ORBCOMM (News - Alert), a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, announced it has signed a marketing agreement with Camgian Microsystems Corporation (Camgian), a provider of advanced M2M networking technologies and solutions.

Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will supply Quantus, a secure, highly scalable M2M networking platform optimized for on-site inventory monitoring and logistics management of bulk solids and liquids such as oil and gas products, to the industrial market. The M2M supply chain solution is enabled by the ORBCOMM network.

"ORBCOMM's agreement with Camgian will further expand our market reach in providing global two-way data communications for M2M solutions in the oil and gas industry," said Brian Bell, ORBCOMM's executive vice president of Sales and Marketing, in a statement.

"Leveraging our core competencies, ORBCOMM and Camgian will facilitate application development and integration, shorten time to market and increase widespread adoption of tank monitoring solutions in the waste oil, virgin oil and fuel markets,” Bell added.

Quantus supports the networking of key industrial supply chain assets that include remote inventory storage vessels and tanker trucks, company officials said. Using ORBCOMM’s reliable global network, the solution can process the data collected from both fixed and mobile field assets. The advanced cloud-based analytics platform provides managers with near real-time information as it relates to optimization of their supply chain operations.

Featuring ubiquitous network coverage, open connectivity software and ruggedized hardware, Quantus is ideal for energy companies, waste management facilities, lubrication companies, asphalt factories and frac tanks looking to gain supply chain efficiencies, reduce operating expenses and enhance customer service, according to company officials.

“Camgian's operational intelligence platform utilizes ORBCOMM's high-performance network to enable the seamless flow and analysis of near real-time information between remote assets and the corporate back-office, which helps our customers significantly improve inventory management and decision making throughout the global supply chain," said Zvi Huber, Camgian’s General Manager of M2M Markets, in a statement.

In July, ORBCOMM announced that Novus International, a specialist in animal nutrition and health, has received the American Feed Industry Association's (AFIA) first-ever Information Technology (IT) Innovation Award for their bulk liquid inventory management solution enabled by ORBCOMM's satellite network.