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event turnkey contractor in the oil and gas industry; sinopec engineering incorporation (sei), a subsidiary of china national petroleum corp., china s largest petrochemical producer and crude oil refiner; and surrey police, a metropolitan london police department. underscoring the international presence of conference attendees from more than 50 countries, intergraph also announced that its latin american distributor, sisgraph, opened an office in rio de janeiro, brazil to meet demands of intergraph s growing customer base. sao paulo-based sisgraph is the exclusive distributor for intergraph process, power & marine enterprise engineering solutions in brazil. it is also a distributor for intergraph security, government & infrastructure geospatial software for public safety and security, government, transportation, utilities and communications, and photogrammetry customers throughout latin america, the caribbean and mexico. sdi further announcements made at the show include, among others: sbb, switzerland s biggest travel and transport company has selected intergraph next-generation infrastructure management technology to manage rail assets that support the transport of 9,000 trains per day and 306 million passengers a year. intergraph g/technology will serve as foundation for the largest geographic information system (gis) in the country. keeping track of and up-to-date on every asset that makes up such an extensive transportation network is a challenging proposition, according to sbb. the availability of current data that enables users to access key information at the right time, in the right form and through the appropriate medium is becoming increasingly crucial for the operation of the railway. the region of veneto, italy will use intergraph technology to create a centralized spatial data infrastructure (sdi) database to improve access to spatial data across the region and to conform to standards such as inspire (infrastructure for spatial information in europe). the project will consolidate and standardize multiple databases into one sdi geographic database, harmonizing and securing geospatial data exchange between venetian government entities, businesses and the public for improved collaboration and productivity and ease of maintenance and administration. e.on mitte ag, kassel, a germany-based electric, gas and water utility, is the latest e.on unit to standardize on intergraph technology for more efficient infrastructure management. e.on is the world s largest investorowned energy service provider. intergraph 2009 photos and videos are available at www.intergraph2009.com intergraph 2010 will be held in nashville, tennessee, june 14 - 17, 2010. for more information, visit: www.intergraph2010.com. president and ceo halsey wise wise also outlined intergraph s data management-centric strategy. intergraph technologies enable customers to manage and understand complex data through intelligent visual representations and actionable intelligence. historically, intergraph solutions have been primarily focused on the data creation phase of a workflow lifecycle. as a result, intergraph s solutions produce an immense amount of valuable data that its customers can utilize to improve the efficiency of their operations. for example, intergraph sg&i s geospatial and incident response solutions produce an immense amount of data that can be utilized in future analysis and planning functions. icon awards coo reid french in his keynote described how software and technology can help customers address today s unprecedented market volatility. through intergraph software, french described how intergraph customers are better enabled to meet their growing business challenges and to make better decisions, faster. for instance, french referred to the company s current smart grid initiative whereby intergraph software can tie together into a single user interface scada, asset management and outage management, enabling control room operators to make the right decisions quickly regarding the operation of an electrical grid. finally, french discussed intergraph s initiatives to embrace the service oriented architecture (soa) approach within its products to enable organizations to more rapidly deploy, reuse and configure critical geospatial applications. french also bestowed intergraph s highest customer award, the icon award, to: atomic energy of canada limited (aecl), a fully integrated nuclear technology and service provider; enersource hydro mississauga, an electricity distribution company for the city of mississauga in ontario, canada; istituto geografico militare italiano (igmi), a national institution that produces digital cartography and provides integrated geospatial data for the italian government; saipem, an italy-based coo reid french latest news? visit www.geoinformatics.com 39 september 2009
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