ITT Announces New Distributor for ENVI Software in Greece
Boulder, CO – August 28, 2008 – ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT VIS), a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation, (NYSE: ITT), today announced that it has signed Marathon Data Systems as a distributor of ENVI software in Greece and Cyprus. Under this authorized distribution agreement, Marathon Data Systems will distribute the ENVI family of image processing and analysis products to the growing number of professionals in the region who rely on geospatial imagery and the information it provides for planning, decision-making, research, and science.
Marathon Data Systems has been working with geographical information systems (GIS) for over twenty years. The company was the first to propose the use of GIS technology in Greece and Cyprus, and they are the official distributor of the ESRI® line of GIS software – ArcGIS® – in Greece and Cyprus.
“We are excited about our new relationship with ITT and the software solutions we can now pass along to our customers. ENVI’s workflow-based analysis and processing tools provide the ideal platform for our customers to extract information from imagery quickly, accurately and easily,” said Adonis Kontos, president of Marathon Data Systems. “In addition, ENVI’s integration into ArcGIS provides a seamless data exchange for the maintenance and update of GIS layers with extracted vectors from imagery.”
“The GIS community in Greece and Cyprus uses imagery derived geographic information more than ever, as it provides them with critical and timely information to keep their geographic information systems databases up to date. Entering into this strategic partnership agreement with Marathon Data Systems allows us to support the GIS professionals in that community by providing the advanced image processing capabilities they need in conjunction with the undisputed GIS leader in Marathon Data Systems,” stated Richard Cooke, President and COO of ITT Visual Information Solutions.
For more information about Marathon Data Systems, visit www.marathondata.gr. For more information about ENVI, visit www.l3harrisgeospatial.com/Software-Technology/ENVI.
About ITT Visual Information Solutions
ITT Visual Information Solutions (formerly Research Systems, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation, provides integrated software solutions that help scientists, engineers, researchers, and medical professionals turn complex data into useful information. The company’s 150,000 customers from more than 80 countries use IDL, ENVI and IAS to analyze data and imagery and deploy imaging applications. ITT Visual Information Solutions’ products are used in a variety of industries, including remote sensing, engineering, earth sciences, aerospace, defense and intelligence, medical imaging, oil and gas exploration and biotechnology. Combined with a host of support services including training, consulting and technical support, ITT Visual Information Solutions offers the most complete data visualization, image analysis and image delivery solutions available.