Top performers including 100,000 field technicians; 49 of the top 50 "Fortune 1000" energy companies, and over 124,000 miles of North America's transmission systems benefit from Ventyx enterprise workforce management (EWFM) solutions. Ventyx solutions, such as its leading EWFM software Service Suite, operate individually to answer strategic needs, or together with other Ventyx or third-party software as integrated solutions. As a result of using Ventyx solutions, asset-intensive organizations can expect performance proven results which include increased customer satisfaction, reduced job time, and the most scalable industry-specific mobile platform.
 
"Our customers have benefited greatly from our GIS technology partnership," said Dale Meier, Product Manager, Ventyx. "The combined power of ESRI's GIS technology and Ventyx's deep industry-specific domain expertise has helped our customers leverage our flexible, reliable, and powerful technology solutions to achieve dramatic business results."

Service Suite is a comprehensive mobile workforce management solution, automating service workflow from scheduling to performance measurement. Service Suite makes strong use of several embedded ESRI components - both server and desktop based - to form a true enterprise class solution. Through the continued integration of Service Suite with the other two pillars of the Ventyx SDM solution - Asset Suite and Customer Suite - Ventyx is well positioned to continue to bring the Geographic Advantage of location aware solutions to their users and clients.

"I congratulate Ventyx on the success of their many innovative solutions," said Alex Miller, President, ESRI Canada.  "It is clear that Ventyx values ESRI GIS technology to power its many innovative products that are used by some of the world's largest organizations."

About Ventyx:
Ventyx is a leading business solutions provider, delivering asset management, mobile workforce management, customer care, energy trading and risk management, energy operations, and energy analytics solutions to more than 900 energy, utility and communications customers, as well as to asset-intensive customers in selected commercial markets. With approximately 1,200 employees in more than 20 locations worldwide, Ventyx delivers best-of-breed business solutions that maximize operational and financial performance, backed by the industry's deepest available industry-specific domain expertise.  For more information, visit our Website at http://www.ventyx.com/.

About ESRI Canada:
Established in 1984, ESRI Canada is a Canadian owned company specializing in geographic information systems (GIS) solutions. ESRI Canada distributes the world's leading GIS software solutions from ESRI Inc., Miner and Miner, and Azteca. In order to provide organizations with complete industry-specific solutions ESRI Canada has established an extensive business partner program that includes more than 125 Canadian organizations. ESRI Canada also provides professional services including consulting, training, technical support, and enterprise GIS implementation. ESRI Canada is a leader in providing world-class enterprise GIS solutions for many industries including local government, utilities, public safety and defence, business demographics, education, natural resources, and transportation. ESRI Canada has fifteen regional offices across the country, with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. For more information, please visit http://www.esricanada.com/ or call 1-800-447-9778.

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ESRI Canada
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