Press Release


CAL-Logistics to Resell @Road MRM Solutions

Announcement comes on the Heels of @Road's Formal Launch of its Flagship GeoManagerSM Mobile Resource Management Solution in the UK

Birmingham, UK (October 18, 2006) – @Road, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDI), a global provider of next-generation solutions for Mobile Resource Management (MRM), today announced that CAL-Logistics of North Wales has signed a reseller agreement to offer @Road’s flagship GeoManager MRM solution for field force management. @Road GeoManager is an advanced MRM solution for field force management designed to help businesses reduce operating costs and improve the productivity of mobile workers in the field through GPS-based monitoring, mapping and reporting, as well as wireless communications, messaging and automated workflow. Today’s announcement was made at the Service Management Europe 2006 conference being held at the NEC in Birmingham UK.

Leo Jolicoeur, @Road chief marketing officer said: “We’re excited about the energy building in our efforts to expand in the UK and across Europe. Announcing CAL-Logistics as one of our first UK-based resellers illustrates our strategy to market and sell our advanced GeoManager MRM solution through a variety of international sales and distribution channels. In particular, we chose to work with CAL-Logistics because we believe it has the experience and expertise to effectively deliver @Road GeoManager to the market and we look forward to helping it take advantage of the opportunity.”

CAL-Logistics was established to deliver comprehensive MRM solutions to businesses, allowing them to have higher visibility of their staff and vehicles.

Stephen Calvert, director of CAL-Logistics said: “CAL-Logistics is pleased to have teamed up with @Road to bring its suite of Mobile Resource Management Solutions to the UK market. As a company, CAL-Logistics is organised to deliver not only the technology to enable businesses to manage their mobile workers but also the operational support via our sister company, CAL-Consulting Ltd.”

Mr. Calvert added: “The opportunity to resell @Road GeoManager, with its technology, platform and suite of reports is designed to provide businesses higher visibility into the location and operation of their mobile workers. When this is added to the messaging service offered by @Road, we can deliver a more comprehensive package to enable communications and help increase efficiencies.”

@Road’s flagship GeoManager MRM solution for field force management is designed to enable businesses to drive down fuel and other operating costs while increasing mobile worker productivity. This is accomplished through greater location intelligence and visibility into the daily activities of their mobile workers and their work - from actual vehicle routes, starts and stops, to customizable maps showing mobile worker location relative to important landmarks like customer locations or work yards. @Road field force management solutions also allow businesses to upload customer and/or trip information into a third party routing engine to generate on-demand, actionable reports such as optimized routes and drive-time, fuel economy, city ordinance compliance and much more.

In addition to MRM solutions for field force management comprised of GPS-based monitoring, mapping, reporting, as well as wireless communications, messaging and automated workflow, @Road also offers MRM solutions for field service management consisting of intelligent software for appointing, scheduling and dispatching, routing, and demand/capacity planning. Rounding out @Road’s family of comprehensive MRM solutions are solutions for field asset management incorporating vehicle diagnostic/prognostic and sensor technologies for driver safety, inventory management and optimized vehicle performance and maintenance.

 

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 Mobile Resource Management 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, location-based technologies, transaction processing 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 can seamlessly connect mobile workers in the field to real-time corporate data. @Road 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. For @Road UK sales information, contact @Road, Ltd. (EMEA) at  +44 (0) 1473-696-300. For @Road U.S. sales information, contact @Road, Inc. at 1-877-7AtRoad (1-877-728-7623).

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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 the ability of @Road and CAL-Logistics to comply with the terms of the agreement between them, the ability of @Road to successfully expand into the UK and Europe, the ability of CAL-Logistics to successfully deliver @Road’s solutions to UK customers, the ability of @Road’s solutions to help UK customers realized reduced fuel costs, increased productivity, reduced overtime and other benefits and general economic and political conditions. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the @Road Reports on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2005 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 and in @Road’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

@Road, the @Road logo and GeoManager are registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of @Road, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks or service marks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

 

Media Contact:   

 

In the U.S.:
David Lebedeff
Vice President Investor Relations
@Road
510-870-1317
dlebedeff@road-inc.com

Bob Stern
Senior Public Relations Manager
@Road
510-870-1360
bstern@road-inc.com

In the UK:
Tabitha Taylor-Higginson
@Road, Ltd.
T: +44 (0)1473 696343
ttaylorhigginson@road-inc.com

 


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