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Just Another Day

Accounting went live on July 27th and the preparation, testing and training proved beneficial. Data was balanced on Friday July 24th and go live was a non-event. We encountered a few issues during the week but none affecting daily operations. […]

NISC’s Outage Management Solution Celebrates Milestone

This summer, NISC’s Engineering and Operations team celebrated a milestone when the 250th Outage Management System (OMS) was implemented at Kootenai Electric Cooperative in Idaho.

Two Minute Warning

We are halfway through the implementation and final preparations are underway for the ABS Go Live on July 27th. Employees are continuing to test the application and validate data. The dollars are balanced and conversion programming to correct the remaining […]

It’s Time to have a “Talk” with your GIS

How long have you allowed your GIS to just skate by doing what you asked for and not really pushing the limits and meeting its true potential?  This time of year many of us are having those same conversations with […]

NISC Hosts NRECA CEO for Technology and Industry Discussion

Since NISC and its parent companies NCDC or CADP were formed nearly 50 years ago, the CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has never visited a campus of the technology cooperative. That changed Friday, July 17, when […]

The Calm Before the Storm

Toes in the water…

NISC Building Expansion Kicked Off By Ceremonial Groundbreaking

IT Cooperative Adding 33,000 Square Feet to Accommodate Continued Growth Mandan, N.D., June 24, 2015 — National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC), a leading provider of technology solutions to utility and telecommunications organizations worldwide, officially broke ground today for their newest […]

NISC One of the Best Places to Work in IT for 12th Straight Year

IT Cooperative Recognized by Computerworld, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Lake Saint Louis, Mo., June 22, 2015 — National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC), a leading provider of IT and software solutions to utility and telecommunications organizations, has been named one of the […]

Excitement Mounting

Excitement is at an all-time high this week. The biggest football event in the world started last week. Yes, the excitement is about football and not as much about our project… I am talking about the real football, the game […]

Connections

What do lush bath bombs, black socks, Johnny Castle, and Randy Savage have in common and why am I discussing them in my software implementation blog? The story begins in 2006. I worked at an electric cooperative in Georgia, where […]

Blast Off!

iVUE® is launched and the implementation activities have taken off like a rocket. It didn’t seem that long ago that we signed the contract and employees were anticipating the start of the project. Like a child waits for Christmas, the […]

3...2...1...PRECO in Action!

About six weeks ago, a few of NISC’s staff came and visited PRECO. This wasn’t part of the usual NISC implementation routine.