TechnologyOne, GIS partner on solutions development

Peter Dinham
Thursday, 15 December 2011 22:00

IT Industry - Development

Australian-listed software provider, TechnologyOne has formed a strategic partnership with Digital Mapping Solutions to jointly develop and sell integrated asset management and geographic information systems solutions.

The collaboration will see TechnologyOne Asset Management deliver a map-based interface with DMS's IntraMaps GIS application seamlessly integrated with the product, which the two companies say will provide customers with an integrated, visual representation of spatial data for assets, properties, work orders and defects.

TechnologyOne Executive Chairman, Adrian Di Marco said the partnership was an important step forward for the company's asset management product offering, particularly for local government and utilities customers.

'There has been a rapid increase in GIS and mapping technology over the past five years, as it becomes an important business tool enabling employees to make quick and informed decisions, on and off-site, based on real-time spatial information.'

'DMS is well regarded as a leading supplier of enterprise GIS technology, particularly for local government, and we are excited about the prospect of working collaboratively to enhance our asset management capabilities.

'We already share a number of customers with DMS, and there are strong synergies in our respective products and service offerings, so it makes sense to combine our strengths and develop better integrated solutions.'

TechnologyOne recently introduced embedded GIS and mapping components in the latest release of its asset management solution, including geospatial capabilities for assets and work orders, and will expand on these functions with DMS's applications.

DMS CEO, David Baxter, said the result of the partnership would be an asset management solution complete with the latest GIS and mapping capabilities.

'The integration of applications means customers will be able to view maps of all their assets such as roads, property and water networks in a central system, and use the information to complete and update work orders in an accurate and timely manner,' Baxter said.

In March 2011, TechnologyOne announced a strategic alliance with Assetic to develop and sell what Di Marco said was the market's 'first fully integrated total asset management solution,' and the company had secured a number of new wins as a result of new product features.