Visualization, Routing and Other Capabilities Deployed in a Service Oriented Architecture

Minneapolis - May 24 2006 - ObjectFX® Corporation, a leader in delivering dynamic enterprise geospatial solutions, today announced that Con-way Incorporated (NYSE: CNW), has deployed its SpatialFX® geospatial development and deployment software platform for enhancements to a major scheduling and dispatching system.

The Con-way Service Center Operations (SCO) program is a complete service center application now in deployment at Con-way Freight, a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. providing high-performance regional and inter-regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services in North America. ObjectFX technology is used in two parts of the SCO application: an interactive map-based display that provides a geospatial view of Con-way service centers, pick-up and delivery locations, and planned delivery routes; and an interactive planning and dispatch module that allows users to find optimized routes based on driving time and distance, maintain routes, determine optimum sequencing of pick-ups and deliveries, and create delivery plans. The system makes extensive use of SpatialFX for map visualization, access to business data, routing and geocoding.
 
The SCO system is based on a service-oriented and event-driven architecture, with ObjectFX products integrated as software services. A key benefit of Con-way's implementation approach is that components built for SCO are accessible to multiple subsidiaries within Con-way.
 
"With SpatialFX we were able to integrate services such as visualization, routing, geocoding and a variety of other location-based management functions right into our core application. The flexible deployment options will allow us to support a variety of distributed clients and systems in a scalable architecture. The resulting applications are highly responsive and give our staff increased visibility into our operations, as well as the ability to plan and manage operations effectively," said Jackie Barretta, CIO, Con-way Inc.

"We are pleased that a market leader such as Con-way has selected ObjectFX technology for their next generation scheduling and tracking systems. They are at the forefront of the transportation industry in leveraging telematics and location technology as a strategic asset," said Nick Thomey, President of ObjectFX. "Con-way’s state-of-the-art approach to developing and deploying applications as modular, re-usable components fits very well with our underlying architecture and will result in long-term value to Con-way," Thomey continued.

The Con-way Service Center Operations (SCO) program is a complete service center application now in deployment at Con-way Freight, a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. providing high-performance regional and inter-regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services in North America. ObjectFX technology is used in two parts of the SCO application: an interactive map-based display that provides a geospatial view of Con-way service centers, pick-up and delivery locations, and planned delivery routes; and an interactive planning and dispatch module that allows users to find optimized routes based on driving time and distance, maintain routes, determine optimum sequencing of pick-ups and deliveries, and create delivery plans. The system makes extensive use of SpatialFX for map visualization, access to business data, routing and geocoding.
 
The SCO system is based on a service-oriented and event-driven architecture, with ObjectFX products integrated as software services. A key benefit of Con-way's implementation approach is that components built for SCO are accessible to multiple subsidiaries within Con-way.
 
"With SpatialFX we were able to integrate services such as visualization, routing, geocoding and a variety of other location-based management functions right into our core application. The flexible deployment options will allow us to support a variety of distributed clients and systems in a scalable architecture. The resulting applications are highly responsive and give our staff increased visibility into our operations, as well as the ability to plan and manage operations effectively," said Jackie Barretta, CIO, Con-way Inc.

"We are pleased that a market leader such as Con-way has selected ObjectFX technology for their next generation scheduling and tracking systems. They are at the forefront of the transportation industry in leveraging telematics and location technology as a strategic asset," said Nick Thomey, President of ObjectFX. "Con-way’s state-of-the-art approach to developing and deploying applications as modular, re-usable components fits very well with our underlying architecture and will result in long-term value to Con-way," Thomey continued.