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- OpenLM Light Agent for ESRI ArcGIS (txt)
- OpenLM is a floating license booster for ESRI ArcGIS. It allows system managers to boost the usage of the existing pool of floating licenses by releasing the license back to the pool when the software is idle. OpenLM is designed to fill the gap between existing features available in any...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Agent, Global Maps, OpenLM, Real Estate, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Management
- Software downloads 2008-06-17
- OpenLM Light Server for ESRI ArcGIS (txt)
- OpenLM is a floating license booster for ESRI ArcGIS. It allows system managers to boost the usage of the existing pool of floating licenses by releasing the license back to the pool when the software is idle. OpenLM is designed to fill the gap between existing features available in any...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Global Maps, OpenLM, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-06-17
- GIS Integrates With SAP to Increase Efficiency in Route Planning
- The Switzerland-based Schindler Group is the world's largest escalator company and second-largest elevator company. Schindler needed a computerized system for managing and routing thousands of technicians. Schindler teamed with ESRI and its Professional Services Division to form a project team consisting of people with business, project management, information technology, and...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., SAP AG, GIS, Project Management, Product Marketing, Tools & Techniques, Team Management, Strategy, Software, It Operations, It service Management, Marketing, Management
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- Using GIS to Create Official Travel Map
- The mission of the Texas Department of Transportation TxDOT is to provide safe, effective, and efficient movement of people and goods. The Texas Official Travel Map is one of several publications produced by the Travel Division for this purpose. When the time came to update the map, the Travel Division...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Texas Official Travel Map, GIS, Software
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- GIS Improves Marketing, Logistics, and Sales
- Coinstar, Inc. did not have an effective means for separate department officials - from marketing to operations to sales - to integrate, share, and leverage each other's data and work experience knowledge. After searching for a solution that would better integrate information and allow easy access across the enterprise, Coinstar...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Coinstar Inc., Logistics, GIS, Sales Strategy, Supply Chain, Marketing Research, Software, Sales, Business Operations, Marketing
- Case studies
- Case Study: GIS, an Integral Part of Successful Economic Development
- The Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce, an economic development organization serving a metro region encompassing eight counties in three states: Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, is using GIS to illustrate spatial relationships and to get a competitive advantage over other communities interested in attracting business projects to their areas. The Memphis...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., GIS, Real Estate, Software, Business Operations
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- Enterprise GIS Improves Product Repair Services and Home Delivery
- Sears, the largest repair service provider in the United States, needed to increase the efficiency of a fleet of more than 10,000 mobile workers. The business of supporting a mobile workforce requires good management, and Sears knew that Geographic Information System GIS technology was the answer to routing, a geographic...
- Tags: Sears Roebuck & Co., Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., GIS, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Software, Human Resources
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- Successfully Matches Retailers With the Best Properties
- Forest City Enterprises, Inc., a $7.2 billion real estate company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, operates under three strategic business units: commercial, residential, and land development. Forest City Enterprises needed an in-house demographic and mapping analysis solution to maximize successful matches of retailers with properties. Forest City Enterprises asked ESRI to...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Analysis
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- Internet Mapping Helps Customers Find Stores
- American Suzuki Motors Corporation ASMC started business in 1909 as Suzuki Loom Works. Customers specifically look for Suzuki motorcycles and automobiles. To accommodate this, the company needed a more cost-effective, immediate means for its customers to find dealerships. ASMC came to ESRI, the world's leading provider of Geographic Information System...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., GIS, Internet, Software
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- Creating Equitable Insurance Quotes With GIS
- Norwich Union is the largest insurer in the United Kingdom UK with a market share of approximately 20 percent, insuring more than 700,000 businesses, one in five motor vehicles, and one in five households in the UK. The insurance company wanted to accurately identify properties at risk from flooding and...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Insurance Company, Modeling, Norwich Union, GIS, Research & Development, Insurance, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance
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- GIS Supports Market-Focused Selling at Newspaper
- The Arizona Republic brings news and information to approximately one-half million households and targeted advertising materials to 1.275 million households in Maricopa and Pinal counties in Arizona each week. The Arizona Republic needed to fine-tune targeting of customers for its advertisers. Already a user of ESRI software, the Arizona Republic...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., GIS, Software
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- County - City GIS for DeKalb County and the Cities of Auburn, Butler, and Garrett, Indiana
- Just as Auburn was innovating automobiles in the '20s and '30s, the town continues to innovate today in ways more often seen in larger cities. As the county seat of DeKalb county, Auburn has partnered with the county government and other nearby towns to provide better taxpayer services through shared...
- Tags: County, Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., GIS, Government, Software
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- Avista Utilities Case Study - GIS: Technology for Your Enterprise
- Avista Corporation is an energy company involved in the production, transmission, and distribution of energy. Avista's long-standing relationship with ESRI began in 1991 when the power company introduced a pilot project using ARC/INFO. The company's Spokane, Washington, gas facilities data was the first to be converted to the GIS environment....
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Avista Corp., GIS, Facility Management, Software, Real Estate, Business Operations
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- Environmental Systems Research Institute Case Study: Reykjavik, Iceland
- Located in the world's Arctic region, Reykjavik, Iceland, is the northernmost national capital in the world, but not the coldest (an honor experienced by Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) and not the snowiest (a gift bestowed upon Ottawa, Canada). As part of Reykjavik's move to stay on top of technology within the city's...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., GIS, Software
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- Environmental Systems Research Institute Case Study: Lithuania
- In 1993 the State Land Cadastre Enterprise formed a special GIS group with the goal of creating cadastral maps in Lithuania. This GIS group first began to create a digital cadastral map of Vilnius City using ARC/INFO software. ESRI GIS software was chosen for the production of this cadastral mapping...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., GIS, Software
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- GIS Helps Small Company Deliver Products More Efficiently
- Apex Office Supply is a small office supply company based in Vinton, Iowa. Apex Office Supply realized it needed a more effective method to deliver its products if it was going to be cost efficient. ESRI ArcLogistics Route is a complete solution for complex routing and scheduling problems, whether a...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., ESRI ArcLogistics Route, GIS, Supply Chain, Microsoft Office, Software, Business Operations, Office Suites
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- Redlining for Mobile GIS Technology
- Truckee Donner Public Utility District sees redlining as a solution to multiple challenges seen in past mobile deployments. Using Tablet PCs with GIS functions designed specifically for routine field tasks, field-workers are quickly adopting the technology as part of their toolkits. GIS developers use ArcGIS Engine based on ArcObjects to...
- Tags: Mobile, Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., GIS, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Marketing
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- Leading GIS Provider to Deliver Cost-Effective Solution for Small Organizations
- As the world leader in Geographic Information System GIS technology and mapping software, ESRI provides systems for the management, analysis, and display of geographic information. ESRI is currently building a lower-cost integrated GIS and database solution to enable smaller organizations to benefit from the advantages of storing geographic data in...
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., GIS, Databases, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
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- ESRI Canada's Geography Network Builds on GeoBase
- ESRI Canada is a Canadian owned company specializing in Geographic Information System GIS solutions. Data is the foundation of any GIS. Duplication of effort in collecting and maintaining this data adds unnecessary costs to any project or application. In support of the GeoBase concept of collecting quality data once and...
- Tags: Government Of Canada, Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Network, Data, ESRI Canada, GeoBase, GIS, Software
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- Mountain Area Safety Taskforce Fights Fire With Technology From HP and ESRI
- Mountain Area Safety Taskforce MAST is comprised of agency representatives from the San Bernardino National Forest, Southern California Edison, State and Local Office of Emergency Services, etc. MAST wanted to select best-in-class technology solution to supplement inter-agency collaborative initiative. They also wanted to identify equipment that could provide mobility and...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Mountain Area Safety Taskforce, GPS, GIS, LANs, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Networking, Marketing
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