Descartes and Teletrac Strike Stategic Distribution Arrangement; Teletrac to Offer Descartes' Web-Based Routing Service to Existing and New Customers.Business Editors WATERLOO, Ontario Coordinates: Waterloo is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the larger city of Kitchener. and SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000 The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (Nasdaq:DSGX DSGX Dynamic Sound Generator Xtra (Sony) DSGX Dynamic Sound Generator Extra ), (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :DSG DSG Direct Shift Gearbox (Audi) DSG Dosage DSG Deputy Secretary General DSG Dressing DSG Designate DSG Desmoglein DSG Duke Student Government (Duke University) ), a leading provider business-to-business Internet logistics solutions, and Teletrac, Inc., the market leader in wireless metropolitan location and data solutions, today announced a strategic distribution arrangement. Under the agreement, Teletrac will offer Descartes' Web-based route optimization software Free and Open Source software
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