Green Bay, Wisconsin – May 6, 2008, VELOCITIE Integration, Inc., a leading provider of integrated enterprise GIS solutions, announced a new contract with Dakota Electric Association (DEA) to provide a variety of services including Cityworks Implementation and Integration Services, Data Migration Services, and GIS Implementation Support Services.

The Cityworks Implementation project involves the following:
 Development of a Cityworks Pilot System
 Cityworks End-user and Administrator Training
 Cityworks Product Configuration and Support
 Integration of Cityworks with several DEA systems including CIS, Financials, and Engineering Design.
 
The Data Migration project will move data from a variety of legacy data sources and will programmatically clean up key aspects of the data to ensure a consistently accurate data platform for the integrated enterprise components.  VELOCITIE will also be providing implementation support and project management services during the entire project.

VELOCITIE has been working closely with DEA since August 2006 and previously provided a number of services for DEA including:
 Project Charter, Needs Assessment and Go Forward Planning
 Business Workflow Process Documentation
 System Requirements and Functional Gap Analysis
 Environment Planning, System Architecture and High-Level Design
 Data Modeling and Data Mapping
 Master Project Plan Development

Randy Poulson, DEA’s Engineering Vice President commented “Our GIS Improvements Project is a major enterprise integration initiative that will provide significant value to our members.  VELOCITIE did a great job on the planning and design phases of the project, and we’re excited to leverage their proven implementation, integration and data migration expertise to complete the project.  High quality is extremely important to DEA and we know based on the work that has already been completed that VELOCITIE’s expert staff will meet or exceed our expectations.”
 
Chris Erpelding, Co-founder and Vice President of Operations at VELOCITIE stated, “Dakota Electric Association is one of the top electric cooperatives in terms of their member service, and they have a strong vision for improving this service using their new integrated enterprise system.  VELOCITIE is very pleased to continue our partnership with DEA in support of the overall project vision.”

About Dakota Electric Association
Dakota Electric Association is a member-owned, nonprofit electric utility serving parts of Dakota, Goodhue, Scott, and Rice counties, just south of the Twin Cities. Serving more than 100,000 members, Dakota Electric is the second-largest electric cooperative in Minnesota and is ranked among the 20 largest electric distribution cooperatives nationally.

About VELOCITIE
VELOCITIE Integration, Inc. provides enterprise and integrated GIS solutions for energy companies, utilities, municipalities and telecommunication companies.  The team at VELOCITIE brings over 250 years of combined experience in serving the GIS industry.  VELOCITIE has the knowledge, insight, experience, and proven success to ensure that its clients have a clear path for implementing a wide array of industry leading products. Visit us at www.velocitie.com for a complete profile of VELOCITIE’s GIS services.