From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis
Subject: GeoVision Press Release
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:11:44 GMT
Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario

I hope nobody minds me posting these to this newsgroup.  I'm still waiting
for the one that explains our new agreement with IBM.  I only got this one
in paper form, so any typing errors are mine.

If anybody objects to me posting these things, let me know and I'll stop.

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		For Immediate Release
		Contact: Perry Evans, GeoVision (303)-796-8200

GEOVISION ACQUIRES GEOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION AND SUPPORTS IBM MAINFRAME
GIS

Company Expands Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Offering
Through Major GIS Industry Acquistion and Alliance

Denver CO, September 30, 1992.  GeoVision Systems Inc, the leading provider
of Enterprise GIS software, today announced it has acquired Geographic
Systems Corporation (GSC), a provider of mainframe-based GIS applications.
Through this acquisition, one of the largest to date in the GIS industry,
GeoVision will extend the reach of its' GIS products and services to include
all leading computer platforms, from personal computers to mainframes.

Located in Green Bay, WI, GSC is a developer of electric, gas and municipal
applications with a customer base of more than 50 major utilities and local
government agencies.  GSC is the world's largest application provider for
the IBM Geographic Facilities Information System (GFIS) mainframe line of
GIS products.  Through this acquisition, GeoVision will begin integrating the
GSC technology into its VISION* product line, effectively expanding VISION*
application availability to incorporate distributed(typically DOS and
UNIX-based) and IBM mainframe-based implementations.  In addition, GSC will
continue to support their GFIS application customers.

"Our mission is to create Enterprise GIS as an integral, mainstream
information technology for progressive organizations." said Doug Seaborn,
GeoVision founder and CEO.  "Our acquisition of GSC and support of the GFIS
product line uniquely positions GeoVision as a comprehensive Enterprise GIS
solutions company.  We are also pleased to increase the breadth of our
applications offering by adding GSC's industry knowledge and technical
expertise."

Craig Johnson, president of GSC commented, "We are excited to join an
industry leader and to give our customers and employees the ability to
benefit from emerging open systems technology."

Terms of the Agreement
The agreement specifies that IBM will receive equity in GeoVision in
exchange for IBM's shares in GSC.  In addition the two companies have
established a related marketing relationship.  Also receiving equity in
GeoVision will be Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC), an electric
and natural gas utility and a founding investor in GSC.

"The combination of GeoVision's technical knowledge and GSC's fine record of
service to our GFIS customer base will offer customers current and future a
decided advantage." said Jeanne Savage, IBM's director of GIS.

"The strengths of GSC and GeoVision are highly complementary" said WPSC
senior vice president Patrick D. Schickel.  "We are confident that the
company we started with IBM will, as a part of GeoVision, capitalize on its
unique industry knowledge and technical strengths and play a role in
GeoVision's future success."

Currently, most of the 45 GSC employees are located in two main offices in
Green Bay, WI and San Diego, CA.  Together with GSC and its employees,
GeoVision intends to strengthen and expand its role as a premiere supplier
of support services for the GFIS product line.

VISION* Product Line
VISION* is the first GIS product line to deliver a full set of features and
functionality for Enterprise GIS.  Architected[I hate that word] for
corporate-wide distributed data access, VISION*'s data management software
resides on database servers and UNIX workstations.  VISION* end-user modules
for creation, analysis and management of geographically referenced
information operates UNIX workstations, X-Window terminals and personal
computers.  VISION* features a unique symbology which allows users to
visualize the same set of data in different ways - depending on their needs
- an through an intuitive, multi-media user interface.

The VISION* product line operates on UNIX workstations and servers from DEC,
IBM and Sun Microsystems, using relational database management systems
(RDBMSs) from Oracle and Ingres.  Other structured query language (SQL)
relational databases including IBM's DB2 and SQL/DS can be interconnected
with VISION*.  VISION* utilizes the X Windows/Motif graphical user
interface standard.

GeoVision
GeoVision's major offices are located in Denver CO; Washington DC; New York,
NY; Ottawa, Canada; Sydney, Australia; and, Londo, UK.  GeoVision is a
leading geographic information systems vendor providing distributed, open
systems based solutions for Enterprise GIS applications.  The VISION*
Enterprise GIS product line is used in a wide range of strategic and
operational applications in progressive organizations worldwide.


-- 
Paul Tomblin, pt@geovision.gvc.com (Not an official spokesman, blah, blah...)
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