Cloud Computing

"Taking what's on the desktop and making accessible in the cloud" was the message heard today repeatedly at press day presentations by executives from Autodesk at this year's Autodesk University in Las Vegas. Autodesk's Andrew Anagnost, the senior vice president for Industry Strategy &...

At the Autodesk University Media/Press Day in Las Vegas, chief financial officer Mark Hawkins laid out the numbers justifying why his company is racing to provide applications for the consumer marketplace: Ninety-five (95) million people comprise the potential addressable consumer market for...

At the media/press day at Autodesk University 2012, held this year in Las Vegas, AEC Conceptual Design Manager Matt Jezyk provide a preview of Autodesk FormIt, a freely downloadable app designed to bridge the gap between mobile computing and building information modeling (BIM) and...

I did notice that geoportal.gov did not come up once during Hurrican Sandy. And, perhaps here's why: work began on it earlier this fiscal year, per Jerry Johnston, CIO of EPA speaking at GeoINT in October. What work? The development of " cost-reimbursable cloud services." Among the...

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School [Coal Township, PA] has received a Merck "Neighbor of Choice" community grant for the purpose of designing and implementing a Lourdes GLOBE Imagination Station. The station will feature the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment...

Rob Carey, the Deputy CIO for the Department of Defense and Al Tarasuik, the CIO for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) discussed a fundamentally  transformational effort:  creating a single IT architecture for the intelligence community (IC). The reason? Removing...

First, Jim Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is a "geo guy." If only more agencies and private companies had his vision there would be little thought as to how much growth the geospatial industry would see. Second, the man speaks with so much perspicacity. It's unlikely the...

As I noted last month, Esri expected to launch a tool to better estimate credti use in ArcGIS Online in September. The ArcGIS Online Credit Estimator launched today. The website provides a chart for starters:   Service Service Credits Used Tile...

The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has issued this information message for the GEOINT 2012 conference: About 4,000 people from US and foreign intelligence agencies and representatives from the commercial industries that support them will engage in the GEOINT 2012 Symposium...

Esri hosts a higher ed list for colleges and universities using its software. Last week an educator asked a series of questions regarding how to best implement ArcGIS for his educational institution and how to manage his accounts and credits. Angela Lee of the Esri education team provided some...