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MapInfo Launches New Web Services Connectivity in World’s Leading Location Intelligence Application
May 19, 2006 |
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Company: Pitney Bowes MapInfo
TROY, N.Y., May 18, 2006-- MapInfo Professional(R) v8.5 Empowers Users with Enhanced Analytics and Improved Data Access for Quicker, More Accurate Answers to Critical Business Problems MapInfo Corporation, the leading global provider of location intelligence solutions, today introduced MapInfo Professional(R) version 8.5, the first version of the company's location intelligence application with Web services connectivity. MapInfo Professional users can now access dynamic data available on the Internet and perform detailed analysis of information in a single environment to make better informed decisions about the location of assets, customers, constituents and competition. MapInfo Professional v8.5 users can quickly and easily connect to Web services-enabled content and perform more comprehensive analysis of disparate forms of dynamic data. With Web services connectivity enabled via MapBasic(R), organizations in any industry can improve analysis of enterprise and external information. For instance, a retailer can quickly view customer profiles in a selected location for improved trade area analysis. Cable companies can receive real-time traffic conditions from the Yahoo! traffic feeds Web service to help service personnel more efficiently reach customers. "With MapInfo Professional, we are able to analyze our client's data to quickly identify and graphically depict potential areas where they may be overexposed," said Bruce Norris, senior vice president, Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs, one of the nation's leading insurance brokerage firms. "MapInfo Professional v8.0 has proven very useful so far and we are looking forward to the release of v8.5 and the product's new Web services connectivity." Users can now access the MapInfo Envinsa(TM) location intelligence platform and MapInfo's hosted Envinsa Online Services to location-enable existing data by attaching latitude and longitude coordinates to each piece of information. By location-enabling enterprise data and seamlessly incorporating real-time content via Web services, MapInfo Professional provides a user-friendly interface for retrieving, analyzing and bolstering enterprise information. "With a single environment for accessing external Web services and analyzing enterprise information, MapInfo Professional is a comprehensive location intelligence application for organizations in any industry," said Michael Hickey, COO, MapInfo Corporation. "By location-enabling data and connecting with Envinsa, other Web services and enterprise applications, we are delivering new location content and capabilities via MapInfo Professional that enable users to provide better service to their customers and make sound strategic and operational decisions that improve operational performance." New Features Drive More Insightful Decisions MapInfo Professional v8.5 provides users with a wide array of new capabilities not available with other digital mapping solutions. This release incorporates many new customer-driven improvements, with more usability and advanced visualization and analysis features, including the ability to align imagery automatically. Connecting to Envinsa functionality directly from the MapInfo Professional interface, users can quickly identify locations that can be reached within a given driving time or distance. Armed with this analysis, organizations can make strategic business decisions about customer service, target marketing and site planning for new stores. By connecting via XML interfaces to enterprise systems such as SAP or MicroStrategy, MapInfo Professional users can directly access applications to view corporate data. Combining, sharing and analyzing corporate information with location-enabled data enables users across the entire organization to utilize the results of location intelligence analysis within any enterprise application. Availability MapInfo Professional v8.5 will be available beginning June 6, 2006. More information about MapInfo Professional can be found at: http://www.mapinfo.com/upgrade. About MapInfo Corporation MapInfo is a global company and the leading provider of location intelligence solutions, integrating software, data and services to provide greater value from location-based information and drive more insightful decisions for businesses and government organizations around the world. MapInfo solutions are available in 20 languages through a network of strategic partners and distribution channels in 60 countries. Headquartered in Troy, N.Y., MapInfo is on the World Wide Web at http://www.mapinfo.com. MapInfo, MapBasic, MapInfo Professional and Envinsa are trademarks of MapInfo Corporation and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates. Other product names used in this release are trademarks of their respective owners. Of Note This press release contains forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Any statement not a statement of historical fact is a forward-looking statement, including without limitation statements concerning demand for and benefits of MapInfo products and integration of MapInfo products with existing solutions. Actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those factors contained in the Company's most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the heading "Factors Affecting Future Performance." MapInfo takes no responsibility to update any forward-looking statements. Angela Girard (press@mapinfo.com) |
