ALK Technologies - Technology that Drives Transportation - GPS Navigation Evolved

 
 

About ALK Technologies

ALK Technologies is a privately held company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey with over 28 years of Transportation Technology leadership. Since its founding in 1979, ALK has recognized the power of information technology and its direct link to competitive advantage and improved quality of life.

ALK helps companies, mobile professionals and families alike successfully adopt transportation and travel technology. Consumers, Logistics Companies, Business professionals and Government agencies have turned to ALK for services and products that range from consulting and customized information systems to packaged software solutions.

  • Hundreds of thousands of drivers globally use ALK CoPilot® mobile navigation and route guidance solutions to find their way in-car or on foot.
  • Leading mobile operators and device manufacturers are successfully exploiting the market for mobile navigation by offering their customers CoPilot Live.
  • More than 20,000 shipping and logistics companies rely on ALK® PC*MILER® routing, mileage and mapping solutions. The US Department of Defense uses PC*MILER as their worldwide distance standard.
  • Each of North America's largest railroads use an ALK custom designed decision support system to improve their service.
  • ALK-developed container tracking and management systems are used by major ocean carriers and barge companies, worldwide.

ALK Technologies in Europe

ALK's European Division, Technologies Ltd is at the forefront of the growth in demand for mobile satellite navigation in Europe, through its award-winning CoPilot® GPS navigation product family. CoPilot® Live transforms phones, PDAs and other mobile devices into powerful satellite navigation systems with the additional benefit of integrated real-time connected 'navigation-based services' (NBS) such as location-tracking and messaging delivered via the mobile Internet.

CoPilot® Live is becoming the navigation software of choice for mobile operators, handset manufacturers, and mobile OEMs, with commercial partnerships that include T-Mobile, O2, Brightpoint, Motorola, HTC, Toshiba and Scania.

Business customers are increasingly adopting CoPilot Live and it’s web-based fleet management capability 'FleetCenter' to better manage their mobile teams, with organisations such as Tesco.com, Drive Assist, Severn Trent Water, Northumbrian Water and the RSPCA all choosing CoPilot as their mobile navigation solution.

ALK values its' close partnerships with leading technology companies that include Microsoft, Motorola, Intermec, Sirf, Symbian, Research In Motion, HTC, NAVTEQ and TBS. The company is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, a member of the UK Mobile Data Association and received the 2005 Microsoft Partner of the Year award for mobility solutions sales and marketing.