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The @Road AppSmart Platform is Designed to Redefine Mobile
Resource Management as the Foundation for an Emerging Class of
Mission-Critical Service Delivery Applications
@Road, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARDI), a global provider of next-generation
solutions for Mobile Resource Management (MRM), today introduced
AppSmart(TM), a next-generation MRM solution platform designed to
enable businesses to deliver integrated field service applications
with advanced location intelligence, mobile device independence and a
higher level of business performance on demand.
AppSmart, built upon an existing @Road product and technology
portfolio, extends the @Road vision for an on-demand application
platform designed to serve the needs of medium-sized businesses as
well as the complex field service delivery requirements of large
enterprises. AppSmart is also designed to serve as the foundation for
a sophisticated MRM solutions' environment, enabling future
collaboration and application sharing within a growing community of
@Road customers, third-party developers, strategic business partners,
system integrators, and independent software vendors.
"As one of the largest providers of MRM solutions in the world, we
are seeking to set a higher standard for on-demand MRM and field
service delivery excellence with AppSmart," said Krish Panu, @Road
CEO. "AppSmart also marks another milestone in our vision to become a
single-source provider of next-generation end-to-end MRM solutions
that center on the mobile workforce and can strengthen the capability
of @Road customers to deliver field service excellence."
AppSmart is designed to extend mission-critical field service
delivery applications across business processes and to mobile workers
using a range of smart devices. AppSmart is also designed to harness
the capability of @Road MRM location intelligence technology by
empowering businesses with the ability to zero-in on specific field
service needs on demand. AppSmart combines this location technology
with extensive experience in administration, business processes,
provisioning, networking, data and application integration,
monitoring, management, security, reporting and serviceability.
"With AppSmart, @Road continues to show its leadership in the MRM
market by presenting a compelling value proposition to businesses as
they increasingly look for real-time on-demand solutions to manage
complex field service delivery processes more effectively and
efficiently," said Brent Iadarola, mobile communications industry
research manager with Frost and Sullivan, a global growth consulting
company. "AppSmart also puts @Road in the best position to serve its
customer base through innovative value creation and enhancement
strategies, versus other competitors we follow in the MRM industry."
AppSmart is designed to give businesses additional capability to
meet their service delivery needs by leveraging an emerging class of
mission-critical on-demand applications developed through a growing
community of @Road customers, developers and strategic business
relationships. Through this expanding community, businesses can have
access to an increasing range of field service delivery capabilities
made possible through applications based on the @Road AppSmart
on-demand platform. Also with AppSmart, businesses can build new
applications from the ground up, customize existing field service
applications based on their unique business requirements, or integrate
numerous applications to meet their field service delivery needs on
demand.
"AppSmart opens the door to a sophisticated on-demand MRM
environment that can enable future collaboration and application
sharing within an expanding @Road MRM community of customers,
strategic business relationships, independent software vendors, and
application developers," said Leo Jolicoeur, @Road chief marketing
officer. "It is through this dynamic collaboration and technological
innovation that @Road intends to position itself well ahead of its
competition by empowering businesses with world-class MRM solutions
that are designed to increase the productivity of their mobile
workers, drive down their field service delivery costs and improve
their overall quality of service and customer satisfaction."
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.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters discussed in this press 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 to develop and support the @Road AppSmart platform;
ability of @Road to expand the community of third party developers
using the @Road AppSmart platform; customer acceptance of the @Road
AppSmart platform; competition; the dependence of @Road on mobile data
systems technology, cellular and satellite networks, network
infrastructure and positioning systems owned and controlled by others;
and general economic and political conditions. Further information
regarding risk factors is included in the @Road Report on Form 10-K
dated March 15, 2005, in the @Road Report on Form 10-Q dated November
8, 2005 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
@Road, the @Road logo and AppSmart are registered trademarks,
trademarks or service marks of @Road, Inc. All other trademarks or
service marks used herein are the property of their respective owners.