Orion Partners with Sky-Shine Corporation in Malaysia

Source : http://spatialnews.geocomm.com

RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, CANADA and KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - April 18, 2007 – Orion Technology Inc. is pleased to announce a partnership with Sky-Shine Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd., a firm specializing in GIS Development and Mapping Services, Surveying & Mapping System, and Environmental & Laboratory Instrumentation in Malaysia.

Sky-Shine offers a full range of Geospatial Information Technology services from data conversion to application development and implementation. They serve both public and private sector agencies and provide services in GIS system development & implementation, digital mapping & data acquisition, data conversion, and remote sensing.

Sky-Shine is the distributor of Digital Globe’s Quick Bird High Resolution Satellite Imagery product and provides value added services to the remote sensing industry in the region. In addition, Sky-Shine is also a distributor for GeoExpress from LizardTech, a powerful geospatial software package for managing, distributing and accessing complex geospatial imagery. As an ESRI business partner in Malaysia, Sky-Shine serves clients in various sectors including government, private, and educational institutions.

“We are committed to exceeding customer expectations for quality and prompt delivery. Being a partner of Orion, our vision becomes more global, and more focused on system and data integration. Our ‘GeoWeb’ initiative, powered by OnPoint, will be the platform of geo services within Malaysia” noted Zalizan Mohd Salleh, Technical Manager of Sky-Shine.

By using Orion’s industry leading OnPoint™ web-GIS solution, Sky-Shine will enhance their services pertaining to spatial data access and solution integration, for both their existing clients, and for new clients in the region. Orion’s out-of-the-box OnPoint solution comes with an Administration Tool, providing a simple user interface to create Configuration Files that define views. The user can change the appearance, functionality, data content and security of OnPoint with a simple point and click. OnPoint allows users to publish their GIS data quickly and securely over the web and connect to any spatial and non spatial data throughout their organization, turning their web-GIS into a true enterprise solution.

“OnPoint continues to gain further acceptance throughout the world as the standard for web-GIS. Sky-Shine is a well established firm that shares our commitment to delivering quality, leading edge solutions to clients. Sky-Shine has significant opportunities to leverage OnPoint in the Malaysian market, and we look forward to working with them in this regard.” commented Faizal Hasham, Director of Sales and Marketing at Orion. About Sky-Shine Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. Sky-Shine Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. was formally incorporated in 1995. The company provides Geospatial Services and offers scalable GIS and mapping solutions in the Government, Natural Resources, Environmental, Agriculture and Utilities sectors. Founded by experts in the areas of GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing technology, Sky-Shine understand the needs of its diverse clients, and understands that the true power of most geospatial applications is the fusion of varied sources of data together with information technology. To find out more about Sky-Shine Corporation, visit www.skyshine.com.my About Orion Technology Inc. Orion Technology Inc., based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, is a product development and integration company, specializing in web-GIS. Orion's focus is on helping organizations incorporate spatial technology into all facets of their businesses. Orion’s wealth of knowledge in the GIS domain and top-notch GIS software-development expertise has been showcased with its award-winning flagship product OnPoint™. OnPoint™ is enjoying growing support in the GIS community, both domestically and internationally, as a standard for providing geographic data through intuitive Internet and Intranet web-based user interfaces. The newest release of OnPoint™ provides out-of-the-box implementation capabilities, advanced security, powerful administration tools for customizing and managing web portals, and unparalleled data and application integration features. OnPoint can now connect to more spatial data sources including ESRI ArcIMS, ArcSDE, ArcGIS Server, OGC (WMS & WFS), Microsoft MapPoint, Pictometry and more. It also connects to all non spatial data in Oracle, SQL Server, and any other ODBC complaint database to allow user interaction. In addition, OnPoint™ requires no programming because it is fully configurable through the powerful administration tool and it allows for complete extendibility by using OnPoint’s SDK extension. Orion's easy-to-use Web-GIS solutions have helped Orion achieve phenomenal success in securing and delivering projects for reputable clients worldwide - from small organizations to entire countries. To find out more about Orion and its products, visit www.oriongis.com