HOUSTON, July 11, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- UTSI International Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Diverse Networks, Inc. and The Jackson Rivers Company, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: JKRI) announced today that it has been awarded three (3) separate contracts from Shell Pipeline Company LP (SPLC) to provide application porting services for specialized software related to support of SPLC's Pipeline Operations Control Center located in Houston, Texas.
Two of these contracts involve conversion and/or migration of portions of SPLC's Operational and SCADA Interface System (OPSIS) from a Sybase PowerBuilder environment to Microsoft's VB.Net based applications. The third contract concerns conversion of a specialized software application, used to support critical aspects of maintaining the SCADA system, from a legacy platform to a PC-Windows operating environment.
"We are very excited about this work as it allows us to leverage our prior experience and knowledge of these legacy applications, as well as, apply our expertise with Microsoft.net technologies. This work involves several of UTSI's core competencies in the areas of software maintenance, support, and development, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to assist SPLC with these activities," states Daniel Nagala, President of UTSI International Corporation.
Mr. Robert Bliss, SPLC's Control Center Development Supervisor stated "We have a very long standing relationship with UTSI, and we are very pleased to have them perform this work for us. These projects, along with several other parallel efforts, are key components in SPLC's ongoing program to continuously improve and enhance the tools and technologies used within our pipeline control center and by our corresponding support personnel."
More information on the company can be found at www.jacksonrivers.com and at www.utsi.com. Shell Pipeline Company LP can be found at www.splc.com.
