Dayton, Ohio - June 24, 2009 -The State of Florida Division of Emergency Management provides the people of Florida with efficient and effective communications during normal periods as well as pre-and-post disaster periods and to serve as the contact point in Florida for communications between local Governments and Emergency Agencies, State Government Agencies and the Federal Government. 

The State of Florida DEM has licensed Freeance Mobile for the purposes of pushing ESRI map services out to BlackBerry smartphones. Florida DEM plans on utilizing BlackBerry smartphones for storm damage mapping and other related field events that require map viewing and GPS map point logging with digital photos. Freeance Mobile will allow Florida DEM to access GIS maps on different BlackBerry smartphones models from any wireless carrier.

 You can win Freeance Mobile software and BlackBerry Smartphones for your organization. Enter your concept or plan on how your organization can mobilize GIS on BlackBerry and win $15,000 worth of Freeance Mobile software and BlackBerry Smartphones. It's the first annual GIS on BlackBerry Awards and you could be announced as the winner at the 2009 ESRI User Conference in San Diego. You don't need to attend the User Conference to win and you don't need to be current users of Freeance Mobile or BlackBerry. All you need is your initiative and drive for mobile efficiency. Use the online entry format at www.freeance.com/wirelessaward and enter your dream for GIS mobility on BlackBerry today.

 Freeance Mobile 2.0 for ArcGIS Server 9.3 will be on display in the BlackBerry booth at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, booth #2223.  Activities at the BlackBerry booth include presentations from end users and Ricoh, as well as demonstrations of Freeance Mobile.  A special lunch session will be held Thursday at noon highlighting the best uses of GIS On BlackBerry from Freeance Mobile clients. The lunch is free and seating is first come, first served.

 About Freeance Mobile Software

Freeance Mobile is innovative, easy-to-use location software for efficiently making mobile applications. You can now make your ArcGIS available to anyone, anywhere, anytime. It is hassle-free software for users and IT administrators alike. Designed for the ESRI and BlackBerry environments, Freeance Mobile starting at $999 for unlimited users and combining off-the-shelf simplicity with the ability to make your own custom applications. Visit http://www.Freeance.com/mobile for more information.

 About TDC Group

TDC Group, Inc. develops the Freeance Mobile and Freeance Web software solutions. The Company serves government, utilities and corporate clients with productive, cost-effective and easy-to-use software that reduces the time and resources needed to deploy enterprise GIS and mobile applications.