Intergraph Utilities Awarded Multimillion Dollar Contract to Provide GIS Technology For Joint Solutions Project.HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1999--Geospatial Resource Management Platform to Connect Three Electric Cooperatives In a multimillion dollar deal, Intergraph Utilities has been selected with Intellisource-Mid-Atlantic to standardize and integrate GIS across three electric cooperatives in the greater Washington, D.C. area. In an effort to reduce costs and integrate operational processes, Intergraph Utilities will provide its AM/FM/GIS software, FRAMME(TM), as well as an electric application template to enable rapid implementation. Intellisource will provide the overall project management and outsourcing services. The project objective is to implement a Geospatial Resource Management system that integrates the customer information system (CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S ), work management system (WMS WMS Warehouse Management System WMS Web Map Service (open geospatial consortium specification) WMS West Middle School (Rochester Hills, MI) WMS Workforce Management Software WMS Wechsler Memory Scale ) and GIS. Intellisource, a national services integrator specializing in outsourcing solutions, is the prime contractor to Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. Electric Cooperative (NOVEC NOVEC Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative ), Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) and Southern Maryland Southern Maryland in popular usage is composed of the state's southernmost counties on the "Western Shore." This region includes all of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties and southern portions of Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties. Electric Cooperative (SMECO SMECO Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (MD, USA) ) for various support and implementation services. The three cooperatives are relying on Intellisource to migrate them from a mainframe IT system to Intergraph Utilities' Geospatial Resource Management client-server environment. "Using Intergraph Utilities' electric industry application template provides a fast-track, production-ready system in far less time than standard AM/FM/GIS implementations," said Kevin Hitt, Intergraph vice president of electric utilities. Ron Kistler, GIS project manager of Intellisource said, "Partnering with Intergraph will help to expedite a common information system within the three coops that will serve as an industry model, and one that is easily transferable to other electric cooperatives." Intellisource, headquartered in Fairfield, Conn., with operational hubs in Atlanta and Houston, is a Safeguard Scientifics Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SFE See Sydney Futures Exchange. ) partnership company. NOVEC is headquartered in Manassas, Va., and provides electricity to approximately 90,000 customers in northern Virginia. REC is headquartered in Fredericksburg, Va., providing electricity to approximately 75,000 customers in northeastern Virginia. SMECO is headquartered in Hughesville, Md., providing electricity to approximately 115,000 customers in southern Maryland. Intergraph Utilities Background Information Intergraph Utilities is the world's leading supplier of Windows NT-based Geospatial Resource Management solutions for utilities, communications and pipeline companies. Integrated tools enable a truly blended IT environment and support all levels of enterprise activity, creating a seamless medium for data creation, management, analysis and viewing. Intergraph Utilities' full slate Any political party or faction that seeks to form a majority in a parliament or on a board of directors or other responsible body typically must run a full slate if only to demonstrate that they have the capacity to attract the talent to fill every position with some person, even if that of solutions for geospatial resource management includes GFramme, FRAMME, FRAMME Web View and Field View as well as a variety of industry-specific templates for rapid system deployment The deployment of a mechanical device, electrical system, computer program, etc., is its assembly or transformation from a packaged form to an operational working state. Deployment implies moving a product from a temporary or development state to a permanent or desired state. . Dedicated to streamlining the entire workflow, Intergraph Utilities also offers inside plant solutions and the InService suite of solutions addressing outage management, fieldforce management, crew dispatch and mobile data needs. A computer industry pioneer, Intergraph Corporation provides a diverse range of comprehensive engineering, mapping/GIS, emergency management, and IT solutions (hardware, software, and services). Industry analysts consistently rank Intergraph as a top solutions provider in the markets the company has served for three decades. Intergraph 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. Visit our web site at www.intergraph.com/utilities for more information. Intergraph and the Intergraph Logo are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. FRAMME is a trademark of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. EDITORS: If you wish to include contact information for reader inquiries, please use 1-877-818-4171 (within the United States) or Internet address: http://www.intergraph.com/utilities. |
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