As we close out yet another year, I am constantly amazed at how much things change on the waterfront and the boats that ply the adjacent waters. Similarly, I like to tell people that it was five years ago when, within a narrow six-month window, I purchased my first ‘smart phone,’ a vehicle with global positioning and took out my first satellite radio subscription. I now wonder how I got along without any of it. Separately, the businesses of SATCOM and software are also combining to efficiently enable workboat operators and seafarers to better manage their businesses. To be sure, the inland and offshore support sectors were, in comparison to their blue water cousins, arguably late to the technology game.