ESRI/SAP News Around the Globe, June 2007
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September 26-28, 2007
Stockholm, Sweden
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October 7-10, 2007
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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October 8-11, 2007
Nashville, TN, USA
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October 29-31, 2007
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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October 31-November 2, 2007
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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November 5-7, 2007
Denver, CO, USA
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2007 ESRI International User Conference Highlights
More than 14,000 users attended this year's ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC). The weeklong conference began with a Plenary Session led by ESRI president Jack Dangermond and development staff. They highlighted the ArcGIS 9.3 release, which will include many quality and performance improvements as well as user-requested enhancements. The session also included a Keynote Address by Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, environmentalist, and social activist. The remainder of the conference included one-on-one consultations with GIS software experts, more than 300 technical sessions, more than 1,000 paper presentations, and regional and special interest group meetings. Additionally, more than 310 exhibitors were alongside the ESRI Showcase, contributing to the largest Exhibit Pavilion in the history of the conference.
ESUG at the ESRI UC
This year's ESRI/SAP User Group (ESUG) Annual Meeting at the ESRI UC attracted more than 75 ESUG members and other
ESRI users. The meeting featured presentations from Steve Benner, ESRI's director of strategic accounts and Oliver
Mainka, SAP Labs LLC GIS program manager.
Three focused ESRI/SAP sessions followed the meeting, providing attendees with more specific information on user experiences, technology updates, and implementation options. The presentations were given by ESRI staff; representatives from ESRI/SAP joint customers AES Sul and Valley Mental Health; and ESRI business partners and event cosponsors CyberTech Systems, Inc., and Impress Software.
To read more about the conference or to submit your own post, visit the
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It's never
too early to plan for next year's conference, so mark your calendar for August 4-8, 2008, and join us in San Diego,
California!
Impress for GIS Version 2.1 Webinar
If you were unable to join Impress at the live webinar,
now to view the
recorded event and learn more about the new features and enhancements in the latest release of Impress for GIS, a packaged
ArcGIS and SAP integration application. Building on its existing capabilities for improving quality of asset data,
increasing workforce productivity, and lowering total cost of ownership, Impress for GIS version 2.1 introduces
- Support for SAP's Industry Solution Utilities/Customer Care Service (IS-U/CCS) module
- Enhanced reporting and analysis
- Enhanced service-oriented architecture (SOA)
- New work management processes
Impress Software announced that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has chosen its Impress for GIS packaged integration
application as part of a strategic enterprise asset management initiative. Impress for GIS was selected to synchronize
PG&E's asset data in SAP with geodata in its ESRI and Telvent Miner & Miner's GIS. Once the implementation is completed,
PG&E expects to have approximately 10,000 users leveraging Impress for GIS.
New Literature:
[PDF-4.87MB]
Learn how several different companies have integrated their GIS and SAP systems to improve performance and make better
business decisions.
[PDF-168KB]
GeoConnexion, May 2007 - Learn how the City of Cape Town in the Republic of South Africa integrated an enterprise GIS
with one of the world's largest enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems ever implemented by a local government. The city's
GIS is a central part of its administration plans for a tightly integrated and service-oriented IT architecture, supported by
a modern infrastructure, for seamless enterprise information management capability.
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ESRI News
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently awarded its Core Geographic Services contract to the Siemens
Enterprise Communications (SEN)-ESRI team, which will spearhead a project that will shape the application of
geospatial technology in defense for years to come. The services, technology, and software the contract provides
will ensure that all NATO staff, from Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) to NATO's deployable
headquarters (HQ), will have the best available geospatial information at all times.
ESRI's director of public policy, former Wyoming governor Jim Geringer, is participating in the State Alliance for
e-Health, which Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen and Vermont governor Jim Douglas are cochairing. The State Alliance,
of which Geringer will be a voting member, is tasked with developing real-world solutions for state-level health care
challenges through electronic health information exchange. The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
is supporting the work of the State Alliance for e-Health and its task forces along with partners such as the National
Conference of State Legislatures and National Association of Attorneys General.
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Product News
ArcGIS Explorer is a lightweight application to connect directly to a variety of ready-to-use globes hosted by ESRI. Use
ArcGIS Explorer to leverage data, services, and applications on the Web by easily connecting to your own ArcGIS services
or those published by others. This application helps you extend the power of Web-based services by fusing them with your
local data.
The speed, ease of use, and accuracy of
with the new
update were previewed at the 2007 ICSC Spring Convention, May 20-23 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Conference attendees saw demonstrations of the new capabilities of Business Analyst Online, ESRI's Web-based on-demand analysis
product, including how live thematic mapping and more flexible study area definition with ESRI's 2007/2012 demographic data
improve target marketing capability.
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GIS in Action
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC) in Salt Lake City,
Utah, is now using ArcGIS Image Server to quickly deliver vast amounts of imagery throughout its organization via an intranet.
Prior to this implementation, the Forest Service struggled to make large volumes of imagery available to staff in its nine regions
across the 50 states. Users often had difficulty loading the imagery due to limited storage capacity.
Service at Sea is a nonprofit, ship-based GIS education program that will launch this year and will include a crew of GIS
experts, scientists, and teachers as well as a videographer. They will circumnavigate the globe with an environmentally
friendly sailboat and offer free training and mapping services to conservation organizations throughout their four-year
expedition. ESRI collaborates with Service at Sea to support many of its technical, education, conservation, and volunteer
needs.
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Marketing Opportunities
Fall Advertising Deadlines for ArcNews and ArcUser
Reach the more than 600,000 ArcNews subscribers and the nearly 300,000 ArcUser subscribers by promoting your
products and services with ads in the Fall issues. Take advantage of this powerful opportunity to speak directly to readers who represent
every industry in which GIS is applied. Advertising deadlines for the fall issues of ArcNews and ArcUser are August 16, 2007, and August 8, 2007, respectively. The issues will be distributed in October 2007. More information is
available at
or via e-mail at ads@esri.com.
Sponsorship Opportunities at Upcoming ESRI Conferences
Extend the great market presence and networking you experienced at the ESRI UC as a sponsor or exhibitor at another ESRI
conference. These upcoming opportunities will help you connect with GIS customers.
September 26-28, 2007
Stockholm, Sweden
October 7-10, 2007
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
October 8-11, 2007
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
October 29-31, 2007
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
October 31-November 2, 2007
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
November 5-7, 2007
Denver, Colorado, USA
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