@Road Announces Agreement with Dexterra, Inc.FREMONT, Calif. -- @Road(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:ARDI ARDI Association Rwandaise pour la Promotion du Développement Intégré (French) ARDI Accounts Receivable Dollar Inventory ARDI Action Rwandaise pour le Developpement Integre ARDI Annually Renewable Disability Income ), a global provider of next-generation solutions for Mobile Resource Management (MRM MRM Marketing Resource Management MRM Mobile Resource Management MRM Metabolic Response Modifiers MRM Multiple Reaction Monitoring (mass spectrometry) MRM Mormonism Research Ministry MRM Mechanically Recovered Meat ), today announced a strategic relationship with Dexterra, Inc., a leading innovator of mobile business software. By applying Dexterra's mobile application development and integration tools, @Road seeks to accelerate the development of mission-critical, next-generation on-demand solutions built on the @Road AppSmart(TM) MRM solution platform. "We have enhanced our strategy for developing next-generation MRM solutions," said Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Jolicoeur, @Road chief marketing officer. "This announcement is an example of our intention to move forward with this strategy and develop next-generation MRM solutions on the @Road AppSmart MRM solution platform. We chose to work with Dexterra because it brings to the table an innovative business mobility technology that is designed to extend our MRM technology, including @Road Taskforce(TM), to an expanding set of mobile devices and platforms. This expansion is expected to provide our customers greater mobile device choice when selecting @Road on-demand MRM solutions in order to improve their field service delivery process." By making use of Dexterra technologies, @Road intends to leverage an adaptable business mobility platform and APIs that are designed to support a range of applications running on a variety mobile devices and operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , including Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. , RIM/Blackberry, Symbian, tablet PCs, laptops and Java devices like Palm. The mobility platform is also designed to enable use of form factor, input technology and network combinations with an intuitive common user interface that can more effectively extend mobile device functionality and empower the mobile worker to leverage existing investments in back-office business systems. Once deployed, businesses can more flexibly leverage @Road MRM solutions with a wide range of applications, hardware and networks. "@Road clearly demonstrates it has an exciting strategy for developing next-generation MRM," said Rob Loughan, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Dexterra. "We look forward to being a part of that strategy by extending our mobility applications to @Road next-generation MRM solutions and giving businesses a great opportunity to achieve the most cost-effective, productive and profitable field service operation." About @Road @Road, Inc. is a leading global provider of solutions designed to automate the management of mobile resources and to optimize the service delivery process for customers across a variety of industries. @Road delivers Mobile Resource Management solutions in three key areas: Field Force Management, Field Service Management and Field Asset Management. By providing real-time Mobile Resource Management infrastructure integrating wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , location-based technologies, transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. and the Internet, @Road solutions are designed to provide a secure, scalable, upgradeable, enterprise-class platform, and are offered in on-demand software See SaaS. delivery, on-premise or hybrid environments that can seamlessly connect mobile workers in the field to real-time corporate data. @Road is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., and has a global presence with offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. For more information on @Road solutions, visit www.road.com. About Dexterra, Inc. Dexterra offers the leading mobile platform available today, Dexterra Concert(TM), to enterprises across the globe in industries such as manufacturing, transportation, real estate, utilities, IT consulting, government, facilities management and consumer packaged goods. Dexterra delivers competitive advantage with applications that address unique business needs quickly, efficiently and economically, and integrates with the largest possible selection of wireless devices and enterprise back office systems. With offices in Seattle, Toronto, London, Dubai and Melbourne, Dexterra also partners with technology leaders Microsoft, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Motorola, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , CapGemini, Unisys, Itronix, Cingular and Telstra. For more information, visit www.dexterra.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. These factors, risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability of @Road to accelerate its development activities as a result of the relationship with Dexterra; the ability of @Road and Dexterra to develop a next-generation MRM solution; ability of @Road or Dexterra to comply with the terms of the mutual agreement; customer acceptance of solutions arising from the @Road and Dexterra relationship; competition; the dependence of @Road on mobile data systems technology, wireless networks, network infrastructure and positioning systems owned and controlled by others; and general economic and political conditions. Further information regarding risk factors is included in the @Road Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. dated March 15, 2005, in the @Road Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. dated November 8, 2005 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. @Road, the @Road logo, AppSmart and Taskforce are registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of @Road, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks or service marks used herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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