Last checked at 18 Apr 2012 07:00
18 April 2012
IDOX plc
Engineering Information Management unit wins $1.5m contract in US
IDOX plc (AIM: IDOX), a leading independent supplier of software and services to the UK public sector and global asset intensive industries, announced today that its Engineering Information Management subsidiary McLaren Software has agreed to supply its application software suite and related services to Southern Company Services in the US.
McLaren will supply its Enterprise application software suite to Southern Generation in a deal with an initial contract value of $1.5m. The license agreement also allows for other divisions within Southern Company to utilise McLaren's Enterprise suite and related services for an additional cost.
Southern Company Services is a unit of Southern Company, one of the largest generators of electricity in the US. Southern serves 4.4m customers, generates 43,000 megawatts of power and its regulated regional utilities serve a 120,000 square mile territory across the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.
Richard Kellett-Clarke, Chief Executive of IDOX, said:
"This contract is a significant endorsement of McLaren's capabilities as a supplier of innovative software solutions to asset intensive industries globally. Southern will utilize McLaren's Enterprise software suite for the management and control of engineering documentation to reduce turnaround time and improve and automate business processes in its capital construction program. We look forward to working with Southern to provide further support to its growing portfolio of energy assets."
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About IDOX plc
IDOX plc is a supplier of specialist document management and related software solutions and services to the UK public sector and increasingly to highly regulated asset intensive industries around the world in the wider corporate sector.Its public sector software and service division is the leading applications provider to UK local government for core functions relating to land, people and property, such as its market leading planning systems and election management software. Over 90% of UK local authorities are now customers. The Group provides public sector organisations with tools to manage information and knowledge, documents and content, business processes and workflow as well as connecting directly with the citizen via the web. These capabilities were extended via the acquisition of McLaren Software in 2010 and CTSpace in 2011 into the related area of engineering document management and control applications, to form its engineering information division. This serves many leading companies in industries such as oil & gas, mining, utilities, pharmaceuticals and transportation around the world. IDOX also supplies decision support content and additional specialist services via the IDOX Information Solutions business, as well as transforming approaches to knowledge and content management via consultancy and training in the UK and internationally. In addition, it provides these specialist skills to customers through its TFPL branded recruitment division. The company employs over 400 staff located in the UK, the USA, Europe, India and Australia."
For more information see www.idoxplc.com