Smallworld Ships Smallworld 3; New System Enables Full Integration of Spatial Data with Other Enterprise Systems.CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1998-- Smallworldwide plc (Nasdaq: SWLDY), the world's leading supplier of spatial resource planning Resource planning may refer to:
"Smallworld 3 does for spatially-referenced data within engineering, operations and distribution network management what Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) solutions do for data held in accounting, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , procurement and project management systems," said Andy Stafford, Smallworld's Chief Executive Officer. Stafford continued: "Smallworld 3 is completely complementary to ERP solutions now being implemented in utility, pipeline, telecommunications, transportation and public system organizations worldwide. This new solution enables our customers to move beyond the confines of legacy, proprietary systems and bring spatial data Data that is represented as 2D or 3D images. A geographic information system (GIS) is one of the primary applications of spatial data (land maps). See spatial analysis, spatial resolution and GIS glossary. into the mainstream information technology environment. Smallworld 3 will play an integral role in helping our customers manage power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
Smallworld 3's unique approach to data management ensures that all system users have access to the entire database even when there are many complex design projects, `what-if' analysis or 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. exercises in execution. Integration and interoperability with leading ERP solutions are accomplished using industry standards bundled with end-user focused applications. Smallworld 3 can act as a Microsoft Automation client and server, allowing integration with desktop applications such as Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. and the use of mainstream development environments such as Visual Basic and Delphi for application development. Smallworld 3 offers a user-friendly Windows environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. combined with powerful spatial functionality and allows version-managed Smallworld spatial data to be stored in Oracle8, a feature that offers unparalleled scalability and system security. For customers, the tight integration of Smallworld and Oracle brings extremely fast system performance for hundreds, even thousands, of users. Smallworld 3 is a truly global product, which makes localizing to suit the needs of a particular country a simple matter of configuration. In addition to English and European character set support, Smallworld 3 can be used in territories that include the Asia Pacific nations of Japan and Korea as well as the Baltic States Baltic states, the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, bordering on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Formed in 1918, they remained independent republics until their involuntary incorporation in 1940 into the USSR. They regained their independence in Sept. and the Czech and Slovak Republics. Concludes Stafford, "Designed to integrate diverse activities covering engineering design, marketing, customer call centers, and work and inventory management systems, Smallworld 3 is the only product available designed from the ground up to support spatial resource planning." Smallworld (www.smallworld-us.com) develops and markets software products that model real world assets and services, seamlessly integrating this information across the enterprise. The company's object-oriented technology offers fast implementation and easy integration so customers can increase revenues, improve customer service and better utilize their assets. Smallworld has more than 500 customers in over 31 countries around the world. |
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