News & Events

iControl solutions are based upon a multidiscipline approach involving wireless communications, control system design, and web applications. Please review our written articles, white papers, press releases, and upcoming events for more information.

In The News:

• When Your Ship Comes In -DHS S&T Snapshots July 2007
• Bilateral Commission Studies Marine Asset Tag Tracking System - Embassy of the United States - Japan
• Out Beyond The Horizon - EurekAlert!
• MATTS Can Track Container's Cargo - Seapower Digital
• Tracking The Elusive Shipping Container - Science Daily
  
• DHS Puts MATTS In Play - Telematics Journal

2007 Press Releases:

• March 21, 2007: "iControl Incorporated Expands MATTS Network into the Port of Long Beach in Support of Commercial and Government Logistics Applications"
• March 13, 2007: " iControl Incorporated Announces Appointment of George Cavage as General Manager"
• March 6, 2007: "iControl Incorporated Awarded Department of Homeland Security Container Tracking and Monitoring Contract"
  
• Press Releases 2000-2006

White Papers and Published Articles:

• “Container Security Sensor Data Transmission in a Power-Limited Application”
  David Erickson
• “Gas Producer Taps LAN Benefits”, Land Mobile Magazine
• “Turning Vending Machines into Internet Appliances”
  Diane Quick
• “Creating Marine Asset Tracking Systems with MATRIXx”    Fred Tubb (published in National Instruments’ Customer Solutions page of their website at www.ni.com)
• “Sophisticated monitors help science track environment - A GROWING BUOY” published in Torrance, CA Daily Breeze newspaper, December 7, 2005
• January 2006 Maritime and Port Security Supplement to Marine Log (www.marinelog.com)

Previous Speaking Engagements:

• “Marine Asset Tag Tracking System” Presenter: E. Fred Tubb, President and CEO iControl Incorporated
  WSN Special Interest Group Monthly Event, American Electronics Assn
   
• “Managing the Supply Chain is not the Same as Securing the Supply Chain” Presenter: E. Fred Tubb, President and CEO iControl Incorporated
  WCA RFID Special Interest Group Duel Systems
   
• “Risk Prevention Technologies and Solutions -- Using Information Technology to Enhance Security and Greater Cargo Visibility” Panel Presenter: E. Fred Tubb, President and CEO iControl Incorporated
  North American Cargo Security Forum

• “DHS Security Initiatives: Marine Asset Tag Tracking System” Presented by E. Fred Tubb, President and CEO iControl Incorporated
  RFID Technical Institute, DeVry University seminar,
  RFID for Maritime
   
• “A Status Report on Development Efforts for the US Department of Homeland Security’s Marine Asset Tag Tracking System (MATTS)”
  Presented by E. Fred Tubb, President and CEO iControl, Incorporated
  Hi Tech & Electronics Logistics Summit