A new thread that may swim in hibernation for a few days or weeks as the process of evolution takes place ......

Imagine a slimmed down debt free company with one division stacked with orders and self financing with cash in the bank.

Then imagine a partner for the other division with pockets so deep that they could fund a rocket to the moon ..... and back

Dreaming of course but Tads can do that to you ..... what a gem or is that a bygone dream as well .....


ainsoph


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More Info for Tad enthusiasts

Re: product launch

Tadpole-Cartesia today launches a new product at the annual ESRI user
conference in San Diego, California. Called Go! Inspect, it automates field
inspection and reporting tasks, and facilitates regulator reporting. The
announcement will be released to business and technology editors during the
course of the day.

Sincerely,

Hugh Paterson
Patcom for Tadpole

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Tadpole-Cartesia's New Go! Inspect Software Automates Utilities' Spiralling
Field Inspection And Maintenance Tasks

ESRI-based software brings enterprise approach to field inspection of poles,
underground enclosures and distribution equipment; supports reporting
requirements of regulators

Carlsbad (California), July 7, 2003 - Energy providers, transportation
companies and municipalities will welcome Tadpole-Cartesia's latest
initiative - the launch of Go! Inspect software to automate the daunting
tasks of field inspection and maintenance.

The new software builds upon ESRI's ArcPad technology, Cystal Reports and
Cartesia's Go!Sync software to provide field personnel with the same data
and applications used in the enterprise. Initially designed for Burbank
Water and Power's field operations, the software will be showcased on both
Cartesia's and Microsoft's booths at the ESRI user conference (July
7-11, San Diego, California).

Regulators such as California's Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) require
utilities to patrol their systems once a year in urban areas, and once every
two years in rural areas. Detailed inspections need to be conducted every
3-5 years. Each year, utilities must submit an annual report to CPUC
summarizing inspections made, equipment condition observed, and repairs
made.

Take Pacific Gas and Electric. In 2002, its field personnel inspected over
460,000 overhead electric poles and nearly 90,000 underground enclosures.
Significant abnormal conditions had to be documented on a maintenance tag,
and then that data entered into a central system. That takes time, and a
massive amount of paper.

Cartesia's Go! Inspect simplifies and automates inspection and maintenance
reporting. It provides field personnel with an automated tool for data
collection and maintenance, allowing them to transfer data to the enterprise
GIS for subsequent reporting and engineering analysis. The City of Burbank
runs Go! Inspect on Pocket PC field devices integrated with GPS, which
tracks both user location, as well as updates facility information.

Field engineers are assigned inspection areas, use their GPS to simply
locate facilities and use Go!Inspect to verify or update existing asset data
shown - an overhead pole, for example. The inspections are performed with
easy to use forms and the results are automatically posted to the enterprise
GIS once the field devices are cradled.

"Go! Inspect is a simple to use tool in the field and brings intelligence to
the business of data collection," says Jason Linley, director of
Tadpole-Cartesia's North American operations. "It automates and speeds the
process of regulator reporting."
About ESRI
For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading developer of GIS software
with more than 300,000 clients worldwide. ESRI also provides consulting,
implementation, and technical support services. Headquartered in California,
ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, international
distributors in more than 90 countries, and more than 1,200 business
partners. ESRI's goal is to provide users with comprehensive tools to help
them quickly and efficiently manage and use geographic information to make a
real difference in the world around them. ESRI can be found on the Web at
http://www.esri.com

About Tadpole-Cartesia
Tadpole-Cartesia, a software business unit of Tadpole Technology plc
(www.tadpole.com), is the leader in the deployment of enterprise-class
mobile information systems in the world's utilities, telecommunications and
public service industries, and is the premier field solutions provider for
ESRI-based technology. In addition to ESRI-based solutions, the company
offers a unique range of mobile business solutions known under the Conic
brand that support both Windows and Java platforms and open new vistas for
better management and productivity of field workers, improve customer
service, reduce operational costs, and enable user industries to fully
capitalize their investments in corporate GIS and CAD data. Further
information on Tadpole's businesses on 760-929-8345 (USA), +44 (0)131 668
0200 (UK), or by email sales@tadpole.com.

ends

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ArcPad, ArcReader, ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcGIS, www.esri.com, and @esri.com
are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the

More news for you guys


Tadpole-Cartesia and Azteca Systems Align to Create Centers-For-Field
Intelligence for ESRI Enterprises

Carlsbad (CA) and Salt Lake City (UT), July 8, 2003 - Tadpole-Cartesia and
Azteca Systems today jointly announce a strategic alignment of their
technologies to create centers-for-field intelligence for the world's
ESRI-based public works and utility industries.

Under the terms of a strategic business agreement, the firms will align
their Go! Sync field GIS and Cityworks Enterprise Asset Management software
and market them as a one-stop package to their respective customers.

Azteca's customers include the cities of Houston Texas, Long Beach,
California, and Newport News, Virginia. Tadpole-Cartesia is a
vendor-of-choice to Ordnance Survey and other national mapping agencies,
utilities such as ScottishPower, TXU, and Consumers Energy, and to local
municipalities, which include Burbank Water and Power. Both firms are
strategic business partners of ESRI, the world's leading developer of GIS
technology.

"Clearly, we're delighted to extend our business to support Azteca's
flagship Cityworks products - on both sides of the Atlantic," says Jason
Linley, director of Tadpole-Cartesia's North American operations. "This
agreement paves the way for our companies to better serve customers with
cutting solutions that will improve the quality, productivity, and
effectiveness of field operations. The technology fit is logical and
addresses real organizational needs."

Tom Palizzi, Azteca's director of marketing and sales, adds: "Aligning
Cityworks with Tadpole-Cartesia's flagship products is good news for the
industry and good news for our companies. A simple call to these field
intelligence centers will enable each firm's customers to gain business
advantage and field personnel productivity through our combined offerings."

Tadpole-Cartesia's Go! Sync software automates and secures the delivery of
GeoDatabase from enterprise GIS to the field. Instead of streaming
gigabyte-heavy maps to regional offices or mobile work teams that
occasionally connect to the local network, only small packets of new mapping
data are delivered to authenticated users when on-line, even via the Web.
Now with Go!Sync, maps stored on field devices are automatically updated
without manual intervention.

Azteca's Cityworks is an enterprise asset management product. The ESRI-based
solution enables public works and utilities to inventory physical assets,
issue and track works orders, and manage customer needs in one seamless
environment. Cityworks is easy-to-use and based on open technology.

Cartesia is starting to ring in the pounds!

All that R&D at ETI will soon start to follow suit.

M

Moneylender:

What makes you think that ETI will follow suit? Please explain.

MM

See the following link:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/31632.html

prodman:

Interesting, but not really relevant to Tadpole plc here, as the hardware division has been sold off/spun out.

MightyMicro:

Agree, but it's interesting what they may have given up to concentrate on software.

prodman:

Sure, I think that it was a mistake to sell the hardware business. The wisdom inside was that they could afford the R+D for either the hardware or the software but not both. So they let the hardware go. I know not what led to the departure of BH and GB, but one suspects that this decision may have had something to do with it.

MM

hardware has minute margins plus all the aggro that goes with it/maintenance etc........software 85%+
QED

Hi Clarvis, the word friend is slightly misleading for me and ains!, associate yes, but having never met the man friend would be a little too much for me to claim.
That said, I and many others do converse at times and I am well aware of his expertise at trading and his ability to use lateral thinking, which sometimes creates conflict of opinions with others here.

Keeping a watch on tad , as I do, allows me sometimes to second guess, (as do many others) tads announcements, no insider knowledge just doing my own research :0)
Looking back you will see my predictions were not that far out if you check the news flow from them.

If you want the kind of news that will double the share price (and incidentally it has done that of late) you will need far more info than I could ever supply.
I invest in tad because I believe their product is ..will be..a winner, I have said on many occasions 2003 will be tads year! And I can again confidently predict news is on its way. just what that news will be, we can only guess.. at this time, however DYOR does help to predict what may be in the pipeline :0)

I offer my sincere apologies if I mislead you in any waybut watch this space. Lol

Tris

Oldolie/sequestor,

have you been banned from advfn? I hope not because I enjoyed your friendly banter and input. If so, why? It does'nt make any sense.

TIA

No things are a bit sub-judice at the moment Mac, i still post away from the criminals.

macCavity
"I enjoyed your friendly banter and input." thats going too far lol
watch this bb come back to life without him!
He may be banned or on his holls, who knows, however the advfn... bb is much more civil without him..
Tris

Tris - 10 Jul'03 - 09:59 - 500 of 500 (sub-judiced)lol

superrod:

Yes, but you only get software margins like 85% if anybody buys it.

try not to be logical MM, it just arouses passions in the financially inept.

err...Clarvis? Does this constitute news?

from Shares Mag......It has been a dramatic half year for this network and utilities software company. Its early promise, thanks to a tie up with leading US software ESRI, has been overshadowed by the hefty 4.3M loss from the disposal of the hardware business. The chief executive's exit in march brought a new lease of life to the share price. With the order book for core product Cartesia ten times bigger than last year, the shares warrant a speculative BUY.
thought I'd just throw it in......am I forgiven? lol...just joking.
Tris

oh abtw...please find here the news Tad email address
http://www.tadpoletechnology.com.
trying me best Clarvis...its all news
Tris

Sequestor,

thanks and good luck with the litigation.

ps. Any good tips like NSB? (Think you put me on to it--thanks)

mightymicro
isnt that the same for any product?

olie banned....best news in years. he should be prepared to take what he dishes out imo. far too concerned whether a poswr has hus spelkchecjer operatinq.
only my opinion but is largely responsible for the demise of this and other bulletin boards. what a shame he pays premium rates or he would be out for good. in my 5 years trawling financial sites he is BY FAR the worst culprit but hides behind a perceived moral high ground.