  == Masternaut ==   Masternaut is a pan-European telematics company specialising in fleet and workforce management, asset tracking services and Microsoft CRM and ERP software.  It has featured in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, a list of the fastest growing UK technology firms, in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.   In April 2011 Masternaut merged with former AIM-listed competitor Cybit, and is operating under the Masternaut name. The company is backed by IT investment company Francisco Partners.    Masternaut has over 500 employees, with offices in five countries.  ===Masternaut/Cybit company history:===  2012 - Martin Hiscox appointed chairman and CEO of Masternaut   ::Partnership with Telefonica signed, estimated to be worth $910million between 2012-2020  2011 - Masternaut merges with Cybit in a £100m deal to create Europe’s largest telematics solutions provider, with a 10,000-strong customer base spread across 32 countries 2009 Cybit acquires Oxloc – a specialist non-powered asset tracking devices provider  ::Masternaut acquires hosting and data store company Fibre-City for £6 million  :: Private equity firm Francisco Partners acquires Cybit Holdings plc in £23 million deal and takes company private  2008 Cybit acquires Truck24, a German Telematics Logistics provider, for €4 million  ::Acquire GPS Contactless CANbus technology from NCI Group and patent protect it   2007 Cybit acquires public sector telematics specialist Amatics  :: Cybit acquires Thales Telematics from Thales Group   2006 Masternaut acquires Three X, a mobile workforce software business, from GE  2000 Cybit raises early-stage investment capital via AIM Listing  2001 SDM rebranded to Masternaut 1996 Masternaut founded by Serge Deleau in France under the name SDM  === Technology: === Masternaut’s solutions use Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to track a vehicle, employee or asset’s location and transmit performance data in real time to Masternaut’s data centre. This has a number of applications, such as fleet management, scheduling workforce management, fixed asset management and lone worker tracking. These can be integrated with back-office systems, such as Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, Goldmine, SAP and Oracle.   ===Website=== www.masternaut.com  ==References== 