Austin Energy Selects Smallworld's PowerOn.CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 1999-- Smallworldwide plc (Nasdaq:SWLDY) today announced Austin Energy Austin Energy is the public utility providing electrical power service to a 421 square mile area including Austin, Texas and parts of the surrounding area in Travis and Williamson counties. It is owned by the City of Austin. , an Austin, Texas-based electric utility serving approximately 320,000 customers, has selected Smallworld's unique outage management system An Outage Management System (OMS) is a computer system used by operators of electric distribution systems to assist in restoration of power. Major Functions of an OMS Major functions usually found in an OMS include: Most widely used open source applications:
Smallworld PowerOn is a highly scalable, full-function product for outage out·age n. 1. A quantity or portion of something lacking after delivery or storage. 2. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power. and distribution management that dramatically reduces the time and resources necessary for electric utility companies to deal with service interruptions. The product provides a visual representation of the operational state of the utility's network, which helps the utility automate its network management functions. Tight integration between PowerOn and the underlying Smallworld technology, which is used to maintain the data, delivers major advantages over traditional outage management systems. "We're very excited to be working with Austin Energy to provide a solution to their GIS and outage management needs," said C. Warren Ferguson, president of Smallworld's U.S. subsidiary, Smallworld Systems. "With more than 100 users expected to access the system to view and analyze landbase data maintained by other departments, as well as to share electric data across the city and with outside agencies, it is a prime example of our ability to deliver scalable, enterprise-wide GIS and outage management systems to the utilities industry." Austin Energy plans to integrate Smallworld 3 with Severn Trent's work management system, STORMS. "We recognize the tremendous potential that Smallworld, in concert with Severn Trent Severn Trent plc (LSE: SVT) is a British utility. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Severn Trent is a group of companies employing more than 15,000 people across the UK, US and mainland Europe. , has for improving our ability to meet our customers' expectations in a rapidly evolving marketplace," said John Baker, System Operations & Reliability manager for Austin Energy. "Our entire project team is extremely eager to have these products fully integrated and operational as soon as we can." Smallworldwide plc (http://www.smallworld-us.com) develops and markets software products that model real world assets and services, allowing organizations to understand where there facilities and customers are located, seamlessly integrating this information across the enterprise. The world's leading spatial resource planning Resource planning may refer to:
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