Richmond, VA – October 5, 2010 – Timmons Group, a leader in geospatial and engineering consulting services, recently completed a project to review York Region’s corporate geospatial information infrastructure and develop a project portfolio to advance and optimize the technology infrastructure to meet business needs 3 years out. 

Working with the Region’s Geomatics and Information Technology Services Branches, the two-part project served to evaluate the existing conditions, act on any low-effort/high value improvement opportunities, and also chart a road map for continued success.  The work plan involved examining existing systems, developing system architecture diagrams, performing stress-tests of web map applications & services, reviewing the supporting processes and operational tools used, and interviewing business units to link future business drivers and initiatives that would impose new requirements on the corporate geospatial information infrastructure.   Specific topic areas covered during the discovery and planning phases included monitoring and alerting, performance, storage, redundancy and high-availability, accessibility and system support tools. 

York Region has a high-performing geospatial program currently, and, taking into consideration the defined project portfolio, York Region will be proactive to business needs and effective in the delivery of location-based services to the corporation.

This project will be presented at the ESRI Canada Conference, October 6th-7th.The presentation of project findings will focus on the roadmap outcomes and resulting project portfolio defined to move Geomatics forward.

About Timmons Group
Timmons Group is a leading provider of geospatial, information architecture, and engineering services focusing on delivering highly usable and focused solutions to meet the dynamic needs of our clients.  Timmons Group develops solutions across multiple platforms, including Adobe Flex/Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and JavaScript. Timmons Group is a privately held ENR 500 company and maintains a strong business partner relationship with ESRI. Timmons Group has been a recipient of both the ESRI Business Partner of the Year award and the ESRI Foundation Partner of the Year award. For more information about Timmons Group’s geospatial products and services, contact Lowell Ballard at lowell.ballard@timmons.com or visit www.timmonsgis.com.

Media contact:
Tim Asimos, CPSM
Corporate Marketing Manager
Timmons Group
804.200.6375
tim.asimos@timmons.com