ArcFM™ and Designer™ Win Award
at 2002 ESRI Business Partner Conference
Miner & Miner Products Selected Best of Show
Redlands, CA -- ESRI, the world's leading provider of geographic information system (GIS) software, and Miner & Miner are pleased to announce that ArcFM and Designer were awarded the distinction of Best of Show in the ESRI ArcGIS Challenge Contest. This distinction reflects the fact that Miner & Miner's two products received the highest cumulative ranking from the judges taking into account total scores in all three categories in the contest.
The ArcGIS Challenge Contest was designed to highlight ESRI business partners who have developed solution products based on ArcGIS, ESRI's flagship GIS software. The contest was judged at the 2002 ESRI International Business Partner Conference held in Palm Springs, California, February 24-26, 2002.
Miner & Miner's ArcFM™ 8.x is a complete out-of-the-box enterprise GIS solution. It is a powerful extension to ArcGIS allowing electric, gas, and water/wastewater utilities to manage and map multiple networks in a single, integrated environment. ArcFM supports the vertically integrated enterprise, making it easy to view, edit, map, and manage spatial data in a multi-utility context. Functionality such as map production, feeder management, feature favorite creation, composite feature design, cathodic protection tracing, per phase tracing, and many more, allow utilities to realize improved productivity. It fits into the overall information technology architecture of modern utilities through open databases, industry-standard programming environments, and Component Object Model (COM) architecture.
As an extension to ArcFM, Miner & Miner's Designer 8.x product comprises a fully functional facility-design tool, targeted at utilities of any size and type that desire a fully integrated facility mapping information system. Designer provides an intuitive graphical user interface and an open, fully scalable design environment. The configurable application assists the utility in driving down costs, improving customer service, and automating the design, work sketch, and facility update process in the office or in the field. Designer also supports the ability to interface with a work management system (WMS) or enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to facilitate the lifecycle of a job and generate cost estimates. It includes a variety of functions to optimize design including engineering calculations, structural analysis, and automated layouts.
“We're very honored to have been selected as Best of Show in ESRI's Business Partner ArcGIS Challenge Contest,” said Erika Murphy, Miner & Miner's marketing director. “M&M has worked hard to make a quality product that meets the changing needs of the utility industry with specific emphasis on business benefits. The ArcGIS platform has provided the means to develop the ArcFM suite of applications that focus on user-friendliness, enhanced productivity, and seamless integration.”
ArcGIS is the first complete, scalable system for geographic data creation, management, integration, and analysis. ArcGIS makes GIS tools accessible to virtually everyone within an organization.
“It is gratifying to see our new ArcGIS product be incorporated so deftly into world-class solution products as Miner & Miner has done with ArcFM and Designer,” said Rich Turner, ESRI's ArcGIS product manager. “These two products are cleanly designed and work together smoothly. They are very powerful, yet very accessible to the end user. They bring the tools of GIS straight into the hands of the utility professional.”
About Miner & Miner
Miner & Miner (M&M) is a world leader in the development and implementation of GIS software for utilities. M&M's ArcFM Solution and extended services assist electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities in increasing productivity, lowering costs, and improving services by allowing them to effectively manage spatial information. Founded in 1946 as a full-service electrical engineering firm, M&M has been a business partner of ESRI since 1987. This partnership has enabled M&M to become the world's leading developer of ArcGIS applications for the utility industry. M&M services include implementation and customization of software to fit the needs of individual utilities. For more information, please visit www.miner.com.
About ESRI
For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading developer of GIS software with more than 300,000 clients worldwide. ESRI also provides consulting, implementation, and technical support services. In addition to its headquarters in California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, international distributors in more than 90 countries, and more than 1, 400 business partners. ESRI's goal is to provide users with comprehensive tools to help them quickly and efficiently manage and use geographic information to make a real difference in the world around them. ESRI can be found on the Web at www.esri.com.
ESRI, the ESRI globe logo, GIS by ESRI, ArcGIS, ArcSDE, ArcFM, ArcFM Viewer, ARC/INFO, ArcIMS, www.esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Designer, Responder, Conduit Manager, and Network Adapter are trademarks of Miner & Miner, Consulting Engineers, Inc. Other companies and products mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.
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