| | JULY 20146CIOReviewCopyright © 2014 CIOReview, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewJULY - 2014CIOReview's circulation is audited and certified by BPA International (Audit Pending). Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 July 2014, volume SE 16 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Editor-in-Chief Pradeep ShankarManaging Editor Christo JacobEditorial StaffSalesChristine WoodHarvi SacharMatthew JacobSarah FernandesAlex D'SouzaGeorge ThomasKaisar HasanRaj KumarT:510.565.7627 VisualizersStephen ThomasRanjith CGIS Technology SpecialCIOReviewLawrence Tse lawrence@cioreview.comKevin Morriskevin.morris@cioreview.comDaniel Craig daniel@cioreview.comEvery day, people and organizations are improving the world and driving change through geospatial technology. Geographic Information System (GIS) technology has become more powerful than ever. It has evolved from a mapping functionality to open standards and web technologies. Organizations across the world spanning industries such as environmental management, education, government, health and human services, telecommunications, transportation, and utilities have been leveraging GIS to harness location advantages and address operational, service and regulatory needs. Many enterprises hold customer data in their corporate systems. The opportunity to marry those systems--such as business intelligence, ERP, and CRM--with GIS data is becoming more popular, thanks to the consumerization of IT and the popularity of smartphone-based maps. GIS information, thus, generated can be easily integrated with the business strategies of the organization. A GIS is not an end in itself but can be a beginning ­ a beginning of better decisions, effective actions, cost-competitive work-flows, transparent governance and much more. Effective use of GIS demands inductive thinking. In a world where nearly 70 percent of business data has a geographic component, then certainly much of the business procedural analysis can be affected by GIS. The challenge is that since most business procedures were designed prior to GIS, we must think inductively about how this technology enables us to redesign business.The success stories that GIS enables are comparably complex. We spoke to some of the successful CIOs who shared their wisdom on how they are leveraging GIS to deal with the wide array of challenges in their business environment. Reading through these insights will give fellow CIOs and technology decision makers not only a peek into similar environments as theirs but also an understanding of the key GIS technology trends, its impacts, and guidance on how to deal with these changes. On that note, we present to you this special edition on GIS technology. Flip through the pages for examples of how businesses put location analytics to creative use. Then share your thoughts on how you are planning/ leveraging GIS in your business environment. Let us know what you think, Pradeep ShankarEditor-in-Chiefeditor@cioreview.comThe Expanding Role of GIS Editorial
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