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Industry NewsOnPoint 6.2 Delivers Powerful and Dynamic Map Generation to Users Markham, ON - Orion Technology Inc., a Rolta Company, today announced the latest release of its flagship product OnPointT, version 6.2, which continues to take Web-GIS solutions to a new dimension. The robust and easy-to-enhance OnPoint 6 platform has allowed for rapid development and enhancement, resulting in the ability to add functionality rapidly and effectively, to meet client requirements. This newest release marks the arrival of enhanced thematic mapping as well as support for various formats common to European locales and ESRIT ArcGIS® Server geocoding services. It also sets the stage for the much anticipated release of the OnPoint Software Developer Kit (SDK). Telvent Miner & Miner Named ESRI Foundation Partner of the Year Fort Collins, CO - Telvent Miner & Miner (TM&M) was pleased to receive the ESRI Foundation Partner of the Year for the Denver region at the 2008 ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference held in March in Palm Springs, California. The award recognizes an ESRI partner who has diligently built and maintained an exceptionally strong and dependable relationship with the company, and that is considered one of the foundation blocks of the ESRI Business Partner Program. DMTI Spatial's Platinum Postal Suite Drives 40% Increase in New Business Revenue at Artistic Minds Markham, ON - DMTI Spatial (DMTI), a leading provider of enterprise location intelligence solutions, is demonstrating the value of their Platinum Postal Suite (PPS), the next generation of Canadian postal geography, through a case study that highlights the dramatic increase in new business revenue experienced by client Artistic Minds (AMi). Artistic Minds is a leading marketing analytics firm specializing in mailing campaigns. Through the use of Platinum Postal Suite, AMi has realized several positive outcomes. With precision geographic content, client trade zones are now aligned with 6-digit postal code boundaries, providing far more precise target marketing than traditional methods. This has enabled AMi to expand their scope of new business with analytic services by 40%, now the fastest growing part of AMi's business. A key performance metric, turnaround of information to clients is now 5 times faster. In one recent campaign, coupon redemption rates went from 3.5% to 6% for a key national client, demonstrating a 71% improvement. Latitude Geographics releases Geocortex Essentials 1.3 Toronto, ON - Latitude Geographics released Geocortex Essentials 1.3. More information can be found by visiting their blog IBM Names ESRI a 2008 Public Sector Top Star Redlands, CA - For the second consecutive year, IBM Global Public Sector recognized ESRI as one of IBM's Public Sector Top Star business partners. ESRI was one of only 17 partners to receive this honor during the 2008 IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference. "IBM and ESRI are committed to improving the health, education, security, and prosperity of citizens and nations around the world," said Pamela Kaplan, vice president of marketing, IBM Global Public Sector. "We are grateful to ESRI for the work they are doing. Together, we are making a difference in people's lives by delivering innovative solutions to the world's greatest challenges." Integrated Applications Enhance Waterford Township's Infrastructure Planning Capabilities Sandy, UT - Azteca Systems, Inc., announced today that Waterford Township, Michigan, is integrating Cityworks and RIVA Online software applications to enhance the scheduling and future planning capabilities of their organization. With 355 miles of sanitary sewer, 2 jetting crews, and a large amount of pipe needing to be cleaned as many as three times per year, Waterford Township sought to create a prioritized plan to jet every length of sanitary main over a three-year period and establish a regular schedule for the problem mains. To complete the task, the Township established a pilot area to confirm Cityworks and RIVA Online, within ESRI's ArcGIS platform, could work together to create these strategic plans. Maintenance history from Cityworks was used with geospatial data in ESRI's ArcGIS application to prioritize the mains. RIVA Online was then used to create a monthly schedule for the three-year cycle. As a result of the successful integration, further strategic planning for the organization is anticipated utilizing the three applications to manage entire asset hierarchies. DMTI Spatial Realigning Due to Growth Markham, ON - DMTI Spatial (DMTI), a leading provider of Location Intelligence, has announced a company realignment to better accommodate continued growth and expand the number of leaders who will work directly with DMTI's clients. A new divisional structure comprised of three strategic business units (SBUs) will better enable the company to focus on providing the highest level of service and value innovations to the marketplace. George Staikos, SVP and GM will lead the Client Management Division; Michael Byalik, SVP and GM will lead the Enterprise Solutions Division; and John Sorrell, VP and GM will move from the Marketing department to lead the Mapping Solutions Division. International Demand Grows for ESRI (UK)'s CrimeAnalyst Aylesbury, UK - ESRI (UK) Announces that its CrimeAnalyst software has been selected by the City of Zurich Police to deliver best-in-class crime mapping and analysis functionality. CrimeAnalyst uses ESRI ArcGIS Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to help police forces collect, combine, visualize, analyze, and share crime information in real-time, going beyond traditional crime "hotspotting" software to deliver in-depth, live location-based intelligence. "CrimeAnalyst was specifically developed to leverage the power of ESRI's ArcGIS software in support of crime analysts," comments Richard Weiss, International Business Development Manager for ESRI (UK) "This is a perfect example of how the need for geo-analytical tools to really understand crime and intelligence data is not unique to a specific geographic market, but is a requirement of all police forces, wherever they are located." DMTI Spatial Expands Availability of ESRI File Formats to Promote Geographic Data for the Enterprise Markham, ON - DMTI Spatial (DMTI), a leading provider of location intelligence solutions, announces the availability of data solutions delivered through the ArcSDE export file and ArcGIS file geodatabase. The availability of these new formats offers DMTI and ESRI customers the ability to easily promote the use of geographic data throughout the enterprise. Geodatabases, such as ArcSDE files, allow users to perform advanced modeling, analysis and cartographic functionality in ArcGIS. The New Geography of Marketing and GeoAnalytics now includes Rural 6-digit Postal Code Boundaries Markham, ON - DMTI Spatial (DMTI), a leading provider of location intelligence solutions, announces the availability of rural six-digit postal code boundaries for Platinum Postal SuiteT (PPS), a leading Canadian postal geography product. PPS enables organizations to optimize their sales, marketing and distribution campaigns by harnessing the intelligence derived from the smallest business boundary available: the postal code. ArcGIS Survey Analyst Adds Depth to City of Toronto's Cadastre Redlands, CA - The City of Toronto, Canada, has chosen ESRI's ArcGIS Survey Analyst software to maintain its survey, parcel, and cadastral data. With the tools and workflow available in the Survey Analyst extension of ArcGIS, the city will manage and continually enhance the accuracy of its cadastre using survey methodologies in a geographic information system (GIS) environment. |
