NIC-Place is the "place to be" for the transportation and logistics industry and has been offering software solutions that are holistically tailored to the requirements of visibility in transportation since 2009. With the Data Control Center, NIC-Place has established a completely new approach and standard for secure data exchange with other real-time visibility solutions on the market. It enables companies to participate in the connected logistics ecosystem while maintaining control over their closed partner network. NIC-Place is the market leader in temperature-controlled and high value transports as well as in rail logistics and is known for its deep and solid telematics knowledge. The software solution enables advanced visualization, monitoring and analysis of mixed fleets based on telematics- and temperature data as well as technical values. As of January 2022, NIC is a part of FourKites Inc, the world’s #1 provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions. Together with FourKites, the two systems have formed the largest multimodal carrier network in Europe, enabling asset tracking over the road, rail and ocean/barge. The acquisition will accelerate the implementation of secure real-time visibility solutions specifically for carriers, as well as significantly improve the value proposition for shippers with complex, multimodal carrier networks.