Strategic Relationship Enables the Parties to Provide Most Comprehensive
End-to-End Infrastructure Solutions Available Combining Power of GIS,
Analytics, BIM and Asset Management
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2012--
Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), a world leader in 3D
design, engineering and entertainment software, and Pitney Bowes
Software, Inc., a global leader in customer data, location intelligence,
analytics and communication software and services, today announced they
have entered into a strategic alliance agreement. The new agreement will
serve as a framework for both companies to provide resources, services
and solutions to help infrastructure owners and architecture,
engineering and construction (AEC) organizations make more informed
decisions and drive greater efficiencies across the plan, design, build,
manage lifecycle of infrastructure.
The relationship will enable the parties to provide infrastructure
professionals in transportation, government, utilities, and other key
industries with the broadest range of coordinated solutions available
today to help fully realize the value of project information--from
planning and asset management to design and on through to operations and
management. Under the terms of the strategic alliance agreement, Pitney
Bowes Software and Autodesk will join forces to better address the needs
of a global customer base. In addition, through coordinating the
integration of existing applications, both companies will work together
to deliver solutions which address some of the more immediate business
issues within a number of identified vertical markets.
“We see tremendous synergies between the offerings of Autodesk and
Pitney Bowes Software,” said Paul McRoberts, vice president,
infrastructure product line group, Architecture, Engineering and
Construction Solutions, Autodesk. “Users of our BIM for Infrastructure
Solutions, including the Autodesk
Infrastructure Design Suite, can gain tremendous benefits from the
deep insights that the MapInfo
product family can provide, particularly during the planning and asset
management phases of infrastructure projects. With our combined deep
industry expertise and solutions for GIS, analytics, BIM, and asset
management, we will be well positioned to offer a much more
comprehensive end-to-end solution to the market than other providers.”
“Shared global reach and industry sectors reflect the strong affinity
between Autodesk and Pitney Bowes Software. Our complementary
capabilities will enhance the value of our solutions and create enormous
efficiencies for our customers,” said James Buckley, Senior Vice
President & General Manager, Customer Data & Location Intelligence,
Pitney Bowes Software. “AEC experts will be able to take advantage of
unique solutions which will shorten the modeling and construction phases
within projects and will help organizations to determine optimum
location and environmental impact of design scenarios and optimize asset
maintenance management so that infrastructure monies can be maximized
across the entire asset lifecycle.”
“A tremendous amount of valuable data is locked up in traditional GIS
systems. Unlocking that value has the potential for delivering increased
operational efficiencies for infrastructure projects,” said Jeff Vining,
Research VP at Gartner. “This is particularly important for agencies and
local government departments around the world looking to implement smart
government initiatives. Combining the power of location intelligence
with BIM modeling will help agencies and local governments improve
decision making across the plan, design, build, manage lifecycle.”
This strategic alliance agreement also provides both organizations with
a unique opportunity to develop specific, industry related, solutions in
the future using the industry knowledge, products and services of both
companies.
About Autodesk BIM Solutions
Building
Information Modeling (BIM) is an intelligent model–based process
that provides insight for creating and managing building and
infrastructure projects faster, more economically, and with less
environmental impact. Autodesk
BIM solutions for building and infrastructure lifecycles are based
on intelligent models created with Autodesk
Revit and AutoCAD
Civil 3D software. Helping to expand the benefits of BIM is a
powerful set of complementary solutions for visualizing and simulating
projects virtually, documentation and professional drafting, and data
management and collaboration. The Autodesk
Building Design and Autodesk
Infrastructure Design Suites offer a comprehensive set of tools to
support BIM workflows in a single, cost-effective package.
About Pitney Bowes Software
Pitney Bowes Software (PBS) was formerly Pitney Bowes Business Insight
(PBBI).
Pitney Bowes Software provides multichannel solutions that optimize data
to create relevant dialogue between organizations and their customers.
These solutions enable lifetime customer relationships by integrating
data management, location intelligence, sophisticated predictive
analytics, rules-based decision making and cross-channel customer
interaction management to increase the value of every customer
communication while also delivering operational efficiencies.
Pitney Bowes Software is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes Inc.
(NYSE:PBI), a customer communications management technology leader. For
more information, please visit www.pbinsight.com
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc., is a leader in 3D
design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the
manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and
entertainment industries -- including the last 16 Academy Award winners
for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software to design, visualize
and simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in
1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of
state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional information
about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.
Autodesk, AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Revit are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates
in the USA and/or other countries. Academy Award is a registered
trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. All other
brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective
holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services
offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice,
and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may
appear in this document.
© 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Source: Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk
Brett Smith, 415-547-2405
brett.smith@autodesk.com
or
Pitney
Bowes Software
Yvonne Summers, +44 14 91 41 67 48
yvonne.summers@pb.com