FastGate(R) Manager for Joint Use Purchased by Gulf Power; Florida Utility Selects Specialized Software To Improve Joint-Use Operations.TAMPA, Fla. -- Florida-based Gulf Power has purchased the FastGate(TM) Manager for Joint Use software package developed for the utility market by Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. FastGate Manager for Joint Use is designed to help electric and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. utilities of all sizes manage their joint-use programs, and to make foreign attachment (Law) a process by which the property of a foreign or absent debtor is attached for the satisfaction of a debt due from him to the plaintiff; an attachment of the goods, effects, or credits of a debtor in the hands of a third person; - called in some States trustee, in others and streetlight data easy to gather, verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. , manage, and maintain. Gulf Power will use FastGate Manager for Joint Use to help coordinate processes that are central to the utility's joint use initiative. The application provides a data-collection and data-tracking structure that organizes the attachment request process and that will help Gulf Power collect, verify, and maintain joint use and streetlight information. The application will help the Joint Use Department document existing attachments and reconcile discrepancies with attachers. It will also help organize the attachment request, approval, make-ready, and post-inspection activities in Gulf Power's service territory. Gulf Power, owned by Atlanta-based Southern Company, supplies electricity to approximately 400,000 customers, primarily in northwestern Florida. "Gulf Power was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an application to provide structure to our permitting process," said Ben Bowen Benjamin David Bowen, commonly called "Big Ben" Bowen,[1] (November 14, 2002—February 25, 2005[2]) was a young Huntington, West Virginia boy who was diagnosed with a very aggressive [3] brain tumour on March 2, 2004. , Joint Use Administrator for the utility. "Osmose has developed joint use software that provides that structure and that offers flexibility in taking existing data to the field, collecting new information, verifying ver·i·fy tr.v. ver·i·fied, ver·i·fy·ing, ver·i·fies 1. To prove the truth of by presentation of evidence or testimony; substantiate. 2. and reconciling current data, and posting updates to our GIS (1) (Geographic Information System) An information system that deals with spatial information. Often called "mapping software," it links attributes and characteristics of an area to its geographic location. . The first thing we'll use the new software for is to work with data from an attachment and streetlight audit that Osmose is currently performing for us." The FastGate Manager for Joint Use application offers two main data-viewing options--a geographic "map" view of pole, streetlight, and attachment features and a table-based view of that same data. The map view gives users a visual sense of location, which helps utilities detect patterns and plan work assignments. The table-based view provides a conventional spreadsheet spreadsheet Computer software that allows the user to enter columns and rows of numbers in a ledgerlike format. Any cell of the ledger may contain either data or a formula that describes the value that should be inserted therein based on the values in other cells. display of information and allows sophisticated filtering and reporting of data, which can be structured to include or exclude poles with specific attachment characteristics, such as poles with particular attachment types or poles with attachments by a specified owner. Editing of joint-use data is accomplished in map view on a pole-by-pole basis, or in table view employing the familiar editing tools and techniques of spreadsheet programs. The joint-use application will work in conjunction with FastGate Manager for Poles, which was installed at Gulf Power in March 2005 to help coordinate the utility's pole inspection and treatment program. FastGate Manager for Poles provides an integrated means of gathering and reporting on pole information, organizing follow-up follow-up, n the process of monitoring the progress of a patient after a period of active treatment. follow-up subsequent. follow-up plan inspections and remediation, and managing pole data collected in the field. It can be configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: to work separately from the joint-use software or in conjunction with it on the same computer or work station. FastGate Manager for Joint Use is a recent addition to Osmose's larger family of FastGate software, which includes data viewers, field data-collection software, data gateways to key utility systems, and data-management software designed specifically for use in utility settings. FastGate products are currently installed at more than 150 utilities. About Osmose Over the past 70 years utility and telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. customers have relied on Osmose to help reduce costs and extend the life of their outside plant. We provide inspection, repair, data acquisition and data management services including pole inspection and treatment, pole restoration, overhead line and attachment surveys, field data collection and a full line of utility products. Our workforce is mobile, scalable, technically-skilled and serves more than 800 customers in all 50 states. FastGate and Osmose are registered trademarks of S-T-N Holdings, Inc. All other trademarks are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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