Telvent, İŞLEM GIS, and Miner & Miner
to pursue Turkish GIS Market
Companies partner to provide Enterprise GIS solutions to utilities
Fort Collins, CO -- Telvent GIT S.A. (Nasdaq: TLVT), the Global RealTime IT Company, today announced that Miner & Miner (M&M), a Telvent company, and İŞLEM GIS of Ankara, Turkey have partnered to offer the ArcFM Solution to electric, gas, water and wastewater utilities throughout Turkey and the surrounding
region. The ArcFM Solution is a complete GIS utility solution for modeling, editing, maintaining, and managing facility asset data. It provides users with productivity tools that support the way the industry uses and manages data in the modern competitive marketplace. ArcFM's spatial components allow utilities to realize improvements in all business areas, including operations, engineering, customer service, marketing, and sales.
“The Turkish energy market is currently experiencing rapid growth. By implementing an Enterprise GIS, utilities will be able to better manage their assets that will result in better customer service,” said Ricardo Ferreyros, International Sales Account Manager at M&M. “There is a modernization trend, demonstrated by the utility market, and incorporation of new technologies is common.”
Telvent and Miner & Miner are business partners of ESRI, the world leader in developing Geographic Information System software. İŞLEM GIS is the distributor of ESRI technology in Turkey. This relationship provides the opportunity to expand the customer base of the ArcFM suite of products and continue to extend the ESRI community in Turkey. Together, the team of Telvent, Miner & Miner, and İŞLEM present a powerful partnership to meet the needs of utilities throughout Turkey.
İŞLEM GIS will be completing its Business Partner training in ArcFM™ to become a certified ArcFM Training Center, upon which İŞLEM will be in a position to conduct Turkish-based ArcFM training for their clients. They will help the team provide local support and training to existing projects as well as implementation services and consulting to new and potential customers in the region.
“We are moving forward from just selling mapping databases and imagery to actually getting involved in software sales and implementation efforts. For many years the Turkish utility market has been searching for more comprehensive suppliers, able to support their growth with powerful and popular GIS tools. This is why we are very excited about working with Telvent and M&M, which has the right products and mind set to enable the fulfillment of customers' needs in the region,” said Dr. Halil Söğüt, President and CEO of İŞLEM GIS.
Miner & Miner (M&M), a Telvent company, 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, integration, and customization of software to fit the needs of individual utilities. For more information, please visit www.telvent.com/miner/.
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 1,700 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.
İŞLEM GIS is privately owned engineering consulting company which is part of the İŞLEM Group. İŞLEM GIS provides nationwide socio-economical and physical resource management services based on contemporary Geographic Information Systems technologies. The company is the Distributor of ESRI Technology in Turkey. İŞLEM GIS is the market leader in GIS, serving with 70 experienced staff, in Turkey. The web address of the company is www.islem.com.tr.
Telvent (NASDAQ: TLVT), the Global RealTime IT Company, specializes in high value added solutions and services in four industry sectors (Energy, Traffic, Transport and Environment). Its technology allows high performing companies to make real-time business decisions using data acquisition, control, and advanced operational applications, providing secure actionable information delivery to the enterprise. (www.telvent.com)
ArcFM Solution, ArcFM, ArcFM Viewer, Designer, Responder, Conduit Manager, and Network Adapter are trademarks of Miner and Miner, Consulting Engineers, Inc. Other companies and products mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.
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