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to work together.
“We see tremendous poten
tial for process improvements
for both Locus’ enterprise cus
tomers and NEMAC’s govern
ment partners by combining re
sources and integrating results
of climate change and other
large-scale monitoring into Lo
cus’ enterprise-centered appli
cations,” Fox said.
Locus hopes that by combin
ing their strengths with NEM
AC’s, they can develop better
software for regulatory agen
cies such as the EPA, business
es who report to the EPA and
the general public so anyone
can learn more about the state
of their air, water or soil.
“We pride ourselves on bring
ing the right people, technology
and systems together to deliver
the innovative, integrated soft
ware and services our custom
ers require,” said Todd Pierce,
Locus’ director for GIS ser
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vices, who manages the rela
tionship between the two orga
nizations.
Partnering with River
side Technology, Inc., builds
NEMAC’s capacity outside of
Asheville. Riverside is head
quartered in Ft. Collins, Colo.,
,and looking to open up an of
fice in Asheville.
“When the American Meteo
rological Society hosted a meet
ing in Asheville last summer,
NEMAC hosted an open house
at our downtown engagement
site in the Grove Arcade,” said
Fox. “Riverside attended the
open house, and we instantly
saw that a partnership between
the two groups made a lot of
sense. We recently co-hosted a
booth at the national AMS con
ference that was held in New
Orleans and we are jointly pur
suing some opportunities that
we encountered at the confer
ence.”
Riverside is an international
science, engineering and IT
consulting company. The com
pany works with federal, state
"We see tremendous potential for pro
cess improvements for both Locus'
enterprise customers and NEMAC's
government partners by combining
resources and integrating results of
climate change and other large-scale
monitoring into Locus'enterprise-cen
tered applications."
Jim Fox
NEMAC director
and local government agen
cies; private sector clients and
international organizations to
provide services in technol
ogy solutions, information and
analysis tools.
“Integration of the informa
tion on weather and climate
change monitoring will enable
organizations to easily analyze,
optimize and mitigate their en
ergy and emissions,” said Fox.
“Riverside is known interna
tionally as a quality provider of
tools that really help commu
nities address flood and water
resource issues at a variety of
scales. They are well respect
ed not only here in the United
States, but worldwide. We look
forward to providing our exper
tise that will benefit both of our
enterprises.”
Riverside employees agree
that this partnership will ex
pand each company’s reach and
client base.
“Working with NEMAC on
these important capabilities
will bring together highly-
skilled individuals to drive new
innovations and provide clients
with unique solutions to address
complex environmental issues,”
said Larry Brazil, president
and CEO of Riverside.
The new partnerships are al
ready at work. NEMAC and
Riverside jointly submitted
a proposal to NOAA’s Small
Business Innovation Research
Program earlier this month
to further develop long-range
three-month precipitation out
looks. UNCA students will be
able to access the Locus soft
ware, both the main EIM and
the cloud storage system, at
NEMAC offices.
Locus software is delivered
through cloud computing so
there is no hardware to procure,
no large up-front license fee
and no complex set-ups.
Locus hopes students will
find the software useful for
their research and are excitedly
anticipating feedback on their
software.
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