[Intevation News] DM Solutions Group and Intevation Team to Deliver MapServer Support in Europe

[Jan-Oliver Wagner]

DM Solutions Group and Intevation Team to Deliver MapServer Support in Europe


Ottawa, Canada and Osnabrück, Germany, December 15, 2005 - DM Solutions
Group Inc., a leader in the open source Web mapping community, and
Intevation, a Germany based leading Free Software consulting company,
today announced a joint plan to deliver professional MapServer support
in Europe.

Through a partnership agreement, any government and enterprise customer
of Intevation will have the ability to automatically access DM Solutions
Group for third-level support for MapServer and related software.
Intevation will work directly with its customers to deliver security
updates and general MapServer support, while DM Solutions Group will
deliver upgrades and new releases of the technology.

"The goal of our alliance with Intevation is to provide European
MapServer customers with the tools and support they need to maximize the
full potential of their MapServer applications," said David McIlhagga,
DM Solutions Group president.  "We are excited about working with
Intevation and extending our MapServer support services to the European
market."  

MapServer applications have been produced with large datasets and tough
requirements for stability and availability. Prompt support, security
maintenance and sustainable ongoing development are the key factors for
customer success. The MapServer support from DM Solutions Group and
Intevation combines the advantages of a Free Software product and
enterprise-level services.

"We chose to work with DM Solutions Group because of its clear
leadership in MapServer development," said Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner,
managing director of Intevation.  "Our customers will benefit from
having readily available access to MapServer support and updates."


About DM Solutions Group Inc.

DM Solutions Group Inc. is a leader in the open source Web mapping
community and the primary corporate developer and maintainer of
MapServer - the most widely used Web mapping rendering engine in the
world. Building on its open source success, DM Solutions Group focuses
on custom solution delivery, professional services, hosted online
mapping services, and value-added products for a broad range of vertical
markets.

Founded in 1998, DM Solutions Group is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada, with a second office Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. For more
information visit www.dmsolutions.ca.


About Intevation

Intevation GmbH specialized in Free Software ("open source") and offers
IT services for strategic consulting, project management &
implementation, and geographic information systems (GIS). All activities
are based on Free Software, active communication management, modern
development techniques and usability design.

The GIS business unit delivers customer solutions based on Free Software
since Intevation was founded in 1999. The company has experience ranging
from web mapping, customized applications, spatial databases up to
geospatial infrastructures (GDI) and location based services (LBS).
Intevation founded and maintains  www.FreeGIS.org for evaluating and
cataloguing Free Software GIS products.

Contact:

Jody Chantler
DM Solutions Group
Marketing & Communications
613.565.5056 ext. 13
jchantler at dmsolutions.ca


Silke Reimer
Intevation GmbH
GIS Project Management
+49 541 33508-32
silke.reimer at intevation.net