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CONTACT INFORMATION
Advanced Utility Systems
www.advancedutility.com
Philip Playfair
pplayfair@advancedutility.com
416 496-0149 x229
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Northern Kentucky Water District
Completes Accelerated CIS Infinity Implementation
District and Advanced collaborate
on 5-month implementation, new billing solution goes live
EDGEWOOD, KENTUCKY and TORONTO, CANADA. June 29, 2004 -
Northern Kentucky Water District has completed an accelerated implementation
of CIS Infinity, the customer information and billing solution offered
by Advanced Utility Systems Corporation.
With the end of their application service provider (ASP) contract
approaching quickly, the District worked with Advanced on a fast,
flexible implementation of an enterprise application with the functional
depth required to serve the District's customer base of just under
80,000.
According to Mark Lofland, the District's Vice President of Account
Services and Billing, "Our ASP contract was coming to an end,
and our customers needed a seamless upgrade. We had more confidence
in the Advanced strategy than any other vendor's -- their implementation
and conversion process were designed to flex for a unique situation
like ours."
Mr. Lofland continues, "Early in our search for a new CIS
solution, we arranged site visits and checked references. Other
utilities confirmed that our confidence in Advanced was well-founded."
Patricia Sorbara, President and CEO of Advanced, describes the
District's unique situation in more detail: "Implementing an
enterprise CIS solution in under five months required an agile implementation,
as well as a plan for a strong post-live relationship. Advanced
will work closely with the District to find efficiencies and further
refine their service offering. With this plan in place, the tight
timeline wasn't really an obstacle."
The District is looking forward to realizing the benefits of full
ownership of their solution, implementing CIS Infinity with a SQL
Server 2000 database. Advanced has an extensive track record of
converting from virtually any legacy system to CIS Infinity.
Advanced Utility Systems Corporation is a privately-owned and operated
software and services company in Toronto, Canada. The company has
grown from its 1997 start-up to serve over 55 North American water,
electric, and natural gas utility clients with its billing and customer
information software, CIS Infinity. The team at Advanced delivers
the expertise and experience to develop the ideal solution for the
utility market.
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