Welcome to ESRI/IBM Connections, a quarterly electronic newsletter highlighting news and events about ESRI and IBM-integrated GIS solutions for our government and commercial customers. If you know someone who would like to be updated on the latest events regarding ESRI, please have them subscribe by visiting. www.esri.com/ibmconnections.
Additional electronic and print publications are also available.
In This Issue
ESRI/IBM News
Service Pack 5 Offers IBM Portal Server ArcGIS Portlet Development
ArcGIS Server 9.2 Service Pack 5 (SP5) includes an enhancement to the ArcGIS Server Java Application Development Framework (ADF) that provides support for IBM Portal Server ArcGIS portlet development. This gives you the ability to create and publish GIS mapping portlets inside IBM Portal Server. In conjunction, SP5 includes a plug-in for the IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD) environment so that you can create and deploy those ArcGIS portlets more efficiently.
IBM ArcGIS Server 9.2 Solution Promotional Offers Extended
Special promotional offers [PDF] for IBM/ArcGIS Server 9.2 packaged solutions were recently extended for domestic customers. Each solution is designed to meet specific organizational needs. Explore all of our IBM offerings.
Back to Top
ESRI/IBM Events
Integeo and SpotOn Deliver Power of Location Intelligence to Cognos Customers
Integeo, ESRI business partner and Australian geospatial business intelligence (BI) pioneer, recently announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with business intelligence consultant SpotOn Systems to provide Cognos customers throughout North America with the ability to create on-demand, interactive, GIS-enabled reports. Under the agreement, SpotOn Systems has integrated Cognos BI solutions with ESRI ArcGIS using Integeo's award-winning Map Intelligence, a rapid application development platform that enables organizations to quickly build custom location-intelligent solutions without any programming.
ESRI Receives IBM's Public Sector Top Star Award
For the second consecutive year, ESRI has received IBM's Public Sector Top Star award. Presented at the 2008 IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference, ESRI was recognized for its "best of the best" business partner qualities and success in the marketplace. Award recipients are also selected based on achieving significant wins. ESRI and IBM shared such a win with their 2007 award of the Data Access and Dissemination II contract for the United States Census Bureau. IBM and ESRI's partnership of more than 20 years has resulted in innovative and cost-effective GIS solutions to the public sector.
IBM Is a Gold Sponsor of the 2008 ESRI International User Conference
Be sure to visit IBM in booth #715 of the Exhibit Pavilion at the ESRI International User Conference, August 4-8, in San Diego, California. See firsthand how ESRI's and IBM's integrated solutions help solve the greatest challenges of business and government.
Back to Top
ESRI Product News
ESRI Business Analyst Online Now Includes New Data for Creating More Detailed Analyses
New datasets added to Business Analyst Online, ESRI's Web-based business analysis tool, enable professionals in commercial real estate, retail, economic development, urban planning, and public safety organizations to conduct even more comprehensive market analyses with data reports and imagery.
Business Locator Report Just Released in Business Analyst Online
The new Business Locator Report lists up to 250 businesses around a given location. Business name, phone number, employee count, estimated sales, and daytime business population are included, allowing you to better know your market, explore alternatives, and present recommendations based on facts. This report is available to basic or premium subscribers, as well as guest users, directly from the Business Analyst Online Web site. View a sample [PDF].
ESRI Releases ArcGIS 9.3 Beta
ESRI is currently distributing the beta version of ArcGIS 9.3. In addition to enhanced performance, participants in the beta program will experience improved functionality and easier integration of data and services. Using the Web, mobile devices, and desktop applications, GIS content and capabilities can be shared with people who may not even be aware they are using z GIS. A highlight of ArcGIS 9.3 will be the new JavaScript APIs that will make it possible to create mashups using ArcGIS Server technology.
2008 Developer Summit Presentations Now Available Online
Whether or not you attended the 2008 ESRI Developer Summit, getting to all the technical sessions of interest to you may have presented a challenge. Technical presentations and presummit seminars are now available online. For each session, slides and video are available as well as comments from other site visitors. View presentations.
Back to Top
ESRI News
The American Heart Association Is Using ESRI Data to Help Fight Heart Disease
Recognizing the role that education plays in combating heart disease, the American Heart Association (AHA) has implemented a strategy that relies on market segmentation to find those most at risk. ESRI's Community Tapestry data is being used to research demographics and socioeconomic factors for neighborhoods nationwide to help ensure that the AHA's message reaches those that can benefit the most from cardiac education.
Cleveland Residential Run-ins Mapped Out with a Click
Administrators at the City of Cleveland, Ohio, have implemented a new system to allow them to better detect early signs of trouble. City officials will be able to tap into all the records - fires, police calls, housing violations, snowplow routes, and boarded-up houses - with an innovative use of ESRI mapping software.
ESRI and Citrix Webcast - How to Accelerate, Extend, and Secure Your ESRI GIS
On March 12, 2008, ESRI and Citrix hosted a 60-minute live webcast featuring the CIO of the National Association of Counties (NACo), IT professionals from the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and ESRI senior enterprise architect Ty Fabling. The presenters discussed how adding Citrix solutions to existing GIS implementations offers more users faster access. SFWMD explained how it leveraged Citrix to provide fast, secure, and streamlined access to its GIS and 84 other business-critical applications. View the presentation.
ESRI 2008 Business GIS Summit Proceedings Now Available
Whether or not you were able to attend this year’s Business GIS Summit in Chicago, you can now review many presentations from the event. User presentations on a wide variety of business topics can be viewed, as well as technical workshops, ESRI product sessions and industry best practices and approaches presentations.
Back to Top
GIS in Action
ESRI Software Gives Residential Real Estate Agents and Brokers a Better Look at Houses
YourMLSsearch.com has integrated ESRI's RouteMAP IMS into its Web hosting services for multiple listing service (MLS) agencies throughout the United States. YourMLSsearch.com provides Internet solutions for real estate agents and brokers including Internet data exchange (IDX), Web site hosting, and Web site development. RouteMAP IMS is incorporated into YourMLSsearch.com's iMapRES, allowing the company to host interactive mapping and residential data searches for more than 80 MLSs in 20 states.
Three Organizations Reduce Costs with Enterprise Integration of ArcGIS
Three organizations have recently made ArcGIS the core of their IT infrastructures to more precisely manage their enterprises and reduce the expense of using and maintaining cumbersome legacy systems. The Georgia Department of Transportation, Qatar Telecom, and the Virginia Department of Forestry have found significant benefits from implementing ArcGIS.
Back to Top
Marketing Opportunities
ESRI International User Conference
August 4-8, 2008
San Diego, California
Maximize your market presence and customer relationship efforts at the 28th Annual ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC) by becoming a sponsor or exhibitor. The ESRI UC is the largest GIS event in the world. More than 14,000 professionals involved or interested in GIS technology, software, data, and services are expected to attend this year.
Sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities also exist for concurrent events, the ESRI Education User Conference and the ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit.
Back to Top
