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Press Release: August 7, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALK Releases Latest Version of ALK|FleetSuite Princeton, New Jersey – August 7 , 2007 – ALK Technologies released ALK|FleetSuite 21, the newly updated suite of fleet management technologies. ALK is the leading developer of routing, mileage and mapping software, including their flagship product PC*MILER, the industry standard. ALK|FleetSuite 21 employs the mapping data of PC*MILER 21 to provide critical visibility and control of fleet operations, including turn-by-turn directions for drivers, fleet location displays for managers, and arrival time notification for customers all with pinpoint precision. "ALK|FleetSuite 21 harnesses a number of ALK fleet technologies in an important management tool that provides drivers with customized directions. With ALK|Fleetsuite, drivers can navigate efficiently while avoiding low bridges, weight limits and other truck restrictions," said Ed Siciliano, vice president, sales and marketing for ALK. "ALK|FleetSuite Mapping shows managers exactly what they need to see, from a single truck on a city map to an entire fleet spread across the continent." For the past twenty-eight years, ALK has been a leader in state-of-the-art transportation map data, and the design of custom truck-specific routing algorithms. ALK is contracted by the U.S. Department of Defense to maintain the Defense Table of Official Distances (DTOD) – the worldwide standard. ALK|FleetSuite 21 has been updated with the latest street-level data available including more truck-specific detail than any other database on the market. There are over 460,000 highway miles of truck restrictions and allowances as well as over 5,000 truck weight enhancements. Using ALK|FleetSuite Directions drivers can generate automated turn-by-turn driving directions in real-time to their final destination. These directions can be transmitted with varying degrees of detail to conserve bandwidth and minimize messaging costs. Even at the lowest level of detail, ALK’s directions convey the necessary information in a visual format drivers can understand at a glance. Directions are transmitted in XML, and seamlessly delivered in real-time over the drivers’ communications systems. ALK|FleetSuite Mapping offers the industry’s finest, most versatile, easy-to-read mapping solution for fleet management. Managers can pinpoint the exact location of their fleet based on real-time latitude/longitude information. They can zoom out to any selected point of view, from a city, a county, a state, a region or virtually all of North America. Any size fleet, from a handful of trucks to thousands, can benefit from ALK|FleetSuite Mapping’s display. While a truck is en route, ALK|FleetSuite Estimated Time of Arrival/Out of Route, (ETA/OoR) can issue an alert when a truck deviates by a user-defined degree from the assigned route. Similarly, ALK|FleetSuite ETA/OoR can maintain an ongoing estimate of a truck’s arrival time at a specific destination and generate a revised ETA as conditions change. ALK|FleetSuite’s elements can be licensed separately so fleets can find the solution best fitting their needs. The software can run on PC/LAN Windows, Citrix Metaframe and Windows Terminal Server, AS/400 and CIC/MVS, IBM mainframe, UNIX and Linux. Other platforms can access ALK/FleetSuite using TCP/IP. About ALK Technologies 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. # # # The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
For more details, visit www.alk.com or www.alk.eu.com
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