Tallahassee, FL, August 29, 2012 – F4 Tech is proud to announce the upcoming September 3, 2012 release of SilvAssist version 3.0. SilvAssist reduces the steps required to setup, manage, report and analyze forest inventory. SilvAssist is an extension to ArcGIS by Esri, the industry‐standard mapping solution. It complements F4 Tech’s Real‐Time Inventory (RTI) by providing faster, more thorough GIS tools for managing forest inventory cruises. This software helps foresters minimize steps between cruise setup and provides reports and analysis while combining inventory and geospatial data together into one database and application. “Our latest product release, SilvAssist 3.0, vastly improves the performance levels of our current product.

This upgrade provides automatic database management, two new tools, Excel reports with more data outputs, less forms, simpler workflows, numerous enhancements to the Plot Allocator and easier access to help,” stated F4 Tech President, Mark Milligan. The release will be available to the public for the first time on September 3, 2012 at www.thinkf4.com.

For more information regarding SilvAssist or to schedule an interview, contact Mike Berzinis at 850.309.3961 or email MBerzinis@thinkf4.com.

About F4 Tech

Founded in 1998 in Tallahassee, Florida, F4 Tech is a worldwide leader in forest technology and natural resource management. F4 Tech applies spatial technology to vertical markets such as forestry, oil and gas, municipalities, public safety and many more. The company is pioneering best practices, technology, education and outreach in order to keep forestry viable. About Esri Since 1969, Esri is the market leader in GIS technology, with its software used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two‐thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and over 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server and Internet platforms. ###