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XOsoft's WANSync Is Chosen to Ensure Continuous Availability of the Mapping Agency's E-mail and Financial Database Servers

whitepaper OSi is Ireland's state body responsible for providing national mapping and digital data for geographical information users. The organization needed high availability for their Exchange-based e-mail and Oracle-based financial systems, which were...

Tags: high availability, availability, exchange, high availability

[10 Apr 2008]

Welcome to New Zealand Pocket PC Application Demonstrates the Power of the .NET Compact Framework When Combined With GPS and Heading Sensors

whitepaper The application not only provides tour-oriented and geographical information; it also enables mobile commerce. More powerful than conventional GPS systems, the GeoVector system can not only tell the user what's around them; it can also tell what...

Tags: gps - gis

[09 Feb 2008]

NDPPC Improves Ability to Respond to Emergencies With Advanced Mapping System

whitepaper It also made use of Oracle Spatial and Oracle MapViewer to support in-house geographical information systems. Ensuring the system is always up and running is a priority for the organization as emergency personnel across the country rely on the RMW...

Tags: application servers

[08 Feb 2008]

SCP Integrates Geographical Data to Enhance Service and Improve Planning

whitepaper The company implemented Oracle Spatial to create a Geographical Information System (GIS) Netview to store and check digital maps, aerial photos and topographical background. The company wanted to improve customer service and continually enhance...

Tags: crm software, region, oracle spatial, geographical information system

[02 Nov 2007]

Real Estate Management Firm Links Global Operations With Customer-Focused Solution

whitepaper With more than 22,000 employees in 160 offices worldwide, JLL required a scalable, secure, enterprise-wide Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to efficiently share customer information across geographical and organizational boundaries.

Tags: crm software, crm, employees, client

[06 Sep 2007]

GIS and the Blogosphere

whitepaper This paper makes an initial investigation into the ways in which these two spaces can be connected and how that connection can be understood via the integration of weblog mining systems and geographical information systems.

Tags: connected, connection, investigation, community

[27 Jul 2007]

NHS procurement hub streamlines mobile suppliers

Case Study The CPH put a contract for the whole estate out to tender and Gooch said geographical coverage was a prime deciding factor. O is for Operating systems Gooch chose T-Mobile, not only because of its coverage - in tests, call dropouts were limited to...

Tags: procurement, norfolk, nhs, t-mobile

[20 Jun 2007]

SOA Bright Idea for Southside Electric Cooperative

whitepaper Prolifics, using WebSphere Message Broker, MQ and the Business Integration Adapters, implemented a SOA solution for SEC that seamlessly integrated their Daffron customer information system with their ESRI geographical information system and Hunt...

Tags: satellite communications, personnel, field, electric

[04 Apr 2007]

A Web Service Approach to Geographical Data Distribution Among Public Administrations

whitepaper In this paper a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is proposed to support the interaction with legacy Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and the implementation of value added data sharing services.

Tags: service oriented architecture, open geospatial consortium, geographical information systems, base

[08 Mar 2007]

Why don't we talk anymore?

Comment All need to work together as a unified team, sharing information and documentation over sometimes vast geographical distances and different time zones. Ludovic Relandeau, vice president UK operations, Mega International, which specialises in...

Tags: inter-departmental communication, joined-up enterprise, crm

[06 Mar 2007]

Romande Energie Increases Operational Efficiency in Preparation for Swiss Electricity Market Deregulation

whitepaper Romande Energie wanted to reduce the amount of time-wasting manual work caused by employees copying geographical and asset data between the company's different mapping and network design systems. The company wanted to reduce the costs associated...

Tags: infrastructure management, oracle database, gis, oracle spatial

[07 Dec 2006]

Leading Brake System Manufacturer Consolidates Resources With New Architecture

whitepaper The new architecture ensures the company benefits from a consolidated, automated infrastructure where geographical and technical barriers are removed, and employees have immediate access to company-wide information.

Tags: infrastructure management, high performance, cross, european

[07 Nov 2006]

The University of Copenhagen Gains Insight Using GIS and SAS

whitepaper The students gain in-depth knowledge of SAS and geographical information systems. Visualization based on GIS (Geographic Information Systems) can deliver a variety of benefits to both public and private companies, especially when combined with...

Tags: gps - gis, gis, copenhagen, department

[28 Sep 2006]

Scottish Executive signs £25m IT services contract

News The contract with Sopra Newell & Budge covers IT application development, and will include areas such as business intelligence, consulting, geographical information systems and testing. The company had a previous contract with the department which...

Tags: e-government

[05 Jul 2006]

Enabling Efficient IT Support Systems to Dutch Local and Regional Government Organisations, Engineering Corporations and 'Rijkswaterstaat'

whitepaper NedGraphics CAD/GIS is the market leader in supplying systems for Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS), for the Dutch government market, which includes the provincial,regional and local governments.

Tags: help desk, gis, cad, touchpaper

[26 May 2006]

Mainframes and GIS: A New ESRI Solution on IBM zSeries Using Linux

whitepaper IBM and ESRI are leading the development of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) solutions away from a specialized departmental technology into a more comprehensive enterprise-wide platform. Enterprise GIS now contains all the reliability...

Tags: gis, zseries, esri, geographical information systems

[23 Mar 2006]

Northumbria Healthcare Chooses Hornbill for Helpdesk Support System

whitepaper Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest geographical trusts in the country providing healthcare to over half a million people. It was critical that the solution chosen was able to 'interface' seamlessly with the systems being used by...

Tags: trust, programme, healthcare, nhs

[15 Mar 2006]

GIS & Mapping Systems for Public Safety

whitepaper The answers to those problems are uncertain, there's an emerging solution that public safety organizations are beginning to turn to: increasingly versatile GPS technology and its database companion, the Geographical Information System (GIS), a...

Tags: safety, address, public safety, identifying

[16 Feb 2006]

Clarke: 'There'll be no U-turn on data retention'

News The scope of data to be retained has been expanded to include the geographical location of parties sending and receiving communications, which ISPs say has greatly increased the burden on them. Clarke said: "I can't give an absolute commitment to...

Tags: charles clarke, data retention, data retention laws

[12 Jan 2006]

GIS - Tool for Simplifying the Collection Management System in Banks and Financial Service Organizations

whitepaper Therefore solutions and applications based on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) integrated into enterprise systems provides medium to large enterprise users with the ability to make quick business decisions for better efficiency, quality and...

Tags: geographical information systems, serve, productivity, medium

[10 Jan 2006]

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