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Hydro Ottawa Awards Intergraph Contract for GIS and Outage and Mobile Workforce Management.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2003

Intergraph's G/Electric and InService solutions provide foundation

for integrated Geospatial Resource Management environment

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
:INGR) announced today that Hydro Ottawa Limited has purchased Intergraph's configurable commercial off-the-shelf Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) is a term for software or hardware, generally technology or computer products, that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public.  (COTS) solutions, G/Electric for geofacilities management and InService(TM), for outage and mobile workforce management Workforce Management (WFM) encompasses all the responsibilities for maintaining a productive and happy workforce. Sometimes referred to as HRMS systems, or even the larger ERP systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP). There are many software vendors within this space. . Hydro Ottawa serves approximately 260,000 customers in the Ottawa region and is the third largest electric utility in Ontario.

G/Electric and InService will form the foundation of Hydro Ottawa's integrated Geospatial Resource Management (GRM GRM Gross Rent Multiplier
GRM Geospatial Resource Management (GIS, mapping)
GRM General Routing Matrix
GRM General Relationship Model
GRM Gregg Reference Manual
GRM Gross Refining Margin
GRM Global Request Manager
) environment, which supports seamless workflows among applications that manage and maintain a service-delivery network. G/Electric's open architecture facilitates integration between geospatially related analysis applications. InService's outage management capability will enable Hydro Ottawa to manage day-to-day network operations more efficiently and reduce restoration time during power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
  • The Northeast Blackout of 1965 on November 9, 1965.
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  • The infamous New York City Blackout of July 13-14, 1977, resulted in looting and rioting.
 throughout its 1,050-square-kilometer service territory. In addition, it will analyze operating data to help predict and correct probable distribution network failures.

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 Norm Fraser, vice president, Network Planning & Operations, "Hydro Ottawa looked for integrated solutions to reduce the risk, cost and time required to achieve geospatial information workflows that speed decision support and crew response time to trouble calls. This is in line with our continued commitment to provide safe, reliable, effective and efficient service for our customers."

Intergraph is the only vendor to offer a comprehensive suite of pre-integrated, off-the-shelf products to manage the distribution network, thereby reducing the risks associated with selecting multiple vendors for GIS, outage management, trouble-related dispatch and mobile workforce management.

"Intergraph's one-stop approach with one cohesive implementation team and customer interface point speeds implementation, providing faster system benefits and payback from Hydro Ottawa's investment," said Arthur Spencer, executive vice president of Utilities & Communications, Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions.

For more information about Intergraph's solutions visit, http://imgs.intergraph.com/.

Hydro Ottawa Limited

Hydro Ottawa Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc., is the electricity distribution company for Canada's capital city. In Ontario's electricity market, Hydro Ottawa has two important jobs: ensuring the safe, reliable delivery of electricity to 260,000 residential and business customers; and billing for its services and for the services provided by other organizations in Ontario's electricity system. For more information, visit www.hydroottawa.com.

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions is a leading geospatial solutions provider for the following markets: local, state and federal government; transportation; utilities; communications; location-based services See mobile positioning. ; photogrammetry photogrammetry: see aerial and satellite photography. ; remote sensing; cartography cartography: see map.
cartography
 or mapmaking

Art and science of representing a geographic area graphically, usually by means of a map or chart. Political, cultural, or other nongeographic features may be superimposed.
; and military and intelligence. For more information, visit http://imgs.intergraph.com/.

Intergraph is a registered trademark and InService is a trademark of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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