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Products & Services Information - Management
Information Systems
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31st Jan 07 -
Integrated FM Acquires
ARK E-management
31st Jan 07
 Integrated
FM Acquires ARK E-management
Integrated fm has acquired ARK e-management,
a developer of specialised management information systems for
facilities and estates management and other sectors. ARK’s
founders, Lionel Prodgers and Professor Matthew Bacon –along
with other ARK staff - have joined the Integrated fm team and
ARK’s software systems will now be marketed under the Integrated
fm banner.
The acquisition follows a long period of collaboration between
the two companies aimed at enabling full integration between the
ARK SIS management system and the fm facts range of day-to-day
CAFM tools. It also recognises the growing need for FMs to make
better use of the wealth of information contained within CAFM
systems.
“The business needs of FMs are changing, with a growing
need for systems that will harvest operational data from CAFM
systems, bring it together in a meaningful way and provide an
enterprise perspective for strategic management,” explained
Integrated fm managing director Steve Dingley. “Together,
we are developing systems that will assimilate information from
CAFM and other systems in the organisation and enable it to be
‘sliced and diced’ in any way that suits the user,”
he continued.
Unlike the majority of Management Information Systems, the Integrated
fm approach uses vendor-neutral technologies that can be used
with any system to provide true interoperability. This makes it
much easier and faster to turn a mass of information into useful
knowledge, while also enriching that information to gain a better
understanding of the whole life cycle of buildings and their contents.
The new systems have undergone rigorous field testing in a range
of operating environments and will soon be launched to the FM
market.
Enquiries: Rachel Wesson, Integrated fm Ltd, Tel: 01926 517721,
E-mail: info@integratedfm.com
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