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Urban Crossroads and Metropolis New Media Form Business Alliance
SAN JOSE, California - February 10, 2003 - Metropolis New Media, Inc., a leading provider of managed hosting services for ESRI® server products, and Urban Crossroads, Inc., a leading transportation planning/engineering firm based in Irvine, CA, announced today that the two firms have formed a strategic alliance to offer customers turkey solutions for Web-based GIS application development and hosting.
Urban Crossraods offers a group of capabilities unique among transportation planning/engineering firms. In addition to providing planning and engineering services to its clients, the company's Systems Development Group (SDG) offers its customers a wide array of technology services including needs assessment & planning, systems integration, database development, data conversion, GIS systems development and implementation, and spatial analysis services.
"Forming a strategic alliance with Urban Crossroads helps meet the needs of organizations looking to distribute transportation related GIS data and services online," said Matt Monahan, president of Metropolis. " By bringing together leading Internet GIS consulting and development firms that have a specific industry focus, with comprehensive hosting services from Metropolis, Metropolis and Urban Crossroads are better positioned to help customers develop and deploy robust Web-based GIS solutions in less time and at a lower cost as compared to in-house solutions."
About Urban Crossroads, Inc.
Urban Crossroads, Inc. is a leading transportation planning/engineering and GIS application development firm based in Irvine, CA. In addition to providing transportation planning/engineering services, the company's Systems Development Group (SDG) assists both public and private sector clients implement solutions based on leading edge ESRIŽ technologies such as ArcGIS, MapObjects, ArcIMS and ArcSDE. For more information about Urban Crossroads Systems Development Group visit the company's Web site at www.urbanxroads.com/sdg.
About Metropolis New Media, Inc.
Based in San Jose, CA, Metropolis New Media, Inc. is a premier provider of managed hosting solutions for ESRI server products. Unlike ordinary hosting providers, Metropolis is focused solely on providing high-quality and cost-effective Internet hosting facilities and services that recognize the specific requirements for hosting spatial data and applications.
For more information regarding Metropolis New Media, Inc, visit the company's Web site at www.metropolisnewmedia.com.
About ESRI
For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading
developer of geographic information system (GIS) software
with more than 220,000 clients worldwide. ESRI also
provides consulting, implementation, and technical support
services. In addition to its headquarters in California,
ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States,
international distributors in more than 90 countries,
and more than 700 resellers and developers. ESRI's goal
is to provide users with comprehensive tools to help
them quickly and efficiently manage and use geographic
information to make a real difference in the world around
them. ESRI can be found on the Web at www.esri.com.
ESRI, the ESRI globe logo, GIS by ESRI, ArcMap, ArcView,
www.esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered
trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the United States,
the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions.
Other companies and products mentioned herein are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective trademark
owners.
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Press Information:
Matt Monahan, Metropolis
Tel.: 408.297.4600
E-mail: info@metropolisnewmedia.com
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