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Press Release: May 24, 2007

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mary Kelly, Media Relations
Phone: 609-252-8160
E-mail:kelly@alk.com
Fax: 609-252-8166

ALK Releases Updated, Rebranded PC*MILER|Tolls 21
Update Expands Precise Tolls Data to Canada

Chicago, IL – May 24, 2007 – ALK Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of PC*MILER|Tolls 21, the latest version of the ground-breaking toll cost solution introduced in 2003 as ALK|Fleetsuite™ Tolls. With the release of Version 21, tolls functionality has been integrated into ALK’S PC*MILER family of solutions.

ALK Technologies is the industry’s leading developer of routing, mileage and mapping software, including flagship product PC*MILER, the industry standard. The latest version, PC*MILER 21, comes with integrated toll cost functionality and data instantly available as an option. Now transportation and logistics companies can precisely calculate truck-specific tolls for planning, collection and reconciliation while using PC*MILER 21.

“We’ve integrated toll costs into PC*MILER for customer convenience and ease of use,” said Ed Siciliano, vice president, sales and marketing at ALK Technologies. “Tolls are increasingly important in transportation costing, and the current political debates over tolls are a clear signal that new tolls are coming and existing tolls will rise – something that will happen whether facilities are managed by private interests or government. We want our customers to be prepared.”

PC*MILER|Tolls 21 incorporates the very latest truck-specific costs from toll roads, tolled bridges, tolled tunnels, international border crossings, across North America, and for the first time includes Canadian tolls as well. For customer convenience, PC*MILER|Tolls 21 comes with a convenient currency converter to report toll costs in either U.S. or Canadian dollars.

The new software adds six electronic and discount toll programs to the 19 previously included, among them Cruise Card, E-Pass, EXpressToll, EZ Tag, E-ZPass, FAST LANE, FasTrak, I-PASS, K-TAG, M-TAG, PikePass, Palmetto Pass, PikePass, Smart Tag, SunPass, TollTag, and Transpass. The newly added programs in the U.S. are I-Zoom, Indiana; O-Pass, Florida, and Laredo Trade Tag and TxTag, both in Texas. Newly added programs in Canada are 407 ETR Transponder, Ontario; B-Pass, New Brunswick; MACPASS, Nova Scotia; StraitPASS, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick; and E-Pass Canada, Nova Scotia.

PC*MILER|Tolls 21 users will receive quarterly updates to keep all truck-specific toll data current. ALK's team of dedicated toll experts constantly gathers information from North American toll facilities and updates the truck-specific toll database on a full-time basis. This investment of resources is unique in the industry and provides users with an extra value-added service.

PC*MILER|Tolls 21 runs on a PC or a server. Versions are available for Microsoft Windows and IBM iSeries (AS/400) midrange computers.

Demonstrations of PC*MILER|Tolls 21 are available at ALK’s booth 402 during the 2007 Distribution/Computer Expo held May 23-24 at The Navy Pier, Chicago, IL.

For more information, visit www.alk.com/tolls.

About ALK Technologies
ALK Technologies, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, was founded in 1979 by Princeton University professor Dr. Alain Kornhauser, who still provides strategic leadership. ALK recognized the power of information technology early and has consistently developed inventive, practical transportation applications that provide customers a competitive edge, increased efficiency and bottom line benefits. ALK helps companies and individuals understand and harness the relentlessly evolving technologies reshaping the competitive transportation landscape.

More than 21,000 companies use ALK’s PC*MILER Solutions including ninety of the “Top 100” motor carriers, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). ALK provides consulting, customized information systems and packaged software solutions.

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For more details, visit www.alk.com or www.alk.eu.com

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