PickMe, a Home Grown Taxi-Hailing Solution from Sri Lanka Chooses 42Gears for Its Device Management Needs

PickMe uses SureLock and SureMDM from 42Gears to secure smartphones given to drivers registered to it. SureLock combined with SureMDM created a solid platform for it to manage all its dedicated devices.

Santa Clara, CA, November 25, 2015 --(PR.com)-- PickMe, currently Sri Lanka’s only taxi aggregator, runs a network that connects taxi operators registered with the company to users who book rides through its app. It is securely managing hundreds of smartphones used by taxi drivers by ensuring drivers access only allowed applications using 42Gears products.

PickMe is the only live taxi hailing app in Sri Lanka that allow passengers to enjoy faster, safer and smarter travelling. It is a GPS and GIS based software that helps passengers hail the closest taxi from anywhere in the island.

Many of its drivers armed with smartphones are not well acquainted with operating them. PickMe wanted to trace the activities of drivers on the smartphone. It also needed a web-based application that would give them a centralised view of all the connected devices. After an exhaustive assessment of different products PickMe chose SureLock and SureMDM because of its user-friendly web console and intuitiveness.

"SureMDM works seamlessly with SureLock and provides a powerful device lockdown and management platform that empower supervisors protect devices from abuse. SureMDM is a simple web based application which supports almost all browsers and gives a centralised view of all the connected devices. With SureMDM, tracking logs, generating reports to even checking health of the mobile devices becomes really easy," says Rinkal Bhanderi, Product Manager, 42Gears.

PickMe extensively explored SureLock features and were happy to find that the product covered features like mass deployment of devices and accessible device settings.

“SureLock combined with SureMDM, offers us a solid platform to manage dedicated devices as well as lock them to a single application which is really serving our purpose. SureLock with its numerous features can be easily tailored to our precise needs. The support from 42Gears has been great with quick response to all our queries,” says Shadiq Zameen, Manager- Customer Operations, Digital Mobility Solutions Lanka (PVT) Ltd.

With the implementation of SureLock and SureMDM PickMe expects a lot more driver efficiency in terms of picking up customers and dropping them off at their destinations.

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42Gears Mobility Systems provides multi-platform mobile device management solutions that help companies deploy, configure, manage and secure enterprise mobile devices. Over 5000 customers across 90 countries use 42Gears' products for managing and securing thousands of mobile devices.
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