GEOSYSTEMS France Partners with Definiens to Expand Market Share in France & French-Speaking African Countries

Partnership provides earth science organisations with leading technology for analyzing and interpreting images on every scale

Paris, France and Munich, Germany - March 4, 2008 - Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence™ company today announced it has teamed up with GEOSYSTEMS France SARL, the leading French provider of remote sensing, photogrammetry, 3D visualisation and spatial data management software solutions and services. Under the terms of this partner agreement, GEOSYSTEMS France becomes an authorized reseller of Definiens technology and will distribute the Definiens Enterprise Image Intelligence™ Suite in France and in French-speaking African countries.

Definiens’ image analysis software is complementary to GEOSYSTEMS France end-to-end solution and services which include consulting, support, software develeopment and systems integration. Existing and future customers will not only benefit from fast and reliable image analysis – independent from data size/volume? and source – but also from local contact persons, regional support and market insights provided by GEOSYSTEMS France.

“Committed to providing the best geospatial products and services, we are delighted to add Definiens solutions to our offering.” said Patrice Lemire, Managing Director, GEOSYSTEMS France. “These market leading products will enable our customers to extract rich information with a high level of automation from their imagery.”

Definiens provides organizations involved in earth sciences with leading technology for analyzing and interpreting images on every scale, from air-borne as well as space-borne sensors and is the perfect match to the French company’s existing portfolio. GEOSYSTEMS France’ strong market presence as well as the vast network of potential customers and key players in France and in the French-speaking African countries will strengthen Definiens position in these regions.

"France and the French-speaking countries in Africa represent a large, strategically important market for our technology," said Rene Hermes, Vice President Marketing at Definiens. "By partnering with GEOSYSTEMS France, a well-positioned company with in-depth expertise in delivering geospatial solutions, we are confident that Definiens state-of-the-art products will make further significant inroads into the French markets."

To best serve the needs of mutual customers, Definiens will provide active marketing and sales support including training, consultancy, rule set development as well as application and other Enterprise Image Intelligence specialists for GEOSYSTEMS France and its customers.

About GEOSYSTEMS France
Located in Saint Quentin en Yvelines, a fast growing business area near Paris, GEOSYSTEMS France is a young and dynamic company focused on Geospatial Imagery and Information.
GEOSYSTEMS France brings an extensive expertise in remote sensing, photogrammetry, 3D visualisation and spatial data management. According to the global strategy of GEOSYSTEMS GmbH in Germany, one of our shareholders, GEOSYSTEMS France is dedicated to providing the right solution, not just software modules. We are experts in consulting customers about their projects, in specific training and technical support.
GEOSYSTEMS France is the distributor of Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging, LLC for France and French speaking countries in Africa.

Definiens in Earth Sciences
Definiens enables organizations involved in Earth Sciences to quickly extract accurate geo-information, ready for use in GIS, from earth observation and remote sensing imagery. Definiens’ intelligent feature extraction capabilities accelerate mapping, change detection as well as object recognition and deliver standardized, reproducible image analysis results.

Definiens
Rene Hermes, Vice President Marketing
rhermes@definiens.com


Lucy Turpin Communications GmbH
Eva Hildebrandt
definiens@lucyturpin.com
+49 (0)89 417761-14

About Definiens
Definiens is the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence company for analyzing and interpreting images on every scale, from microscopic cell structures to satellite images. The Definiens Cognition Network Technology®, developed by Nobel laureate Prof. Gerd Binnig and his team, is an advanced and robust context-based technology designed to fulfill the image analysis requirements of the Life and Earth sciences markets. The technology is modeled on the powerful human cognitive perception processes to extract intelligence from images. Definiens provides organizations with faster image analysis results, allowing deeper insights enabling better business decisions. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany and has offices throughout the United States. Further information is available at www.definiens.com.

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