ESRI/SAP News Around the Globe, Spring 2009

In This Issue

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

ESRI/SAP News

Live Webcast: Integrating ESRI GIS with SAP
Attend this 60-minute webcast on Wednesday, May 20, at 11:00 a.m. (PDT) to find out how organizations of all kinds are using integrated applications from ESRI and SAP in various areas and how you can accelerate your own initiatives. You will also hear how ESRI business partners are providing integration services and developing solutions for specific integration scenarios. Representatives from the City of San Diego and Marin Municipal Water District will share how they leverage ESRI-SAP integration to provide fast, efficient, and streamlined service to their customers.

SAP Signs Global Reseller Agreement with ESRI Business Partner APOS Systems
The recent signing of a global reseller agreement with APOS Systems, a provider of extensions to SAP BusinessObjects XI solutions, will allow SAP to resell select APOS solutions. Included in the offering is the SAP BusinessObjects Integration for ESRI GIS software, a powerful, two-way bridge between two industry-leading business intelligence solutions, ESRI ArcIMS/ArcGIS Server and SAP BusinessObjects XI. Shockwave Flash (SWF) format-based control enables live ESRI map embedding in Crystal Reports software, and users can export these reports to a PDF with a working map control.

Integrating GIS with SAP
Today, GIS is being called upon to support cross-functional enterprise applications aimed at entire business processes. This article provides an overview of integration with SAP and explains why it is not much different than the work GIS practitioners have done between GIS and other systems. SAP is both a business platform and an IT platform that is well suited to the integration of ESRI's open, standards-based GIS.

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ESRI Corporate Alliance News

Tele Atlas Joins ESRI Small Government Enterprise License Agreement Program
Small governments with limited resources often cannot afford GIS software that would enable them to leverage their data to better serve their citizens. In answer to that challenge, ESRI introduced the Small Government Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) program in 2008. The program has been well received, and the addition of Tele Atlas' comprehensive street data to power essential GIS deployments will further the value of the ELA program to all subscribers.

ESRI and Trimble Announce Mobile Solution Contract with American Water
American Water, the largest investor-owned utility in the United States, recently selected an ESRI/Trimble solution for field data collection. Faster turnaround for updating asset data; getting better information back out to field personnel; and, ultimately, better service to American Water's 15 million customers in 32 states were high priorities in evaluating solutions. The flexibility of the selected GeoCollector and ProXH solution was another advantage, as it will accommodate future growth.

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ESRI Training

Free Seminar: Creating Effective Web Maps
With the ability to easily build fast, modern Web maps, you can quickly demonstrate the impact on business using Web GIS. Configurable solutions add value to all business units, allowing any GIS professional to put geospatial technologies into practice. Through June, ESRI will be conducting a free seminar series to help users in the quest to make more effective Web maps. This seminar will be presented throughout the United States. Find a location near you.

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Product News

Live Webcast May 13: New ELA Program for Small Utilities
Learn how a utility serving 100,000 or fewer meters/connections can benefit from a new program from ESRI to deliver the power of GIS across the organization for an affordable price. The Small Utilities Enterprise License Agreement (SU-ELA) program allows small utilities in the United States to receive unlimited deployment of core ESRI software over the three-year term of the agreement. Register today for this free event geared toward executives and decision makers in IT, asset management, engineering, operations, work management, and customer care.

ArcGIS Business Analyst Server 9.3 Speeds Business Intelligence
ESRI's release of ArcGIS Business Analyst Server 9.3 brings an enterprise solution for collaborative business geographics to the marketplace. It enables the creation, sharing, and deployment of workflows and analysis across entire organizations, allowing more sophisticated business models and intelligence to be developed cooperatively. With this recent release, ArcGIS Business Analyst Server has been expanded by adding more reports, data, and flexibility to the application while reducing its resource consumption.

ArcPad 8 Now Shipping
ArcPad 8 includes new capabilities, performance improvements, and quality enhancements. ArcPad Application Builder, the development framework used to customize ArcPad, is now included with every ArcPad 8 license. ArcPad is now a maintenance-based product, and customers may subscribe to annual maintenance to get ArcPad updates and technical support. ArcPad evaluation software is available for download at no cost.

The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight Now Available as a Beta Product
The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight enables you to integrate ArcGIS Server and Microsoft Virtual Earth services and capabilities in a Silverlight application. You can create interactive and expressive Web applications leveraging ArcGIS Server and Virtual Earth resources—such as maps, locators, and geoprocessing models—and Silverlight components such as grids, tree views, and charts. Interactive samples are available.

Add Geocoding, Routing, and High-Quality Cartographic Display to ArcGIS with ESRI's StreetMap Premium
The new version of ESRI's StreetMap Premium, an enhanced street dataset that works with ESRI's ArcGIS software to provide geocoding, routing, and high-quality map display, includes expanded coverage and more licensing options. The enhanced dataset now gives users of ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Desktop access to street data for the United States, Canada, and Europe that is tailored to their specific needs and geographic regions. The ready-to-use datasets, based on data from NAVTEQ, include streets and road networks as well as basemap data.

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GIS in Action

Podcast: Leveraging GIS in a Down Economy [MP3]
Simon Thompson, ESRI's director of commercial business industry solutions, discusses the state of the GIS market in the current economy. Despite the downturned economy, businesses are turning to GIS as an analysis tool to explore options that will help them survive and prosper in a challenging economic environment. Recognizing that better insight provides better foresight, ESRI's tools for business are enabling more confident decision making.

How GIS Is Being Used by State of California
As California's first geospatial information officer (GIO), Michael Byrne recently shared his vision for how GIS would most significantly be used in his state. The top three priorities include implementing homeland security strategies; developing policies, procedures, and standards; and aligning the set of business investors who will ultimately fund the future of GIS in the state toward a common set of goals. Byrne explains his role as GIO in this video.

Petroleum Experts Weigh Advantages of Web GIS Technology
The recent ESRI Petroleum User Group (PUG) conference in Houston, Texas, was a gathering aimed to deal with spatial challenges particular to petroleum industry needs. Though there are demands specific to that industry, there are common demands to all industries, including working smarter and leveraging technology to do so. ESRI's technical experts demonstrated three industry agnostic trends in GIS: Web GIS, mobile technologies, and cloud-based computing.

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ESRI in the News

New Yorkers Reinvent Themselves
Household income data produced by ESRI reveals that the Big Apple is feeling a serious bite. Particularly, high-income households have been dramatically impacted by the economy, and the decline in income for the state is expected to continue through 2009. As a result of this unprecedented economic situation, workers are exploring dramatic career changes.

ESRI Installs Solar Panels to Generate Power at Headquarters
ESRI recently commissioned the installation of 2,737 rooftop solar panels on three office buildings at its main campus in Redlands, California, as part of its continuing effort to offset energy usage. In line with its goal to be carbon neutral, ESRI maintains a fleet of electric vehicles and reduces the company's cooling costs with strategically planted shade trees.

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Marketing Opportunities

Business GIS Summit to Coincide with ESRI 2009 International User Conference
In response to feedback from our existing and prospective customers about budget constraints for travel and conference attendance, ESRI has moved the Business GIS Summit to July 12–15 in San Diego, California. The dates and location will enable commercial and retail attendees to cost-effectively participate in opportunities that are exclusive to both the Business GIS Summit and the ESRI International User Conference, providing a great return on investment (ROI). Learn more, then register today.

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