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SpatialNews Press Release
Two strong partners with one solution -
Intergraph and ZIEGLER-Informatics form powerful team in the GIS market
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., October 5, 2000 -- Intergraph (Germany) GmbH and
ZIEGLER-Informatics GmbH have recently signed a cooperation contract.
Beginning in October, more than 1,500 CADdy customers of
ZIEGLER-Informatics, with more than 4,000 installations, will receive
Intergraph's GeoMedia product as a free extension of ZIEGLER's CAD systems
within the existing framework of their service contracts. The partnership
between Intergraph and ZIEGLER expands the number of installed GeoMedia
licenses and also links the geo-computing solutions of ZIEGLER-Informatics
with modern GIS technology. With this association, both enterprises ensure
their top position in the German-language GIS market. The basic package,
named CADdy++GeoMedia, is based on Intergraph's successful product, GeoMedia
Professional.
ZIEGLER-Informatics GmbH is a leading CAD-provider in Germany for surveying
and design solutions, and Intergraph is a leader in the GIS world market.
The main purpose of the partnership, based on Intergraph's Team GeoMedia
program, is to integrate Intergraph's GIS platform GeoMedia into the various
CADdy-solutions of ZIEGLER-Informatics. The first solutions will be
presented at the international trade fair, INTERGEO, in Berlin (October
11-13, 2000).
The first phase of the partnership includes product adaptation and
integration. All CADdy surveying projects can be converted by way of a CADdy
data server, directly and without loss of information, to the new
CADdy++GeoMedia program. This forms the basis of all CAD and GIS
applications developed and produced by ZIEGLER-Informatics. CADdy++GeoMedia
will be integrated into the ZIEGLER-software family. With this new system,
all data produced in CADdy can be accessed and analyzed together with data
from other sources. Because GeoMedia has unique data server technology,
alphanumeric and geo data in most data formats can be used.
In the second phase, ZIEGLER-Informatics will develop various applications
based on CADdy++GeoMedia and the GeoMedia product suite (GeoMedia, GeoMedia
Professional, GeoMedia WebMap, and GeoMedia WebEnterprise). This will give
CADdy++ users access to a modern Web-based GIS that makes the complex
reprogramming of ZIEGLER's own Internet core technology unnecessary.
GeoMedia WebMap and GeoMedia WebEnterprise are already celebrating worldwide
success. The use of the Internet is clearly defined: modern CAD/GIS
technology should not only capture and provide data but also ensure
profitable use of data by communicating and selling it on the World Wide
Web.
GeoMedia and CADdy++
The significance of this association can be understood by looking at the
market situation/market share of both enterprises. ZIEGLER-Informatics has a
strong user group with more than 4,000 installations in surveying, local
government, and utilities. ZIEGLER-Informatics CAD systems claim a top
position in Europe. According to recent market studies by the research firm,
Daratech (Cambridge, Mass.), Intergraph leads the worldwide GIS market with
a market share of 38 percent (software, hardware, and services). Intergraph
(Germany) has more than 1,000 customers.
"This partnership with ZIEGLER-Informatics is based on our longtime
experience in the IT business coupled with the security of investment and
innovation of an international U.S. company," says Dr. Horst Harbauer,
managing director of Intergraph (Germany) GmbH.
Rainer Ziegler, managing director of ZIEGLER-Informatics GmbH adds,
"Enormous synergistic effects are generated by this unique integration of
CAD and GIS data processing worlds, which are related but not fully
compatible. An unknown strong constellation at the German-language CAD/GIS
market arises from the new technological and strategic partnership of
Intergraph and ZIEGLER."
Immediate Distribution
A specially adapted version of GeoMedia Professional, including a CADdy++
data server, will be distributed after the trade fair, INTERGEO. This
provides CADdy++ customers who have service contracts direct access to
geospatial information technology on a high level. Beginning next year, the
new product, CADdy++GeoMedia, will be delivered and will include the key
functionality of GeoMedia Professional.
ZIEGLER-Informatics will have the rights to distribute the German version of
CADdy++GeoMedia in Germany and Austria. ZIEGLER-Informatics will also serve
customers in Switzerland and non-German-speaking countries. Business with
new customers will be handled separately.
Intergraph Background
Intergraph Corporation is a worldwide provider of end-to-end technical
solutions and systems integration. Intergraph's vertically focused business
units develop, market and support software and services for local and
national governments, and for global industries, including process plant
design, utilities, communications, mapping/GIS, photogrammetry, and public
safety. Headquartered in Huntsville, Ala., with offices worldwide,
Intergraph is located on the Web at www.intergraph.com.
ZIEGLER-Informatics Background
ZIEGLER-Informatics GmbH is a daughter of the ZIEGLER-enterprise group,
Monchengladbach. The enterprise was founded in 1971 and has existed in this
form since 1992. Since 1984 ZIEGLER-Informatics has developed
market-oriented CAD/CAM/CAE/GIS software. The program system CADdy takes a
top position on the European CAD-market. Sales are handled by a specialist
dealer network and international distributors.
Press contacts:
Gisela Brunner
Intergraph (Deutschland) GmbH
Tel.: +49 (89) 9 61 06-236
Fax: +49 (89) 9 61 28 17
E-Mail: gbrunner@ingr.com
Dr. Horst Lederer
Dipl.-Ing. Olaf Meier
ZIEGLER-Informatics GmbH
Tel.: +49 (21 66) 95 56 60
Fax: +49 (21 66) 95 56 69
http://www.caddy.de
E-Mail: marketing@caddy.de
U.S. Press Contact:
Shelley Miller
Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions
Tel.: (256) 730-7631
E-Mail: stmiller@ingr.com
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