[May 04, 2005] Ten Sails, Infotech Sign Strategic Agreement to Provide Expert Services to Global Smallworld User Community Tweet DENVER, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ten Sails, the location technology business builder and Infotech Enterprises, a leading geospatial services company, announced today that they have entered into a strategic alliance to offer a unique mix of solutions, services and technology expertise to the global Smallworld user community. Their global presence and delivery capability will enable the companies to comprehensively address the needs of customers in the US/Americas, UK/Europe and Australia/Asia-Pacific markets. Bringing together several hundred person-years of geospatial technology innovation and experience, the Ten Sails-Infotech alliance is strongly positioned to support Utility and Telecom businesses using Smallworld based solutions across the whole technology lifecycle. Joint services that will be offered include consultancy, best practices reviews, software architecture, application design and development, and software implementation and customization. The companies will also be able to help organizations needing to undertake migration to Smallworld 4.0 as well as providing data management services, including data conversion and migration, and application maintenance and support. Richard Green, Ten Sails' CEO commented: "We are delighted to formalize our long term relationship with one of the world's premier providers of location and geospatial technology services and look forward to collaborating on many successful projects in the future". BVR Mohan Reddy, Infotech's Chairman and CEO, said: "I am excited about the unique synergy that the Infotech-Ten Sails alliance brings to market. Combining our deep knowledge and experience around Smallworld technology, a keen understanding of business requirements, cost-efficient delivery models and worldwide market presence, we offer existing and new customers a superior value proposition as they look to maximize their return on investment on the technology." About Infotech Founded in 1991, Infotech Enterprises (http://www.infotechsw.com/) is a leading provider of geospatial and engineering design services to the utilities, telecom, transportation, government and manufacturing industries worldwide. Infotech currently employs over 3,000 resources across 17 global locations and is certified to CMMi 5, ISO 9000 and BS7799 standards. A public company, Infotech has equity participation by Tele Atlas and United Technologies Corporation. About Ten Sails Ten Sails, based in Cambridge, England and Denver, Colorado, creates and operates a network of global location technology businesses. The founders of Ten Sails previously established the global GIS Company, Smallworld(TM), which they sold to General Electric in 2000. For more information, please visit http://www.tensails.com/. Contact Person (Americas): Infotech Software Solutions Inc. Ms. Jennifer Rappold VARGIS (a subsidiary of Infotech Software Solutions Inc.) Tel: +1 (703) 397-9503 Email: [email protected] Contact Person (Americas): Ten Sails Consulting Inc. Mr. Steve Bonifas Ten Sails Consulting Tel: +1 (773) 710-9069 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.tensails.com/ Ten Sails Consulting CONTACT: Jennifer Rappold of VARGIS, +1-703-397-9503,[email protected], for Infotech Software Solutions Inc.; or Steve Bonifas ofTen Sails Consulting, +1-773-710-9069, [email protected] Web site: http://www.tensails.com/http://www.infotechsw.com/ [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]