JSE-listed Spescom Limited has announced that its US operation, Spescom Software Inc, formerly Altris Software, Inc, has successfully completed the implementation of eB, its integrated document, configuration and records (iDCR) management solution in the Public Works Department at the City of Fayetteville as well as in the Fire Department at the City of Wilson, both located in North Carolina.
The eB system is being used to streamline the business processes used in these departments as well as to manage all documents and engineering drawings.
Both cities are using Spescom's eB GIS Connect application to link documents stored in eB with map features located in the ESRI GIS applications that have been deployed. This interface enables users to seamlessly view a document from within a spatial map, providing rapid access to relevant documents, which improves productivity and responsiveness
With a population of 125 000, the City of Fayetteville is the sixth largest municipality in North Carolina. The Public Works Department is responsible for managing, operating and supervising the three utilities - electric, water and sanitary sewer - as well as being responsible for operating the city market stalls, and to test weights and measures. The City of Fayetteville is also using Spescom's eB CAD Connect application to manage all engineering drawings created in AutoCad, linking them to the corresponding asset displayed in the ESRI GIS application. Essentially, eB provides the platform to seamlessly link CAD drawings and spatial GIS data.
The City of Wilson's Fire Department offers state of the art service and continues to pioneer new ways to serve its more than 44 000 residents, protecting lives and property through highly trained and well-equipped fire suppression forces. The City of Wilson is using eB to improve its emergency response capabilities by having critical information, such as a fire survey or a building plan immediately available via a map interface that displays the geographic location of the building. With eB, emergency response teams can make better decisions, improving the services they provide to the community.
Carl Mostert, Spescom Software's CEO, commented: "These successful projects further demonstrate the value we bring to municipalities and councils in the local government market, both in the US and UK. Our functionally-rich and flexible eB software platform is well suited to address the different needs of these organisations, enabling them to achieve their e-government objectives."
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eB is a registered trademark of Spescom Software Inc. eB comprises an extensive set of software components that together form the foundation for an extremely flexible and powerful information management platform. eB's components include: document management; requirements management; records management; item management; change management; configuration management and workflow components. These components are tightly integrated with CAD, GIS, office and e-mail applications to capture and view information. The full functionality of eB is available via a set of APIs that enable the rapid definition and deployment of customer specific solutions and integration with other line-of-business applications including ERP, EAM, SCM and project management products.
Spescom Software Inc
Spescom Software (OTCBB: ALTS) delivers enterprise e-business solutions that provide rapid access to accurate information in context to assets, products and processes, resulting in improved customer satisfaction, productivity and safety. It achieves this through a tightly integrated suite of document, configuration and records management technologies that not only allows it to capture and securely store information, but also organizes and structures this information to place it in context.
Key customers include Ocean Energy, Continental Express, AmerenUE, City of Winston-Salem, Sempra Energy, Eastern Municipal Water District, Entergy, Northeast Utilities, London Underground, Network Rail (Railtrack), and many others.
Spescom
Spescom is a multi-national technology innovator with direct operations in the US, UK and SA.
The group is publicly listed on the JSE Securities Exchange SA (Spescom Ltd), and on the NASDAQ OTCBB: ALTS.OB (Spescom Software Inc).
Spescom addresses the information and communications technology market providing both products and solutions to connect to the network economy, as well as enterprise software to manage information and knowledge.
Specifically, Spescom provides solutions in the areas of access network; enterprise information management; multimedia transaction recording; broadcast; customer contact centres; and test and measurement.
Spescom markets its products worldwide through appointed partners and distributors under the eB brand for its enterprise software, and the DataVoice brand for its multimedia transaction recording solutions.
Spescom's global customer base consists of multi-national organisations including leading enterprises in the utilities, telecommunications, transportation, financial, banking and insurance sectors.
Worldwide, customers include Siemens, British Telecoms, Network Rail (formerly Railtrack), Lloyds of London, Barclays Bank, Abbey National Bank, WH Smith, Caterpillar, Bechtel, AmerenUE, Entergy, Bombardier, Ocean Energy, Sempra Energy, Telkom, SABC, Old Mutual, Eskom, Transnet, First National Bank.
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