iVAULT Space Management - Case profile for Jones Lang LaSalle
Headquartered in Chicago, USA, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is a financial and professional services firm
specializing in real estate services and investment management. JLL works with corporate occupiers
with space requirements for better space utilization, managing costs, efficiency and performance of the real estate they own and occupy. JLL has more than 30,000 people in 750 locations in 60 that allows us to be flexible and countries.
Challenges
JLL had been an Autodesk MapGuide 6.5 customer for several years, and wanted to upgrade to MapGuide Open Source. JLL unsuccessfully pursued a customized solution before deciding to upgrade to iVAULT. System flexibility, stability and performance and user support were key business needs.
Solution
JLL chose Pacific Alliance Technologies given our MapGuide expertise, and our strength at rapid, configurable implementation. Combining this with iVAULT put them in control of their data for quick access and flexibility.
iVAULT was chosen as it is a commercial off the shelf software package that offers numerous benefits including an architecture that is tuned for easier data integration and that is configured rather than programmed. iVAULT enables JLL’s clients to query attributes of the CAD data used to manage millions of square feet of tenant space.
Results
JLL migrated to the MapGuide Open Source platform along with iVAULT, keeping MapGuide’s functionality with added flexibility. This gave JLL the ability to configure queries the way JLL want—meeting their business needs. iVAULT’s intuitive front-end made a smooth transition for users.
Steven Bogart, Jones Lang LaSalle Vice President, Manager Occupancy Planning - Corporate Solutions, said, “iVAULT has given us the flexibility and functionality we need to service multiple clients with varying requirements without the constant need for customization. The result is lower costs to us and to our clients and greater adaptability to meet our client’s unique and changing needs.”
Pacific Alliance Technologies (www.pat.ca)
Pacific Alliance Technologies, a member of StarDyne Technologies, provides proven CAD and GIS solutions and services for local and regional governments. Easy, flexible and affordable, Pacific Alliance’s solutions enable government staff to manage, query and analyze spatial, attribute and financial information. Delivered via a web browser, data is integrated from multiple sources to deliver a solution that streamlines Asset Management and facilitates self-service for the public. With a combined 120+ years of technical experience, Pacific Alliance is lauded in the industry as a GIS technology and service provider.
December 16th, 2009 – Pacific Alliance Technologies, a member of the StarDyne Group of companies, a leading provider of GIS, web-based mapping, architectural and building design software and services is pleased to announce an agreement with Solution Q to resell their industry leading Eclipse Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software. Under the agreement, Pacific Alliance Technologies will add the Eclipse PPM solution to their extensive software and service offerings to the Municipal Government sector.
Implemented in over 150 organizations across North America, Eclipse is rapidly becoming a tool of choice in the municipal government sector. Eclipse combines powerful project, portfolio and resource management capabilities with a common sense approach that stresses ease of use, implementation and support.
Craig MacInnis, VP Business Development with Solution Q identified that, “Pacific Alliance has a reputation for understanding and working with the municipal sector. The partnership with Pacific Alliance Technologies will allow for a broader implementation of the Eclipse PPM solution in the municipal sector as we leverage their expertise and service strength across North America.”
Ron Begg, Chief Operating Officer of StarDyne Technologies’ Government Solutions Division said, “Eclipse is an exciting addition to our family in the Government Solutions Division. Eclipse is an excellent Portfolio Project Management tool, and our position and peer networking in the local government market adds value to what our clients can get out of this technology.“
About Pacific Alliance Technologies
Established in 1998, Pacific Alliance Technologies is a leading provider of GIS, web-based mapping, asset management services specializing in the customization and implementation of customer-driven software solutions. For more information visit: www.pat.ca.
About Solution Q Inc.
Solution Q is a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management software and services. Eclipse Project Portfolio Management Software provides real-time visibility, accountability, and a single location for all project information. With its easy implementation, navigation, and functionality, Eclipse strikes a balance between executive information requirements and ease-of-use. This “Success Simplified” approach results in improved project prioritization, selection and execution combined with a more efficient use of resources. For more information visit: www.solutionq.com.
About StarDyne Technologies Inc.
StarDyne Technologies provides market leading software and related services to the public sector, primarily local government and education markets. StarDyne offers, through its group companies, alternative and complimentary solutions to satisfy customer requirements. StarDyne has invested substantially in its companies through product development, market expansion and acquisitions. The StarDyne group serves over 500 local governments and 255 school districts, comprising over 6800 schools. For more information visit: www.stardynetech.com.
For more information contact:
Ron Begg, COO
Government Solutions Division
StarDyne Technologies Inc.
519-987-9390
ron.begg@stardynetech.com
Angela Phillips
Solution Q Inc
416-385-0774
aphillips@solutionq.com
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PAT is continuing to build our team of experts delivering innovative solutions with the opening of new offices and hiring of knowledgeable staff. Scott Stafford-Veale joins us in Victoria as a Practice Lead, Tom Liang joins us in Ontario as our Asset Management Lead and Jeff Lamb is joining our Vancouver head office as a Senior Technical Consultant. PAT’s rapid growth reflects the success of the iVAULT™ solution, which is rapidly becoming the benchmark in web-GIS Solutions, and our success in Asset Management implementation.
Scott brings with him eleven years of solution matching expertise from his work establishing the ESRI Canada Victoria office. In that role he established ESRI software as the defacto standard for the BC Government while growing the Victoria office to eight staff. Scott is well respected in the ESRI community from his time working at ESRI building a successful network of Business Partner and OEM clients.
Tom, Asset Management Lead, is a seasoned project manager and consultant with diverse experience in many aspects of the asset management field. Throughout his career, Tom has worked extensively, both in the leadership and implementer roles, with numerous government agencies at the local, provincial/state and federal levels throughout North America, performing business/operational gap analysis and process developments, implementing best practices, deploying software/hardware systems, performing asset data collections and analysis, and participating/leading clients in strategic & tactical planning as part of directives to develop new asset management programs, optimizing or revamping/overhauling existing non-performing programs.
· Development Process Optimization
· CarteGraph integration and implementation
· WorkTech integration and implementation
· GIS implementations in asset management
· Project Management / Product Development
· Business/Operational Process design and deployment
· Gap Analysis
Jeff has a wealth of experience in our domain, having worked with some of the leaders such as Telus and DMTI. He is well respected in the industry and was a former student of a well known professor “Anthony Bonnici”! Jeff has demonstrated experience at varying levels of the business workflow. This experience has been gained at both a technical and business level. Jeff has managed large budget implementations, but also been hands on in development of automated data processes. Jeff’s adaptability and diverse resume should complement our existing team skills very well.
More specifically, some highlights that capture his diverse experience include :
- Project Manager responsible for successful delivery of Internal AVL projects
- Managed short and long term projects with budgets up to $1.5 million dollars
- Scope and justify new GIS Asset Management tools and system enhancements
- Perform high level GIS analysis, maintain processes and project standards
- Responsible for day to day operations of GIS and GPS departments
- Automated GPS process significantly by creating standard data dictionaries and writing scripts to process GPS data
- AML scripting to automate workflow
- Performed GIS analysis using ArcGIS
- Cartographic output - created presentation maps
“We are pleased to have Scott, Tom and Jeff Join Pacific Alliance Technologies team. Our focus continues to be to better serve our clients and partners with leading edge solutions. Gaining the right people to achieve this goal is a mission we take seriously and we are quite pleased to have the talent and expertise of this team on the PAT team. Please join me in welcoming them to our team and yours” commented Chris Webber, Founder and President of Pacific Alliance Technologies.
“With the recent additions to the professional services team, we now have increased depth and knowledge to serve our existing client base. We can guide our clients from inception of their ideas through to implementation. I’m very proud services and solutions that we provide and believe that we have further distinguished ourselves as leaders in our domain” commented Ronnie Wahi, Vice President of Pacific Alliance Technologies.
Calgary - Today PAT provided the following presentation to a packed house at the GITA Oil & Gas Conference. Many of Canada's Engineering, drilling and geomatics firms are turning to PAT to publish their geomatics data to the web.
Jumpstart Your Next Project: Don't Start From Scratch, Start with Your Historical Data
John Galambos, Pacific Alliance Technologies
Jumpstart Your Next Project: Don't start from scratch, start with your historical data. Ever want to have your entire firm's historical data at your finger tips the moment you start a project? Do you want others to access and/or edit CAD drawings and data over the web? Do you have databases that you want to connect to your drawings for viewing and searching over the web? Do you want to price your projects more quickly? Do you want a closer relationship with your customers and project stakeholders?
Using a web mapping implementation at an Alberta based geomatics company as a case study, this presentation will illustrate how Millennium Geomatics was able to automate publishing to the web information from thousands of AutoCAD drawings. The presentation will also cover how the drawing data were linked to a pre-existing project database allowing users to quickly search for and locate projects, identify other nearby projects, and view related project documents. The underlying technologies used during the implementation will be discussed, including an overview of MapGuide Open Source, FME, and iVAULT.
Pacific Alliance Technologies is pleased to announce a new release to iVAULT to support ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.3 software. This release complements ArcGIS Server capabilities to publish data and geo-spatial information quickly and easily via the Web.
Chris Webber, President of Pacific Alliance Technologies, said, “Our goal is to meet customer needs for fast and efficient Web publishing of data and GIS information, from novice users to experts. iVAULT’s latest release enhances functionality and security for ESRI’s ArcGIS server platform. Adding iVAULT to this platform improves overall workflow efficiency with unparalleled data and application integration capabilities. Our iVAULT customers find it gives them access to data spread across their company, improving service times and saves on costly customization.”
iVAULT structures data to facilitate integration of your spatial systems with other business systems. Hot on the heels of this release please expect to see announcements of software integrations with financial and asset management systems.
Pacific Alliance Technologies—a member of StarDyne Technologies Inc.—is a leading provider of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), asset management, web-based mapping, architectural, and engineering software, specializing in the customization, implementation, training and support of these solutions. Flexible and affordable, Pacific Alliance Technologies develops and implements solutions to sharpen your edge and increase productivity.
Pacific Alliance Technologies provides a unique perspective gained from being a member of the Autodesk Developer Network, a member of the Bentley Developer Network, a member of the ESRI Developer Network and by being Microsoft Gold Certified. This perspective allow us to be a leading provider of software and service to architecture, engineering, construction, government, utilities, telecommunication, oil & gas, mining, facilities management, and transportation.
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Pacific Alliance Technologies is 300 customers strong. Each year we contract an independent team to survey of our client-base. In this year’s survey, 100% of respondents would contract with Pacific Alliance to perform a future project and 94% would provide a favorable reference. Client satisfaction is a key metric of the StarDyne Group Companies’ triple bottom line of: - Client satisfaction,
- Staff satisfaction, and
- Financial satisfaction.
Pacific Alliance is the visionary organization and implementation team for the StarDyne Group’s GIS and consulting offering. To help service their 650 Local Government clients, we work closely with the other StarDyne Group companies: - Diamond Municipal Solutions
- Vadim Financial
- WorkTech
- Tempest Development Group
StarDyne placed 25th among software companies in Canada, 23rd for companies in BC and164th overall among Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies.
StarDyne was ranked by its five year revenue growth of 445% to gain a well deserved place with Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies.
The Profit100 ranking is considered Canada’s largest celebration of entrepreneurial achievement. You can view the entire list at www.profit100.com*.
Placing among Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies supports StarDyne’s focus on the Triple Bottom Line; strong employee, customer and financial satisfaction. “StarDyne’s employee satisfaction is the highest it has ever been. Our employees are working as a cohesive team, to support and nurture the relationships we have with our customers. These together lead to financial satisfaction which has been recognized by Profit 100”, says Donna Kirisits, VP Human Resources for StarDyne.
StarDyne would like to thank all of its employees throughout its Group Companies as well as the thousands of customers supporting us and helping us achieve this level of success. Thank you.
