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REDLANDS, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri announces that Carrefour Group, the second-largest retailer in the world with nearly 10,000 stores around the globe, has implemented an enterprise-wide marketing solution from Esri partner Galigeo. The solution, Geodashboard, incorporates ArcGIS and enhances existing enterprise business intelligence (BI) software to improve ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri announces that Great Harvest Bread Company, headquartered in Dillon, Montana, and known for its whole-grain breads and baked goods, is using Esri Location Analytics to help grow the successful franchise even further. A combination of Esri Business Analyst ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri announces that it is teaming up with strategic partner eSite to bring unique trip and traffic flow insights to the ArcGIS platform. The insights are derived from eSite tools using origin and destination data from TomTom, the leading provider of navigation and ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- When threatened by natural disaster or civil unrest, telecommunication companies work to keep up phone and Internet service, especially to assist police, fire fighters, and paramedics. To avoid outages, network operators must transfer cloud-based applications to servers located out of harm's way. The ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri and Witt O'Brien's, LLC, have built a new GIS cloud service that will increase an organization's capabilities to prepare for, respond to, and recover from incidents. For the first time, emergency management personnel can visualize an integrated Incident ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook provides an effective introduction to geographic information system (GIS) technology. As the first book in the Esri Press GIS Tutorial series, this popular workbook has been updated for compatibility with ArcGIS 10.1. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Although geographic information systems (GIS) have been taught at a number of schools in Arizona for the past several years, the signing of a statewide education site license with Esri brings the technology to all Arizona primary and secondary ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune 500 company AECOM renewed its enterprise license agreement with Esri, the world's leading provider of geospatial technology. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) AECOM provides professional technical and management support services public and private clients in more than 140 countries around the ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri's chief scientist, Dawn J. Wright, PhD, has received the Distinguished Teaching Honors of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), the highest award offered by the association. Esri provides more than 7,000 universities worldwide with GIS software for teaching ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri announces that PITT OHIO, a transportation solutions provider headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has licensed Esri's ArcGIS for Transportation Analytics. The solution is powered by the ArcGIS platform and helps staff use fleet location information to provide customers with ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri and Geofeedia announced plans to extend the ArcGIS platform with Geofeedia's innovative social media tools. Public safety professionals will be able to advantage of these capabilities to accurately integrate, monitor, analyze, and visualize live emergency data as events ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Guldin, PhD, acting associate deputy chief for Research & Development of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, will be the featured keynote speaker at the Esri Forestry GIS Conference, to be held May 14-16, 2013. In ... read more

Claims Adjusters Can View Maps with Real-Time Weather Information on Mobile Devices REDLANDS, Calif., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Esri announces that the Catastrophe Services Department of the Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) has released a mobile version of PLRB Map, a mapping service that provides real-time severe ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri has awarded grants to 4-H groups in 10 states in its 2013 GIS Grants for 4-H Program. For almost 10 years, 4-H youth clubs across the United States have participated in the program, using ArcGIS to explore and ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jared M. Spool, the forefather of user experience (UX) research and founder of the world's largest usability research organization, will deliver the Keynote Address at this year's Esri International Developer Summit (DevSummit) in Palm Springs, California. Spool's address, "The ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Designed for disciplines across the entire university, SpatiaLABS 2013 Edition complements and enhances an instructor's course with geospatial investigations. The computer-based lab sessions, published by Esri Press, build students' spatial reasoning and analysis skills. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130322/LA82197) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) SpatiaLABS 2013 Edition presents ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri, the world-leading provider of GIS and location analytics software, and Motion Computing, a global provider of mobile computing solutions and rugged tablet technology, have aligned to help insurance agencies improve their claims workflow. By providing access to Esri's ArcGIS platform on ruggedized ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) efforts to assist after the destruction of Superstorm Sandy--including its first-of-its-kind mapping platform, the GeoPlatform--were recognized by Esri at its annual Federal GIS Conference held in Washington, DC, February 25-27. The company honored FEMA with its prestigious ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri, the world-leading provider of location analytics and GIS software, and GeoDecisions, an Esri gold-level partner, have aligned to empower insurance organizations with performance optimization from the office to the field. Working together, the two companies are creating solutions that ... read more

REDLANDS, Calif., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri Location Analytics enables organizations to maximize data and applications by revealing the where in their corporate data. Esri Location Analytics extends the value of traditional enterprise applications by incorporating GIS to help you visualize, question, analyze, interpret, and understand data. It consists ... read more