Geotab's GO7 telematics product has received a 2014 M2M Evolution IoT Excellence Award from TMC and Crossfire Media, the company has announced.

The 2014 M2M Evolution IoT Excellence Award honors innovative products that support the availability of information being deduced, inferred and directly gathered from sensors, systems and anything else that is supporting better business and personal decisions.

The GO7 is an innovative plug-and-play device with internal antennas — eliminating installation and out-of service vehicle time — significantly lowering installation costs and immediately improving fleets' productivity. Combined with Geotab's fleet management software, MyGeotab, the GO7 is the world's most sophisticated telematics solution.

Top features of the GO7 include: easy plug-and-play installation; external device expandability via IOX Technology; intelligent in-vehicle driver coaching; small form factor device with internal antennas; North American and European cellular network certified; breakthrough accident detection, notification and forensic data storage; accurate engine diagnostics, DTC, and proprietary engine data; real-time vehicle data with high value data sampling and recording at low MB overhead; fast GPS acquisition time using Almanac OTA support; built-in auto-calibrating accelerometer; and data collected is available in a secure, web-based interface and data mining toolkit.