Pitney Bowes Business Insights has been dark in recent months. We’ve not heard much about product news or company direction. As the company closes in on the fourth year since the acquisition that brought MapInfo into the Pitney Bowes fold, there’s been a steady stream of departures from the executive ranks.
Now, things may be changing. Sources at the company are telling me today that several PR announcements will be forthcoming. Company president, John O’Hara, a MapInfo insider, that took the reigns from Mike Hickey in June 2010, is moving from the UK to Troy. I hope to be able to speak with him in the next few weeks. I speculated in our recent podcast on 2011 predictions that Pitney Bowes may spin out the PBBI division. I’m told this is not the intention of Pitney Bowes.
by Joe Francica on 01/10 at 04:11 PM |
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Autotask Corporation announced that Mark Cattini will serve as chief executive officer to lead the expansion of the company’s leading hosted global IT Business Management solutions.
No, I’ve never heard of the company, but it does relate to the distributor model MapInfo used:
Autotask Corporation provides the world’s leading hosted IT Business Management software built specifically for VARs, MSPs, and other technology solution providers to help them run their businesses better
- press release
by Adena Schutzberg on 12/17 at 07:40 AM |
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What if your IT manager walked into your office and let you know it was time to move your geospatial operation into the cloud? What would you do? Where would you start? Do you even know what questions to ask? Our editors assess the state of the geocloud and offer some advice on how to prepare for what may be that inevitable knock on the door.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 08/17 at 01:00 AM |
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A PB Business Insights commissioned study titled “Understanding the Future of GIS Usage in the UK Public Sector,” run in June of this year by K2 Advisory surveyed 100 GIS practitioners working for local authority organisations in the UK. Key stats:
- 44% of local authorities have recently been involved with projects to provide the public with access to mapping data, which was previously only for internal use
- 73% of local authorities expected to provide more location-based services to the public within the next six months
- 47% of local authorities have integrated GIS with core applications such as CRM and ERP systems, for more informed analysis and decision-making
- PBBI UK press release
by Adena Schutzberg on 07/29 at 06:50 AM |
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If indeed the Esri UC is the most important GIS event in the industry, what does that mean for other events? Other communities that do not participate? Directions Magazine editors contemplate the implications and what options are available to bring together the whole community.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 07/20 at 01:00 AM |
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