ALSTOM and Locus Technologies Announce Strategic Alliance Agreement.Business Editors & Environment/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden & STUTTGART, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2002 Locus Locus - A distributed system project supporting transparent access to data through a network-wide file system. Technologies (Locus) and ALSTOM Power Environmental Consult, GmbH (ALSTOM Consult) announced today that the two companies will enter into a Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA (Systems Application Architecture) A set of interfaces designed to cross all IBM platforms from PC to mainframe. Introduced by IBM in 1987, SAA includes the Common User Access (CUA), the Common Programming Interface for Communications (CPI-C) and Common Communications ). Locus provides comprehensive consulting, engineering, Internet-based remote control, automation, and information management services for the environmental market. ALSTOM Consult is a leading provider of services in the areas of compliance audits; permitting; storage tank management; environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) management; and all aspects of the investigation, assessment, and cleanup of contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. sites. The SAA primarily covers the area of advanced information technology in the environmental industry and will provide increased value to Locus's and ALSTOM Consult's industrial clients by formalizing and expanding the companies' collaborative efforts on numerous environmental projects in Europe. Under the agreement, ALSTOM Consult will become a distributor and an operator of Locus's award-winning, web-based suite of applications, LocusFocus(SM). This suite includes modules for: (1) automating, operating, and controlling process and treatment systems for water, groundwater, wastewater, air, and soil; (2) managing environmental data; (3) conducting site audits; (4) storing and retrieving documents; and (5) collaborating on-line. In addition to innovations in technology, Locus and ALSTOM Consult will also benefit from teaming on professional and technical environmental projects in Europe and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "We are very pleased to formalize our existing and long-standing relationship with ALSTOM Consult. This agreement will help Locus better serve our European-based clients and will facilitate deployment of our web-based technologies in Europe. With ALSTOM Consult's distributed network of offices throughout Europe, we can now extend our services to an important market for our company," said Dr. Neno Duplancic, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Locus. "ALSTOM Consult is very happy to start using and bringing Locus's web technologies to the European market. We are also excited to expand our current relationship to provide value-added technologies to existing and new markets in Europe and North America," said Dr. Peter Rissing, managing director of ALSTOM's environmental consulting Environmental consulting is often a form of compliance consulting, in which the consultant ensures that the client maintains an appropriate measure of compliance with environmental regulations. business. The European market for environmental goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. is currently $149 billion and is expanding at the rate of approximately $4 billion per year (California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency, 2001). With Locus's strong presence in North America and ALSTOM Consult's high profile in Europe, the SAA is expected to bring significant benefits to both companies and their respective clients. About Locus Locus Technologies, an ENR-200 company, specializes in providing comprehensive consulting, design, information management, automation, and construction services for the environmental industry. Its list of clients includes some of the largest corporations both in the U.S. and in Europe. Locus's web-based suite of services and technologies (LocusFocus(SM)) was the first comprehensive, multi-channel web portal See portal. for the environmental industry. The suite includes an array of secure and universally accessible data collection, management, and storage tools that offer improvements in work flows, decision-making, communication, and data quality, ultimately resulting in higher quality project management and delivery at a lower cost. More information on Locus and LocusFocus(SM) is available at http://www.locustec.com. About ALSTOM Power Environmental Consult ALSTOM Power Environmental Consult is a recognized expert in environmental management services with an emphasis on contaminated land management, due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. service in mergers and acquisitions, implementation of EH&S management systems, and ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14001, as well as occupational EH&S services. ALSTOM Power Environmental Consult is part of ALSTOM Power, which offers a range of boilers, energy recovery, and environmental equipment. ALSTOM has annual sales in excess of 22 billion euros and employs approximately 120,000 people in over 70 countries. The Company is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock exchanges New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . More information on ALSTOM can be found at http://www.alstom.com. |
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