Sponsors & Exhibitors

Lead Sponsor

ESRI is the leading provider of geographic information system (GIS) software to defense and intelligence domains. Commanders, intelligence analysts and warfighters utilize ESRI technology to support better and faster decision making at all echelons

As the leader in GIS technology, ESRI offers innovative solutions that will help you create, visualize, analyze, and present information. ESRI software is built on standard and open information technology and has been designed to operate with all relational database management systems. ESRI's software is built on modern, object-component software standards that are easily customized and embedded for a wide range of application needs. ESRI's comprehensive product line ranges from desktop GIS to GIS for the enterprise--and our server-based software enables organizations to establish enterprise-wide spatial information and application infrastructures.

ESRI is a global company with strong presence in the Middle East. Distributors in each country provide local language support and technical expertise to ensure success in a vibrant user community.

ESRI will continue to lead the world in providing mapping technology that meets the needs of the defense and intelligence communities. Look to ESRI for GIS solutions to help unlock the spatial component of your valuable data and see your organization's information from a new perspective.

Website: www.esri.com and www.esri.com/defense

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Silver Sponsors

Overwatch Geospatial Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, is the industry leader in geospatial analysis and exploitation solutions and services. Our flagship products, RemoteView and ELT Series, provide a comprehensive range of capabilities, from high-powered exploitation and mapping for geospatial analysts to image analysis tools for tactical users. Overwatch’s flexible solution architecture includes modules such as Feature Analyst, LIDAR Analyst and Urban Analyst which include sophisticated visualization tools for geospatial intelligence professionals. Our Integrated Solutions division provides integration, customization and collaboration services to address a wide range of unique client needs. Overwatch Geospatial Systems helps imagery and geospatial analysts integrate multi-source data to deliver advanced exploitation capabilities, with greater accuracy, and in shorter response times than available alternatives.

Websites: www.geospatial.overwatch.com and www.textronsystems.com

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 85 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.

Website: www.raytheon.com

Intergraph Middle East is a joint venture of Atheeb Trading Company, KSA and Intergraph Corporation, USA with offices in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Al-Khobar and Jeddah), UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), Oman and Bahrain.

It currently employs 160+ technical and professional employees in the Region. We have specialized personnel in each of the primary vertical business activities of Intergraph Corporation: Mapping & GIS, Utilities, Process and Building, Security, Public Safety, and Information Technology.

We offer on-site consulting and customization services through regionally based experts in photogrammery, cartography, GIS, digital cadastres, electronic document management systems (EDMS), utility management systems, defence systems, intelligence systems, environmental systems, and 3D plant design.

Industries Served:

• Homeland Security
• Transportation (road, rail, airport, seaport)
• Utilities (Electric, Gas, Pipeline, Water)
• Military Geospatial Intelligence
• Public Safety
• National & Federal Governments
• Local, Regional & State Government
• Earth Imaging and Photogrammetry
• Communications

Website: www.intergraph.com

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Associate Sponsor

Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe is the clear leader in the global commercial Earth imagery and geospatial information market as well as the only company operating a constellation of sub-meter commercial imaging satellites. The company’s technical superiority and innovation, unparalleled commitment to customer service, extensive business partner network and open systems philosophy make DigitalGlobe the preferred supplier of imagery products to government and commercial markets. DigitalGlobe is the only geospatial content provider to take an end-to-end approach to geospatial imagery, from acquiring proprietary high-resolution images through a leading-edge satellite and aerial network, to integrating and distributing that data through ImageConnect™ and ImageBuilder™, proprietary web-based search, retrieval and hosting systems that makes it easy to find, purchase, download and host global imagery. DigitalGlobe currently operates the world’s highest-resolution commercial satellite constellation with QuickBird and the first of two next-generation satellites, WorldView-1. The company plans to complete construction of its second next-generation satellite, WorldView-2 in late 2008. The company’s updated and growing ImageLibrary contains more than three hundred million square kilometers of satellite and aerial imagery suited to countless applications for people who map, view, navigate and study the earth.

Website: www.digitalglobe.com

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Exhibitors

GeoEye’s products and services enable timely, accurate, and accessible location intelligence. The company is recognized as one of the geospatial industry's most trusted imagery experts, delivering reliable service and exceptional quality imagery products and solutions to customers worldwide. The company collects tens of millions of square kilometers of imagery per year with its existing satellites and aerial assets, which includes GeoEye-1, the world’s highest resolution commercial imaging satellite. These products serve applications including defense and intelligence, on-line mapping, infrastructure development, planning and monitoring, and environmental assessment. Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, GeoEye is a public company listed on NASDAQ as GEOY.

Website:www.geoeye.com

Harris Corporation's innovative mapping and visualization capabilities are designed to meet the mission requirements of international military, government and civil users. We provide our customers with the ultimate weapon: complete, accurate, and timely knowledge about the threat, the terrain, the status, and the location of single or multiple foe and friendly forces and their support. Harris' mapping and visualization expertise exploits the possibilities utilizing data, pictures, voice, and video drawn from vast storage banks or from real-time input which can be sent halfway around the world in fractions of a second.

Our expertise in the design and development of mapping and visualization technologies make Harris a world leader in:

• Image and signal processing
• Geospatial processing and imagery products
• Cockpit digital display systems, moving map software, and data processing for military aircraft
• Integrated solutions for information management

Two recent innovations include

• GeoSTAR and GeoDART — NEW COTS products that enhance the capability of an Enterprise Geospatial Information System to discover, archive, retrieve and deliver critical geospatial data.

Website: www.govcomm.harris.com

BAE Systems is a global defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions, and customer support services. BAE Systems’ commercial solutions offer customers the most comprehensive production software and mapping products in the industry. Its well established SOCET SET® software is widely used for precision photogrammetry and geospatial production. The new Next-Generation Automatic Terrain Extraction (NGATE) module assists users in creating near LIDAR quality digital terrain models from a wide variety of imagery.

SOCET GXP®, BAE Systems’ groundbreaking software, is designed for ease of use and enhanced performance, and addresses multiple image analysis and geospatial production needs — all in one application. SOCET GXP includes seamless integration and synchronized viewing with Google Earth™, and a direct, bidirectional link to the ESRI® geodatabase or SOCET SET feature database for dynamic viewing and editing of feature data. In keeping with BAE Systems’ vision that image and geospatial analysis tasks are merging into a single market, SOCET SET’s photogrammetric strength is being integrated into SOCET GXP, which gives users increased flexibility, accuracy and efficiency. Contact details: John Allan, Director Sales & Marketing, Europe, Middle East & Africa, BAE Systems.

Website: www.baesystems.com/gxp

Headquartered in Dubai, Vision ME is a full-service provider of integrated geoinformation solutions to the Middle East and North Africa. Vision ME is unique in its ability to offer a complete spectrum of aerial mapping services supported by a state-of-the-art processing facilities that can be mobilized to meet local security requirements. Vision ME combines the experience of a large, well established mapping company with the agility of a modern firm capable of providing customized solutions.

Flying a fleet of owned and locally based aircraft, Vision ME operates an unrivaled collection of aerial mapping systems including rotor- and fixed-wing LiDAR systems, Pictometry oblique-imaging camera systems, high-resolution digital survey camera, and a bathymetric LiDAR sensor. These systems enable Vision ME to provide its clients with high-quality orthorectified imagery and digital elevation models at a variety of spatial detail and accuracy levels to meet the needs of nearly any application. Vision delivers cost-effective solutions to local governments, public safety agencies, utilities, hydrocarbon exploration companies, as well as engineering and construction firms.

Vision ME is the one-stop provider of end-to-end aerial mapping and geoinformation solutions in the Middle East and North Africa.

ESRI Muscat has been offering clients a wide range of ESRI GIS products as well as selected Business Partner products that help to enhance their geospatial experience.

One such Business Partner is ITT Visual Information Solutions which provides the ENVI range of remote sensing products. ENVI products, the tool of choice for many organizations using geospatial imagery, are used in a variety of industries including remote sensing, engineering, earth sciences, aerospace, defense and intelligence, medical imaging, oil and gas exploration, and biotechnology.

For the discerning user that requires advanced interoperability of enterprise software tools to improve geospatial and imagery analyst workflows, they need look no further than the ArcGIS and ENVI range of products.

ESRI Muscat also offers a range of professional GIS services including training, consulting, and technical support, to help clients derive the most out of their investment in goespatial information and its management.

Our vision is ‘Spatial Empowerment’. To learn more about how we can help you, visit www.esrimuscat.com or call +968 24693723.

ESRI Northeast Africa (ESRI NeA) is the leading GIS Professional Services Provider and the first ESRI Branded Company in the Middle East and African region. ESRI NeA has managed to maintain its superiority over the years achieving a prominent regional and international position, through its commitment to excellence in the field of GIS application development, and consultation services. ESRI NeA is ISO 9001:2000 certified proving high efficiency in quality, responsibility, resource, and analysis measurement. Additionally, ESRI NeA has achieved the Capability Maturity Model® (CMMI) certification Level 2, to be the first GIS Company in MENA CMMI certified. www.esrinea.com www.metacarta.com

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