Cloud Computing

Cloudnymous is a "cloud-based VPN service offers "true" anonymity and protection of the user's data through strong encryption protocols, according to the firm -- and may be of particular interest to those trying to circumvent location-based restrictions online." - ZDNet GreenStack, Inc., a...

ESRI Ireland is offering a Maps Make Sense Challenge that's open to all. Winner will get an iPad and four runners up a "flying experience" (flight simulation) in Dublin. You use ArcGIS Online to build your map. Anyone is eligible to take part. Web maps must be available for public...

After noting that the SpatialCloud.com website was no longer available, I contacted parent company Aerial Services, Inc. about the subsidiary's status. I received this official statement: During the course of the last year, Aerial Services, Inc. (ASI) suspended research & development on...

I am the first to admit the communications from Esri over the past year or two regarding ArcGIS Online has come down to a single idea. ArcGIS Online is the answer to every question. It addresses data silos, simplifies service publishing, makes map and app creation easy, provides great basemaps,...

Every year before the Esri International User Conference, Jack Dangermond, Esri's president, invites executives in government and business to discuss the challenges the face in managing their business and how geospatial information can support their work.  Over 300 gather for sessions where...

While exactly how to implement ArcGIS Online for an organization such as a college is still a bit murky, I have a much clearer sense on the process of taking data from ArcGIS for Desktop and publishing it as a service. I spent an hour and a half in a hands on lab working through a cookbook...

One of my main goals at Esri UC and EdUC this year is to wrap my brain around ArcGIS Online and its new subscription service option referred to as ArcGIS Online for Organizations. Today, in a session, I learned how one could combine free and subscription accounts in an educational setting. To...

The program is called PredPol, and it calculates its forecasts based on times and locations of previous crimes, combined with sociological information about criminal behavior and patterns. The technology has been beta tested in the Santa Cruz, California police department for the past year,...

That's the way it was announced via press release this mornning; there was no talk of acquisition or how much money was involved. GeoIQ founder Sean Gorman (bio) uses terms like "merge" when talking about the future and notes how small GeoIQs numbers are comparied to Esri's. The goal of the...

Update 7/2: Esri requested I not use an acronym for ArcGIS Online for Organizations, so I've replaced the one I used with its full name. Esri’s Answers Here are just some of the ways Esri describes ArcGIS Online for Organizations, all quoted from Esri provided content. (1) ArcGIS Online...