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A Mobile Office For Every Business

With technology advancing at today`s rates it is not surprising that many business are making their offices mobile. But it is not only the white collar worker that needs mobile capabilities, in fact businesses of all kind use mobile technology to advance their business potential. iMobile Data Force, the leading provider of Rapid Application Development Solutions for Mobile Environments (RADS-ME), is pleased to announce that Rail Crew Xpress, an industry leader in the transport of rail crew staff, has selected a mobile computing solution developed jointly by Mobile Data Force, Psion Teklogix, and Wireless Matrix for its fleet of transport vehicles in the U.S. The new rugged system enables Rail Crew Xpress to record the location and transportation activity of the company?s vehicle fleet in real-time.

Rail Crew Xpress handles the majority of the U.S. Class 1 railway crew transportation needs, including crew pick ups, transport to trains, shuttling crew to hotels for overnight stays and in-yard crew transport. With its new mobile computing solution, Rail Crew Xpress has complete visibility into the cargo and location of its fleet at all times. The railway industry has strict contract penalties with their suppliers so it is critical they guarantee the customers that their rail crews will always arrive on time. The new mobile computing solution will give us the up-to-minute location information and improved fleet tracking accuracy needed to provide the best service available.

Rail Crew Xpress will be using Mobile Data Force?s Point Sync? enterprise mobile software installed on Psion Teklogix? Workabout Pro S device to capture and synch data back to Rail Crew Xpress? main dispatch operations located in Canada. In addition, each vehicle is mounted with a Mobile Base Station (MBS) from Wireless Matrix and includes the Bandwidth Steering? software. This system allows users to communicate via multiple networks and methods, including terrestrial GPRS, satellite, and wireless LAN via 802.11b and GPS tracking. The implementation of this joint solution is currently in progress, and it is expected to be completed in early 2006.