Zinc's occupational communication platform, geared towards deskless workers in service industries, has been picked up by ServiceMax after receiving equity from CVC subsidiaries of GE and Hearst.

Zinc, the US-based occupational communication platform backed by industrial conglomerate General Electric and media group Hearst, was acquired by service sector software publisher ServiceMax for an undisclosed sum yesterday.

Zinc runs an occupational communication platform that helps distribute information across enterprises that utilise deskless workers for purposes such as field services, construction, hospitality and healthcare.

The software exploits technologies including secure broadcasting, video messaging, push-to-talk functionality, analytics and location sharing to facilitate communication across multiple modes within the client’s organisation.