MEGA Helps GeoEye Manage Corporate Resources More Efficiently.SHARON, Mass. -- MEGA International MEGA International is a leading Business Process and Enterprise Architecture software and solution provider. In 1986 MEGA developed the first European enterprise modeling software for Windows. , the global leader in business process analysis and enterprise architecture, today announced that GeoEye, the largest satellite commercial remote sensing Deriving digital models of an area on the earth. Using special cameras from airplanes or satellites, either the sun's reflections or the earth's temperature is turned into digital maps of the area. company in the world, is using the MEGA Suite to develop an infrastructure to help managers use company resources more efficiently and meet Sarbanes-Oxley compliance directives. Virginia-based GeoEye, which specializes in advanced geospatial imagery processing, gathers high-resolution map-accurate imagery of Earth for national security, mapping, local government planning, and natural resources and environmental monitoring. The 2006 acquisition of another company, coupled with the new compliance regulations of Sarbanes-Oxley, made it increasingly important for GeoEye to document company processes. "We needed a solution that would allow us to represent roles and responsibilities, document operations, and portray risks, policy and operational controls, and control objectives," explained Hugh Klipp, director of business process management at GeoEye. GeoEye used the MEGA Suite to develop a repository that contains the vital information on company resources for approximately 300 employees in various functional departments across three key locations. The repository is a common, shared infrastructure, containing about 200 control diagrams, each with narrative associated with risks and control objectives. It includes more than 400 defined operations. GeoEye has approximately 75 servers and 40 business applications mapped. One of the most immediate measures of success for the project was GeoEye's ability to produce the required Sarbanes-Oxley reports on time. Subsequent years of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance preparation are requiring an effort that only takes about 10 percent of the time required the first year. "If we had attempted this effort in Word or Visio, it would have been an impossible task," Klipp noted. "By using the MEGA software, it was easy to add the new roles and functions of the acquired company and quickly assess all of the company's assets." With the MEGA repository, GeoEye can make massive changes quickly and easily. And, with information standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. , it is possible to identify and eliminate redundancies and bottlenecks, and create situations where departments can work together to determine how best to manage processes between them. MEGA has aided GeoEye in creating business agility, by helping the company better manage its resources. In addition, the MEGA solution helps managers avoid problems, and save time and money by identifying the impact of organizational change through modeling, before actual changes are made. This has sharpened organizational performance Organizational performance comprises the actual output or results of an organization as measured against its intended outputs (or goals and objectives). Specialists in many fields are concerned with organizational performance including strategic planners, operations, and contributes to improved management of risk. "We've been very pleased with MEGA's tools and consulting support, which is top notch," Klipp concluded. "MEGA has been an overwhelming success for GeoEye." About MEGA International MEGA International (www.mega.com) is a global leader in enterprise architecture, offering solutions to improve company performance and insure regulatory compliance. The company provides executives with the ability to understand, discover, align, and control information at the enterprise level through its prominent modeling software, proven methods, and expert consulting in business process analysis, operational risk management, and IT alignment. Founded in 1991, with offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, and Asia, MEGA International has more than 45,000 software licenses In computing, software that is copyrighted and licensed under a software license is done under a variety of licensing schemes. For end-users there are proprietary licenses and there are free software licenses, and there are proprietary Within these schemes are further classifications. worldwide and delivers more than 20,000 consulting engagement days per year. Clients include AT&T, Cox Enterprises Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late , DirecTV, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, GeoEye, Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. , NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , National City Bank, NEXTEL, Nissan, Wyeth, and the US Departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , and Transportation. About GeoEye Headquartered in Dulles, Va., GeoEye is the world's largest commercial satellite imagery Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. History The first satellite photographs of Earth were made August 14, 1959 by the US satellite Explorer 6. company, delivering the highest-quality, most accurate imagery and products to better map, measure, monitor and manage the world. GeoEye was formed as a result of ORBIMAGE's acquisition of Space Imaging in January 2006. The company is the premier provider of geospatial data, information and value-added products for the national security community, strategic partners, resellers and commercial customers. GeoEye operates a constellation of three Earth imaging satellites - OrbView-2, OrbView-3 and IKONOS - and possesses an international network of regional ground stations, a robust image archive, and advanced geospatial imagery processing capabilities that are unmatched in the satellite imagery industry. Its products are the cornerstone of the remote-sensing industry enabling a wide array of applications including intelligence gathering for national security and defense, mapping, local government planning, and natural resources and environmental monitoring. The company maintains a comprehensive Quality Management System (QMS (1) (Minolta-QMS, Inc., Mobile, AL) A manufacturer of laser printers founded in 1977 by Jim Busby. Initially involved with controllers for printing bar codes and labels, it entered the laser printer business in the mid-1980s and set numerous records. ) and has achieved corporate-wide ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. accreditation. For more information, visit www.geoeye.com. |
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