As we approach 2025, Manchester Digital is excited to share Picturing 2025 - a series of essays from our members offering insights into the tech trends and challenges ahead. Below, IMS discuss Innovating for a Sustainable Future
As we approach 2025, IMS is deeply focused on innovation, sustainability, and empowering our people. The digital landscape is evolving rapidly, and we are committed to staying ahead by leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance both our services and operations. At the heart of this transformation is our team – the talented individuals who drive our success every day.
Our vision for 2025 includes a stronger emphasis on sustainability. We are actively working to reduce our carbon footprint through initiatives such as promoting active travel, encouraging carbon literacy, and embedding eco-friendly practices across the business.
Driving Safer, Smarter Roads
IMS stands as the only technology provider offering products and solutions proven to help drivers improve their behaviour through customer engagement-driven design, delivered seamlessly via app-based technology. With over 25 years of connected driving experience and more than 18 million miles of data collected, IMS is uniquely positioned to apply emerging technologies to make driving safer and fairer for all.
The Power of Cloud Technology and Data Science
The IMS DriveSync® platform leverages the latest serverless, event-driven cloud technology to scale effortlessly to millions of connections. This approach enables IMS to achieve incredibly low processing and storage costs while maintaining a minimal carbon footprint. By driving efficiency across the entire operation, we can securely access data to fuel our AI-powered data science capabilities, continuously refining our solutions with global insights.
No matter where our people are located, we leverage remote technology to harness their amazing skills, ensuring that the entire team can contribute to our mission of creating safer roads and a more sustainable future.
AI and Data Insight: Shaping the Future of Driving
In the coming year, IMS will focus on harnessing AI to drive deeper insights into driver behaviour, ultimately making roads safer for all. By integrating new data sources from vehicle manufacturers and behavioural data and using AI to connect this data with our people, we can uncover valuable insights that will improve road safety.
We are also looking to partner with like-minded organisations to expand the concept of safer driving for everyone. A key part of this initiative is People Powered Technology Program, designed to develop and empower our team—the core of our business—ensuring they are equipped with the tools and knowledge to thrive in a rapidly changing digital world.
