Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Geospatial information is more than just a handheld GPS receiver used to navigate personal travel. Geospatial intelligence helps with homeland security. Digital maps can unite people across the world and even save lives. After last January’s earthquake in Haiti, geographic information systems (GIS) helped first responders map cities, locate survivors and distribute aid. Penn State
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Garmin-Asus, a co-branded alliance between Garmin® Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), and ASUSTeK® Computer Inc. (TAIEX: 2357), today announced that the Garmin-Asus A50 will be available in Canada through Videotron, Canada’s newest mobile network provider. The Garmin-Asus A50 is a sleek, full-touch 3G smartphone with a large 3.5-inch screen integrated with Garmin’s robust navigation experience for fast
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Dotted Eyes, the market leading GeoData and information software specialist, today announces a report from the National Trust that it is reaping considerable rewards in reduced time, cost and resources in serving its internal staff and partner organisations since adopting the Contractor Portal data sharing system, this summer. Launched to great acclaim in July, Contractor Portal was
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
The University of Salzburg Centre for Geoinformatics is looking to fill a managing position within the UNIGIS distance education program – www.unigis.net. We expect candidates to hold a PhD in a relevant discipline and represent a sub-field of GIScience / Geoinformatics in depth. Communication in English and German, a team-oriented working style and a track
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
LG Electronics (LG) announced today that it will enter the water treatment market to help combat global water supply issues and to move further toward becoming a more environmentally sustainable business. LG will invest more than USD 400 million over the next decade with the goal of generating USD 7 billion in revenue by 2020,
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Owing to the popularity and consequent sell-out of all AGI GeoCommunity ’10 ‘2 day packages’, AGI has managed to secure 10 more packages for immediate sale. These include the full conference minus the Icebreaker event on the evening of the 28th September. In other words, all the conference content plus food and refreshments during the
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
The SpaceManager is VIZIYA’s newest addition to its WorkAlign family of products, allowing customers to intelligently manage their facilities assets. From move management, to occupancy tracking, to capacity planning, the SpaceManager allows you to reduce facilities costs and make decisions based on comprehensive enterprise-wide facilities data. “Real-estate and facilities costs are among the largest organizational expenses,
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
IBM today announced innovative new chip-making technology for power-management semiconductors – the company’s first foray into a segment seen as critical to the development of alternative energy sources, smart buildings and new consumer devices. IBM’s process integrates wireless communications into a single power-management chip, a first that can cut production costs (about 20%) to allow
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Itron Inc. announced today that one of the UK’s leading water and waste water providers, Severn Trent Water, is implementing an automated meter reading (AMR) solution developed by Itron. Itron is providing residential water meters pre-equipped with its EverBlu™ AMR module, handheld units and MV-RS® meter reading software to collect manual, encoded and radio reads
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Grid Net a global leading provider of real-time, all-IP Smart Grid and Smart Home software platforms for any device and any broadband technology, today announced it is collaborating with Sprint to deliver a Smart Grid solution that leverages Grid Net’s software platforms to connect smart meters and smart grid routers via the Sprint 4G network.