Tuesday, March 17. 2009

Podcast: A New Map of the Geospatial Marketplace

The geospatial technology provider marketplace is growing every day. New players are hitching their wagons to the demand for enterprise solutions from specialized corners of information technology, not to mention the far corners of the globe. How can we make sense of the lay of the land and what the future may hold? Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg explore a new map (graphic after break) and the possible road ahead.

Subscribe to Podcast RSS

Listen Now (to download, right click on the link at left and choose "save target as")

Read the show notes

Missed any podcasts? Want to subscribe via iTunes, Yahoo, etc? Here's the index with all the info.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Google, ESRI, Open Source, Microsoft, Intergraph, GIS Jobs, Directions on the News Podcast, IBM, Geospatial Business, GEOINT 08 at 01:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Tuesday, September 23. 2008

Podcast: Spatially-enabled Data Warehouse Appliances

This week two different vendors, Netezza and Teradata announced spatial extensions for their data warehouse appliances. Our editors explain the new offerings and explore what questions they prompt for geospatial practitioners and well as traditional database administrators. Is one of these solutions in your future?

Subscribe to Podcast RSS

Listen Now (to download, right click on the link at left and choose "save target as")

Read the show notes

Missed any podcasts? Want to subscribe via iTunes, Yahoo, etc? Here's the index with all the info.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in LBS, Remote Sensing, Databases, Podcasts, Directions on the News Podcast, IBM, Geospatial Business at 01:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Wednesday, August 27. 2008

Podcast: Storage and Management of Spatial Data on an IBM System z Mainframe

In this interview, we speak to Dan Wardman, Vice President for Information Management Software and Frank Butt, Manager, DB2 for z/OS Query Runtime, tech search and spatial support for IBM. Our topic is "The storage and management of spatial data on an IBM System z Mainframe". Spatial support is an important feature available for DB2 9 for z/OS as it provides the capability to store and retrieve spatial data from any application via standard SQL. We also discuss applications as well as IBM's relationship with ESRI.
Subscribe to Podcast RSS

Listen Now (to download, right click on the link at left and choose "save target as")

For more information about IBM's spatial solutions you can download a whitepaper on this topic or visit the IBM website.

Missed any podcasts? Want to subscribe via iTunes, Yahoo, etc? Here's the index with all the info.

Posted by Joe Francica in Podcasts, IBM, Sponsored Podcast at 11:11 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Thursday, August 7. 2008

Observations on Major IT & Geospatial Players from ESRI UC

It goes without saying (but I'll say it anyway), that the ESRI UC gathers just about everyone in the GIS ecosystem but certain observations can be gleaned from talking to some of the major players. I offer these comments:

Posted by Joe Francica in Oracle, IBM, Tele Atlas, NAVTEQ, ESRI UC 08 at 16:24 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Tuesday, July 22. 2008

Podcast: MISO and ESRI: Current Status and the Future

MISO are Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle, the big enterprise players in the market today. All have a toe or more in GIS, but all also have a tie to ESRI. What's the state of those relationships and what new players also want and need to hook up with the big E? Our editors explore these questions and toss in a few other letters, G, A and B into the alphabet soup.


Subscribe to Podcast RSS

Listen Now (to download, right click on the link at left and choose "save target as")

Read the show notes

Missed any podcasts? Want to subscribe via iTunes, Yahoo, etc? Here's the index with all the info.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Google, ESRI, Open Source, Oracle, PBBI [MapInfo], LBS, Directions on the News Podcast, IBM, Geospatial Business, ESRI Fed UC 08, Apple at 01:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Tuesday, July 8. 2008

Podcast: Web Mapping Platform Migration

Last week Ask.com moved off its longtime mapping platform to Microsoft's Virtual Earth. What are the practical choices these days for those who want mapping as part of their portals? Has customization and a unique look and feel been overshadowed by a few strong hosted solutions to which everyone will eventually migrate? Our editors sort out the options and trends and end up using the "c" word - commodity.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Google, ESRI, Open Source, Microsoft, Oracle, Yahoo, PBBI [MapInfo], Databases, Directions on the News Podcast, MapQuest, IBM, Geospatial Business at 01:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |