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ESRI/SAP News
ESRI/SAP User Group at the ESRI UC
Wednesday, June 20
Noon–1:00 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 29 D
San Diego, CA
Attend the ESRI/SAP User Group (ESUG) annual meeting at the 2007 ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC) to hear an overview of the ESRI/SAP relationship and a joint solution update from Steve Benner, ESRI director of strategic accounts. This meeting is for ESUG members as well as anyone interested in learning more about how ESRI and SAP work together. We would like to thank ESRI business partners CyberTech Systems, Inc., and Impress Software for sponsoring this meeting. Lunch will be provided.
SAP's Sagres Project Links GIS to Database Info
SAP NetWeaver Magazine, Spring 2007—SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California, launched the Sagres Project to explore the technical and sales potential of more tightly integrating the SAP NetWeaver platform with GIS applications. San Diego, California, USA, and the Port of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, are pilots for this project, testing the visualization technology that represents municipal resources, such as streetlights, fire hydrants, and sewer lines, on GIS maps and links the icons to complete structured databases that run behind the scenes. This technology will allow fast access to the information repair technicians need to quickly fix a service outage or perform other services that keep cities and ports running smoothly.
New ESRI/SAP Flyer—Leverage Your SAP Investment with ESRI GIS Solutions
The ArcGIS platform provides all the capabilities needed to create, manage, use, and deploy mapping data and applications within the SAP NetWeaver platform. It leverages your investment in SAP solutions by using data in new ways, improving internal business processes, expanding the SAP solution user base, and providing your customers with better service and support. View this new flyer online [PDF-1.8 MB].
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ESRI Corporate Alliance News
Enterprise Platform Based on Integrated ESRI and Information Builders Technologies Wins Gartner's 2007 Business Intelligence Excellence Award
The Richmond, Virginia, Police Department was recently honored with the Gartner 2007 Business Intelligence (BI) Excellence Award. The department received the award for its innovative enterprise platform, which was developed using Information Builders' flagship WebFOCUS software for BI capabilities and ESRI's ArcGIS software for spatial analysis and visualization. The system provides predictive crime analysis, data mining, reporting, and GIS capabilities throughout the agency, which helped the city reduce major crime by 21 percent from 2005 to 2006.
ESRI to Support IBM DB2 9 for z/OS on System z
ESRI announced that it will provide ArcGIS spatial data management solutions to IBM DB2 9 for z/OS on System z. This support for a centralized, location-aware DB2 database on System z enables ESRI and IBM to offer a premium spatial information management solution with unmatched scalability, multilevel security, and system reliability. This solution will allow ESRI's enterprise customers to extend GIS-based business solutions, applications, and Web services throughout their organizations.
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ESRI News
Nobel Prize Winner Wangari Maathai to Present Keynote Address at 2007 ESRI User Conference
Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and world-renowned environmentalist and social activist, will be the keynote speaker on Monday, June 18, 2007, at the ESRI User Conference. Maathai is founder of the Green Belt Movement (GBM), one of the most prominent women's civil society organizations, based in Kenya. GBM has assisted hundreds of thousands of women and their families to improve their lives through the planting of trees.
Export Achievement Award Presented to ESRI by U.S. Government Agency
ESRI was honored with the presentation of the Export Achievement Award from the U.S. Commercial Service at an awards ceremony on March 29, 2007. This award represents ESRI's success in foreign markets and the importance of the help provided by the U.S. Commercial Service. Most recently, ESRI staff has been working closely with the U.S. Commercial Service to open new markets in Latin America.
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GIS in Action
Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico Finds GIS to Be the Ideal Tool
The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico employed ESRI ArcGIS technologies to create, manage, and update the GIS data concerning its existing and potential natural protected areas and projects. The trust is a nonprofit institution devoted to the acquisition and protection of ecologically important lands in Puerto Rico and the development and promotion of environmental, educational, and research activities in natural protected areas. Using ArcGIS technologies, the trust has been able to, for example, generate 3D visualizations of its properties and adjacent land parcels with proposed construction projects to effectively support the protection and defense strategies against the impact of proposed developments in the neighboring lands of a natural reserve.
Los Angeles Fire Department Gets Better Information for Tactical Decisions with GIS
Steve Robinson of the Los Angeles, California, Fire Department worked with ESRI to create a custom mapping system to help assess risks, map fires, and allocate resources. In addition to responding to fires, such as the Simi Valley fire in 2003 and the Topanga fire in 2005, the system has also been used for the 2006 Academy Awards, 2006 Grammy Awards, and other events where multiple agencies needed to have a common operating picture.
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Marketing Opportunities
ESRI International User Conference
June 18–22, 2007
San Diego, CA, USA
Booth space is still available, but not for long! Take advantage of this great opportunity to reach the largest ESRI UC audience ever by signing up to sponsor and/or exhibit at the conference.
For those looking to reach a more targeted audience, sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities also exist for concurrent events, the ESRI Education User Conference (EdUC) and the ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit. Participating in the ESRI EdUC will place you among more than 600 educators coming together to share their experiences and knowledge of geographic learning. The ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit brings together more than 400 survey and engineering industry leaders to explore business technology and collaboration opportunities.
Save the Dates!
ESRI is hosting several conferences this fall for specific audiences of GIS practitioners and industry professionals.
Sponsoring or exhibiting at these events will provide you with direct exposure to ESRI customers and give you the opportunity to showcase your value-added solutions and services. Visit the Web site for each event for more information.
ESRI Health GIS Conference
October 7–10, 2007
Scottsdale, AZ
Electric and Gas User Group Meeting
October 8–11, 2007
Nashville, TN
ESRI Homeland Security GIS Summit
November 5–7, 2007
Denver, CO
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