August 14, 2018 -- GEO Business -– the UK’s largest geospatial exhibition and conference, is well on track for another record-breaking show when it returns to the Business Design Centre, in London, on 21-22 May 2019

The vast majority of exhibitors rebooked their stands within 2 weeks of the launch date, and now the GEO Business team welcomes new exhibitors to join the ranks at the largest and most successful geospatial event in the UK. 

GEO Business 2018 will be remembered as the show that broke records. Not only did the event sell more exhibition space than ever before (17% increase on the previous year) but they welcomed more visitors through the doors than previous years too. An incredible 2602 attendees from 59 countries went along to discover for themselves the vast range of technologies and services now available to them via several different platforms including: the 200+ strong exhibition; 94 hands on-workshops; 19 seminar sessions featuring 68 cutting edge presentations; the strategic conference and even the popular and renowned social events were a hot spot for innovative geospatial discussions.

Buoyed on by their excellent experience at the show, a staggering 70% of exhibitors eagerly rebooked their...

PlanetWatchers Launches Foresights Analytics Platform to Advance Commercial Forestry

August 13, 2018 (San Francisco) - The forest manager’s nightmare of struggling to manage widely dispersed forestry assets in remote, challenging, and inaccessible locations is now a thing of the past with    PlanetWatchers’ new Foresights Analytics Platform (Foresights).^[1][2]

PlanetWatchers, a geospatial intelligence and enterprise natural resource monitoring services company, is the first startup in the new space revolution ecosystem with a working, proven, industry-specific geospatial analytics solution already deployed in the field.

PlanetWatchers developed  Foresights, a powerful risk management and analytics platform, specifically to help clients manage forestry assets quickly, effectively, and accurately by providing stronger insights and improved identification of areas of new or potential risk. Currently delivering operations tracking and forest damage management services, Foresights will add satellite-driven analytics, inventory data, and forest productivity services before the end of 2018.^[3]

Foresights’ improved platform covers larger geographic areas and delivers results faster and more accurately than traditional project-based companies, traditional inventory methods and off-the-shelf processing tools. PlanetWatchers combines multi-source satellite imagery data, topography maps, soil maps, meteorological data, and near real-time ground input from operational teams to deliver optimized insights. The tool is capable...

Lokeren, Belgium, August 9^th, 2018 - Orbit GT releases the free ArcOnline Widget for Web AppBuilder for its 3D Mapping Cloud SaaS platform and on-premise 3DM Publisher.

“The ArcOnline Widget for Web AppBuilder opens a complete new world to all ArcOnline users”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “It provides access to massive 3D resources available in 3D Mapping Cloud or from your on-premise 3DM Publisher right into your favorite desktop application.  In one effort, you can now access terabytes of point clouds, spherical imagery, oblique imagery, UAV data and more with a single add-in.  An add-in per data type has instantly become history.”

The Orbit GT Web AppBuilder Widget for ArcOnline is built using the HTML5 based 3D Mapping Cloud Viewer SDK and has equal capabilities as the 3D Mapping Cloud web based Viewer.  At the same time, this SDK also accesses the many installed on-premise 3DM Publishers.  So a single add-in provides access to public and private resources.

3D Mapping Cloud is Orbit GT’s SaaS platform designed to host, process and share massive volumes of LiDAR, Imagery and other reality capture data, however it has been collected.  It supports high resolution Mobile Mapping as...

Argon Streams AV1 provides comprehensive verification that AV1 decoders fully comply with the complete AV1 Specification.

 13^th August 2018 – Cambridge, UK –  Argon Design Ltd^[1], known for its award-winning family of advanced video verification solutions, announced today that it has released Argon Streams AV1^[2]. This release coincides with the formal release of the AV1 Bitstream and Decoding Process Specification^[3] by the industry wide consortium Alliance for Open Media^[4].

AV1 is the new open source and royalty-free video codec for next-generation Ultra High Definition video compression and delivery over the web. It is designed to meet growing Internet demand for top-quality video scenarios across devices of all kinds and for users worldwide.

Argon Design has been contributing to the development of the AV1 codec for over 3 years, adding features, suggesting novel encoder tools, helping with debugging the reference code, improving codec performance and also writing the AV1 Specification for AOMedia.

“During our development of the AV1 Specification, we have been using Argon Streams AV1 to verify that the written specification is an accurate representation of the AV1 reference code. By using those same verification bit-streams, our Argon Streams AV1 customers, can verify that their own AV1 decoder designs...

Latest Product Enhancements Include GDPR Compliance Support, Extended Support Functionality

NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2018 — (PRNewswire) — Infor^[1], a leading provider of industry-specific cloud applications, today announced significant enhancements to Infor Enterprise Asset Management (EAM). Designed to help improve asset performance, Infor EAM is a 21st-century enterprise asset management solution with rich built-in industry-specific functionality that uses predictive and preventive technologies to extend asset life and increase efficiency. Infor EAM is a scalable solution that is accessible on any mobile device, can be deployed in the cloud, on premise, or as a hybrid, and is built on modern architecture.

The latest iteration has added many important features, including for recording and sending data and added support features....

• Expanded industry-specific functionality – Infor EAM 11.4 includes many specific updates that are targeted tor customers in the transit and transportation, public sector, manufacturing, healthcare and utilities industries. The Mobile Notebook and Checklist features received enhancements to make the solution even more intuitive and user-friendly.
• Deeper support for GDPR compliance – To ease the stress of varying regulations across the globe, there is now the added ability to review and maintain records with Global Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
• A more streamlined way of communication – With a

MONTREAL — (BUSINESS WIRE) — August 10, 2018 — Maxar Technologies (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), a global technology innovator powering the new space economy, was honored to host the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, at its Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, satellite manufacturing facilities on August 9 to view the final phases of construction of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM). Also on hand for the visit was Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180810005466/en/^[1]

The RCM satellites are being built for the CSA and represent the third generation of this synthetic aperture radar satellite technology that MDA has built for the Canadian government. The satellite system is designed primarily for maritime surveillance, disaster management and ecosystem monitoring and will allow Canada to keep an eye on its oceans, forests, wetlands, farmlands, natural resources, transportation corridors and ocean approaches. The three spacecraft will be launched together on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California later this year.

During his visit, the Prime Minister helped to place a thermal blanket on one...

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 11, 2018 — (PRNewswire) — Rolta India Limited (Rolta), a leading provider of innovative IP-led IT solutions for many vertical segments, including Defence and Security, today announced unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 (Q1 FY - 19).

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Consolidated Revenue for Q1 FY-19 at Rs. 636.53 cr (Rs. 6.37 Billion) against Rs. 617.92 cr (Rs. 6.18 Billion) in Q4 FY-18, registering a growth of 3.0 % Q-o-Q.

Consolidated EBITDA for Q1 FY-19 at Rs. 200.22 cr (Rs. 2.00 Billion) against Rs. 92.23 cr (Rs 0.92 Billion) in Q4 FY-18, registering a growth of 117.1% Q-o-Q.

Consolidated profit before tax for Q1 FY-19 at Rs. -35.79 cr (Rs. -0.36 Billion) against Rs. -135.30 cr (Rs. 1.35 Billion) in Q4 FY-18, registering a substantial improvement over last quarter.

Mr. K. K. Singh, Chairman and Managing Director said, "Our singular focus, IP led solutions strategy and investments have been concentrated in the area of Digital technologies. This is ensuring Rolta remains resilient, relevant and committed to driving innovation and helping organisations successfully embark on their Digital Transformation journey. These investments and innovation-led approach position us very well to continue gaining market share and delivering value for our customers."

CORPORATE HIGHLIGHTS

Digital Transformation continues to drive sweeping change in the world...

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