@Road Announces Major Customer Wins in Land Drilling Operations and Home Improvement Retail Distribution.FREMONT, Calif. -- Nabors Industries Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) founded in 1968 as Anglo Energy, Ltd. (formerly AMEX: AEL), and currently based in Hamilton, Bermuda, is an S&P 500 oil, natural gas and geothermal drilling contractor operating on land throughout the Americas, the Middle East, Ltd. and a Major U.S. Home Improvement Specialty Retailer Sign Agreements Representing the Addition of Up to 3,200 @Road Subscribers on the @Road 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 On-Demand Software See SaaS. Delivery Service @Road(R), Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :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 Mobile Resource Management (MRM) and intelligent field service automation solutions, today announced that Nabors Industries Ltd., a major worldwide land drilling and well servicing operations company has selected @Road MRM solutions to help streamline and optimize its land drilling operations and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services 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. . In addition, @Road today also announced that a major home improvement specialty retailer has also selected @Road MRM solutions to help streamline retail distribution of hardware and construction supplies to both residential and commercial customers. In combination, these signed customer agreements represent an @Road MRM solution deployment of up to 3,200 @Road iLM(R) (Internet Location Manager) subscribers of the @Road MRM on-demand software delivery service. "These customer wins demonstrate that @Road continues to gain momentum as a leading provider of Mobile Resource Management solutions offered in an on-demand software delivery services environment," said Alan Park Alan Park (born in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian comedian and political satirist best known for his appearances on the Royal Canadian Air Farce. Alan gives Toronto centric leftist commentary on current events. , @Road senior vice president and general manager, corporate accounts. "They also reflect our broad and diverse industry expertise in delivering MRM solutions including Field Force Management, Field Service Management and Field Asset Management solutions that can help customers in diverse vertical markets drive down costs, improve productivity and maximize their ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ." Nabors selected the @Road Transportation and Distribution Suite Field Force Management solution and other @Road solutions to help optimize the management of up to 2,100 mobile workers and vehicles used for servicing a number of land drilling operations in North America. Such drilling operations include, but are not limited to, rig moving, heavy hauling, crane and rigging services, well services Well services is a department within a petroleum production company through which matters concerning existing wells are handled. Having a shared well services department for all (or at least multiple) assets operated by a company is seen as advantageous as it allows the pooling of , drilling instrumentation systems and other land drilling operations and support services. The @Road Transportation and Distribution Suite can extend the functionality of the @Road GeoManager(SM) MRM solution through optimized mobile resource allocation resource allocation Managed care The constellation of activities and decisions which form the basis for prioritizing health care needs and by delivering on-demand visibility into driver productivity and safety. The @Road Transportation and Distribution Suite, through @Road GeoManager data integration capabilities, can help streamline daily activities for drivers and dispatchers by minimizing, and in some cases eliminating, manual tasks and paperwork for more effective management of mobile resources. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Sri Valleru, chief information officer for Nabors Industries Ltd., the @Road Field Force Management solution can meet a number of Nabors' needs and requirements. In particular, they were attracted to the @Road on-demand software delivery services model, the ease of use of the @Road Internet-based user interface, and the ability of @Road to send information through Application Program Interfaces (APIs) directly into Nabors' back-office business applications. Other reasons for Nabors' selection of the @Road Transportation and Distribution Suite include the solution's ability to streamline compliance-based reporting, such as U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) logs, and its ability to help improve driver and customer safety and driver communication. Valleru also added that Nabors welcomes how the @Road solution can electronically format a number of old paper-based driver forms such as timesheets and how it can automate fuel and mileage reports for potential savings on fuel usage and road taxes. "@Road offered what we were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. in an end-to-end MRM solution to help us optimize and streamline the management of our very large, unique and complex process of land drilling operations, well servicing and support services that we have here in North America," Valleru said. "We were also impressed with the @Road technology, the company's financial strength and the long-term vision the company has for further developments that can help our industry." Nabors also selected the @Road J1708 and OBD-II OBD-II On-Board Diagnostics, Second Generation vehicle diagnostics solutions that can improve maintenance services and vehicle performance, as well as the @Road iLM 3140-W, which features EvDO high-speed data network connectivity integrated with the @Road Mobile HotSpot WiFi access point and router for improved workflow productivity and a secure data connection to Nabors' back-office business applications. In addition to Nabors, a major U.S. home improvement specialty retailer has selected the @Road Pathway(SM) iLM Field Force Management solution to help streamline and optimize retail distribution involving more than 1,100 drivers and company- and contractor-owned vehicles who deliver hardware and construction supplies to both residential and commercial customers. For competitive and proprietary reasons, the @Road customer has chosen to remain unnamed at this time. About Nabors Industries Ltd. The Nabors companies own and operate almost 600 land drilling and 970 land workover and well-servicing rigs worldwide. Offshore, Nabors operates 44 platforms, 17 jack-ups, and three barge rigs in the domestic and international markets. Nabors markets 30 marine transportation and support vessels, primarily in the US Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east . In addition, Nabors manufactures top drives and drilling instrumentation systems and provides comprehensive oilfield hauling, engineering, civil construction, logistics and facilities maintenance, and project management services. Nabors participates in most of the significant oil, gas and geothermal markets in the world. 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 MZRM 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 delivery, on-premise or hybrid environments that seamlessly connect mobile workers in the field to real-time corporate data. @Road provides Mobile Resource Management solutions to approximately 150,000 subscribers on a hosted basis and to approximately 30,000 end users on a licensed basis around the world. The company is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., and has a global presence with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information on @Road solutions, visit www.road.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news 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, customer acceptance of @Road solutions; the ability of @Road to successfully install and operate @Road solutions; the timing of purchasing and implementation decision by prospects and customers; 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 these and other risks 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 August 9, 2005 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. @Road and iLM are registered trademarks of @Road, Inc. The @Road logo, GeoManager and @Road Pathway are service marks of @Road, Inc. All other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. |
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