Sybase and Geomatic Technologies Solutions Partners for Mobile Solutions
23rd November 2006
Sydney, Australia - Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading
enterprise infrastructure and mobile software company, today announced Geomatic
Technologies Pty Ltd has joined the Sybase® Business Solutions Alliance (BSA) with
Sybase Australia Pty Limited (Sybase) to deliver its GT Field Mobile Computing suite of
field workforce management and asset data capture solutions on the high-
performance Sybase Afaria® mobile platform.
Headquartered in Melbourne, with a new office in Brisbane and operating around the
country, Geomatic Technologies (GT) is Australia’s leading provider of location based
business intelligence solutions. GT's Field Mobile Computing solution is used by some
of Australia’s largest utilities and it recently won the Queensland Spatial Excellence
Award for Industry and Entrepreneurship.
The GT FMC solution proved invaluable in the wake of Cyclone Larry, which hit North
Queensland in March 2006. With detailed information and digital mapping of all of the
power poles captured in the system, GT customer Ergon Energy's team of 400 field
inspectors were able to accurately crosscheck assets on the ground with details in the
centralised asset management system database.
GT selected Sybase as the key mobility component of its GT FMC suite due to the ease
of development, deployment and scalability offered by Sybase's Afaria technology.
"After evaluating several solutions, we found Afaria provided us with the out of-the-
box functionality and flexibility to extend the GT FMC solution beyond its current use,
offering utility companies like Ergon Energy more advanced capabilities such as
document management, software deployment, and the graphical presentation of
information for reporting purposes," said Adrian Lewis, Director of Geomatic
Technologies.
“Sybase is pleased to be partnering with GT to further enhance the Afaria solutions
suite, said Steve Dolan, Director Channels & Alliances, Sybase Australia & New
Zealand. "Their development of the FMC suite showcases the way in which mobility
technologies can be applied to mission-critical applications. Afaria can significantly
enhance the value proposition of this new generation of applications targeting the
mobile workforce," he continued.
About Sybase
Sybase is the largest enterprise software company exclusively focused on managing
and mobilising information from the data centre to the point of action. Sybase
provides open, cross-platform solutions that securely deliver information anytime,
anywhere, enabling customers to create an information edge. The world’s most critical
data in commerce, communications, finance, government and healthcare runs on
Sybase. Sybase Australia and New Zealand is headquartered in Sydney, with offices in
Melbourne, Canberra and Wellington, New Zealand.
For more information visit
www.sybase.com.au or www.sybase.co.nz
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