TracerNET Corporation and Southern LINC Align to Offer Real-Time Location and Status Information for Mobile Fleets.Business Editors ATLANTA & CHANTILLY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2003 TracerNET Corporation, a leading provider of automated location-based mobile solutions, and Southern LINC, the 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. service from Southern Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SO), today announced the availability of a joint solution that allows organizations operating mobile fleets to receive automatic status and vehicle location information over Southern LINC's iDEN wireless data network. This solution enables improved efficiency and productivity. TracerNET's TracerFleet and TracerWeb offerings use GPS, sensors and a proprietary design to determine a vehicle's location and the job status, without the need for driver input. This information is then delivered in real-time over Southern LINC's wireless data network to either a web-based or a client/server application. The TracerFleet software collects the information from the vehicle's sensors and GPS receiver and can then integrate it directly into their payroll, order processing, dispatching, customer service, and maintenance software systems. This solution improves customer service as well as operational performance. "Our complementary solutions provide automated real-time access to delivery status and fleet information. TracerNET's solutions enable this information to be directly integrated with back office systems, such as dispatching, payroll and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems," said Rick Beyer, 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 TracerNET Corporation. "Our collective mission is to enable our clients to realize increased productivity and better customer service with the use of automated and integrated location-based technologies and wireless communications." "This powerful combination provides our customers with an innovative service that will improve efficiency and productivity," said Bob Dawson, president and CEO of Southern LINC. "TracerNET's automated tracking device combined with Southern LINC's extensive coverage provides a reliable solution for businesses that need to stay regularly connected to their employees and vehicles in the field." Information about TracerNET's fleet management solution and Southern LINC's wireless data solutions is available at www.tracernet.com or www.southernlinc.com. About TracerNET Corporation TracerNET Corporation is a leading provider of next generation, location-based, enterprise-class solutions for businesses and organizations operating mobile fleets. TracerNET's solutions emphasize non-manual, machine-to-machine event monitoring In computer science, event monitoring is the process of collecting, analyzing, and signalling event occurrences to subscribers such as operating system processes, active database rules as well as human operators. and communications, making TracerNET solutions the most automated and accurate fleet management solution on the market. TracerNET has developed an innovative end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. that leverages the latest available technologies in satellite global positioning, wireless telecommunications, microelectronics, and the Internet, integrated with proprietary electronics design and software to produce high return on investment solutions for its customers. The family of products, including TracerFleet and TracerWeb, are based upon the proprietary IMAT iMAT Isolated Mode Antenna Technology (Skycross) IMAT Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy IMAT Interactive Multimedia Arts and Technologies Association IMAT Interactive Multisensor Analysis Training platform, which provides a modular and extensible foundation that will grow with an organization as their needs expand. For more information, please visit TracerNET on the Web at www.tracernet.com. About Southern LINC: Southern LINC, which stands for Long-range Integrated Network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. Communications, covers 127,000 square miles in the Southeast, including major metro and rural areas in Alabama, Georgia, southeastern Mississippi and northwest Florida. Using Motorola's iDEN(R) technology, Southern LINC combines multiple communication services into one handset or installed device including Instant LINC two-way radio A voice network that provides an always-on connection enabling the user to just "push the button and talk." Also called "dispatch radio," two-way radio has traditionally been used by police, fire, taxi and other mobile fleets. , phone service, numeric and text paging, wireless Internet and wireless data access and Java(TM) 2 Micro Edition (J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory. )(TM) applications. Southern LINC is also recognized by Motorola as the most reliable iDEN network in the world. More information about Southern LINC can be obtained by calling 1-800-818-LINC (5462) or visiting the Southern LINC Web site at www.southernlinc.com. About Southern Company With 4 million customers and nearly 37,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the premier super-regional energy company in the Southeast and a leading U.S. producer of electricity. Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states, a fast-growing competitive generation company, an energy services business and a competitive retail natural gas business, as well as fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service and high reliability. Southern Company has been named No. 1 on Fortune magazine's 2002 "America's Most Admired Companies A yearly publication by Fortune Magazine, America's Most Admired Companies consists of corporations that are highly esteemed by the likes of Business Executives, Directors, and Analysts. A survey is taken of close to 3300 professionals who give their opinions on the companies. " list in the Electric and Gas Utility industry. Southern Company has more than 500,000 shareholders, making its common stock one of the most widely held in the United states United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Visit the Southern Company Web site at www.southerncompany.com. |
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