@Road GeoManager Receives Frost & Sullivan Mobile Communications Product of the Year Award; @Road Recognized as Industry Leader for Mobile Resource Management Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2004 @Road(R) (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 leading provider of 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 ) services, today announced that the @Road GeoManager(SM) service has received the prestigious Frost & Sullivan Mobile Communications Product of the Year 2004 Award. The award recognizes the @Road GeoManager service as an innovative mobility solution designed to enhance operational efficiency and maximize workforce productivity to increase customer revenues and decrease costs of operations. The GeoManager service combines several technologies, including GPS and wireless data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. to communicate mobile resource information and locations to @Road data centers, and the Internet to give customers complete access to location-based, time-sensitive information about their mobile workers and assets. The GeoManager service not only improves operational efficiency but also enables business-reporting capabilities to help streamline customer invoicing and employee payroll. The @Road service provides reports and maps configurable by the customer and which detail a variety of activities in the field, including routing, location, speed and stop times. Frost & Sullivan's analyst team researched customer service innovation and system implementation in the industry through interviews with market participants The term market participant is used in United States constitutional law to describe a U.S. State which is acting as a producer or supplier of a marketable good or service. When a state is acting in such a role, it may permissibly discriminate against non-residents. , extensive secondary research and customer surveys. To determine the recipient of the award, competitors were compared and ranked for relative position. "Customer feedback indicates that @Road GeoManager services offer a clear value proposition to customers given the capability to monitor, manage and report on field activities," said Frost & Sullivan analyst Brent Iadarola. "In fact, GeoManager has repeatedly demonstrated a quantifiable Quantifiable Can be expressed as a number. The results of quantifiable psychological tests can be translated into numerical values, or scores. Mentioned in: Psychological Tests return on investment for customers, often benchmarked by time savings or average job completion rates." 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. Frost & Sullivan, @Road GeoManager has excelled based on one or more of the following criteria: -- Significance of new product in its industry -- Competitive advantage of new product in its industry -- Product acceptance in the marketplace -- New product value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. provided to customers "We are delighted and honored to be chosen for the Frost & Sullivan Product of the Year 2004 Award," said Krish Panu, president 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 @Road. "We are particularly pleased with the validation of our emphasis on putting customer needs first when developing new products and services." About Frost & Sullivan Founded in 1961, Frost & Sullivan is recognized as a global leader in growth consulting. Frost & Sullivan Awards A Sullivan Award may refer to:
About @Road @Road (Nasdaq:ARDI) is a leading provider of mobile resource management (MRM) services, a rapidly growing category of productivity solutions 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 technologies, hosted software applications, 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 to help companies better manage mobile workers. Any size organization, in any industry or public sector, in which improving the productivity of mobile workers has an impact on revenue, expenses, customer service and competitive advantage, will benefit from @Road MRM services. Because @Road offers MRM services on a hosted basis, customers avoid expensive and complex software and IT infrastructure investments. Since @Road delivers services on a subscription basis, customers can experience a rapid and measurable return-on-investment. @Road delivers its MRM services to more than 117,000 mobile workers 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. every day. The company has headquarters in Fremont, Calif., and secure networked data centers on both U.S. coasts. For more information, visit the @Road web site at www.road.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability of @Road to successfully market and support GeoManager services, the ability of GeoManager customers to achieve an intended return on investment and operational efficiencies, 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/A dated July 29, 2003, Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. dated November 14, 2003 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. @Road undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. @Road is a registered trademark of At Road, Inc. The @Road logo and GeoManager are trademarks and/or service marks of At Road, Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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