Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Trimble Buys Spacient Technologies

Sunnyvale-based Trimble said today that it has acquired Long Beach-based Spacient Technologies,a provider of enterprise field service management and mobile mapping products used for municipalities and utilities. Financial terms were not disclosed. Spatient provides software used for wireless devices for the Geographic Information System (GIS) industry, used by utilities to manage field service operations. Spacient will become part of Trimble's Field Solutions business segment.

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