@Road Selected as Top `Rising Star' by Deloitte & Touche; @Road Chosen as the Leader of Five Up-and-Coming Technology Companies in the Deloitte & Touche Silicon Valley Fast 50 Program.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001 @Road(SM) (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 location-enhanced wireless Internet 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 that it has been named number one of the five "Rising Stars" in Deloitte & Touche's 2001 Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 program. This award honors five of Silicon Valley's up-and-coming companies based on their demonstrated ability to succeed in the highly competitive technology marketplace. Rising Star companies are selected for having the highest percentage of revenue growth from 1998 to 2000. These firms must be public or private companies headquartered in the Silicon Valley and be "technology companies," defined as companies that produce technology, manufacture a technology product, or devote a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology. "Being named as the number one Rising Star by Deloitte & Touche is an exceptional honor for @Road, and we are very pleased to receive this distinguished award," said Krish Panu, @Road 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. . "We view this recognition as further confirmation of our position as a leading provider of mobile resource management services and technology solutions." "Making the Fast 50's Rising Stars is an impressive accomplishment, particularly in uncertain economic times, and we at Deloitte & Touche congratulate @Road for attaining this honor," said Roy Avondet, managing partner for the Deloitte & Touche Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern and Hawaii Technology and Communications Group. About @Road Based in Fremont, CA, @Road is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. that provides location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions for mobile resource management. Its patented LocationSmart(TM) technology platform combines wireless, positioning and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. technologies with the Internet into a fully integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. that supports the delivery of location-enhanced wireless Internet services for businesses and mobile professionals. For more information, please visit the @Road Web site at www.atroad.com. About Deloitte & Touche Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firms, provides assurance and advisory, tax, and management consulting services through 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities. The firm is dedicated to exceeding the expectations of its clients and its people. Known as an employer of choice for its innovative human resources programs, Deloitte & Touche has been recognized as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" by Fortune magazine for three consecutive years. Deloitte & Touche is part of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Deloitte & Touche (also referred to as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and branded as Deloitte.) is the second largest professional services firm in the world, and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG. , one of the world's leading professional services firms, with more than 90,000 people in over 130 countries. For more information on Deloitte & Touche, visit www.us.deloitte.com. For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 or Fast 50 programs, visit www.fast500.com. Note to Editors: @Road, the @Road logo, and LocationSmart 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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