Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) has been named to Deloitte’s prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Washington State, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies in the region by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations. (more…)

Ventyx™, the world’s largest private software provider to the utility industry, has announced a three-year managed care contract with Vectren Corporation (NYSE: VVC), affirming the company’s commitment to offer the highest levels of service to its more than 1 million customers by investing in advanced customer and enterprise workforce management solutions from Ventyx. (more…)

Systems & Software, Inc., a leading Customer Information System (CIS) Solution provider for utilities, has announced that South Coast Water District (SCWD) has selected their award-winning solution, enQuesta 3e , to provide enhanced reporting and customer self-service options for the residents and businesses it serves in the coastal communities of South Laguna, Dana Point and areas of San Clemente. (more…)

Exstream Software, LLC has announced that Pinnacle Data Systems, LLC, a business communications service provider offering value-added solutions for paper and electronic invoices, statements, marketing, and other critical on-demand documents, has signed a perpetual license agreement with Exstream Software. A satisfied Dialogue user since 2003, Pinnacle added a second production server as well as several modules to its existing platform. These expanded capabilities include enhanced functionality for marketing end users. (more…)

Ventyx™, the leading Service Delivery Management (SDM) solution provider, has announced a significant new contract with PPL Electric Utilities. PPL selected the Service Suite enterprise workforce management solution from Ventyx to enhance the efficiency of scheduling, dispatch and wireless communication for its entire field workforce. (more…)

Continental Utility Solutions, Inc. (CUSI), a leading provider of utility billing software to the public sector, announced recently that Lakehaven Utility District has contracted to purchase and implement UMS.net – the most advanced Utility Billing and Customer Information System on the market today. (more…)

Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), has selected a contract with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to purchase Itron Enterprise Edition (IEE) Meter Data Management solution for more than 310,000 electric meters. OPPD joins 22 other investor-owned and publicly-owned utilities that have deployed Itron’s Meter Data Management solution. (more…)

ATCO Electric, a subsidiary of Canadian Utilities Limited and part of the ATCO Group of Companies, has recently announced that it is implementing an MDM solution to house its interval meter customer data. The technology will enable ATCO Electric to manage the data for approximately 1,500 interval meters for its large industrial customers. (more…)

Systems & Software, Inc., a leading Customer Information System (CIS) solution provider for utilities, has recently announced that UtiliPoint® International, Inc., a prominent utility consulting firm, placed them as the number one CIS provider to investor-owned utilities in their 2007 Technology Vendor Tier 2 rankings. (more…)

Ventyx™, a leading Service Delivery Management (SDM) solution provider, has recently announced a new contract with the National Water Commission (NWC) of Jamaica. The NWC is deploying the Ventyx Customer Suite customer management solution to facilitate its delivery of constantly improving service to its valued customers islandwide. (more…)

Advanced Utility Systems Corporation (Advanced) has recently announced that Hendersonville Utility District (HUD) has selected CIS Infinity® as its customer information and billing solution for its 15,000 water and wastewater customers. (more…)

OneGIS has recently completed its work on a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the City of Dyersburg Tennessee with the installation of ArcGIS(R) Publisher(TM) and ArcReader(TM) from ESRI(R) for the Dyersburg Electric System. In addition, OneGIS developed a custom interface between ArcFM and the City of Dyersburg’s Customer Information System (CIS). This interface utilized an ODBC connection between the two systems to accommodate data transfer. The initial ArcFM system has been in production since January of this year. (more…)

Oracle has recently announced that Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), Pakistan’s leading integrated gas company, has successfully migrated its billing, customer care, metering and other customer-related functions to Oracle(R) Utilities Customer Care and Billing. (more…)

Southern California Edison will serve as Host Utility for EMACS 2007, the 10th annual Energy Marketing and Customer Service Conference & Expo, event organizer Chartwell Inc. has recently announced. (more…)

Exstream Software, Inc. has recently announced the general availability of Dialogue Live(TM), groundbreaking new software that provides companies with a common infrastructure for managing the editing of all types of interactive documents across the enterprise. (more…)

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL – News) recently signed contracts with three new clients, reinforcing a strong commitment to local governments in the state of North Carolina: Franklin County, the City of Sanford and ElectriCities of Raleigh.

The three contracts include software products ranging from the comprehensive suite of Tyler’s MUNIS financial and revenue solutions to Tyler’s CLT and North Carolina-specific tax software, together with professional services and support. (more…)

Do you need to know how to leverage the CIS in an AMI world? Register today for the 8th Metering, Billing/CIS America Conference and Exhibition, being held May 9–11, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas. The next Metering, Billing/CIS America Conference and Exhibition will be held in San Antonio from May 9-11, 2007. (more…)

Indus and MDSI have combined their forces to create Ventyxâ„¢. Vista Equity Partners, a private equity investment firm based in San Francisco, California, are rebranding its recently combined Indus/MDSI portfolio company as Ventyx. This will be effective April 2, 2007. This new brand signifies their consolidated strength in Service Delivery Management. (more…)

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:TYL) has signed contracts to provide financial software and related professional services to two new Florida clients. The Town of Palm Beach purchased a full suite of Tyler’s EDEN financial software and the City of North Lauderdale selected Tyler’s MUNIS financial and productivity integrated solutions. The two contracts total more than $1.35 million and reinforce Tyler’s focus on serving the communities of Florida. (more…)

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:TYL) has been awarded Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) Certification for the latest release of the Tyler Education Management Solution (TEMS), an advanced Student Information System for the K-12 school market. This certification acknowledges Tyler’s continued dedication to helping schools get the most out of their software investment and follows the certification of Tyler’s MUNIS(R) Enterprise Resource Planning system last year. (more…)