Design Software offers scalable architecture.

Press Release Summary:



Smallworld Design Manager(TM) v2.2 automates and manages end-to-end engineering design processes. It includes incremental job completion functionality, allowing for completion of any number of sub-designs throughout entire state model, while maintaining identity and integrity of original design job for proper archiving. With ability to divide overall project into several planning scenarios or incremental designs, utilities can better manage large planning and design jobs.



Original Press Release:



GE Network Solutions Releases Smallworld Design Manager(TM) 2.2 Software



ATLANTA, GA (April 23, 2003) - GE Network Solutions, a leading supplier of network solutions to the utilities and telecommunications industries, recently announced the availability of its Smallworld Design Manager(TM) 2.2 software product. The product release includes scalability improvements and new functionality for incremental job completion.

GE Network Solutions' Smallworld Design Manager product is a powerful tool that automates and manages end-to-end engineering design processes. Built on GE Network Solutions' proven spatial technology platform, the Smallworld Design Manager product provides a unique approach to engineering design, leveraging spatial data in new and powerful ways.

Henry Stueber, president of GE Network Solutions commented, "Our utility and telecommunications customers are constantly seeking ways to reduce costs associated with extending and maintaining their facility networks. Our Smallworld Design Manager product helps them to achieve that goal."

This latest release of Smallworld Design Manager includes incremental job completion functionality. This allows for the completion of any number of sub-designs throughout the entire
state model, while maintaining the identity and integrity of the original design job, for proper archiving. Unique to the Smallworld Design Manager product, is the powerful functionality it provides for helping utilities minimize interest costs associated with work-in-progress and for shortening the time required to reflect new assets in the rate base. With the ability to divide an overall project into several planning scenarios or incremental designs, utilities can better manage large planning and design jobs.

The Smallworld Design Manager 2.2 product also delivers scalability improvements to support high volumes of jobs and concurrent users as required by the largest utility companies. The product maintains unparalleled levels of performance for both short and long transactions as greater numbers of users and designs are added to the system. With easy-to-use tools and a
scalable architecture, GE Network Solutions' Smallworld Design Manager software is well suited for utilities of all sizes.

GE Network Solutions, a business unit within GE Power Systems, provides software products that design and manage the world's networks. It offers network software solutions to utility,
communication and public systems organizations and has more than 900 customers in 44 countries around the world.

About GE Power Systems
GE Power Systems (www.gepower.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation technology, energy services and management systems with 2002 revenues of nearly $23 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Power Systems provides equipment, services and management solutions across the power generation, oil and gas, distributed power and energy rental industries.

All Topics