NHS Information Services Division shows how data can help save lives
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NHS Information Services Division shows how data can help save lives
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North Ayrshire Council transforms grounds maintenance processes
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In creating a standardised process for scheduling grounds maintenance works, North Ayrshire Council has improved its efficiency and responsiveness to urgent issues.
Read MoreScottish Water empowers employees enterprise-wide
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Scottish Water empowers employees enterprise-wide
Read MoreWood Mackenzie drives innovation through collaboration
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By setting up a single centre of GIS expertise and encouraging data sharing, Wood Mackenzie is helping all businesses in the Verisk group to gain valuable new intelligence about global markets and implement innovative new solutions to improve client services.
Read MoreScottish Water empowers staff with bespoke ArcGIS training
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Esri UK has delivered on-site training and eLearning resources to help 1200 employees transition confidently to ArcGIS from a legacy GIS and make optimal use of the new solution in their jobs.
Read MoreNorthern Ireland Water engages in a GIS-led business transformation
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A water utility serving 1.8 million people has created a single corporate GIS and is leveraging this platform to transform its customer services, business efficiency and service delivery.
Read MoreThe 2017 Customer Success Awards – congratulations to our five worthy winners!
/On Tuesday 16th May I was the host of this year’s Customer Success Awards at Esri UK’s 2017 Annual Conference. Having been involved with the judging since the outset, I felt exceptionally proud of the very credible submissions we received from the broadest spectrum of GIS users.
Read MoreWhy the telecoms industry must get a grip on the Internet of Things
/Establishing a solid telecoms network that can cope with the capacity and coverage required to power the Internet of Things (IoT) is a serious challenge telecoms companies need to address within the next 12 months if they are to keep pace with the rapid evolution of digital technologies.
Read MoreDelivering Operational Intelligence
/When I ran an operations division for a utility, one of my favourite employees was a guy named Stanley. Stanley started as a field worker, became a foreman, was promoted to supervisor, and advanced to regional crew manager. I remember how he worked, which largely explained his rapid ascent to management.
Read MoreSolving multi-million pound crimes with ArcGIS
/Clever use of spatial analysis allowed Durham Constabulary to interrogate over 350,000 points on a map and help solve major crimes.
Read MoreHow GIS is starting to underpin successful BIM strategies
/While BIM (Building Information Modelling) has been around for a decade or more, legislation has recently been introduced in the UK which compels organisations wishing to tender for government construction contracts to use a BIM process to record, store and exchange digital packages in which spatial context is significant.
Read MoreUnique Digital breaks new ground in audience-targeted marketing
/A creative digital marketing agency in London is using GIS to successfully focus its marketing activities on specific target audiences. It employs Esri’s ArcGIS platform in the planning, auditing and evaluation phases of its campaigns to deliver the optimum return on marketing investment for its clients.
Read MoreKnight Frank steers UK retailers towards profitable expansion
/The world’s leading independent real-estate consultancy is using Esri’s ArcGIS platform to help retailers find the most advantageous sites for new stores across the UK. The firm gives its clients greater confidence in their business plans and enables them to expand their retail operations more quickly.
Read MoreEverything starts with a base map
/Sovereign Housing has been working hard to place GIS into the hands of over 500 members of staff, a strategy that led to it winning the Esri UK Customer Success Award for ‘Cartography is for Everyone’ this year. Andrew Bradley, Strategic Insight Manager at Sovereign Housing, outlines how skillful cartography helped it win.
Read MoreMaking geographical connections with GIS
/Students from the Royal High School Bath were the proud winners of this year’s GIS is Social category, at the Esri UK Customer Success Awards. Jason Sawle, Customer Success Manager at Esri UK, outlines why their project clinched the top spot.
Read MoreEndangered birds of prey receive vital protection
/An urgent conservation initiative is being spearheaded by The Golden Eagle Trust in Ireland to save the Hen Harrier, one of the country’s most endangered native bird species. By improving understanding of habitats, Esri’s ArcGIS is playing a key role in helping to safeguard this iconic bird of prey for future generations.
Read MoreMobile data collection saves fieldworkers one day a week
/Winner of this year’s Your GIS is Mobile category, in the Esri UK Customer Success Awards, Fera Science is a shining example of how mobile GIS can inject new levels of efficiency and accuracy into field data collection, as David Tait, Esri UK Customer Success Manager, explains.
Read MoreSouth Ayrshire increases public engagement in planning
/Innovative use of Story Maps led to South Ayrshire Council winning an Esri UK Customer Success Award this year, in the Tell Your Story Using a Map category. Murray Roden, Esri UK Customer Success Manager, examines how the council transformed the online presentation of its Local Development Plan, generating more public views than ever before.
Read MoreWestminster City Council maximises value for money with new approach to waste services procurement
/A local authority in central London has made innovative use of GIS to help ensure that new tenders for its £225 million waste disposal contracts offer the best possible value for money. By using Esri’s ArcGIS Online for this project, in place of an outside consulting firm, the council saved in excess of £20,000.
Read MoreIndulge your #selfie in a viral campaign that gets your brand at the top of everyone's Christmas list.
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Selfie campaigns are a great way to engage an audience and promote a certain product or brand. The key is to create a selfie campaign that isn’t hugely complicated, but fun and easy to do. Since selfie sticks make the ultimate stocking filler, surely we need some cool campaigns to capitalise on them?!
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