Oracle Spatial and Graph – A year in review
- by Mandy Ho
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What a great year for Oracle
Spatial! Or shall I now say, Oracle Spatial and Graph, with our official
name change this summer. There were so many exciting events and updates we
had this year, and this blog will review and link to some of the events you may
have missed over the year.
We kicked off 2012 with our webinar: Situational Analysis at
OnStar with Oracle Spatial and Graph. We collaborated with OnStar’s Emergency Strategy and Outreach expert,
Jeff Joyner ,on how Onstar uses Google Earth Visualization, NAVTEQ data and
Oracle Database to deliver fast, accurate emergency services to its customers.
In the next webinar in our 2012
series, Oracle partner TARGUSinfo showcased how to build a robust, scalable and
secure customer relationship management systems – with built-in mapping and
spatial analysis, and deployed in the cloud. This is a very cool system using all Oracle technologies including Oracle
Database and Fusion Middleware MapViewer. Attendees learned how to gather market
insight, score prospects and customers and perform location analysis. The
replay is available here.
Our final webinar of the year
focused on using Oracle Business Intelligence tools, along with Oracle Spatial
and Graph to perform location-aware predictive analysis. Watch the webcast here:
In June, we joined up with the Location Intelligence
conference in Washington, DC, and had a
very successful 2012 Oracle Spatial User Conference. Customers and partners from the US, as well as
from EMEA and Asia, flew in to share experiences and ideas, and get technical
updates from Oracle experts. Users were
excited to hear about spatial-Exadata performance, and advances in MapViewer
and BI. Peter Doolan of Oracle Public
Sector kicked off the event with a great keynote, and US
Census, NOAA, and Ordnance Survey Great Britain were just a few of the
presenters. Presentation archive here.
We recognized some of the most exceptional
partners
and customers for their contributions to advancing mainstream solutions
using geospatial technologies. Planning for 2013’s conference
has already started. Please contribute your papers for consideration here. http://www.locationintelligence.net/
We also launched a new Oracle
PartnerNetwork Spatial Specialization – to enable partners to get validated in
the marketplace for their expertise in taking solutions to market. Individuals can also get individual
certifications. Learn more here.
Oracle Open World was not to
disappoint, with news regarding our next Oracle Spatial and Graph release, as
well as the announcement of our new Oracle Spatial and Graph SIG board! Join the SIG today.
One more exciting event as we
look to 2013. Spatial and location
technologies have a dedicated track at the January BIWA SIG Summit – on January
9-10 in Redwood Shores, CA. View the
agenda and register here: www.biwasummit.org.
We thank you for all your support
during the year of 2012 and look towards an even more exciting 2013! Wishing
you and your family a prosperous New Year and Happy Holidays!
