Informer S: Volume 2, 2011

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iFactor's Web Maps Connector continues its success story across the globe 

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Santee Cooper selects iFactor for PowerOn upgrade and implements iFactor's Outage Communications Suite 

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 Petroleum Authority of Thailand implements Web Maps Connector 

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 iFactor and GeoSpatial Innovations continue Austin Energy PowerOn upgrade 

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 Middlemarch 

Debbie Anderson 

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 A Visit from the Goon Squad 

Greg Cahill  

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 The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock 

Sebastian Clavijo Suero 

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 L'Assommoir 

Dan Serpiello 

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 The Great Gatsby  

Chad Swenka 

 
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iFactor's Web Maps Connector continues its success story across the globe

By: Jamie Downing

 
Bing-Hybrid-Map iFactor's Web Maps Connector (WMC) product has established itself as an accomplished and adaptable product used throughout the United States and worldwide. By providing access to cloud-hosted map data, WMC enables the use of high resolution street and aerial imagery in any GE Smallworld-based solution.

With WMC, users have access to regularly and automatically updated maps from a variety of vendors, now including Bing Maps, Open Street Map, Digital Map Products, WeatherBug, Google Maps, Longdo Maps, and Navteq.

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Santee Cooper selects iFactor for PowerOn upgrade and implements iFactor's Outage Communications Suite

By: Tom Rostek

 

Santee-Storm-Center-Screen Santee Cooper, the state utility of coastal South Carolina, has contracted with iFactor Consulting to provide an upgrade of their existing PowerOn OMS and the incorporation of several iFactor supporting software products.


The project started this winter with the development and integration of iFactor Storm Center and iFactor's call taking application for PowerOn.  Storm Center is a world-class web-based product designed to provide the public with up to date outage information and reporting tools.  Through this portal, the public will be able to view accurate outage information with the appropriate details for public consumption.  Customers will also be able to report outages and view restoration information.

   

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Petroleum Authority of Thailand implements Web Maps Connector
By: Jamie Downing

 

 

Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) has joined the growing list of utilities enjoying the benefits of Web Maps Connector (WMC). PTT recently purchased WMC to enable access to LongDo Maps from their Smallworld Gas Transmission Office application. Once the WMC implementation is complete, PTT users will be able to view raster imagery and also utilize Point of Interest (POI) search and Driving Directions. iFactor is also developing customizations to PTT's Smallworld Internet Application Server (SIAS) to expose the POI search and Driving Directions to their web client users. WMC is typically used to access map data from sources such as Bing Maps, Open Street Map, Google Maps, and Digital Map Products. This particular implementation illustrates the versatility of WMC in accessing additional data sources and also providing specific solutions based on customer needs.

   

 

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iFactor and GeoSpatial Innovations continue Austin Energy PowerOn upgrade
By: Tom Rostek

 

iFactor has completed the discovery and design phases of the project and has started development.  During this phase, the project team will review the EO system, developed by GSI, and incorporate it with the PowerOn system glue code.  Applications, configurations, customizations and interfaces in the current Austin Energy system will be incorporated into the new system to best meet the current business needs.  Finally, iFactor will install much of new PowerOn 4.2 functionality.  The new functions will be reviewed with Austin Energy to ensure that the utility is prepared to leverage all aspects of the new version that are applicable to their workflow.

   

 

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Oscar Shu 

 Oscar joins iFactor as a Software Developer Intern at our Phoenix office, currently working on Notifi product development. He is a master's student at Arizona State University and has experience developing GIS apps for iOS. In addition, Oscar has two years of experience with product testing and development for Intel in China.  Oscar resides in Tempe Arizona; he enjoys traveling and hiking, and holds great passion for new technology.  

 

 

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Derek Li 

 Derek is a computer system engineering major undergraduate student at Arizona State University. He has a minor in business, and he's also an honors student at the Barrett Honors College. He began his internship at iFactor in June of 2011, focusing on iOS Storm Center and Outage Reporting development, as well as Outage Reporting for desktop and mobile web. Derek brings his undergraduate research experience with human-computer interaction and user experience to iFactor products, working to make our products more user-friendly.  Wenyang is a part-time photographer, and loves freestyle snowboarding, rock climbing, and mountain biking.  

 

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Dan Serpiello 

 Dan's background includes several years of self-employed and corporate application development on mobile platforms and the Web. He joins us from The Arizona Republic, where he led iOS product development.  Dan lives in Chandler, AZ with his wife, Alejandrina. His interests include reading, writing, playing guitar and drumming.