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It's no secret that governments manage a lot of information. Responsible management of large-scale budgets, infrastructure, and projects demands that governments understand where precious tax dollars are being spent, on what, by whom, at what rate, and with what impact or benefit to citizens.

Note the somewhat casual inference based on the word "where" in that last paragraph, almost as if all those other classifications (what, whom, and so on) answer the question: where are tax dollars being spent. In fact, they answer everything but where.

The "where" aspect of both business and government are often  subsumed by these other elements. That's where geospatial analysis comes in pretty handy, especially when that power is harnessed in conjunction with business intelligence and analytics.

Governments at all levels are among the largest users of geospatial information systems (GIS) to answer those key questions concerning "where". From the simple dissemination of census data, to transportation, to health, to security -- governments at all levels actively use GIS to understand and communicate key measures in these various domains. They likewise use business intelligence to manage performance.

So our participation in the upcoming January 28th IBM Business Analytics Forum for Government in Ottawa was a natural, and we're happy to be a sponsor at this event. We know IBM Cognos business intelligence. We know Esri GIS. And we have the products that bring them together in ways that nobody else can match.

Oh... and did we mention we also have Gantt charts for enterprise-scale project management based on BI data as well?

Looking forward to seeing you on January 28th!