ICL reinforces Software Portfolio for Utilities with acquisition of Mapping
Product from USA

23 January 1996 -- Computer-based mapping systems which capture and manage
information on electricity, gas and water supply networks will provide the
cornerstone of utility companies' information technology operations in the
years ahead.

With this in mind, ICL Enterprises - the focus of ICL's systems integration
business - has strengthened its portfolio of software applications in this
area with the purchase of the ProScan II product from Xerox Corporation.

ProScan II is an automated mapping system which integrates large pools of
information to streamline the management of assets and geographic
information on supply networks. It is designed to handle mixed raster,
vector and database requirements.

ICL has worked with the Xerox Engineering Systems Division for many years
as a distributor of ProScanII which is now marketed in the USA as ICL IMS.
Responsibility for the development, support and maintenance of the product
has now been taken over by ICL Enterprises.

Over 20 major utilities use the mapping product in the USA and UK. Among
them is ScottishPower, which regards ProScan II as a fundamental part of
the information systems it needs to meet the competitive challenges facing
UK utility companies

Says Dave Clarke, GIS project manager in ScottishPower, "We see ICL as a
trusted partner in developing information systems for competitive
advantage into the next century and ProScan II will be a key part of the
plan".

Another user, Dudley Sendano of South West Gas Corporation Nevada, says,
"With more than one million customers spread over a land mass greater than
the UK, we need a cost-effective AM/FM/GIS system that allows us to take
advantage of the tremendous growth opportunities in our service area.
ProScan has proved to be that cost-effective system. We see the future of
the product being taken into a whole new dimension now that a specialist
integration company such as ICL is planning the development path".
 
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