 |
        |
           |
|
|
|
SpatialNews.com Press Release
 Wireless News - Business News - Feature Columns
ScottishPower Rolls Out ICL GIS SolutionRESTON, Va., April 18, 2000 - ScottishPower’s Manweb region in Wales and England will receive a boost when a new $815,000 (£500,000) Geographic Information System (GIS) will be integrated with asset management applications and rolled out by ICL, the e-Business services company. The incumbent GIS solution, by Smallworld, will be replaced by ICL's Integrated Mapping System (IMS), to consolidate ScottishPower's key plant and circuit data into a common GIS and asset management solution. ICL has supplied the software and services, which will enable ScottishPower to migrate the Manweb geographic data and fully incorporate it into ScottishPower's Advanced Asset Management strategy. This, forms part of a multi-million pound, ongoing ICL program with ScottishPower for consultancy services, applications and customized software. IMS and the asset repositories, including ICL's Udb application, hold data on substations, circuits and the total electricity transmission and distribution network and will be used by more than 500 people including managers, draftsmen and clerical staff. Engineers, for example, will have consistent access to the location and maintenance status of ScottishPower's assets and will be able to perform checks and update records from the desktop, remote locations or in the field through an asset inspection system. ICL's solution also means that ScottishPower meets the regulatory requirements to supply the most current asset information to external suppliers and third party organizations. So organizations such as British Telecom, Transco and CableTel will also have access to ScottishPower's multi-million dollar electronic map base via the Internet. This builds on ScottishPower's aim to deliver information over the Internet to key utility partners. The introduction of the GIS licenses underpins ScottishPower's Asset Management 2000 program, which provides a framework for competitive advantage. ICL’s utilities business in North America, based in Reston, Va., specializes in information technology for utilities, providing solutions for electric and gas utility companies that help improve their performance in an increasingly competitive and deregulated industry. About ICL ICL is Europe's leading e-Business services company and employs more than 22,000 people in over 40 countries. It designs, builds and operates e-Business solutions for customers in the financial services, telecoms, retail, government, utilities and travel markets. ICL's e-Business services portfolio is focused on the transformation of its customers' businesses. It offers an end-to-end services capability - from new media design, consultancy and systems implementation through to managed e-Infrastructure services that underpin the ‘mission critical’ requirements of today's businesses. For the 12 months to March 31, 1999, the company’s revenues were $4,458.4* billion (£2.735 billion) which generated a profit before tax and exceptional charges of $105.1* million (£64.5 million). Headquartered in London, ICL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu and plans to float on the London Stock Exchange in 2000. ICL’s website: www.icl.com About ScottishPower ScottishPower is a leading UK multi-utility business, serving about 5 million domestic, commercial and industrial customers across the UK. The activities of the ScottishPower group span electricity, water and wastewater services, gas, telecommunications and electrical retailing as well as technology and contracting services. ScottishPower delivers services to 1 in 5 homes across the UK, so rapid access to detailed geographic information is essential to deliver the highest levels of customer service. The group employs over 14,000 staff in the UK and, following the acquisition of Manweb in 1995 and Southern Water in 1996, enjoys a geographic presence in Central and Southern Scotland, North West England and North Wales, and much of South East England. Today, ScottishPower supplies one or more of its services to some 20% of homes in the UK. At the end of 1999, ScottishPower acquired the American utility PacifiCorp in a £4 billion plus deal, bringing the group's combined customer base up to 7 million. www.scottishpower.plc.uk
|
Sponsored by: For information regarding advertising rates Click Here! |
Copyright© 1995-2009 MindSites Group, LLC / Privacy Policy
GeoCommunity™, Wireless Developer Network™, GIS Data Depot®, and Spatial News™
including all logos and other service marks
are registered trademarks and trade communities of
MindSites Group, LLC