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Tuesday, July 22. 2008

Podcast: MISO and ESRI: Current Status and the Future

ESRI Open Source MapInfo LBS Geospatial Business
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.


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

Thursday, July 17. 2008

SAP, Oracle Increase Software and Support Prices

The Wall Street Journal reported today that SAP and Oracle will increase fees on software and support fees. SAP will be increasing maintence fees from 15% to 22% of the cost of the initial software license. Oracle will raise software license fees from 15% to 20% in the U.S. while prices in Europe held steady and some regions experienced a decrease in price.
Posted by Joe Francica in Oracle at 10:26 | Comments (0)

Tuesday, July 8. 2008

Podcast: Web Mapping Platform Migration

ESRI Open Source Yahoo MapInfo Geospatial Business

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.



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

Friday, May 23. 2008

Podcast: Oracle Business Intelligence with Spatial/MapViewer Integration

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In this podcast sponsored by Oracle, the company's Spatial technology game plan will be discussed. Jim Steiner, Senior Director of In this podcast learn how Aon Re Global, an Oracle customer and the largest insurance intermediary in the world, uses Oracle Spatial, Oracle Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to perform more accurate risk analysis. Aon’s Dan Schuffert will provide a specific example of how they determine the risk for customers whose policies are within or out of wind pool boundaries, such as Florida or the Carolinas.

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Oracle Spatial

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Oracle Spatial 11g Book

The podcast lasts 14 minutes.

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Posted by Joe Francica in Oracle, Podcasts, Special Topics Podcast at 01:21 | Comments (0)

Friday, May 16. 2008

Podcast: Oracle's Spatial Game Plan

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In this podcast sponsored by Oracle, the company's Spatial technology game plan will be discussed. Jim Steiner, Senior Director of Oracle's Server Technology and Dr. Xavier Lopez, Director of Oracle's Server Technology will provide an overview of Oracle's product status, its application strategy and future technology directions.

Listen to this podcast for the latest information on Oracle's spatial and location technology. Oracle product management discusses the Oracle Locator, Oracle Spatial and Oracle Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and shares their vision for how these technology tools will continue to play a larger role in enterprise business processes and applications.


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Oracle Spatial 11g Book

The podcast lasts 20 minutes.

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Posted by Joe Francica in Oracle, Podcasts, Special Topics Podcast at 01:09 | Comments (0)

Tuesday, May 13. 2008

Podcast: Four Technologies That May Soon Impact Geospatial...Are You Ready?

Open Source RFID Geospatial Business Social Networking
The editors look outward to find technologies that will impact how geospatial products and practices will change in the next 12 to 24 months. Some of the suggested technologies are already appearing in cutting edge products, others are not yet implemented in geospatial solutions, but we expect to see them soon.

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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Open Source, RFID, Microsoft, Oracle, Databases, Sensors, Directions on the News Podcast, Local Search, Wi-Fi, GNSS, IBM, Geospatial Business, Social Networking at 01:00 | Comments (0)
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Fred Wolf about Stuart Nixon's NearMap Acquired
July 25
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Newfoundland Business Directory about Official Beijing Olympic Venue Map Disappoints; BBC Goes Interactive with VE
July 24
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Matt about Stuart Nixon's NearMap Acquired
July 24
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Jeffrey L. Herter about Online Atlas of Ocean and Great Lakes Offers Downloadable Data
July 24
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July 24
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July 24
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