Cloud Computing

On December 6th [21012] the [Wisconsin] State Cartographer's Office hosted an online Webinar featuring guest speaker Michael Terner from Applied Geographics (Boston, MA). The goal of Michael's talk was to de-mystify some common cloud computing concepts, and describe his own experiences in migrating computing resources to the Amazon cloud.

Here is an introduction to Directions Magazine's Location Intelligence and the Oracle Spatial User Conference. Directions Magazine and Oracle are collaborating to offer consecutive events over two days in Washington, DC. First, on May 22, the LI Conference will offer a multi-track program exploring the latest industry trends. Then, on May 23, the Oracle Spatial User Conference will offer a day of technical deep dives and use case sessions around Oracle's spatial technologies. Attendees may attend either event on its own, or both together. Held in an exclusive venue in Washington, DC, both events will include tracks of value to senior management, C-level directors, as well as developers. For more information and the complete agenda, go to: http://www.locationintelligence.net

The OGC is an international consortium of more than 435 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards. OGC standards support interoperable solutions that

Google rethinks search.

At special panel dedicated to

Keynote Presentation by Joel Campbell, Vice President, Intergraph Corporation - November 16, 2011

Director Letitia Long's keynote address to the GEOINT 2011 attendees in San Antonio on Oct. 17, 2011 in San Antonio. (Video courtesy of the USGIF)

Jeff Jonas, distinguished engineer from IBM talks about big data. From GigaOM:

SAP is building on its collaboration with Google to help customers manage large data volumes in intuitive, visual displays and facilitate faster, more-informed decisions. The new location-based data capabilities from SAP and Google will enable people to interact with real-time information via Google Maps™ and use business analytics to unlock insights -- wherever they are, at any time. This continues SAP's momentum with Google that enabled the SAP StreamWork™ OpenSocial adoption, inclusion in the Google Apps Marketplace and integration with Google Docs.

Part I of the general information session of the Western State Contracting Alliance RFI Workshop on GIS Cloud Hosting. Held in Helena Montana June 14-16, 2011. Partner states involved in the RFI: Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah.