Loking good for '99! Calvin
MapInfo Expands Role in Data Visualization Market
With Investment in Three D Graphics
TROY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1998--
Forms Powerful Alliance to Deliver Industry's Most Advanced Graphing
and Mapping Technologies to Software Vendors and Corporate Developers
MapInfo Corporation (NASDAQ/NM:MAPS) today announced a strategic
investment in Three D Graphics, Inc. of Los Angeles, California, a
premier developer of data-based graph and charting systems. Together,
MapInfo and Three D Graphics have formed a powerful alliance,
delivering data visualization solutions to every major vendor in the
software industry including IBM, Microsoft and Oracle.
The investment enables MapInfo to enhance data visualization
features throughout the MapInfo product line by embedding Three D
Graphics' powerful charting technology. MapInfo can now deliver the
most advanced graphing and mapping technologies to both software
vendors and corporate developers.
"This alliance with Three D Graphics is an important step in
MapInfo's commitment to providing our customers with superior business
intelligence solutions," said Mark Gunn, MapInfo's vice president of
marketing. "Through enhanced visualization of their information and
customer databases, our corporate clients can better leverage data
visualization in the decision-making process."
Elmer Easton, president of Three D Graphics, said, "We plan to
work with MapInfo to provide unparalleled graph and charting
capabilities throughout their product suite. By combining Three D
Graphics' technology with MapInfo's worldwide distribution channel,
many more customers can take advantage of the most complete
visualization capabilities on the market today."
Gunn added, "In addition to our corporate customers, many leading
software vendors who already have one of our technologies embedded in
their applications, such as Seagate Software, Manugistics, Business
Objects and Hummingbird Communications, can now integrate cutting edge
technologies from both MapInfo and Three D Graphics."
About Three D Graphics, Inc.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Three D Graphics, Inc.
is a major developer of data-based graph and charting systems licensed
on an OEM basis to major software publishers for inclusion in their
world-wide product offerings. The Company has recently announced the
forthcoming debut of Amigo 2000 a charting add-in to Microsoft's
Office 2000 and its predecessors.
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