Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. selects Intergraph for corporate-wide GIS.HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1995--Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (BGE BGE Baltimore Gas and ElectricBGE Big Green Egg (grill) BGE Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche) BGE Busch Gardens Europe BGE Branch If Greater or Equal BGE Bacterial Growth Efficiency ) announced their selection of Intergraph for their geographic information system geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS). The contract, involving hardware and software, was awarded after an extensive technical evaluation The study and investigations by a developing agency to determine the technical suitability of material, equipment, or a system for use in the Military Services. See also operational evaluation. , risk analysis, cost evaluation and a three-day benchmark. BGE intends to use the system as a corporate-wide, decision-support tool to help solidify its competitive position in the deregulated environment. BGE's Information Systems Department is implementing a fast-track deployment of Phase I with completion due in spring of 1996. Phase I uses Intergraph's Modular GIS Environment (MGE Mge Mycoplasma Genitalium MGE Minneapolis Grain Exchange MGE Madison Gas and Electric Company MGE Mobile Genetic Elements MGE Maintenance Ground Equipment MGE Microstation Graphics Environment MGE Modern Gun Effectiveness Model MGE Modular Gis Environment ) to better support sales, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , forecasting and marketing analysis. Additional software, Intergraph's VistaMap, will allow casual query and viewing of the GIS across the enterprise. Joe Hunter Joe Hunter or Joseph Hunter may refer to:
To link a user community that is both diverse and dispersed, BGE selected the Windows NT operating system, Intergraph's TD30 technical desktop computers and ISMP ISMP Institute for Safe Medication Practices ISMP InstallShield MultiPlatform ISMP International Society of Meeting Planners ISMP ISF (Information Strike Force) Service Management Plan ISMP Integrated Systems Management Processor 32 servers. "Intergraph looks forward to partnering with the outstanding team of Baltimore Gas and Electric in this venture," says Larry Ayers, executive vice president, Infrastructure Division. "Their enterprise approach to GIS is setting the standard for how utility companies create and use geographic systems." Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. BGE is an investor-owned company that combines its core utility business with diversified non-utility operations. Founded in 1816, BGE is the nation's first gas utility and one of its earliest electric utilities, with a tradition of superior, low-cost service reliability. With assets of more than $8 billion, BGE serves more than 1.1 million business and residential electric customers and 540,000 gas customers in an economically diverse 2,300-square-mile area encompassing the city of Baltimore and all or part of 10 Central Maryland counties. Intergraph Background Information Intergraph Corp. (Huntsville, Ala.), a member of the Fortune 1000, is the world's largest company dedicated to supplying interactive computer graphics systems. Product range from point solutions, meeting individual and departmental needs, to integrated, enterprise-wide systems. The company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol INGR. Noted for delivering interoperable systems and applications, Intergraph bases its products on Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT and UNIX operating systems. Intergraph Software Solutions (ISS ISS See Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). ) develops and markets integrated software for the Technical Desktop -- the combination of compatible technical applications and personal productivity tools in a single desktop computer. Technical applications include computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive , engineering, analysis, manufacturing, publishing and earth science. ISS also provides core systems software, high-end applications, and training, consulting and implementation services. -0- Note to editors: Intergraph and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corp. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Intergraph Corp., Huntsville Allyson Kirkpatrick, 205/730-1675 amkirkpa@ingr.com |
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