Fall 2011

Esri/Microsoft Connections brings you news about how Esri and Microsoft deliver ArcGIS-enabled solutions across the enterprise. If you know someone who would like to subscribe, send them to www.esri.com/microsoftconnections. Additional electronic and print publications are also available.

Esri/Microsoft News

Esri Recognized with 3 Awards from Visual Studio Magazine
Visual Studio Magazine recently announced that ArcGIS API for Silverlight/WPF was the Readers Choice Award winner in the Mapping/GIS Tools category for the second year running.  Also recognized was ArcGIS for SharePoint (now known as ArcGIS for SharePoint), a Readers Merit Award winner in the SharePoint Tools/Components category.  ArcGIS for Desktop was a Readers Merit Award winner in the Mapping/GIS Components category, giving Esri a dominant victory in that section.

Microsoft and Esri Technology Help Automate Street Sign Maintenance
St. Johns County in Florida uses ArcGIS Server in a SQL Server database to manage street sign repairs and replacements. Read the article.

Esri a Silver Sponsor of SharePoint Connections
Microsoft SharePoint developers recently gathered to explore and learn about SharePoint solutions at the SharePoint Connections event in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The event, co-located with four other Microsoft-specific platform events, cumulatively known as DevConnections, targeted the Microsoft developer crowd. Esri showcased ArcGIS for SharePoint and several other mapping solutions that enable visualization and analysis of organizational data in new, more revealing formats.  Attendees had three opportunities to attend Esri speaking sessions that included mapping solutions using ArcGIS API for Silverlight/WPF and ArcGIS for Windows Phone.

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Esri/Alliance News

Esri,Trimble, and DigitalGlobe Contribute to Making World-Famous Park Safer
Developed in the late-1800s, the 1,017-acre Golden Gate Park in San Francisco receives hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.  Resolving the costly problem presented by overgrown and dying mature trees required a tree inventory be made to properly plan, organize and prioritize the work. ArcGIS software was used to overlay a CAD drawing of the garden on GlobeXplorer aerial imagery from DigitalGlobe; to this, individual data for 701 trees was captured by arborist teams using Trimble GeoBeacon, completing the tree inventory.

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Solution News

Esri CityEngine 2011: Quickly Create 3D Models out of 2D Data
The newly released Esri City Engine 2011 contains new features including support for georeferenced data, such as Esri’s File Geodatabase (GDB) and KML, and improved user interface. Learn more or download a free trial at esri.com/cityengine.

Update to ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS Available to Download
Developers working on applications that will be compatible with the upcoming version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 5, can download Esri’s updated ArcGIS Runtime Software Developer Kit for iOS (2.0.1) from the Esri Resource Center. Updated applications should be submitted to the App Store as soon as possible. Visit the Esri Mobile Resource Center blog for more information.

ArcGIS for Android Released
Users of Android phones equipped with ARMv7 or higher processors and OS v2.2 can now connect to ArcGIS Online or their on-premise ArcGIS server.  Your Android phone can now be used to browse these maps, find addresses and places, collect GIS data, and much more.  ArcGIS for Android can be downloaded from the Android Market.  For more details please visit the ArcGIS for Android Resource Center.

New Esri Technical Certification Exams Now Available
Two new technical certifications are currently available: ArcGIS Desktop Developer Associate and Enterprise System Design Associate. 

New Cloud e-Book from Esri
Cloud computing furnishes technological capabilities that are delivered on demand as services via the Internet. A new e-book, GIS in the Cloud: The New Age of Cloud Computing and Geographic Information Systems, by Victoria Kouyoumjian, Esri IT strategies architect, shows how cloud technology and architecture can be leveraged by the GIS community.

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GIS in Action

Jack Dangermond Answers Questions about Esri and GIS
This document, recently released by Jack Dangermond, Esri president, is a series of questions and answers from Esri on a variety of topics.  Areas addressed include the status of Esri’s efforts in software development, products, education, and support; future plans in these areas; and thoughts on GIS and the industry as a whole. Read the Q&A.

Delivering GIS Benefits with a Limited IT Budget
Esri’s Manager of Systems Integration, Dave Peters, shares twenty years’ experience in this question and answer format article about the best practices for implementing an enterprise GIS.

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Esri in the News

Philadelphia Public Works Project Uses ArcGIS to Save $1 Million per Year
The successful implementation of Philadelphia’s Department of Streets’ custom GIS application to coordinate the replacement of 87,000 incandescent light bulbs with light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs in the city’s traffic lights has realized an operational savings per year of over one million dollars.

Esri Receives Jane Goodall Global Leadership Award
Esri President, Jack Dangermond, was recently recognized by the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) with the Jane Goodall Global Leadership Award for Excellence in Conservation Science.

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Marketing Opportunities

Exhibitor Opportunities
Esri Partners enjoy exclusive eligibility to exhibit at many Esri events.  Your participation offers a unique opportunity to be in front of individuals who are keyed into GIS software and searching for innovative solutions. Here are several upcoming events:

• Esri Federal GIS Conference—February 22-24, 2012
• Esri CA/HI/NV Regional User Group Conference—March 7-8, 2012
• Esri Partner Conference—March 24-27, 2012
• Esri Developer Summit—March 26-29, 2012

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