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In This Issue

• ESRI/SAP News
• ESRI Corporate Alliance News
• ESRI News
• GIS in Action
• Marketing Opportunities

ESRI/SAP News

ESRI/SAP User Group Webinar
Thank you to those who participated in the ESRI/SAP User Group (ESUG) webinar on January 31. The featured presenter, ESRI's Steve Benner, discussed the latest ESRI/SAP integration options and highlighted current and planned integrations from various joint customers. The recorded presentation, along with the PowerPoint slides, is posted at www.esri.com/esug. We were very pleased with the attendance and feedback for the webinar and are planning to host more in the near future. If you have an integration you would like to share, contact Megan Williams.

ESRI at Upcoming SAP Conferences
ESRI will be exhibiting at the following SAP conferences:

SAP International Utilities Conference
February 28–March 2, 2007
Amsterdam, Netherlands

SAP-Centric EAM Conference
April 1–4, 2007
Huntington Beach, CA, USA

ASUG/SAPPHIRE
April 22–25, 2007
Atlanta, GA, USA

SAPPHIRE 2007 Vienna
May 14–16, 2007
Vienna, Austria

For more information regarding ESRI’s presence at any of the above conferences, contact Shelli Stockton.

ESRI Corporate Alliance News

Airports Authority of India Selects ESRI Enterprise GIS Technology for Height Clearance Compliance System
Airports Authority of India (AAI), the national agency responsible for the management and maintenance of the country's civil aviation, has awarded the No Objection Certificate Application System (NOCAS) project to NIIT Limited, parent company of NIIT-GIS Ltd. (ESRI India). The enterprise-wide GIS application will implement ESRI's ArcGIS Server, ArcSDE, and ArcObjects and Microsoft's SQL Server to automate the prioritization and processing of No Objection Certificate applications.

ESRI at Upcoming Corporate Alliance Trade Shows
ESRI will be exhibiting at the following trade shows:

SAS Global Forum 2007
April 16–19, 2007
Orlando, FL, USA

Information Builders Summit 2007
May 20–24, 2007
Las Vegas, NV, USA

Business Objects Insight Europe 2007
May 21–23, 2007
Berlin, Germany

EMC World 2007
May 21–24, 2007
Orlando, FL, USA

SAS Forum 2007
May 22–23, 2007
Stockholm, Sweden

Contact Megan Williams for more information on ESRI's participation or to schedule a demonstration at any of the shows.

ESRI News

Featured Gartner Keynote at ESRI Developer Summit
ESRI is pleased to announce that Mark Driver, vice president and research director at Gartner Research, will give a keynote presentation at the ESRI Developer Summit, March 19–22, 2007, in Palm Springs, California. Driver will speak about the strengths and weaknesses of the Java and .NET environments and the trade-offs that should be considered in shaping your technical architecture. The summit will also include a series of in-depth technical seminars and a Plenary Session given by senior members of ESRI's software development team. For more information or to register to attend, visit www.esri.com/devsummit.

No-Cost GIS Best Practices Booklets Available
How are users in the real world succeeding with GIS? ESRI has put together a complimentary, downloadable case study series relevant to fields such as public works, law enforcement, forest assessment, and mining. The GIS Best Practices booklets are discipline-driven collections of previously published ESRI articles that highlight the work of your peers, suggest solutions for your GIS challenges, and help you develop your business case. For a complete list of booklets, visit the GIS Best Practices showcase.

GIS in Action

GIS Takes Olympic Gold at Torino 2006
While spectators remained firmly focused on the performances at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy, the organizing committee worked nonstop behind the scenes to ensure that sporting events and related activities were conducted with clockwork precision. Organizers implemented GIS as a strategic tool to manage transportation and other activities and thus was born the Torino 2006 GIS. Employed ESRI software products included ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcGIS 3D Analyst and ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extensions, and ArcPad. In addition to use by Olympics staff members, the GIS was used to create event maps for the general public that were available online at kiosks located throughout the area.

Newmont Mining Corporation Selects ESRI for Global GIS Enterprise License
Newmont Mining Corporation, the second largest gold producer in the world, recently selected ESRI as its GIS software provider. The global enterprise license agreement will enable Newmont Mining to deploy ESRI's ArcGIS products in a GIS architecture that is open, scalable, and standards-based and will integrate with and leverage existing Newmont Mining IT resources at its operations on five continents.

Read other examples of GIS in Action.

Marketing Opportunities

2007 ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference
The ESRI Business Partner Conference, an event designed exclusively for ESRI business partners, international distributors, hardware vendors, and corporate alliances, will focus on targeted sessions for sales, marketing, business development, and product positioning. These are designed to give you real-world strategies and skills critical to driving new business. You will come away with greater insight to help you align more closely with ESRI and drive more business to your company. Get the inside track on our products, services, data, and technology innovations. The GIS Solutions EXPO is an excellent venue to showcase your products and share expertise with a variety of ESRI corporate alliances and business partners. The deadlines to register to attend or exhibit are quickly approaching; do not delay. You must be an ESRI corporate alliance, business partner, international distributor, or hardware vendor to participate.