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Clients often ask me about how Maximo can support mobile workers conducting asset inspections in the field. Consistently capturing meter readings and condition monitoring reports against structured criteria can be hugely powerful in informing maintenance and scheduling decisions. Until recently, this has involved a cumbersome process of creating tasks on work orders, which has not always delivered the most friendly …
Earlier this month Michael Krome and I joined thousands of water industry professionals from around the country at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre for Ozwater’18 – the annual conference of the Australian Water Association. With a spectacular trade exhibit and solid program of presentation from keynote speakers, academia and industry representatives, I always find something that captures the imagination …
Ouch, my head hurts … and driving on the right-hand side of the road has nothing to do with it! After seven days in Palm Springs, initially at the Esri Partner Conference and then the Esri Developer Summit, I feel like I have been drinking from a fire hose! I set out for California on a mission to find information on three GIS …
Organisations that maintain assets and infrastructure over large geographic areas face common challenges in dispatching work crews for reactive maintenance works that meet response time commitments. Clarita’s asset management team have recently delivered an exciting project for Tasmania’s water services provider, TasWater, that has reimagined the dispatch process with location context for huge productivity returns. At an estimated 68,400 km2, …
This time next week I’ll be getting ready for the long haul flight over the Pacific to attend Clarita’s first Esri Partner Conference as a Silver Partner in Palm Springs, California. It’s an exciting opportunity, not only for the chance to hear about Esri’s vision for the future of GIS directly from company President Jack Dangermond, enjoy a glimpse into …
On 17 January, Esri announced the release of ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6. Together with recently announced licensing changes, this new release expands on the software’s key capabilities, including deploying mapping, analytics, data management from both Public and Private Cloud platforms, leveraging customised self-serve web delivery solutions. ArcGIS 10.6 is now available for download to users currently on maintenance. Here’s a quick overview …
In response to customer feedback during the 2017 user conference, a series of changes in Esri software licensing came into effect on 1 January 2018. These changes open up the opportunities for organisations to extend GIS applications to larger numbers of viewer, or read only users without impacting licensing costs and to maximise current investment with concurrent use licensing. Here’s …
As we start 2018, we are delighted that our team continues to grow with the addition of Rob Choucroun. Rob joins us as Senior Consultant within our Location Intelligence Practice, bringing a depth of experience in GIS, GNSS and IT systems. We have always been proud that Clarita offers a unique combination of skills, knowledge and experience across Location Intelligence …
Clarita Solutions is delighted to announce that we are now official members of the Esri Partner Network. As Silver Partners, Clarita joins the ranks of a global community of GIS specialists offering expertise, solutions, and services in ArcGIS and related products. Achieving and maintaining formal partner status is important to us because it demonstrates our commitment and capability to deliver on …
My colleague Brad Miller attended IBM’s Interconnect 2017 conference in Las Vegas earlier this year, where he feasted on a banquet of IoT delights and explored their possibilities for improving asset management insight and operation. While these are significant, what excites me as a GIS professional is how much more powerful they can be when combined with location services for …
