UK’s first Data Drills shine spotlight on information readiness

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UK’s first Data Drills shine spotlight on information readiness

When unexpected incidents occur, it is vitally important to react quickly to protect lives, maintain public services and minimise business disruption. However, to rapidly make the right decisions, organisations need to know how to find, access and utilise relevant data quickly. Achieving this level of information readiness is a huge challenge, particularly when it is almost impossible to anticipate what information you might need to know.

In this blog, Esri UK’s Paul Clarke explains how leading organisations are now participating in Data Drills to help them explore what data they may need to respond to a potential future issue, where it is located and how to make best use of it quickly. Through these Data Drill workshops, public sector and commercial organisations are overcoming barriers to establish what is possible and transforming their ability to respond appropriately to pressing issues.

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Why the telecoms industry must get a grip on the Internet of Things

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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.

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Knight Frank steers UK retailers towards profitable expansion

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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.

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Everything starts with a base map

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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.

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Making sense of The Internet of Things - why understanding location is critical to success

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The Internet of things (IoT) is the name given to the technology that enables internet connected devices or sensors to collect and exchange data with other connected devices, sensor or mechanisms. 

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Fugro steers clients towards successful off-shore developments

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Operating in over 70 countries, Fugro is the world’s leading independent provider of
services for organisations involved in designing, building and operating large industrial
installations at sea, such as wind farms or oil rigs. The company has used ArcGIS to develop
an automated tool that categorises areas of seabed as ‘no go’, ‘high risk’, ‘moderate risk’ or ‘low risk’, according to their development potential. 

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Are you looking to improve your relationship with your customers?

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The key to outstanding customer care for a utility is integrated information. Since so much of what matters to customers relates to location, integrated spatial information is critical – and this is where GIS is an essential technology.

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Helping Local Government to publish data

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The Local Government open data incentive scheme is designed to encourage councils to publish open data in a consistent format on popular themes.  Three themes are in scope from June 2014 to March 2015: planning applications, premises licenses and public toilets.

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Five reasons why location analytics is essential for retailers

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In a competitive climate, it’s more essential than ever that retailers invest in their businesses to stay fresh; but funds have never been so limited. The public and the government are demanding greener practices and greater sustainability; yet supply chains are becoming more complex and unwieldy. More customers want a service that’s tailored to their personal wants and needs – yet all the while retail operations are growing more global.

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Northern Ireland welcomes public sector cost and carbon savings

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Spatial NI is poised to transform the way in which public sector organisations in Northern Ireland store and share information. It has the potential to deliver significant, sustainable cost savings and reduce the carbon footprint of government at the same time

.” Suzanne McLaughlin, GI Strategy Co-ordinator, Land and Property Services.

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Improve operational efficiency

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It’s tough, isn't it?  Economic growth remains slow; public spending is constrained; and consumer confidence is damaged.  But let’s face it, these are facts not excuses.  Trading conditions may be difficult, but, with a little creativity and advanced technology, organisations are nonetheless confronting the economic realities and boosting their business performance by making sustainable and significant improvements to their operational efficiency. 

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