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Enterprise geographic information systems from IBM and ESRI
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The goal
GIS and you
Governments of all sizes struggle with increasingly complex problems ranging from improving public services and safety to homeland security to sustainable development. The key for government organizations is being able to understand and manage what is happening within their own geographic boundaries. Enterprise geographic information systems (GIS) from IBM and ESRI can enable better management of location information so your organization can address these diverse concerns.

The advantage
Manage, model, visualize results
Enterprise geographic information systems (GIS) from IBM and ESRI provide technology and services designed to help you effectively manage, analyze and display information related to asset management, resource management, land management, and other spatial and temporal information. Together, IBM and ESRI can provide a complete GIS solution for government and business that includes system design, installation and training services.

The benefits
Leveraging location information

From business intelligence and customer relationship management to homeland security and mobile deployment, IBM’s proven technology and services, combined with comprehensive ESRI GIS client, server and Web services technology enables agency-wide collaboration through the rapid distribution of GIS services over multiple network types. Combined, IBM and ESRI provide the world’s most integrated, functional and advanced platform for spatially enabling enterprise IT organizations.

Enterprise geographic information systems from IBM and ESRI can help determine:

  • How services can best be distributed to citizens.
  • How critical infrastructures can be best protected.
  • How municipal utilities can be more efficiently managed.
  • How land should be used to meet the needs of constituents.

Tools provided by ESRI as part of this solution can help governments:

  • Create, visualize, analyze and present information more efficiently.
  • Reveal hidden patterns, relationships and trends not readily apparent in standard spreadsheets or statistical data.
  • Identify fraud associated with public services.
  • Improve organizational integration.
  • Make informed decisions to improve services and reduce costs.




Business partner
ESRI