ESRI Around the Globe May/June 2009

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In This Issue

• Corporate Alliances at ESRI International User Conference
• ESRI Corporate Alliance News
• ESRI/Corporate Alliance Events
• Product News
• GIS in Action
• ESRI in the News

Corporate Alliances at ESRI International User Conference

The 2009 ESRI International User Conference is rapidly approaching, and we are appreciative of the strong support our Corporate Alliance partners lend to this exciting and unique annual event. Over 12,000 users from around the world will gather to share information about and their experiences with GIS. This year’s theme is GIS-Designing Our Future, and many Corporate Alliance partners will be exhibiting as well as sponsoring meetings and events. The conference agenda is available online to help you plan your time. We look forward to seeing you in San Diego, California.

Corporate Alliance Partner User Conference Activities (presented alphabetically):

AT&T

Mobile GIS Special Interest Group Meeting
Tuesday, July 14, noon - 1:00 p.m., Room 28 E This AT&T cosponsored event will present the latest developments in mobile GIS.

Try ArcGIS Mobile on an AT&T Fuze
Tuesday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 15, 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 16, 10:00 a.m. Showcase Program Island - Mobile GIS

BAE Systems - Booth #D222

Citrix Systems, Inc. - Booth #500

Deploy GIS Cost-Effectively Using Citrix
Wednesday, July 15, 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Exhibit Hall C Showcase Program Island - Project Center - Demo Theater

Citrix User Group Meeting
Wednesday, July 15, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Room 28 A Citrix users are invited to share experiences and discuss best practices.

Hosting ArcGIS Desktop User Workflows on a Citrix Server
Thursday, July 16, noon - 1:00 p.m., Room 28 A The cost benefits of using Citrix to deploy and scale an enterprise GIS include more than just performance gains for distributed GIS applications. Learn how to leverage Citrix/WTS and recent improvements in server hardware, network, printing, and software technologies to meet the demands of an enterprise GIS.

DigitalGlobe - Booth #1801

GTI - Booth #515

IBM - Booth #714
Silver Sponsor

Enterprise Architecture Special Interest Group Meeting
Wednesday, July 1, 7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m., Room 16 A Join fellow enterprise architects for an interactive discussion concerning your strategy, implementation, and operational issues. Hear hot topics from customers and business partners in addition to learning about the Enterprise Architecture Resource Center Web site efforts currently being undertaken by ESRI.

Highway and Public Transportation Management Special Interest Group Meeting
Wednesday, July 15, noon - 1:00 p.m., Room 23 This is a special interest group lunch designed to give users with interests in highway management and/or public transportation a chance to come together to discuss current issues above and beyond the paper session discussions. Users also have the opportunity to share their transportation experiences, ideas, and knowledge with each other.

Java Developer Special Interest Group Meeting
Wednesday, July 15, noon - 1:00 p.m., Room 6 E This meeting will show IBM demos using Java and ESRI technology. The ESRI Java development team will also share future plans.

Water/Wastewater/Storm Water Special Interest Group Meeting
Wednesday, July 15, noon - 1:00 p.m., Room 25 A/B Meet your fellow water professionals to see the latest techniques being used to improve water utility operations through the use of GIS.

Microsoft - Booth #P1331
Platinum Sponsor

SQL Server Special Interest Group Meeting
Tuesday, July 14, noon - 1:00 p.m., Room 4 Join SQL Server users and ESRI and Microsoft staff to discuss best practices in SQL Server implementations, SQL Server 2008 features, and what's coming in future releases.

.NET Special Interest Group Meeting
Tuesday, July 14, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Room 28 A This annual meeting allows users of Microsoft developer technologies including .NET and Silverlight, to learn about the latest in development work from both ESRI and Microsoft.

NAVTEQ - Booth #701
Gold Sponsor

Tele Atlas - Booth #1301
Silver Sponsor

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ESRI Corporate Alliance News

ESRI ArcGIS Mobile Is Now an AT&T Certified Solution
ESRI is proud to announce that ArcGIS Mobile is officially an AT&T Certified Solution. ArcGIS Mobile gives AT&T customers the ability to collect, edit, and update GIS data in real time and share information with colleagues immediately. Additionally, with ArcGIS Mobile, workers can view and navigate mobile maps to direct field resources effectively and monitor the locations of assets. Building and deploying geocentric, focused mobile applications are other features of this newly certified solution that runs on multiple devices.

Small Utilities Benefit from ESRI/Tele Atlas Relationship
The long-standing relationship between ESRI and Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, has been expanded by Tele Atlas’ participation in ESRI’s Small Government Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) program. For local governments with populations of 100,000 or fewer, this ESRI ELA program provides affordable enterprise-wide licenses for ESRI's ArcGIS software and Tele Atlas' comprehensive street data to power essential GIS deployments. The widely received ELA program is enabling participating local governments to better serve their citizens with functionality to perform emergency response and preparedness, permitting and inspection, incident/crime analysis, hazardous materials inventory, planning, and many other vital government functions and services. Learn how Jefferson County, Kansas, is benefiting from an ELA license.

Add Geocoding, Routing, and High-Quality Cartographic Display to ArcGIS with ESRI's StreetMap Premium
The new version of ESRI's StreetMap Premium-an enhanced street dataset that works with ESRI’s ArcGIS software to provide geocoding, routing, and high-quality map display-includes expanded coverage and more licensing options. The enhanced dataset gives users of ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Desktop access to street data for the United States, Canada, and Europe that is tailored to their specific needs and geographic regions. The ready-to-use datasets, based on data from NAVTEQ, include streets and road networks as well as basemap data.

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ESRI/Corporate Alliance Events

ESRI at EMC World 2009
At the recent EMC Documentum annual conference, ESRI and Documentum partner GIS Technology, Inc., showed their joint solutions that enable delivery of rich GIS functionality to the Documentum platform. These integrated solutions allow users to visualize the location associated with their content assets and discover the effects of location on business activities and outcomes.

ESRI at IBM Cognos Forum 2009
ESRI and IBM Cognos partner SpotOn Systems introduced Vantage, SpotOn’s new application for integrating ArcGIS Server with Cognos 8 business intelligence, to attendees of the IBM Cognos Forum in Orlando. Vantage adds spatial analysis and interactive, map-based reporting to the Cognos platform and allows ArcGIS users to leverage the robust reporting environment of Cognos 8 for secure map distribution.

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Product News

Improve Customer Targeting with ArcGIS Business Analyst Online
The newest version of ArcGIS Business Analyst Online takes full advantage of the latest Web technology and has been designed to allow users to start analyzing data and performing investigations without any software training. Business Analyst Online can be used to answer critical business questions regarding site selection, market segmentation, consumer behavior and profiling, and other lifestyle and buying behaviors of a specific market.

ESRI’s Updated 2009/2014 Data Now Available
Updated 2009/2014 demographic data identifies areas of high unemployment, activity in the housing market, rising vacancy rates, reduced consumer spending, changes in income, and increased population diversity. ESRI data is created to provide the most accurate small-area analysis at any geographic level. Information from the data can be used by organizations to analyze trends, identify growth, and make governmental or business decisions about expanding services and to reveal new market opportunities.

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GIS in Action

GIS Helps Find Profitable Locations for Schlotzsky's Deli [PDF]
It’s no secret that location is a critical component in the combination of factors that ensure success for a business. Recognizing the importance of implementing tools to help pinpoint the best locations for their numerous food franchises, FOCUS Brands has adopted ESRI’s GIS to help its franchisees realize their greatest opportunities for success. The company expects to see a 5 to 10 percent increase in sales revenue as a result of using GIS and a significant decrease in restaurant closures.

Resort Mecca Expands GIS Duties [PDF]
For the city of Palm Desert, California, the success of its nine-year-old GIS program has been an ongoing source of municipal pride. An updated mobile GPS data collection system helped with the city’s efforts to expand its GIS program to additional departments, providing increased value, visibility, and service to the community.

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ESRI in the News

Jack Dangermond - Realizing Spatial Intelligence on the GeoWeb
See ESRI president Jack Dangermond presenting at the O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference.

New Yorkers Reinvent Themselves
Household income data produced by ESRI reveals that the Big Apple is feeling a serious bite from the economic downturn. Particularly, high-income households have been dramatically impacted, and the decline in income for the state is expected to continue through 2009. As a result of this unprecedented economic situation, workers are exploring dramatic career changes.

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