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Avenza Appoints GrafCAD as Distributor in Turkey

www.avenza.com

Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher and MAPublisher LabelPro cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator, Geographic Imager spatial imaging tools for Adobe Photoshop as well as MAPdataUSA, MAPdataCanada and MAPdataWorld royalty-free GIS data sets announced that GrafCAD of Istanbul, Turkey has been appointed to distribute and resell Avenza products in Turkey.

“As a reseller of Adobe products in Turkey, we have been following Avenza’s MAPublisher and Geographic Imager products for years and we recognize their great value to mapping professionals and cartographers.” said Adem Özay, General Manager of GrafCAD. “We know that there is great potential in Turkey and we look forward to working with Avenza to realize this opportunity”, he added. GrafCAD will be responsible for local marketing and promotion as well as local and regional order fulfillment and support services.

first published week of:   10/19/2009

S&K Technologies, Inc. Purchases Controlling Shares of TerraEchos, Inc.

www.terraechos.com

S&K Technologies, Inc. (S&K) purchased controlling shares of TerraEchos, Inc. in an effort to diversify capabilities in the area of security. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.  TerraEchos, Inc. is a Montana-based company providing the Adelos™ sensor system, an advanced geospatially enabled covert intelligence and surveillance sensor system protecting high-value critical infrastructure, monitoring sensitive perimeters, and securing vulnerable borders. TerraEchos is a preeminent leader in intelligence, surveillance, and intrusion detection and monitoring technology. The company is commercializing this technology to meet growing government and private sector security demands in various sectors.

“We are thrilled about this investment,” reports Tom Acevedo, CEO of S&K.  “TerraEchos has a superior product in the Adelos system.”

The Adelos sensor system, which uses proprietary technology developed by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center - Newport, is a combination of hardware, software, and services that together form a highly effective and advanced sensor security system. The Adelos sensor information architecture is based on the premise of delivering reliable, mission critical intelligence and surveillance alert data to the right people at the right time across the enterprise. 

first published week of:   07/20/2009

Seattle Public Utilities Selects CompassCom AVL for Open Architecture

www.compasscom.com

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU)implemented a Mobile Resource Management (MRM) solution from CompassCom Software Corp. to manage its maintenance, emergency services and command vehicles. The automatic vehicle location (AVL) system is being used to improve service to SPU customers by reducing response time to utility service calls.

CompassCom Software made the announcement today from the ESRI International User Conference in San Diego where it is exhibiting in booth 1804.

CompassCom’s CompassLDE is a universal mobile resource management server that receives wireless GPS-based location and status information from vehicles in multiple fleets over different communications networks simultaneously. Compatible with CompassTrac and ESRI-based GIS software, CompassLDE serves location-based data in real time via the Internet or intranet for display on computer-aided dispatch, mobile data terminals or third party software.

SPU, which manages Seattle’s water, waste water, and solid waste disposal services, selected the CompassLDE GPS based tracking solution due to the system’s open architecture. This enabled SPU to integrate the AVL server with an existing Maximo ticket assignment and asset management system. With an Oracle database on the back end, SPU developed a Field Operations Mapping System to serve as the interface between Maximo and the CompassLDE MRM server.

first published week of:   07/13/2009

Siemens announces successful installation of its SCADA/EMS system at Arizona's largest electric utility

Siemens Energy successfully completed the installation of its Spectrum Power 3 SCADA/EMS system for Arizona Public Service (APS), Arizona’s largest and longest-serving electric utility. This project is unique in that it established a partnership whereby APS co-developed certain required functionality with Siemens. The new system was commissioned in November 2008.

By engaging in a true partnership with Siemens, APS implemented an overall SCADA/EMS technology refresh which provides existing functionality as well as introduced the benefits of advanced transmission network applications and an operator training simulator.

“We’re very proud of the relationship we’ve been able to establish with APS,” notes Mike Edmonds, vice president of Siemens Energy’s U.S. Energy Automation Business Unit. “This project was a perfect example of a successful partnership approach, and thus we are especially pleased with the EMS installation that enables APS to manage their electrical system in real-time to their customers.”

“APS had three primary objectives when beginning this SCADA/EMS project,” said Tom Glock, APS Director of Transmission and Distribution Operations. “The first was to become a member of a large user and support EMS organization. The second was to obtain state estimation and contingency analysis functionality. And, lastly, we wanted to provide our transmission operations staff with a training simulator. APS has successfully met all three objectives.”

The latest generation of the Spectrum Power 3 SCADA/EMS includes data acquisition and control, a historical information system, energy accounting, power applications, ICCP, transmission network applications and an operator training simulator.

Details Here

first published week of:   02/16/2009

Smart Grid RoadShow

www.smartgridroadshow.com/?page=conference&show=2&t=Preliminary%20Agenda

This unique series of four 2-day conferences is designed to change the way we think and learn about the re-purposing of the power grid and what the future holds as the Smart Grid evolves. Rather than having to travel long distances, navigate throngs of attendees and struggle to balance myriad presentations with hundreds of exhibits, SGRS conferences offer a far more intimate environment, a highly focused program and dedicated time for visiting exhibits where meaningful dialog can be conducted and solutions can be found.

first published week of:   03/09/2009

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