The ArcGIS 10 Resource Centres are now available! This comes as part of ArcGIS 10 Prerelease which will be made available for download later today. The new look resource centres were talked about and showcased at both the ESRI Business Partner Conference 2010 and the ESRI Developer Summit 2010. The new resource centres not only provide an updated look and feel but also and introduction into arcgis.com, looking at ArcGIS as an online system rather than a specific product. ArcGIS is an online system for using geographic information everywhere – in desktop applications, Web browsers, and mobile...

ArcGIS 10 is coming soon and as we ramp up to this latest feature packed release many users have been wanting to know what’s new. ArcGIS 10 Makes GIS Available Everywhere Regardless of whether you are using ArcGIS in a desktop, mobile, or server environment, the new enhancements will improve how geographic information is leveraged throughout your enterprise. ArcGIS 10 is expected to be available in June 2010. An updated What’s Coming In ArcGIS 10 site has now gone live. This site provides a great high-level overview of what’s coming in this latest release as well as demonstration videos which...

The ESRI Business Partner Conference 2010 has now come to an end and for those that were not able to attend, videos from the Plenary Session are now available for viewing. A detailed write up of the Plenary Session can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/events/… The videos cover the Plenary Session demonstrations and include the following topics: arcgis.com Desktop Usability Server And Web Clients Mobile Platforms Editing Improvements Imagery Platform Analysis Business Analyst Online ArcLogistics Online ArcGIS Server On Amazon Web Services  If you missed the Plenary Session or were not able...

During the Plenary Session of the ESRI Business Partner Conference 2010 yesterday morning, ESRI launched the new ESRI Partner Network. EPN is a new program designed specifically to help the global partner community. A press release has been made available talking about the this new program. The newly launched ESRI Partner Network is designed to serve the needs of ESRI’s global partner community of more than 2,000 companies in 46 countries. These partners develop and deliver industry-leading geographic information system (GIS) solutions and services on the ArcGIS software platform. The new...

The ESRI Business Partner Conference 2010 kicked off this morning in Palm Springs and since then there has been a steady amount of information flowing across the social media pipe. http://geo.geek.nz/events/using-social-media… Lots of the demonstrations and content of this years Plenary was similar to that shown of at the ESRI International User Conference 2009. As the technology has been evolving, demonstrations were more in depth showcasing some of the newer functionality we have been hearing about. Many individuals have been covering the Plenary Session via social media so I thought I would...

The ESRI Business Partner Conference 2010 has kicked off in Palm Springs and as the attendees watch the main Plenary Session information has been flooding through over social media. One of the best ways to stay up to speed with what’s happening is to follow the latest news on Twitter. Lots of good information is has been flowing through in real-time on Twitter. I am sure we will see blog posts as the day draws to a close but while the event is currently underway you would want to stay on Twitter to get the latest updates. Follow: @esri_bpc or monitor the hashtag: #esri_bpc. This can be found here:...

The second and last day of the ESRI Business Partner Conference 2009 is now over. As the day overlapped with the ESRI Developer Summit 2009 presummit sessions, there was a big increase in attendees. There was some great ESRI Developer Summit 2009 presummit sessions to start of the day. An Introduction to ArcGIS Explorer 900 kicked off one of the morning presummit sessions. To save me typing up what was talked about and showcased, Dave Bouwman has already written up about this. Have a read here: http://blog.davebouwman.net/2009/… Switching back to the ESRI Business Partner Conference 2009, I...

The ESRI Business Partner Conference 2009 kicked off yesterday in a very sunny Palm Springs. While everyone made their way into the main plenary area I looked around and noticed that there wasn’t many people there. I don’t know if this is just me but numbers looked down compared to last year. The main plenary session was quite a WOW. I was very impressed with a number of the announcements and demonstrations. In fact I came out energised! There was a new stage layout for this year. Angled screens which switched from presentations to videos. This years plenary was broken up into a number of different...

Time goes quickly and it’s nearly upon us already. I’m just catching up on news and other happenings. I’m currently at my parents house in Auckland. Arrived this morning to spend the day with them. I’ll be catching up with the rest of our team shortly at Auckland Airport. We’re flying out to LA this evening and should arrive around 11am on Saturday (US). We’ll then be finding our way over to Palm Springs and should be there for Saturday afternoon. I am really looking forward to catching up with everyone! We have quite a few meetings planned but it’s going to be good to see everyone again....

The full agenda along with session times, information on each session, sponsor and exhibitor information as well as a conference map has been made available online. This comes as a convenient PDF that you can download and print off to carry along. You can find this here: http://downloads2.esri.com/edn/… I am already making my way to Palm Springs for the ESRI Business Partner Conference and ESRI Developer Summit 2009. I am currently in Auckland spending the day with the parents. Will be flying out to LA this evening. Right through I will be blogging about what’s going on. I’ll also be on...