maintenance represent a major cost center for cities around the world. Remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance solutions, however, can help to deliver major savings as well as provide real-time visibility on fleets – from trucks to buses, and other city-run vehicles. To deliver maximum benefit, the solutions need to be powered by advanced data management and analytics systems. The data management challenge is only getting tougher, especially given the proliferation of the connected vehicles and devices that collect the data. Luke Antoniou, senior editor, SmartCitiesWorld, talks to Cindy Maike, vice president of industry solutions and value management, Cloudera.