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“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.”
IBM’s Public Sector channel sales teams and industry executives selected from nominations of business partners in government, education, and health care/life sciences who consistently demonstrate "best of the best" qualities that help ensure a successful partnership with IBM as well as success in the marketplace. Top Star partners have
A significant win that IBM and ESRI shared in 2007 was the award of the Data Access and Dissemination II contract from the United States Census Bureau.
“We have worked with IBM for more than 20 years to bring innovative and cost-effective GIS [geographic information system] solutions to the public sector,” said Jennifer McCarthy, ESRI’s Global Marketing Alliance representative for IBM. “It’s gratifying to work with a partner like IBM who recognizes the value of our geographic approach in helping government organizations meet the challenges of serving the public in the most effective ways. We are very pleased to be recognized as one of IBM’s Top Stars for these efforts.”
Read full story at https://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer07articles/ibm-honors-esri.htm>Esril…
first published week of: 01/31/2022
Maps is clearly an important part of iOS, but Apple’s let it languish even as other parties–like Android–have leapt ahead. If iOS 6 does indeed bring a new version of Maps, there are some features that might help it catch up to, and overtake, the competition.
Turn-by-turn:
Apple doesn’t particularly mind playing catch–up to its competitors, especially if it means taking the time to create a fully thought out implementation rather than be first to market. While there are plenty of viable third–party GPS apps for iOS, they’re often pricey additions with hefty downloaded map packs. And it has to be galling for the company to lack a feature that Google built into Android back in 2009. This is one place that Apple’s mobile competitors have had the advantage, so it seems a likely area for Apple to focus its efforts.
Siri:
Earlier this year, Google added the ability to specify a navigation destination by voice, but Siri’s natural language interactions are potentially an even bigger boon. While the virtual assistant already lets you specify a navigation direction, it can’t yet step you through the process, or help you, say, change your destination mid–trip. Plus, it’s a nice improvement over most GPS units’ synthesized voices, which lack much of a vocabulary beyond “Recalculating.”
Read full story at MacWorld…
first published week of: 12/19/2022
Apple Maps is introducing an incident reporting function with iOS 14.5 this week. This will allow users to report accidents, hazards or speed cameras as they encounter them. For everyone else, it means more accurate travel information – yet another reason to use it over Google Maps.
Waze, which has been Google-owned since 2013, promotes its community nature that delivers the latest traffic data to optimize your journey. Users can report incidents, map inaccuracies, even potholes and gas prices. Google Maps has also offered a reporting function to Android and iPhone users (though currently unavailable on iPhone).
Read full story at T3…
first published week of: 11/21/2022
The Esri User Conference (Esri UC) began forty years ago at the organization’s Redlands campus with only a handful of participants. This gathering is now the largest of its kind, bringing together technology innovators, executives, educators, scientists, and many thousands of users seeking to solve challenges in their own organizations using Esri’s advanced technology.
“While not being together with our users and partners is a great disappointment to me personally, we are working hard to create an amazing event that will continue to move our community forward,” said Jack Dangermond, Esri president. “I have watched the Esri UC grow, evolve, and improve, and I know this year will be no exception. My sense is that this experience will help us all learn even more about what makes our community so special.”
Registration for the virtual Esri UC is complimentary for all Esri users. The virtual format will enable these users to allow an unlimited number of attendees from across their organizations to participate.
first published week of: 09/19/2022
There is no doubt that technology has made a significant impact in the medical world. Advancements range from those that improve the comfort of many patients to those that extend their lives. Perhaps one of the most interesting technologies that has emerged onto the scene is one meant to more efficiently address geographical links to illnesses: geographic information systems, or GIS.
Geographic information systems are a sophisticated form of mapping software that enables users to visually display input data associated with a designated project. Displaying data visually allows users to see geographical groupings of patient demographic data in a new way. Furthermore, the program allows users to run statistical tests and answer ‘what if’ questions that can arise as a result of direct or indirect changes that take place.
Here are five potential benefits of integrating geographic information systems in healthcare IT
Read full story at HIT Consultant…
first published week of: 03/07/2022
Maps are spectacular at conveying a lot of information in a simple image. Did you know, for example, that four breweries control a huge share of the world’s beer market? Or that Belgium’s largest immigrant population is Italian? Each month we do a round-up of some of the best maps on the internet. Here are the best from October.
Read full story at Matador Network…
first published week of: 03/28/2022