ESRI Around the Globe July 2006

Trade Shows ESRI takes part in more than 600 trade shows each year, most of which are industry focused. Visit www.esri.com/events for a complete list and discover which shows may be of interest to you and your users.

ESRI Conferences ESRI International User Conference August 7–11, 2006 San Diego, CA Concurrent Events ESRI Survey and GIS Summit August 5–8, 2006 San Diego, CA ESRI Education User Conference August 5–8, 2006 San Diego, CA Electric and Gas User Group Meeting October 9–12, 2006 Albuquerque, NM ESRI Health GIS Conference October 23–26, 2006 Denver, CO ESRI Homeland Security GIS Summit October 23–26, 2006 Denver, CO Latin American Conference for ESRI Users October 23–27, 2006 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Middle East and North Africa Conference for ESRI Users October 31–November 2, 2006 Amman, Jordan European Conference for ESRI Users November 6–8, 2006 Athens, Greece

Corporate Alliance Trade Shows Momentum Anaheim 2006 September 18–21, 2006 Anaheim, CA Gartner Symposium ITxpo October 8–13, 2006 Orlando, FL IBM Information On Demand 2006 October 15–20, 2006 Anaheim, CA Oracle Open World October 22–26, 2006 San Francisco, CA BetterManagement LIVE October 25–26, 2006 Las Vegas, NV

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Corporate Alliances at the ESRI User Conference

A number of ESRI corporate alliances are exhibiting at the 2006 ESRI International User Conference. Please visit their booths to learn about how their technology integrates with ESRI solutions.

Platinum Sponsors
Tele Atlas North America, Inc.—Booth 1201 (also Education User Conference [EdUC] Gold Sponsor)
Trimble Navigation—Booth 1313 (also Survey and GIS Summit Platinum Sponsor and EdUC Exhibitor)

Gold Sponsor
Hewlett-Packard—Booths 909 and P1944

Silver Sponsors
DigitalGlobe—Booth 2007 NAVTEQ—Booth 1701 Microsoft—Sponsor of the SQL Server User Group and .NET Special Interest Group Meetings

Public Safety Showcase Sponsor
IBM—Booth P1739

Exhibitors
BAE Systems—Booth D629
Business Objects—Booth 1307
Citrix Systems, Inc.—Booth 609
Group 1 Software—Booth 1901
GIS Technology, Inc./EMC Documentum—Booth 812
Information Builders—Booth 1321
Laserfiche—Booth 1505
Leica Geosystems—Booth 601 (also Survey and GIS Summit Platinum Sponsor and EdUC Exhibitor)
LizardTech—Booth 511
National Geographic Maps—Booth 1813
Safe Software, Inc.—Booth 1716 (also Survey and GIS Summit Exhibitor and EdUC Exhibitor)
SAS—Booth 1501 (also EdUC Exhibitor)
Sun Microsystems—Booth 2017

We thank these alliances for their ongoing support of ESRI and their contributions to the GIS industry.

ESRI Corporate Alliance News

GIS: Road Map for Health
Government Health IT, June 12, 2006-ESRI's mapping and geographic analysis software and SAS's statistical analysis software provide researchers with the data necessary to map geographic factors threatening public safety. This population health mapping allows public officials to target responses to problems or decide where to focus clinical resources.

CH2M HILL Partners with ESRI to Develop Spatial Solutions for State and Local Governments
CH2M HILL's Enterprise Spatial Solutions Division and ESRI are working together to develop several spatial information management solutions aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of city, county, and state government operations. This initiative includes several customized applications that fuse the power of spatial technology with a municipality's existing information systems and data. The result is a suite of solutions that assist key government agencies with efficient decision making, asset management, security and emergency response, and other critical business functions.

ESRI Completes SAP Certification Tests
ESRI is pleased to announce our successful completion of SAP integration certification. ESRI's ArcGIS is now officially "SAP Certified," and our ArcGIS 9 products carry the Powered by NetWeaver logo. The SAP^® NetWeaver^® platform powers mySAP™ Business Suite, SAP xApps™ packaged composite applications, and partner solutions. It provides a way to integrate all systems running SAP or non-SAP software. SAP NetWeaver unifies integration technologies into a single platform and is preintegrated with business applications, enabling organizational flexibility and reducing the need for custom integration.

Product News
ArcWeb Services Explorer JavaScript API and ArcWeb Services Locator Now Available
The JavaScript API is designed for developers who want to get a working Web-based mapping application up and running very quickly without spending a significant amount of time developing code. The Services Locator lets nondevelopers rapidly deploy a business locator application that is hosted by ESRI. This application lets you choose maps, get driving directions, and receive search results as well as gives you the ability to include custom data points.

GIS in Action

The Fastest-Growing Counties Could Be Closer Than You Think
Advertising Age, June 19, 2006—ESRI-prepared data for American Demographics revealed that the nation's 100 fastest-growing counties are spread across 28 states, many of them on the edges of major metropolitan areas. However, ESRI's data also determined that six western and southern states accounted for two-thirds of the top 100 counties' population growth.

ArcPad Mobile GIS Technology to Support U.S. Census 2010
ESRI announces its ArcPad mobile GIS platform will be a component of the Field Data Collection Automation (FDCA) project for the 2010 U.S. Census. The FDCA program will support census field enumerators who will follow up and collect survey data from households that did not return their census forms. ESRI's ArcPad software will be included in the GPS-enabled mobile devices used by the field enumerators.

Read other examples of GIS in Action.

Marketing Opportunities

Call for Papers Deadlines
Submitting a paper abstract for one of our upcoming conferences is a great opportunity to let the GIS community know about your organization. Attendees benefit from hearing how others utilize GIS to help save time, increase performance, maximize resources, or otherwise deliver a return on investment for their organization. Don't forget to submit your paper abstracts for the following ESRI conferences:

Electric and Gas User Group Meeting
October 9–12, 2006
Albuquerque, NM
Deadline: August 11, 2006

Middle East and North Africa Conference for ESRI Users
October 31–November 2, 2006
Amman, Jordan
Deadline: August 15, 2006

ESRI Health GIS Conference
October 23–26, 2006
Denver, CO
Deadline: August 18, 2006

ESRI Homeland Security GIS Summit
October 23–26, 2006
Denver, CO
Deadline: August 18, 2006

European Conference for ESRI Users
November 6–8, 2006
Athens, Greece
Deadline: August 20, 2006

Latin American Conference for ESRI Users
October 23–27, 2006
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Deadline: August 31, 2006