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Bentley Systems Announces Two Significant Acquisitions to Launch Its 'AssetWise'
Initiative for Owner-Operators
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
- New Asset Management Platform Will Leverage Enterprise Informatics'
Robust Configuration and Change Management Services and Exor Corporation's
Strength in Linear Networks
Orlando 2010: ARC World Industry Forum -- Bentley Systems, Incorporated,
the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions
for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that it has
acquired Enterprise Informatics, Incorporated
provides configuration and change management capabilities for mission-critical
infrastructure asset operations for the energy, nuclear, rail, and government
sectors. Exor information modeling software provides for the management and
operations of linear networks for infrastructure, including roads and railways.
These strategic acquisitions accelerate Bentley's focus on value creation for
owner-operators - enabling operations and maintenance to take full advantage of
information modeling, and thus realize the potential of "intelligent"
infrastructure assets. Bentley's "AssetWise" platform, newly announced today,
will combine multiple information modeling services to improve the lifecycle management
and operational performance, safety, compliance, and governance of
infrastructure assets while increasing the return on investment for owner-
operators.
"These two acquisitions anchor the next stage in Bentley's progression as
an infrastructure software provider," CEO Greg Bentley said. "In AssetWise we
see a tremendous opportunity - driven by advances in computing and
information modeling - to substantially increase owner-operators' return on
investment, furthering our corporate mission of sustaining infrastructure.
"Throughout Bentley's 25 years, our focus on interoperability and
federated information reuse has always met with business success. We've
observed that an infrastructure asset's lifecycle necessarily includes
periodic capital project cycles. Such projects - through design and
simulation applications such as Bentley's and ProjectWise dynamic
collaboration services - yield better performance capabilities, but stress
operational processes. With AssetWise, our new objective is to empower
owner-operators to leverage the value of information modeling throughout
operations and maintenance - while maintaining the transactional integrity
that their enterprise applications demand. I'm confident that we and
AssetWise users will continually gain new value - because increased
interoperability and reuse will always drive ROI."
Uniquely among asset creation software vendors, over half of Bentley's
revenue is directly from infrastructure owner-operators - and already,
ProjectWise has been adopted by 44 percent of the 500 largest such
owner-operators for capital projects. Now, along with supporting Bentley's
existing applications for operations and maintenance, the AssetWise platform
will improve and manage access to infrastructure asset information modeling,
for owner-operators' choices of enterprise applications.
eB Insight software ensures that asset information is governed, secure,
controlled, and can be trusted - delivering relevant information in context
to users and turning information into an organizational asset. Users increase
business process efficiency while reducing the cost of compliance and
minimizing risks. eB Insight captures and models the relationships among both
structured and unstructured information critical to infrastructure
operations. Its information modeling services are able to capture, (beyond
"what"), the "why," "how," "where," and "when" about information objects, and
can identify what may affect, change, or impact them - or be affected,
changed, or impacted. Like ProjectWise, eB Insight fully leverages Microsoft
technologies including SharePoint to provide broad user access to asset
information.
eB Insight is a leading operations mainstay in the nuclear industry - one
of the most heavily regulated industries in the world - where it is deployed
in research, waste management, fuel processing, and power generation units.
Among other sectors globally taking advantage of eB Insight are energy
companies, rail, government, and construction. Specific users of eB include
Constellation Energy, Ameren Corporation, Nuclear Fuel Services, Rolls-Royce,
City of Las Vegas, Colorado Springs Utilities, CH2M HILL, Aker Solutions,
Network Rail, De Beers, and South African Airways.
Exor information modeling software provides for the management and
operations of linear networks, including roads, railways, and water networks,
as well as all components connected to them. For instance, sixty percent of
all roadway miles in the U.K. are managed by Exor. The software enables
owner-operators to manage multiple networks while relating structures,
safety, pavement conditions, permits, and right-of-way information to the
network. Exor leverages Oracle's information technologies, especially Oracle
Spatial, to provide an unbreakable and secure data management foundation for
mission-critical enterprise solutions.
The Exor worldwide user community includes a number of departments of
transportation in North America, such as the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet,
Oregon DOT, and the province of British Columbia. Among Exor users in Europe
are Transport for London, the Welsh Assembly Government, and DRD Northern
Ireland. Among users in Asia-Pacific are Main Roads Western Australia,
Australian Capital Territory, and Transit New Zealand.
What Analysts, Technology Partners, and Users Are Saying
"Bentley's announcement of its AssetWise initiative to improve
infrastructure asset operations is the right move at the right time. In
today's challenging economy, owner-operators, including government
organizations, have shifted their focus from new capital projects to improved
lifecycle management of existing infrastructure assets. This requires an IT
strategy that provides owner-operators the ability to quickly access and
visualize complex information related to infrastructure asset operations from
multiple sources. At the same time, they must know the data is complete and
trustworthy, and be able to easily share it for improved decision making.
"Thanks to its information modeling expertise, knowledge of
infrastructure, and commitment to interoperability, dynamic collaboration,
and sustaining infrastructure, Bentley is in a unique position to help
organizations improve their infrastructure asset operations through
information management to achieve a strategic advantage." - Andy Chatha,
president and founder, ARC Advisory Group
"Bentley's acquisition of Enterprise Informatics makes perfect sense from
a business, market, and technology perspective. Enterprise Informatics' eB,
when combined with the rich product portfolio of Bentley's infrastructure
solutions, enables a comprehensive asset information management solution that
spans the lifecycle of infrastructure - design, licensing, construction,
operations, maintenance, and eventually decommissioning." - Martin Gander,
associate senior research analyst, Ovum - Butler Group
"As economics pressures existing infrastructure and new build projects,
there is an increasing sense of urgency to manage the operation and
sustainability of mission-critical infrastructure assets. Bentley Systems is
extending its solutions for infrastructure design and build phases through
the acquisition of Enterprise Informatics to support its strategic initiative
to provide products and solutions for the operation and sustainability of
infrastructure assets. Enterprise Informatics' flagship product, eB, brings
enterprise-class technology proven in the nuclear industry for configuration
and change management. These solutions fully leverage Microsoft technologies
for enterprise scalability, reliability, and collaboration." - Jon Arnold,
managing director, Worldwide Power & Utilities Industry, Microsoft
Corporation
"We were pleased to learn that Bentley Systems has acquired Enterprise
Informatics. Ameren has used both MicroStation and eB for many years, and we
rely on both products at different phases of asset development and
maintenance. Bentley's strategic initiative to build a platform to support
the management of intelligent asset information for facility operations and
maintenance will provide a missing link that we've considered creating
internally for quite a while." - Scott Clardy, Configuration Management
supervisor, AmerenUE Callaway Nuclear Power Plant
"Bentley Systems' acquisition of Enterprise Informatics places two
products we rely on under the umbrella of one strong, forward-thinking
company that will support and enhance our software solutions. Having products
we already use be optimized by Bentley to support asset management from
development through operations and maintenance will save us time and money,
and provide solutions that will improve efficiency and ensure information
integrity." - Thomas Stotlar, supervising engineer, Configuration Management,
AmerenUE Callaway Nuclear Power Plant
"The operation and maintenance of complex infrastructure is dependent on
configuration and change management processes and best practices to manage
the lifecycle of operational assets. With the acquisition of Enterprise
Informatics' eB, Bentley has added an industry-proven configuration and
change management solution to its operations application portfolio that has
been certified by the Configuration Management Process Improvement Center
(CMPIC) as compliant with the CMPIC configuration management framework." -
Steve Easterbrook, president, CMPIC LLC
For more information about Bentley's new AssetWise offerings, visit
About Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing architects,
engineers, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software
solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Founded in 1984, Bentley has more
than 2,700 colleagues and offices in more than 45 countries, achieved in 2008
the milestone of US$500 million in revenues, and, since 1995, has invested
more than US$1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
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