News from IDV Solutions, maker of  Visual Fusion software for Location Intelligence
IDV Solutions to present "Innovating for Growth" webinar
Lansing, MI, September 1, 2010
Scott Caulk, IDV Solutions Product Director, and Dan Shaver, U.S. Commercial Sales Director, will discuss how Visual Fusion combines with Bing Maps and SharePoint to form a platform for developing business intelligence applications.
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IDV Signs Terra-IT as Business Partner in China
Lansing, MI, August 25, 2010
IDV Solutions, maker of Visual Fusion business intelligence software, announced that it has signed a Business Partner agreement with Terra Info Tech (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (Terra-IT), a leading provider of location-based software and services in China.
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Visual Fusion Helps Wireless Device Maker Monitor High-value Shipments with Visual Interface
Lansing, MI, August 13, 2010
Visual Fusion, business intelligence software from IDV Solutions, is helping a manufacturer of wireless tracking devices visualize the movements of high-value shipments in real time, with a solution that is the subject of a new case study.
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IDV Solutions Announces New Partner Program
Lansing, MI, July 28, 2010
IDV Solutions today announced a new partner program that will appeal to companies interested in sharing in the growing success of the company's Visual Fusion data visualization and business intelligence software.
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IDV Solutions to Host Webinar on Microsoft Global Security and Visual Fusion
Lansing, MI, July 22, 2010
IDV Solutions today announced an upcoming webinar entitled “Microsoft Global Security and Visual Fusion.” The webinar is scheduled for 1 pm ET on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 and will demonstrate how the Microsoft Global Security team is using Visual Fusion software to monitor company facilities around the world.
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IDV Solutions Releases HTML 5 Map Viewer for iPad
Lansing, MI, July 21, 2010
IDV Solutions today announced the launch of TransportationWatch, a touch-enabled web application highlighting data pertinent to transportation safety. TransportationWatch consists of an interactive map that invites the user to explore data sets used by government agencies in crisis response, situational awareness, and homeland security.
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IDV Presents Visual Mashups at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
Lansing, MI, July 6, 2010
IDV Solutions today announced four speaking engagements at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) to be held July 11-15 in Washington, DC. WPC is an annual event where Microsoft partners from all over the globe gather to interact and learn more about Microsoft products and programs.
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Self-Service, Geospatial Business Intelligence Revealed at the Microsoft BI Conference
New Orleans, LA, June 9, 2010
IDV Solutions today announced their participation at Microsoft’s Business Intelligence Conference in New Orleans, LA. The company’s flagship product, Visual Fusion...
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IDV Solutions debuts Piracy Watch: a Bing Maps App
Lansing, MI, May 17, 2010
As attacks on shipping generate worldwide headlines, Piracy Watch, a new Bing Maps App from IDV Solutions, lets people view the location and details of recent pirate attacks.
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IDV Solutions Announces Partnership with The Gartrell Group
Lansing, MI, April 13, 2010
IDV Solutions maker of Visual Fusion enterprise mashup and data visualization software, today announced a new partnership with The Gartrell Group, a Portland, Oregon-based provider of GIS solutions and consulting.
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IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion SaaS, Visual Mashup Software as a Service
Lansing, MI, March 23, 2010
IDV Solutions today released Visual Fusion SaaS, a new product that combines the benefits of its Visual Fusion visual mashup software with the advantages of software as a service. With Visual Fusion SaaS, an organization can create an unlimited number of mashups and data visualizations within a Microsoft SharePoint portal on IDV-managed servers.
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Microsoft security centers use Visual Fusion to monitor operations geospatially
Lansing, MI, March 10, 2010
Visual Fusion,visual mashup software from IDV Solutions, helps operators at Microsoft's Global Security Operations Centers (GSOCs) protect company interests around the world, using an application that is the subject of a new case study.
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IDV Solutions co-sponsoring Perspective Users' Conference for security professionals
Lansing, MI, March 3, 2010
IDV Solutions, the leading provider of visual mashup software, today announced its participation in the 2010 Perspective Users' Conference on March 9-10 in St. Pete Beach, Florida. Representatives of IDV, one of the conference sponsors, will demonstrate how security professionals can benefit from the company's flagship product, Visual Fusion.
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Visual Fusion implementation powers Microsoft marketing effort
Lansing, MI, January 27, 2010
Visual Fusion, the geospatial mashup platform from IDV Solutions, is helping Microsoft identify opportunities for its business-to-business marketing efforts, through a mapping and analysis application that is the subject of a new case study.
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IDV Solutions announces partnership with Competitive Innovations, LLC
Lansing, MI, January 20, 2010
IDV Solutions, maker of Visual Fusion enterprise mashup and data visualization software, today announced a new partnership with Virginia-based Competitive Innovations, LLC (CI), a leading provider of Microsoft SharePoint solutions.
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IDV Solutions to Kickoff Road Show at the Microsoft Technology Center in Atlanta
Lansing, MI, January 12, 2010
IDV Solutions has partnered with Microsoft to create a series of events highlighting how business intelligence and data visualization are driving returns in today’s economy. The event series will take place at the Microsoft Technology Centers across the United States, with Atlanta as the first stop on January 28, followed by Irvine, CA on February 17, and Chicago on February 26. The full schedule, event description, and links to registration pages can be found at http://idvsolutions.com/mtc_events.aspx.
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IDV Solutions Releases Single View Platform Example App
Lansing, MI, December 2, 2009
IDV Solutions today announced the release of an example Single View Platform application built on Visual Fusion and Microsoft technologies. Collision Watch visualizes all US traffic collisions that resulted in a fatality. Visual Fusion is visual mashup software for the enterprise, and combines with Microsoft's SharePoint, Bing Maps, Silverlight, and SQL Server to create a platform for building business-focused, interactive, visual mashups of enterprise and cloud-based data.
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IDV Solutions Releases Retail Analyzer
Lansing, MI, November 23, 2009
IDV Solutions today announced the public release of Retail Analyzer, an interactive mashup of enterprise and publicly available data built on Visual Fusion, Microsoft’s SharePoint, Bing Maps, and Silverlight. Visual Fusion is visual mashup software for the enterprise, a platform for creating interactive, visual applications utilizing the power of SharePoint.
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IDV Solutions Releases Piracy Watch and Hurricane Watch
Lansing, MI, November 18, 2009
IDV Solutions today announced the public release of Piracy Watch and Hurricane Watch, interactive data visualizations built on Visual Fusion, Microsoft's Bing Maps, and Silverlight. Visual Fusion is visual mashup software for the enterprise, a platform for creating interactive, visual applications utilizing the power of SharePoint.
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IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion 4.5: Software for Visual Mashup Creation in SharePoint
Lansing, MI, November 10, 2009
This release expands the data visualization components of the product, introducing on-the-fly heat maps for any data source and a rich Silverlight timeline component that can be partnered with the product's map viewer to see and interact with enterprise and Web data in the dual contexts of location and time.
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IDV Solutions Responds to Growth in Security Industry, Expands Business Development Team
Lansing, MI, October 20, 2009
IDV Solutions, the leading provider of visual mashup software, today announced the expansion of its team with the appointment of Nathan Banks as Director of Business Development, and the opening of a new Seattle, Washington office.
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IDV Solutions to Present Latest Visual Mashup Advances at GeoInt
Lansing, MI, October 15, 2009
IDV Solutions, the leading provider of visual mashup software, today announced that Visual Fusion 4.5 Beta will be unveiled at the GeoInt 2009 Symposium in San Antonio, TX next week.
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IDV Solutions' Visual Fusion Software to be Featured at Microsoft's SharePoint Conference 2009
Lansing, MI, October 13, 2009
IDV Solutions, the leading provider of visual mashup software, today announced that Visual Fusion, the company's flagship product, will be featured in several presentations throughout Microsoft's SharePoint Conference 2009.
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IDV Solutions and Twisted Pair Solutions Partner to Create Imaginative New Communications Client for Microsoft Surface™
Lansing, MI, September 21, 2009
IDV Solutions, a leading enterprise mashup and data visualization software company, and Twisted Pair Solutions, a pioneer in unified communications software built to open standards, today announced their partnership in creating an entirely new communications client for the Microsoft Surface™ computer.
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IDV Solutions to Present at Microsoft's Windows® Azure™ World Tour in DC on September 23
Lansing, MI, September 15, 2009
IDV Solutions, a leading enterprise mashup and data visualization software company, today announced that Scott Caulk, Director of Product Management, will present at Microsoft's Windows Azure World Tour 2009 in Reston, VA.
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ASI Consultant and IDV Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership
Lansing, MI, September 9, 2009
ASI Consultant, a leader in providing technology-enabled business solutions and consulting services in Central America, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with software maker IDV Solutions to provide location intelligence solutions for clients in finance, telecommunications, government and other sectors.
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Oraton Simulation Technologies and IDV Solutions Announce Strategic Channel Partnership
Athens, Greece and Lansing, MI, September 3, 2009
Oraton Simulation Technologies, a leading provider of geospatial data and technology, announced that it has entered into a strategic channel partnership with software maker IDV Solutions to provide visual, interactive solutions for government, military and commercial clients in Greece and other European, African, and Asian markets.
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IDV Solutions Empowers Intelligence Community with BRIDGE Integration
Lansing, MI, August 27, 2009
IDV Solutions today announced that Visual Fusion is now available for demonstration on BRIDGE, a forum for Intelligence Community members to connect with Web 2.0 expertise outside their community.
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Visual Fusion Optimized for Secure Networks
Lansing, MI, August 5, 2009
IDV Solutions today announced that its flagship product, Visual Fusion, has been optimized for use in secure networks.
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IDV Solutions and Ridgian Announce Strategic Partnership
Birmingham, UK and Lansing, MI, July 23, 2009
Ridgian, a provider of information management solutions in the UK, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with software maker IDV Solutions.
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Visual Fusion Performance Lauded in Case Study on Rapattoni Corporation
Lansing, MI, July 14, 2009
Visual Fusion receives high marks for performance and features from the Rapattoni Corporation, whose experience in building an application with the software is the subject of a new case study.
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IDV Solutions to Present on Enabling Government Transparency at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
Lansing, MI, July 8, 2009
IDV Solutions has been invited by Microsoft to present next week to Public Sector partners at the Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans on the topic of transparency in government.
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IDV Solutions Fosters Innovation Through Interactive Developer Tools
Detroit, MI, June 16, 2009
IDV Solutions today announced the launch of the Visual Fusion Interactive SDK at the National Summit in Detroit, Michigan.
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IDV Solutions Launches Visual Fusion in the Cloud: Integrates with Azure, OGDI & Data.gov
Lansing, MI, June 4, 2009
IDV Solutions today announced that Visual Fusion, the SharePoint-based geospatial mashup platform, is now integrated with the cloud on Microsoft's Azure.
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Visual Fusion 4 Raises the Bar on Microsoft Office Integration
Lansing, MI, May 27, 2009
Visual Fusion 4.0, comprehensive visual mashup software released this month by IDV Solutions, introduces unprecedented integration between Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and geospatial mashup technology.
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IDV Solutions and Geomatic Technologies Announce Strategic Channel Partnership in the Australasian Market
Lansing, MI and Melbourne, Australia. May 19, 2009
Geomatic Technologies, a leading provider of IT-oriented integrated solutions, announced that it has entered into a strategic channel partnership with software maker IDV Solutions to provide visual, interactive solutions for government and commercial customers.
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IDV Solutions Announces Release of Visual Fusion 4.0
Lansing, MI. May 5, 2009
IDV Solutions® today released Visual Fusion 4 (VF4), the most comprehensive visual mashup platform in the market.
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IDV Solutions Announces Webcast with Microsoft: Rapidly Building Enterprise Mashups for Greater Situational Awareness with SharePoint, Virtual Earth, & Visual Fusion
Lansing, MI. March 25, 2009
IDV Solutions® today announced that Microsoft® will host a webcast on "Rapidly Building Enterprise Mashups for Greater Situational Awareness" which will take place on Wednesday April 22, 2009 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST.
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IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion Contribute: iPhone Integration with SharePoint
Lansing, MI. March 18, 2009
IDV Solutions® today released Visual Fusion Contribute™, an iPhone application that enables a user to instantly contribute notes and photos from an iPhone to SharePoint and SharePoint-based applications. The application complements IDV's flagship product, Visual Fusion®, an enterprise platform for creating map-based applications and mashups.
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IDV Solutions Releases SpatialWiki, a Silverlight Geospatial Drawing Toolset for the Enterprise
Lansing, MI. March 9, 2009
IDV Solutions® today released SpatialWiki™, a product to create, store, and share geographic information using a Silverlight user interface inside of SharePoint. SpatialWiki is an important component of the Visual Fusion® Suite of products that combine with SharePoint to create a powerful enterprise mashup platform. SpatialWiki empowers anyone in an organization to quickly and easily create, update, and leverage spatial drawings and content.
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IDV Solutions Announces Visual Fusion Integration with Microsoft Virtual Earth Server
Lansing, MI. February 23, 2009
IDV Solutions® announced the integration of their Visual Fusion software platform with the Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ Server offered by Vexcel, Microsoft's geospatial subsidiary. Through this integration, IDV Solutions now offers on-premise advanced geospatial visualization solutions for enterprise and government organizations with the full power of Virtual Earth but without reliance on an internet connection.
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IDV Solutions Hosts Webinar on Empowering Business Users Featuring Zapthink
Lansing, MI. January 26, 2009
IDV Solutions® today announced that it will host a webinar on "Empowering Business Users: Building Visual Composite Apps on Demand" which will take place on Wednesday January 28, 2009 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST.
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A Collaboration Portal for a Humanitarian Emergency
Lansing, MI. January 16, 2009
When Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar in May 2008, governments and international relief agencies were faced with a humanitarian emergency that required swift action. Because of the size and complexity of the emergency, the United Nations deployed a Humanitarian Information Center (HIC) website to coordinate relief efforts. To effectively share information on weather, travel, flooding and available health care resources the site included an interactive Map Center, created in a single week using Visual Fusion by IDV Solutions.
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IDV Solutions and Eternix Announce Technology Integration for Innovative Geospatial Solutions for the Defense & Intelligence Industry
Lansing, MI. January 14, 2009
IDV Solutions® today announced their technology integration with Eternix, an Israel-based software company providing high-performance visualization solutions. Through this partnership, Eternix will integrate IDV Solutions' Visual Fusion® software with their Blaze View software to offer advanced geospatial visualization solutions for the Defense and Intelligence community. Eternix will unveil the integrated solution at the upcoming DGI 2009 conference in London on January 19th.
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XeDAR Partners with IDV Solutions
Denver, CO. January 8, 2009
XeDAR Corporation has announced a strategic agreement with IDV Solutions, of Lansing MI, with the goal of building software solutions specifically for the U.S. Defense and Intelligence communities and the energy development & land management markets.
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IDV Solutions Shows MTC Customers How Visual Fusion Enables Enterprises to Build Visual Composite Applications on Demand
Lansing, MI. January 6, 2009
IDV Solutions®, a visual composite applications software company, today announced that the eight U.S. Microsoft® Technology Centers (MTCs) have selected IDV Solutions as an alliance partner and will showcase IDV's Visual Fusion Suite® to its enterprise customers. Visual Fusion is a platform that integrates siloed enterprise information with Web services into a portal, leveraging Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server, to provide immediate insight and understanding of an organization's information.
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Podcast: Empowering Business Users with Composite Application Platforms
Lansing, MI. December 17, 2008
IDV Solutions®, a visual composite applications software company, today announces the release of their podcast, "Empowering Business Users with Self-Service Composite Application Platforms using Visual Fusion Suite®," hosted by ZapThink and featuring Scott Caulk, Product Manager at IDV Solutions. Visual Fusion is a platform that integrates siloed enterprise information with Web services into a portal, leveraging Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server, to provide immediate insight and understanding of an organization's information.
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Enable Microsoft® Single View Platform with Visual Fusion Suite®
Lansing, MI. December 15, 2008
Microsoft has named IDV Solutions a key Microsoft Single View Platform partner. IDV Solutions' Visual Fusion Suite is a visual composite application platform that integrates enterprise information and Web services into a geospatial data visualization. Microsoft Single View Platform is a solutions platform for Data Visualization that provides government agencies with solutions for one comprehensive geospatial view of critical data. Microsoft Single View Platform provides a single, geographic view of complex information and data sets across multiple roles, locations, and user interfaces that can improve agency communication, collaboration, and decision-making to increase the success of essential initiatives.
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IDV Solutions Delivers Visualization Solutions for Connected Health and Human Services as a Microsoft® Alliance Partner
Lansing, MI. December 8, 2008
IDV Solutions announces an alliance partnership with Microsoft to speed the delivery of visualization solutions for Connected Health and Human Services (HHS), a Microsoft initiative for improving coordination across multiple agencies, jurisdictions, and levels of government involved in delivering health and human services. This alliance will promote the development of solutions to address the challenges that face HHS agencies and programs as they respond to social needs and deliver services to individuals and families.
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IDV Solutions Releases SpatialWiki, a Collaborative, Cloud-Based Product
October 8, 2008
Lansing, MI — IDV Solutions today released SpatialWiki, a collaborative site to create, store, and share geographic information using IDV’s rich internet application (RIA) technology. SpatialWiki is an Enterprise 2.0 offering for visual collaboration, deployable within SharePoint or with cloud-based storage. The wiki offers users a number of great benefits including the ability to create custom geospatial shapes on a map, search and view shared geography, and export files.
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IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion Server 3.5
September 2, 2008
Lansing, MI — IDV Solutions today released Visual Fusion Server 3.5 (VFS), the latest version of its visual composite application platform. This release expands VFS's ability to connect disparate data sources and empowers users with upgrades that make application building faster and easier.
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IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion Experience 3.0
August 12, 2008
Lansing, MI — IDV Solutions today released Visual Fusion Experience 3.0 (VFX), the award-winning rich internet application (RIA) complement to Visual Fusion Server. VFX is the user experience for the Visual Fusion suite of products, a platform for building visual composite applications which unite disparate data in the common context of location and time. Visual Fusion integrates with many products, including Microsoft SharePoint, SharePoint's Business Data Catalog, Virtual Earth, SQL Server 2008, Oracle, ArcSDE, Web services and feeds, and other services. VFX enables the dynamic visualization of and intuitive interaction with enterprise data and Web services through a set of rich user interface components that can be deployed as SharePoint Web Parts or as interactive Web page components.
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IDV Solutions Releases Silverlight Map Viewer
June 17, 2008
Lansing, MI — IDV Solutions has created a first-of-its-kind Silverlight 2.0 map viewer for Virtual Earth using Microsoft's new Rich Internet Application (RIA) technology. Silverlight 2.0 offers a number of great benefits including fast graphic rendering, compatibility with a .Net development environment, and will allow for more visualization capabilities within IDV Solutions' Visual Fusion Suite®.
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IDV Solutions and Cedarswiss Announce Strategic Partnership
May 27, 2008
IDV Solutions today announced a new strategic partnership with Cedarswiss, an international solutions provider. In this partnership, Cedarswiss will be able to offer customers the most advanced location-based data mashup software by offering IDV Solutions' Visual Fusion Suite®.
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IDV Solutions Helps the United Nations’ Humanitarian Information Centre Manage Disaster Relief in Myanmar:
May 19, 2008
In the wake of devastation in Myanmar, IDV Solutions partnered with the United Nations’ Humanitarian Information Centre (HIC) and Microsoft to create the Myanmar Map Center to support disaster relief. This map-based, composite application, built on Visual Fusion Suite®, allows users to easily view satellite images, visualize disaster information and weather, and plot healthcare facilities in Myanmar on a Virtual Earth base map.
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IDV Solutions Hosts Webinar for Federal Agencies:
“Actionable Intelligence with Visual Fusion”

May 12, 2008
IDV Solutions today announced the unveiling of ITU Global View, an online visual composite application created to track and help accelerate implementation of the goals of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Africa. It was unveiled at the ITU Telecom Africa 2008 Conference in Cairo, Egypt.
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United Nations Global View Unveiled at ITU Telecom Africa 2008
May 12, 2008
IDV Solutions today announced the unveiling of ITU Global View, an online visual composite application created to track and help accelerate implementation of the goals of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Africa. It was unveiled at the ITU Telecom Africa 2008 Conference in Cairo, Egypt.
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IDV Solutions and Applied Knowledge Group Announce Strategic Partnership
May 1, 2008
IDV Solutions today announced a new strategic partnership with Applied Knowledge Group (AKG), a full service business and technology consulting company. In this partnership, AKG will be able to offer customers new value with SharePoint implementations by using IDV Solutions' Visual Fusion Suite®.
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ZapForum Podcast: Location-Based Data Mashups for SharePoint
April 23, 2008
IDV Solutions®, LLC, a visual composite applications software company, today announces the release of their Podcast, Location-Based Data Mashups for SharePoint, hosted by ZapThink and features Ian Clemens, Chief Technology Officer at IDV Solutions.
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Ian Clemens named distinguished speaker at Location Intelligence Conference 2008
April 18, 2008
IDV Solutions®, LLC, a visual composite applications software company, today announced that Ian Clemens, Chief Technology Officer for IDV Solutions, will be speaking along with Ceri Carlill, Technology Director at BP, on Tuesday April 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM PST at the Location Intelligence Conference in Santa Clara, California. Mr. Clemens and Mr. Carlill will be presenting “Location Intelligence for the Enterprise”.
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ZapThink Reports on IDV Solutions' Location-Based Enterprise Mashups using Visual Fusion Suite®
March 31, 2008
IDV Solutions®, LLC, a visual composite applications software company, today announced that a new, independent research report by ZapThink discusses IDV Solutions location-based enterprise mashup software and its ability to enable users to flexibly mash up data important to an organization, increasing the value of their SOA initiatives.
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Stonebridge and IDV Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership at 2008 Global Energy Forum
March 25, 2008
Stonebridge today announced a new strategic partnership with IDV Solutions, a global location intelligence and visualization software and solutions company, through which Stonebridge will integrate IDV Solutions' Visual Fusion Server® with Well360°®, Stonebridge's reference architecture for oil and gas information management.
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IDV Solutions Expands Executive Team, Responds to Growth
March 24, 2008
IDV Solutions, a leading provider of visual composite application software, today announced the expansion of its executive team with the appointment of Scott Parker as Vice President of Sales and Channels.
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IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion Server 3.0
January 28, 2008
IDV Solutions today released Visual Fusion Server 3.0 (VFS), the most comprehensive visual composite application platform in the market. VFS goes beyond typical enterprise mashups to integrate with and extend Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS), connect to any data source or Web service, and empower users to create compelling, interactive, actionable composites of data and services focused on solving real business needs.
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IDV Solutions Announces Visual Fusion Server for SQL Server 2008 Spatial Enhancements
November 12, 2007
IDV Solutions today announced that its Visual Fusion ServerTM product will utilize the spatial enhancements of SQL Server 2008 to provide customers powerful spatial query support FF within their visual composite applications. IDV Solutions' Visual Fusion software also utilizes Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Virtual Earth to offer a comprehensive visual composite application platform.
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IDV Solutions Offers Visual Search Capabilities using Microsoft Search Server 2008
November 6, 2007
IDV Solutions has further extended its visual composite applications capabilities by integrating with Microsoft's newest offering, Search Server 2008. IDV Solutions' Federated Search Connector enables Microsoft Search Server 2008 (MSS) to integrate with IDV's visual composite application suite, Visual Fusion, and Flickr, the popular online photo management and sharing application, allowing users to search millions of geotagged Flickr images and visualize the results on a Virtual Earth base map.
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IDV Solutions helps ITU Track ICT Development
October 29, 2007
IDV Solutions and Microsoft today announced the launch of ITU Global View, an online map-based visualization to track and report implementation progress of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) goals in Africa, to be demonstrated at the Connect Africa Summit in Kigali.
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IDV Solutions Unveils Latest MOSS 2007 Enterprise Search Capabilities at GEOINT 2007
October 22, 2007
IDV Solutions has created a first-of-its-kind integration of Microsoft Enterprise Search and IDV's own Visual Fusion™ composite application suite. The crisis demonstration presented at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency booth at GEOINT 2007 in San Antonio, TX highlights IDV's most recent collaboration with Microsoft technology: a rapidly deployable crisis management platform which brings together enterprise and cloud-based resources into a holistic visual composite application.
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IDV Solutions Launches Labs Site
September 6, 2007
IDV Solutions today launched their Labs site, IDV Solutions Labs. The new lab focuses on the emerging technologies in visual composite applications. Established to serve as a research vessel, the site will be IDV's forum for experiments to continue to drive innovation in the evolving world of composite applications.
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IDV Solutions launches the Demographics Visualizer
August 24, 2007
IDV Solutions today launched a new public facing demo, the Demographics Visualizer. The demo provides users with complete access to a sample visual composite application to visualize and explore current US demographics data. The Demographics Visualizer is designed to give users the opportunity to experience IDV Solutions' Visual Fusion software capabilities and its ability to solve their business problems.
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IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion Tile Server™
June 1, 2007
Lansing, Michigan. June 1, 2007 - IDV Solutions today released a new product within their Visual Fusion Suite™ software, titled Visual Fusion Tile Server (VFTS), offering new functionality and capabilities for web-based mapping. Combined with the Microsoft technology stack, Visual Fusion Tile Server is another important part of the Visual Fusion Suite to offer a comprehensive visual composite application platform.
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IDV Solutions Releases Storm Response System
May 31, 2007
Lansing, Michigan. May 31, 2007 - Just in time for hurricane season, IDV Solutions is offering a quick start Storm Response System that aids organizations in planning, preparing, responding and driving action in the event of severe weather. The offering is a map-based, dashboard solution that enables crisis managers to gain a big picture view of weather – and its potential impact on people and facilities – more clearly and quickly than ever before.
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IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion™ for SharePoint
May 7, 2007
Lansing, Michigan. May 7, 2007 - IDV Solutions today released a new extension of their Visual Fusion Suite software, titled Visual Fusion™ for SharePoint (VFSP), offering new functionality and capabilities. Combined with a Microsoft technology stack, Visual Fusion for SharePoint is an important part of the Visual Fusion Suite to offer a comprehensive composite application platform.
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IDV Solutions Launches “Enterprise Ready” Blog Site
May 4, 2007
Lansing, Michigan. May 4, 2007 - IDV Solutions recently announced the introduction of their blog site, Enterprise Ready. The new blog caters to potential and existing customers alike and focuses on how large enterprises can make best use of mapping technology. Established to serve as an information vessel, the site discusses up and coming technologies in and out of the IDV realm.
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A Perfect Storm: Technology, Information and Intelligence Come Together in Crisis Response System
March 7, 2007
Redmond, Washington. March 7, 2007 - A data visualization solution from IDV Solutions integrates more than 25 data sources onto a rich, geographic visual interface for BP's crisis response system.
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IDV Solutions renames its flagship products to become Visual Fusion Suite.
February 14, 2007
Lansing, Michigan. February 14, 2007 - IDV Solutions recently announced the re-branding of their flagship products, Location Feature Server™ (LFS) and LFS Visual™. The newly titled Visual Fusion Suite™ is comprised of Visual Fusion Server™ and Visual Fusion Client™. The re-branding aims to communicate the value of IDV's products, which is the visual consolidation of disparate data sets into a compelling, interactive web-based application.
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CH2M HILL Partners with IDV Solutions to Deliver Spatial Solutions and Systems Integration Expertise
January 17, 2007
Denver, Colorado. January 17, 2007 - CH2M HILL's Enterprise Spatial Solutions (ESS) business today announced a strategic partnership with IDV Solutions, a global location intelligence and visualization software and solutions company, to deliver enterprise spatial solutions, composite applications and systems integration services. CH2M HILL's ESS business is a global practice within the firm's Enterprise Management Solutions Business Group.
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Michigan Based IDV Solutions receives Microsoft Federal Partner Award
"Rookie of the Year"

August 22, 2006
IDV Solutions, a Lansing technology company, which specializes in Location Intelligence Solutions for the Federal Government and Fortune 500 companies, received an honorary award from Microsoft Federal, the unit of Microsoft which provides the Federal Government with Microsoft Software and solutions. The two and a half year old company won the "Rookie of the Year" award largely for its joint efforts with Microsoft in providing solutions for the National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (NGA), a Federal Agency which provides satellite and aerial imagery in the interests of national security and disaster management.
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Telling the Truth on Teacher - Now the teacher gets a report card too, thanks to new MS SQL based application.
October 12, 2005
Grand Ledge, MI. October 12, 2005- IDV Solutions launched a pilot version of a Education Performance Portal, which allows quick visual mining of school performance information. The application specifically monitors math and science performance metrics at a school, district and County level, and presents the information in an extremely visual, intuitive manner, using interactive maps as the primary querying tool. The Portal also uses dynamic data visualization as a means of reporting and analyzing the data.
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Mouse-Hunt for a House
September 26, 2005
Pulte Homes launches Web-based house-hunting tool, putting information a click away from its customers' fingertips
Redlands, CA-ESRI and IDV Solutions announce that Pulte Homes, Inc., the second largest builder of homes in the United States, recently revealed its new Web-based tool that assists potential home buyers in quickly locating a new home in a desirable area. The tool allows house seekers to navigate an interactive map, eventually "drilling down" to an image of the desired home along with relevant information. The tool, built by ESRI business partner, Michigan-based company IDV Solutions, will assist those looking for new houses in more than 45 real estate markets across the United States.
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