ESRI Around the Globe October 2006

Trade Shows ESRI takes part in more than 600 trade shows each year, most of which are industry focused. Visit www.esri.com/events for a complete list and discover which shows may be of interest to you and your users.

ESRI Conferences Middle East and North Africa Conference for ESRI Users October 31–November 2, 2006 Amman, Jordan European Conference for ESRI Users November 6–8, 2006 Athens, Greece ESRI Federal User Conference January 9–11, 2007 Washington, D.C. ESRI Asia-Pacific User Conference January 18–19, 2007 New Delhi, India ESRI Petroleum User Group Conference February 26–28, 2007 Houston, Texas ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference March 17–19, 2007 Palm Springs, CA ESRI Developer Summit March 19–22, 2007 Palm Springs, CA ESRI Business GeoInfo Summit April 23–25, 2007 Dallas, TX

Corporate Alliance Trade Shows Business Objects Insight Americas 2006 November 5–8, 2006 San Francisco, CA 2006 PASS Community Summit November 14–17, 2006 Seattle, WA Microsoft Tech·Ed: IT Forum November 14–17, 2006 Barcelona, Spain

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ESRI Corporate Alliance News

IBM Acquires MRO Software, Inc.
IBM, an ESRI Corporate Alliance, recently completed its acquisition of MRO Software, Inc., an ESRI business partner and a leading provider of asset and service management software and consulting services. This acquisition will build upon IBM's strategy to leverage business consulting, IT services, and software to develop repeatable tools that help clients optimize their businesses.

Product News

Product Review: BusinessMAP Financial
Directions Magazine, October 2006—ESRI's BusinessMAP Financial (FSE), an easy-to-use database mapping product for financial service analysts, planners, and managers who want to visualize and analyze customer, branch location, and competitor data geographically, is now shipping. According to Hal Reid, the senior technical editor of Directions Magazine, "BusinessMAP Financial is a bold new step, creating a product for a specific vertical by combining both an affordable mapping solution and a surprisingly vast dataset."

GIS Day

Celebrate GIS Day 2006—Join the Challenge!
Every year individuals and organizations around the world celebrate GIS Day, a grassroots event where GIS users educate the public on how the technology is used in their community. This year we are encouraging GIS Day participants to submit their best ideas and materials to the How Do You Celebrate GIS Day? Challenge. The GIS Day Committee will review the submissions and award special prizes for the best lesson plans, presentation ideas, material suggestions, and so forth. We will share the ideas we collect by posting them on the GIS Day Web site. We will begin accepting submissions after GIS Day (November 15), so start planning now!

For more information on GIS Day, including event ideas and contest details, visit www.gisday.com.

GIS in Action

Los Angeles Police Department Gains Geographic Advantage Using ESRI Software
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has selected ESRI for an enterprise GIS platform that will provide numerous benefits to staff across the organization. ESRI will provide GIS applications and spatial data access for uses such as incident management, 911 and communications, emergency management, and homeland security.

PG&E Selects ESRI for Enterprise GIS Site License
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has selected ESRI as its enterprise GIS software provider to meet diverse business and engineering needs now and into the future. PG&E's selection of ESRI software for a company-wide license is the latest in a series of large-scale implementations by the nation's largest energy businesses. Half of the nation's top dozen energy businesses, including CenterPoint Energy, DTE Energy, and Southern Company, now use ESRI's enterprise GIS software.

Read other examples of GIS in Action.

Marketing Opportunities

2007 ESRI Federal User Conference
January 9–11, 2007
Washington, D.C.

The ESRI Federal User Conference brings together users, developers, project managers, and senior-level managers from the federal government to discuss how GIS is used across government to manage our diverse national responsibilities. The GIS Solutions EXPO is where the more than 1,900 expected attendees can seek expert advice and solutions for their projects. Your organization can be a part of this EXPO by signing up to be a sponsor and/or exhibitor.

2007 ESRI Asia-Pacific User Conference
January 18–19, 2007
New Delhi, India

NIIT-GIS Ltd (ESRI India) is hosting this Second Annual Regional User Conference in New Delhi, India. More than 700 delegates from national mapping agencies, central and state government, utilities, academic institutions, and many other industries are expected to attend and discuss the economic, social, and environmental benefits of GIS. There are various sponsorship opportunities available. For more information visit the Web site or contact Amy Thorson.

2007 ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference and ESRI Developer Summit
Plan now to sponsor or exhibit at the ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference, March 17–19, 2007, in Palm Springs, California. This conference supports our global network of business partners who serve the user community with solutions and services that improve workflows, integrate business processes, and help users achieve success with GIS.

The second annual ESRI Developer Summit, March 19–22, 2007, will also take place in Palm Springs and will share one day of exhibition with the ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference. This three-day event for developers who use GIS, mapping, and spatial data will feature keynote presentations on developer opportunities in GIS and in-depth technical presentations by ESRI staff. For more information regarding sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities at these or any other ESRI conferences, e-mail exhibits@esri.com.

Winter Advertising Deadlines for ArcNews and ArcUser
Start your 2007 marketing and business development efforts by reaching more than 900,000 readers who have an active interest in GIS. Advertising deadlines for the winter issues of ArcNews and ArcUser are November 9, 2006, and November 6, 2006, respectively. The issues will be distributed in January 2007.

More information is available at www.esri.com/advertise or via e-mail at ads@esri.com.

More Advertising News
With the 2007 ESRI International User Conference taking place in June next year, the spring rather than the summer issues of ArcNews and ArcUser will be the User Conference issues. Deadlines will be announced soon, but remember the earlier schedule when making your 2007 advertising plans.