Union of Cadac and Meta4 To Create Europe's Largest Bentley Integrator.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2000 Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) , Incorporated today announced the creation of Europe's largest Bentley Integrator through the union of Cadac BIS Ltd. and Meta4 Systems Ltd. Bentley Integrators are substantial systems integration firms that meet the demand for comprehensive engineering IT solutions by combining Bentley products, other software systems, and related services. Bentley's support gives Bentley Integrators' teams of experienced technical specialists additional access to facilitating resources for significant projects. "The coming together of these two companies to form the largest Bentley Integrator in Europe is excellent news," said Dick Fox, Executive Vice President of Bentley Systems, Northern Europe. "Bentley UK has recently secured deals which put us at the heart of a large number of major infrastructure projects. The combined strength of Cadac and Meta4 places them in a great position to offer new kinds of advanced design environments to these prestige projects, particularly using Viecon, our recently announced Web-based engineering collaboration technology." Eddie Hillier Hillier is a surname, and may refer to:
Tracey Robinson, managing director of Meta4, who will work alongside the Bentley Systems UK team as a consultant to assist with the integration of the two companies, said: "Both Meta4's customers and staff will benefit from this deal, which gives them access to highly experienced additional engineering and project management. Cadac has a respected technical team and we are delighted to be joining them." Combined with Bentley's internal Team Bentley group, the Bentley Integrators form the Bentley Integration Network, within which project teams work interchangeably, co-operating in project staffing, internal training and business development. Bentley serves its Bentley SELECT(R) accounts as prime contractor for projects where services are primarily delivered through the Bentley Integration Network's force of over 200 project-qualified engineering IT professionals. Bentley maintains a minority equity interest in all Bentley Integrators. The new economy: Viecon Service Providers The additional strength of the newly expanded Cadac organisation puts it in an ideal position to establish creative new business models to exploit the potential of Bentley's VieconTM Internet initiative. The Viecon strategy addresses communications, collaboration and commerce for even the most complex engineering, construction and operations (E/C/O) networks. The Viecon initiative includes three elements: Viecon.com, a project extranet service; Viecon Licensing, which will provide licensing of Bentley technologies over the Internet on a by-person, by-project and by-month basis; and Viecon Platforms, a local version of the software for organisations who wish to create their own "private networks." Unlike the many dot-com portals, Bentley does not aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for make Viecon.com "the" online marketplace, but rather to power many public and private E/C/O networks with Bentley technology. Cadac will have the resources to deploy Viecon Platforms to create customised, partitioned and/or privately hosted extranet sites for its clients. Viecon Platforms include "private network" installations of Viecon.com and ASP delivery of Bentley technology. About Cadac Cadac was established in 1988 and is now one of the leading specialist systems integrators in the UK. The company provides integrated computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive (CAD), geographic information and data management systems and consultancy. Its markets include architectural engineering Architectural engineering A discipline that deals with the technological aspects of buildings, including the properties and behavior of building materials and components, foundation design, structural analysis and design, environmental system analysis and and construction for large corporate and public projects, geographic information systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS) and infrastructure schemes for the local authority and utility markets and manufacturing industry design projects. The company's philosophy is to form close partnerships with both clients and software authors Software author, refers to a person who writes computer software (programs). This list is primarily a list of individuals rather than businesses, companies or corporations who have produced innovative, early or otherwise notable computer software for commercial or free distribution. . Cadac's customers include BAA Baa See BBB. , BT, Tesco, London Underground The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. It is the world's oldest underground system, and is one of the longest in terms of route length. , Waterman Group, Barclays Property Holdings, National Grid national grid Noun Brit & NZ 1. a network of high-voltage power lines linking major electric power stations 2. the arrangement of vertical and horizontal lines on an ordnance survey map , Colt Telecommunications, Cross Rail, Thames Water Thames Water, known originally as the Thames Water Authority and after privatization as Thames Water Utilities Limited, is the utility responsible for water supply and waste water treatment in parts of Greater London, Surrey, Wiltshire, and the Thames Valley in the and many local authorities including Derbyshire County Council, Nottingham City Council Nottingham City Council is the city council for the unitary authority of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire. It consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards. It is led by Jon Collins, of the majority Labour Party. Nottingham City Council is elected every four years. , Huntingdon District Council and London Borough
About Meta4 Meta4 Systems is a Bentley Integrator specialising in engineering systems and Web-based collaboration tools A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. . The company sells software solutions from Bentley and other vendors, focusing on implementation and consultancy for large UK and European customers. Meta4 has UK sites in London, Warrington and Derby. The majority of its staff are technical specialists with expertise in architecture, construction, geoengineering and project management. About Bentley Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides robust and comprehensive technologies to improve the process of creating and operating constructed assets such as buildings, roadways, manufacturing facilities, and utility and telecommunications networks A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. . The professionals who use Bentley technology include architects, engineers, constructors and owner/operators. Bentley's MicroStation(R), ProjectBank(TM) and Viecon(TM) technology and services make Bentley the leader in the E/C/O (engineering, construction and operations) market. Bentley's annual revenues exceed $190 million, and its reach spans the globe, serving more than 300,000 professionals and over 20,000 companies. Bentley is the second-largest privately held PC software company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . More than 200,000 Bentley users participate in the Bentley SELECT technology and service subscription program. For more information on Bentley, please contact the company at 1-800-BENTLEY, +1 610-458-5000 (Americas), +31 23-556-0560 (Europe, Middle East, Africa), +61 3-9699-8699 (Asia/Pacific), through E-mail at Rachael.Schroeder@Bentley.com or by visiting www.bentley.com. The Bentley Wire automatically delivers company press releases through E-mail within minutes of being issued. To subscribe, go to: www.bentley.com/news/bwire. Bentley, the "B" Bentley logo, MicroStation, and ProjectWise are registered trademarks; ProjectBank is a trademark; and Bentley SELECT and Bentley Continuum are service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or Bentley Software, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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