IQGeo Group Plc (LON:IQG) said it has appointed the Central Service Association (CSA) as a new software reseller for its geospatial productivity and collaboration solutions.
The CSA is a cooperative body made up of utility firms and distributors to help provide accurate and reliable services.
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The AIM-listed company said CSA is basing its new UtiliGo solution, which is designed to improve the way field users access and update network infrastructure information, on IQGeo’s mobile platform.
The combined solution, which works online and offline on any mobile device, will enable CSA utilities to manage all their network information with a single mobile solution, giving field users an easy-to-use interface to capture network infrastructure information and immediately share it with colleagues in the office.
CSA will initially offer the IQGeo-based software to customers of its existing GIS mapping solution, while over time it will be made available across North America to CSA’s entire customer base of more than 160 utilities as well as non-CSA utilities.
“We’re dedicated to meeting the needs and challenges of the utility industry and are always looking for new technologies that will improve their operations. Our previous mobile solution had limited functionality and didn’t work across all platforms. IQGeo’s software is not only much easier to use, it also offers huge benefits in terms of exchanging current information between the office and field. UtiliGo will enable our customers to simplify and automate the work process for field users, and we’re very excited about the benefits it will bring to our customers”, said Charles Huddleston, CSA’s senior vice-president of engineering.
“It’s great to be working with CSA, which offers utilities the latest technology packages to assist them in serving their customers. We have a highly targeted and select number of reseller partners in operation across America, and the rest of the world, to help us deliver our mobile-first solutions that accelerate productivity and collaboration across operations. We already work with many of the larger utilities across the world and this new partnership with CSA is helping us to reach another segment of network operations with our geospatial solutions”, added Jay Cadman, IQGeo’s general manager Americas.
Shares in IQGeo were steady at 71.5p in lunchtime trading on Thursday.