November 28, 2006; 07:31 AM Today DM Solutions Group (DMSG) and Pacific Alliance Technologies (PAT)
announced the release of iVAULT 2007 with commercial support for
MapGuide Open backed by DMSG Premiere, and its future amalgamation with
the DMSG Fusion toolkit for MapGuide Open. iVAULT 2007 was today
released into a commercial, production environment and is being used by
the Resort Municipality of Whistler's staff on their Intranet.
Intended to streamline the implementation of MapGuide Open Source,
iVAULT 2007 allows users and Implementation Partners to complete a
MapGuide implementation without needing any development staff.
Scheduled for a spring release, Fusion extends the core of MapGuide
with superior functionality and flexibility. Removing the need for
software development expertise from a MapGuide Open implementation
allows domain experts to implement MapGuide Open on their terms. DMSG
and PAT have started to enable partners with domain expertise to
implement the product line. UMA Engineering, one of Canada's largest
engineering firms recently started offering web-mapping solutions to
their clients using iVAULT 2007 and MapGuide Open. Challenger Geomatics
is implementing iVAULT 2007 with MapGuide Open to supply data to their
clients in the oil patch.
"Enabling Domain experts to implement MapGuide Open is a key step in
the democratization of GIS," said Chris Webber, President of Pacific
Alliance Technologies. "iVAULT 2007 makes web mapping so flexible, easy
and affordable that mapping can now be used as a reporting tool for
financial, asset management and other information. "The release of
MapGuide as open source technology has resulted in both rapid
technology advances and business innovation, both evident in this
announcement. The DMSG Fusion technology in iVAULT 2007 integrates the
latest Web 2.0 and AJAX techniques together with MapGuide Open. All of
this is supported through DMSG Premiere - a unique support service that
reaches beyond traditional proprietary web mapping maintenance
agreements. "This partnership allows for the integration of DMSG's core
strengths in developing and supporting open source web mapping
technologies with Pacific Alliance's unique understanding of their
domain markets" said Dave McIlhagga, President of DMSG. "The result is
a high quality solution specifically meeting Pacific Alliance's
customer and partner needs.
"This approach offers a level of "customer ownership" of enterprise
software. Rather than facing complete dependence on software from a
third party, or building everything from the ground up, this solution
brings the benefits of ownership by having access to the source, along
with commercial support to provide operational assurance.
About Pacific Alliance Technologies
Pacific Alliance Technologies (http://www.pat.ca) is a software
solutions company focused on enterprise-wide mapping and design
solutions, education and professional services. One of the company's
main areas of expertise is web-based mapping for infrastructure and
asset management. Pacific Alliance is a leading provider of MapGuide
solutions and has implemented some of the world's largest web-based
mapping systems. Pacific Alliance supplies a majority of Western
Canada's Municipalities and Engineering Consultants with geospatial and
infrastructural software, training, customization and support.
About DM Solutions Group
DM Solutions Group Inc. (http://www.dmsolutions.ca) is a leader in the
open source Web Mapping community, the primary commercial supporter of
MapServer - and a key contributor to MapGuide Open. Building on its
open source success, DM Solutions Group focuses on commercial support
for MapServer and MapGuide Open through DMSG Premiere, custom solutions
delivery, a range of consulting and technical services, and value-added
products and solutions for a broad range of users of open source Web
Mapping technologies.
About iVAULT
iVAULT was originally developed in 1998 to help streamline the
implementation and support of web mapping implementations for thousands
of users at the BC Ministry of Forests, Telus Communications and
Verizon Communications. Today iVAULT 2007 is the fastest way to build
and deploy powerful web-mapping applications that are flexible, easy
and affordable. Please refer to www.pat.ca/mapguide.htm for reference sites and more information.
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