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Press Release:October 27, 2006

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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 Technologies Launches New CoPilot FleetCenter
GPS Fleet Management Solution

CoPilot FleetCenter Delivers Immediate Benefits to Management and Drivers

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY – OCTOBER 27, 2006 - ALK Technologies today announced the launch of CoPilot® FleetCenter™, a low-cost fleet management solution that delivers tracking, 2-way messaging, and access to ALK’s growing Location Based Services (LBS) offerings including real-time traffic and premium Points of Interest (POIs). CoPilot FleetCenter is designed to work seamlessly with CoPilot Truck and CoPilot Live GPS navigation solutions from ALK. Demonstrations are available at ALK’s booth 1104, during the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference and Exhibition in Dallas, Texas, October 29th-31st.

CoPilot FleetCenter is the ideal fleet management and driver retention tool for truckload, less-than-truckload, private, and distribution fleets of all sizes.

ALK Technologies is the developer of CoPilot Truck, premium voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation software for professional truck drivers. ALK’s flagship transportation product, PC*MILER®, provides the industry’s most accurate routing, mileage and mapping solutions for carriers, shippers and logistics companies.

CoPilot FleetCenter is a web-based fleet management solution connected to wireless- enabled mobile devices (Pocket PCs, smartphones, laptops or onboard computers) running the Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 or Windows XP operating systems. These devices provide spoken directions using ALK’s CoPilot Truck or CoPilot Live Professional and communicate their exact position in real-time to CoPilot FleetCenter.

CoPilot FleetCenter enables drivers running CoPilot on their mobile devices to leverage the devices’ wireless capabilities to send and receive text messages, receive itinerary updates, and communicate vehicle status automatically.

CoPilot FleetCenter enables managers to: view their fleet in real-time; focus on automated exception alert reporting; and to achieve improved fleet productivity and asset utilization. Managers can work from any Internet-connected computer to access CoPilot FleetCenter’s secure web site. Specific customer tracking and delivery status information can be provided via a password controlled environment.

ALK’s fusion of GPS, navigation, and wireless technologies provides high-end fleet management capabilities to fleets of all sizes at a reasonable cost. Fleets will realize a significant reduction in avoidable out-of-route, empty and dead-head mileage.

CoPilot FleetCenter features include:

  • Geofencing – automatic, real-time notification when a truck enters or leaves a user-defined location.
  • Exception Reporting – automatic, real-time notification of defined events such as speeding, trip delays or late starts.
  • Historical Reporting – reports for management review of individual drivers and overall fleet performance.

Companies can choose to use the ALK hosted version of CoPilot FleetCenter or host CoPilot FleetCenter on their own server. Additionally, with the CoPilot Live Professional Software Development Kit (SDK), CoPilot Truck or CoPilot Live can be seamlessly integrated within other third party applications. CoPilot FleetCenter Web Services allows further enterprise integration with back-office systems.

CoPilot FleetCenter reduces non-revenue mileage and fuel costs, and improves on-time performance and customer service. Spoken and/or text directions from CoPilot Truck or CoPilot Live ease driver stress and contribute to driver retention.

CoPilot Truck and CoPilot Live system requirements include Windows Mobile 5.0 compatible mobile devices, and a GPRS or CDMA wireless data plan from Alltel, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile or Verizon Wireless.

For a CoPilot FleetCenter demonstration, go to https://fleetcenter.alk.com.

About ALK Technologies
ALK Technologies, Princeton, N.J., 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 percent of the “Top 100” North American motor carriers and ninety six percent of the “Top 50” global logistics companies. The U.S. Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration also rely on PC*MILER Solutions. ALK provides consulting, customized information systems and packaged software solutions. For more information, visit www.alk.com.

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