ESRI/Microsoft Connections, Fall 2008

In This Issue

• ESRI/Microsoft News
• ESRI Corporate Alliance News
• Product News
• GIS in Action
• ESRI in the News
• Marketing Opportunities

ESRI/Microsoft News

New Success Story: Government Agency Increases Efficiency, Accuracy with Right Technology Combination [PDF]
The Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC) provides a central source for all GIS data for the state of Utah. The center relies on the ESRI ArcGIS Server geodatabase, in addition to Microsoft SQL Server database software and the Windows Server operating system, to keep the flow of information running smoothly. Because its chosen technologies make it easy to share GIS data, the Utah AGRC has experienced an increase in the use of such information throughout the state, thus increasing interagency cooperation.

New Success Story: City Conserves Resources with GIS Portal and Citizen Service Platform Solution [PDF]
The City of Houston needed to share information among multiple departments to manage and respond to environmental concerns with its storm sewer system. The city decided to implement a solution from Idea Integration that combines GIS technology from ESRI with Microsoft collaboration tools for a Web-based GIS portal. This new Citizen Service Platform solution will help streamline operations; cut costs; improve public services; and, ultimately, have a positive effect on the condition of area watersheds.

Stay in the Loop with ArcGIS Server and .NET Web ADF News and Developments
Subscribe to the ArcGIS Server Team Blog for insider tips on using ArcGIS Server and .NET. Examples of recent topics include

• Using Gears in a .NET Web ADF application
• Creating a DHTML scale bar with the .NET Web ADF
• Customizing the map progress bar in the 9.3 Web ADF (.NET)

A search tool is available to help you find answers to your specific questions.

ESRI at Tech Ed EMEA 2008 IT Professionals
In early November, ESRI exhibited at Microsoft's premier technical education conference just for IT professionals. Held in Barcelona, Spain, this five-day event afforded 5,000 IT professionals the opportunity to learn about ESRI's products for developers including ESRI Developer Network (EDN) and ArcGIS Engine. It was also a great forum to showcase our integration with Visual Studio, SQL Server, and Virtual Earth.

ESRI representatives from a number of countries attended the conference including these from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

ESRI/Microsoft Joint Presentation at Rocket City Geospatial Conference
Jack Dangermond, ESRI's president, was the keynote speaker at this annual conference, whose attendees share an interest in geospatial issues of many types-from private industry and nonprofit organizations to governments of all sizes. Visualizing GIS Data for Enhanced Decision Making was the topic of a joint ESRI/Microsoft presentation.

ESRI at the Professional Association for SQL Server Community Summit
ESRI was an exhibitor at the 2008 Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Community Summit. PASS is an annual gathering where attendees meet to learn about the latest advances in SQL Server technology and product offerings. ESRI demonstrated the full support of ArcGIS 9.3 Service Pack 1 for the new spatial types in SQL Server 2008, Geometry and Geography. These spatial types enable users to easily integrate geodatabase spatial data with other enterprise applications and perform direct SQL queries and operations on the data. The event, which took place in Seattle, Washington, offered an extensive array of learning opportunities, including preconference seminars, a hands-on learning lab, technical sessions, and exhibitor demonstrations. PASS is uniquely structured to ensure that attendees take away solutions that will save their organizations time and money. Learn more about ESRI's support for SQL Server 2008.

ESRI Exhibits at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference
ESRI was an exhibitor at the recent Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, California. This event was designed to provide architects and developers with deep-dive technical training, information, and community resources. ESRI provides developer opportunities for creating custom mapping and GIS applications for

• Windows desktops, servers, or mobile devices
• Integrated support for Visual Studio and the .NET Framework
• SQL Server 2008 spatial data

ESRI/Microsoft Training

ArcGIS Server Enterprise Configuration and Tuning for SQL Server
This two-day course is designed for experienced SQL Server database administrators who need to understand how to install and configure an enterprise geodatabase. The course emphasizes the importance of managing storage settings for loading vector and raster data and teaches techniques for maintaining geodatabase performance in an editing environment. Additionally, the course explains how ArcSDE interacts with SQL Server databases and presents solid strategies for maintaining and managing an enterprise geodatabase. View the course schedule to find the most convenient date and place.

Implementing Security for ArcGIS Server .NET Solutions
This 60-minute free course is designed for those who administer ArcGIS Server for the Microsoft .NET Framework and want to explore options for securing their Web applications and Web services with ArcGIS Server 9.3. Topics discussed will include options for storing users and roles, setting permissions for access to Web applications, configuring Internet Information Services (IIS) security, encrypting user credential information, and configuring and enabling Web service security.

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ESRI Corporate Alliance News

NAVTEQ Signs ESRI Enterprise License Agreement
Collaboration has been a trademark of the relationship between ESRI and NAVTEQ for more than 20 years. NAVTEQ's recent signing of an enterprise license agreement for the ArcGIS suite of software products will ensure the continued development of superior solutions to meet the existing and changing demands of our customers.

Information Builders and ESRI Solution Helps Erlanger, Kentucky, Police Fight Crime
The Erlanger, Kentucky, Police Department knew that a GIS system would be a great asset in many law enforcement activities, but they had trouble finding what they needed-a single product to automate the entire crime mapping and analysis process. Then their local planning department stepped in with an offer to use its GIS tools from ESRI and WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) software from Information Builders. The addition of WebFOCUS Magnify and an open-source search appliance resulted in a new Web-based BI portal that allows patrol officers to enter data, or even pieces of data such as a few numbers from a license plate, into a simple search interface and retrieve information from their own databases and those of neighboring towns. This new capability makes it possible to make better operational decisions on the front lines.

Citrix/ESRI Webinar
Listen to this archived webinar to learn best practices from a savvy customer optimizing ESRI's GIS applications on Citrix software to provide fast, secure, and streamlined access for its employees and mobile workforce. Senior IT professionals from the Southwest Florida Water Management District host a deep dive into the Citrix implementation for GIS and share key strategies for improving performance, security, and productivity within the IT infrastructure. Registration is required.

IBM Podcast: Storage and Management of Spatial Data on an IBM System z Mainframe
Listen to an interview with Dan Wardman, vice president for information management software, and Frank Butt, manager, DB2 for z/OS Query Runtime, tech search and spatial support for IBM. The topic is The Storage and Management of Spatial Data on an IBM System z Mainframe. Read more. [PDF]

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Product News

ESRI's 2008 Community Sourcebook Products Deliver Accurate U.S. Demographic Data
Experts and students across all industry sectors can now have access to the most accurate demographic data with the 2008 Sourcebook products. ESRI has published the softcover editions of Community Sourcebook of ZIP Code Demographics and Community Sourcebook of County Demographics as well as the Sourcebook•America with ArcReader CD-ROM, all of which include ESRI's 2008/2013 demographic updates and projections for data variables such as population, age distribution, and income.

ArcGIS Online Premium Services Now Available
New ArcGIS Online Premium Services are available for evaluation and purchase including the USA Prime/World Bundle, USA Prime Imagery, and Virtual Earth Maps. ArcGIS users can evaluate these services for 14 days or purchase annual subscriptions.

BusinessMAP Financial 2 Offers Updated Maps and Financial Services Data
Designed to address the specific needs of financial services professionals, BusinessMAP Financial 2 includes both data and feature updates and allows users to perform tasks, such as ring studies and drive-time and demographic analyses, which help them visualize demographics and market potential better than with conventional databases and spreadsheets. Additionally, 25 report templates allow users to understand demographics and market potential like never before.

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GIS in Action

Podcast: How Banks and Financial Institutions Use GIS to Stay Afloat during Times of Economic Crisis [MP3]
Shelli Stockton, the finance and banking industry manager at ESRI, explores how financial institutions, ranging from large national corporations, such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), to local credit unions, use GIS during times of economic crisis to help them optimize their business and resources.

California Lake Threatened by Pike
For more than ten years, the California Department of Fish and Game has been trying to rid Lake Davis of northern pike, an invasive species illegally introduced to this large Sierra Nevada reservoir. Previous attempts, employing a variety of techniques, had proven unsuccessful. Now, a piscicide treatment alternative using GIS and GPS technology as integral parts of project planning, implementation, and post-treatment monitoring has been employed. If successful, portions of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; Feather, Sacramento, and San Joaquin river systems; and other waters in California will be spared irreversible damage to their native fish populations.

2008 ESRI International User Conference Proceedings Now Available
The Proceedings of the 28th Annual ESRI International User Conference is a compilation of professional abstracts and papers presented by ESRI software users at the 2008 ESRI International User Conference, August 4-8, 2008. These papers comprise a fundamental part of the conference by providing examples of how GIS is used in diverse ways.

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ESRI in the News

New York City Probation Department Operates More Effectively with ESRI GIS
The New York City Department of Probation (NYCDOP) is heavily tasked with large caseloads, management of high-risk probationers, and coordination of information with other law enforcement divisions. It recently deployed ESRI's GIS software to facilitate these activities. At a time when funding is low and probation departments are understaffed, the ability to better manage caseloads helps ensure public safety. The implementation of a GIS has been a major step in NYCDOP's smart planning.

GIS Helps Bolster Hurricane Preparation and Response
Using ArcGIS software and Web GIS services from ESRI, federal, local, and state agencies were able to more effectively prepare for the impact of recent Hurricane Gustav in the gulf coast region. GIS enabled more thorough understanding of what was happening both before and after the hurricane hit land, enabling staff to make critical decisions for responding effectively.

Colonial Pipeline Uses ESRI GIS to Study Delivery of Ethanol by Pipeline
A mandate by the federal government for ethanol fuel production gave rise to Colonial Pipeline's interest in determining whether alternative fuels might be delivered by pipeline shipments. The company currently maintains a 5,500-mile underground network of pipelines from Houston to New York through which it delivers refined petroleum products. Ethanol's chemical properties present unique challenges to the use of pipeline delivery systems versus the existing rail and road alternatives. Colonial, already a user of GIS software by ESRI, recognized the opportunity it provided to create a framework for understanding every element of a particular situation to determine the feasibility of delivering ethanol by pipeline.

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Marketing Opportunities

ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference Sponsorships and Exhibitor Opportunities Available
Sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities are now available for this annual event that brings together professionals from ESRI's partner programs to examine the latest ESRI products and services, successful sales and marketing strategies, and future business directions. The event will take place March 22-24, 2009, at the Wyndham Hotel and Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, California.

The ESRI Developer Summit will take place March 23-26, 2009, at the Wyndham Hotel and Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, California. This event is for GIS, mapping, and spatial developers and provides a forum where these professionals can gather to learn firsthand how to build and deploy better GIS solutions in their jobs. This is an excellent sponsorship opportunity only open to ESRI Authorized Business Partners, Corporate Alliance Partners, and Hardware Vendors.

2009 Southeast Regional User Group Conference
GIS users from the southeast region will gather in Jacksonville, Florida, April 27-29, 2009, to be updated, educated, and inspired and to learn about GIS solutions. Sponsorship opportunities are now open for ESRI Authorized Business Partners, Corporate Alliance Partners, and Hardware Vendors. If you are unsure of your relationship with ESRI, contact your customer service representative at 888-377-4575.

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