Transport Technology Today July 2011 : Page 7

Software ALK delivers innovative upgrades in PC*MILER 25 ALK Technologies Inc. announced the release of the PC*MILER 25 product line. The transportation industry’s leading routing, mileage and mapping software now includes innovative, time-based fea-tures and other enhancements. A core enhance-ment allows users to specify a route’s departure or arrival date and time to calculate an ETA at stop-off points or an ETD to help meet delivery sched-ules. Additionally, PC*MILER 25 empowers users with real-time traffic maps and traffic forecasts for calculating the best routes, as well as more precise transit times and ETAs. Through a partnership with INRIX, a leading international provider of traffic information and driving services, ALK has added real-time and his-torical traffic speeds to its routing network. Users can see real-time traffic maps, as well as access traffic forecasts for more than 1 million miles of roads across the United States and Canada. For more information, visit www.pcmiler.com/25. Aljex offers unlimited document storage Aljex Software said it now provides unlimited server space for digitized documents and images that remain instantly retrievable at the click of a mouse. According to Aljex CEO Tom Heine, docu-ments can be scanned or uploaded directly into the Aljex system. They can be native digital files or scanned images of paper documents. Images such as photographs can be uploaded to Aljex, as well. In all cases, documents and images can be found quickly and easily. For more information, visit www.aljex.com. Prophesy Dispatch compatible with new version of PC*Miler Prophesy Transportation Solutions Inc. (an Accellos division), provider of trucking and logistics soft-ware solutions to the transportation industry, announced today that its Prophesy Dispatch trans-portation management is fully compatible with ALK‘s newly-released PC*Miler Version 25. For more information, visit www.mile.com. Wireless Forward Air fleet adopts QHOS Qualcomm Inc. and Forward Air Corp. said that FAF Inc.’s 850-truck owner-operator fleet has adopted Qualcomm’s Hours of Service (QHOS) electronic on-board recording (EOBR) application for electronic driver logs. Forward Air has reported a 16% improvement in its Basic Driver Fatigue score since the transition to electronic logs. A Qualcomm customer for 18 years, Forward Air provides time-definite ground transportation and related logistics services to air cargo and expedited LTL industry through a network of terminals located on or near major airports in 84 cities in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.qualcomm.com. cate at the point of customer service. The Dolphin 6000 Scanphone automates the data collection process and delivers real-time access to business data, leading to improved productivity, more informed decision making and lower operat-ing costs, according to the company. For more information, visit www.honeywellaidc.com. Newest Sierra Wireless AirLink available for the Sprint network Sierra Wireless announced that the AirLink GX400 multipurpose wireless gateway is now available for use on the nationwide Sprint 3G network. Designed for versatility and powered by ALEOS embedded intelligence, the AirLink GX400 offers more than 100 configuration options and has a vari-ety of hardware interfaces to suit a wide range of transportation, industrial machine-to-machine (M2M), and enterprise applications, the company stated. For more information, visit www.sierrawireless.com/AirLinkGX400. Honeywell introduces Scanphone Honeywell announced the introduction of the Dolphin 6000, which the company said is a new class of mobile device that bridges the gap between con-sumer mobile phones, industrial mobile computers and bar code scanners, empowering mobile infor-mation workers to connect, collect and communi-T3/TMW Systems July 2011 7

Software

ALK delivers innovative upgrades in PC*MILER 25 ALK Technologies Inc. announced the release of the PC*MILER 25 product line. The transportation industry’s leading routing, mileage and mapping software now includes innovative, time-based features and other enhancements. A core enhancement allows users to specify a route’s departure or arrival date and time to calculate an ETA at stop-off points or an ETD to help meet delivery schedules. Additionally, PC*MILER 25 empowers users with real-time traffic maps and traffic forecasts for calculating the best routes, as well as more precise transit times and ETAs. Through a partnership with INRIX, a leading international provider of traffic information and driving services, ALK has added real-time and historical traffic speeds to its routing network. Users can see real-time traffic maps, as well as access traffic forecasts for more than 1 million miles of roads across the United States and Canada. For more information, visit www.pcmiler.com/25. Aljex offers unlimited document storage Aljex Software said it now provides unlimited server space for digitized documents and images that remain instantly retrievable at the click of a mouse. According to Aljex CEO Tom Heine, documents can be scanned or uploaded directly into the Aljex system. They can be native digital files or scanned images of paper documents. Images such as photographs can be uploaded to Aljex, as well. In all cases, documents and images can be found quickly and easily. For more information, visit www.aljex.com. Prophesy Dispatch compatible with new version of PC*Miler Prophesy Transportation Solutions Inc. (an Accellos division), provider of trucking and logistics software solutions to the transportation industry, announced today that its Prophesy Dispatch transportation management is fully compatible with ALK‘s newly-released PC*Miler Version 25. For more information, visit www.mile.com.

Wireless

Forward Air fleet adopts QHOS Qualcomm Inc. and Forward Air Corp. said that FAF Inc.’s 850-truck owner-operator fleet has adopted Qualcomm’s Hours of Service (QHOS) electronic on-board recording (EOBR) application for electronic driver logs. Forward Air has reported a 16% improvement in its Basic Driver Fatigue score since the transition to electronic logs. A Qualcomm customer for 18 years, Forward Air provides time-definite ground transportation and related logistics services to air cargo and expedited LTL industry through a network of terminals located on or near major airports in 84 cities in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.qualcomm.com. Honeywell introduces Scanphone Honeywell announced the introduction of the Dolphin 6000, which the company said is a new class of mobile device that bridges the gap between consumer mobile phones, industrial mobile computers and bar code scanners, empowering mobile information workers to connect, collect and communicate at the point of customer service. The Dolphin 6000 Scanphone automates the data collection process and delivers real-time access to business data, leading to improved productivity, more informed decision making and lower operating costs, according to the company. For more information, visit www.honeywellaidc.com. Newest Sierra Wireless AirLink available for the Sprint network Sierra Wireless announced that the AirLink GX400 multipurpose wireless gateway is now available for use on the nationwide Sprint 3G network. Designed for versatility and powered by ALEOS embedded intelligence, the AirLink GX400 offers more than 100 configuration options and has a variety of hardware interfaces to suit a wide range of transportation, industrial machine-to-machine (M2M), and enterprise applications, the company stated. For more information, visit www.sierrawireless.com/AirLinkGX400.

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