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Cubic has partnered with Gulf Coast State College, Gulf Power and Florida’s Port Panama City in evaluating products and services to support the Internet of Things and training for job opportunities in the field.
The partnership is intended to combine the efforts of local industry, academic institutions and government agencies to create jobs that meet the needs of the Internet of Things market as well as expand Cubic’s mist mesh network, the company said Monday.
“It is time to take the mist mesh network technology commercial and I can’t think of a better place to demonstrate that than Panama City, Fla.,” said Randall Shepard, vice president of technology innovations at Cubic, which has been collaborating with GCSC on mist since 2011.
“By providing a realistic environment for the evaluation of the latest technologies, we get to see first-hand what works for us while providing real data for students and industry to develop commercially viable products and services,” added Wayne Stubbs, Port Panama City director.
The team will initially evaluate a notification system for inbound traffic at the port using electronic readers on Gulf Power structures to track and monitor tagged vehicles and cargo for faster processing.
Cubic is also working with GCSC’s Advanced Technology Center to educate students on the applications of data from the mist network and on carrying out software development for transportation and logistics management using that technology.
Job opportunities in engineering, logistics, big data analytics, cloud computing, cybersecurity and customer support are the goals of this collaboration.
