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helping clients map their future.
Blue Raster launches Business Analyst Online
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 14, 2008-- Business Analyst Online is a Web-based solution that applies GIS technology to extensive demographic, consumer spending, and business data to deliver on-demand analysis, presentation-ready reports and maps.
Organizations in different industries use Business Analyst Online to find the best site for a new store, analyze competitive forces in their market, or understand consumer behavior in order to offer the right products and services.
Business Analyst Online (U.S.)
Analyze current-year estimates and five year projections of demographic data, and extensive consumer spending and business data for the entire U.S. and generate reports and maps for your study area as granular as block groups, census tracts, or ZIP Codes.
VMWare Authorizes Blue Raster as Partner/Reseller
ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 27, 2007--Blue Raster LLC is pleased to announce it has been accepted into the VMWare VIP Professional Partner Program. As a VMWare Partner, we can resell VMWare products including VI3 (Virtual Infrastructure 3, ESX Server), VMWare Workstation and VMWare ACE.
World Bank Launches Two GIS Web Applications
WASHINGTON, DC, October 11, 2006--Blue Raster LLC was honored to participate in the launch of two interactive web mapping applications built with ESRI ArcIMS, JSP, and Oracle. The first application, Natural Disasters Hotspots, maps mortality risk and economic loss risk, and lists disaster related projects by country. Population and GDP hazard exposure is calculated for 28 combinations of seven World Bank regions and four country wealth classes. The second application, Millenium Development Goals
provides information about the goals outlined in Millenium Declaration and highlights those World Bank financed projects which aid in their achievement.
World Bank Press Release
Blue Raster Accepted into Adobe Solution Provider Program
ARLINGTON, Virginia, September 18, 2006--Blue Raster LLC is pleased to announce it has been accepted into the Adobe Solution Partner Program. Blue Raster integrates complex products, including Adobe ColdFusion, SQL Server, Oracle, and ESRI GIS software into a seamless user experience.
Adobe Solution Provider
WWF Honors Blue Raster with IT Partnership Excellence Award
WASHINGTON, DC, August 29, 2006---World Wildlife Fund has awarded Blue Raster with the First Annual IT Partnership Excellence Award. Greg Smith, Vice President & CIO Information Technology selected Blue Raster as one of the top three IT vendors for the 2006 Fiscal Year. Deepika Bardhan, Membership and Development Systems Manager noted Blue Raster "was very responsive all through the project. They put in their best efforts to help solve various performance issues related to the application. They also worked with a second vendor to get WWF the best possible service for the WildFinder application."
Blue Raster Develops Save the Tiger Fund Interactive Mapping
WASHINGTON, DC, July 20, 2006---Blue Raster is pleased to announce the launch of TigerMaps.org. Working with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Save the Tiger Fund and Wilderness Conservation Society, Blue Raster developed the application using ESRI ArcWeb Services and Adobe ColdFusion. Save the Tiger Fund Press Release
ESRI Welcomes Blue Raster into ArcData Provider Program
ARLINGTON, VA, June, 5, 2006---Blue Raster has been accepted into the ESRI ArcData Provider Program. Blue Raster is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a national parcel data set in ESRI shapefile format. The data can be acquired for any geographic area in the United States that is currently published or as a national dataset on an external hard drive. Additional details including webservice access to the dataset will be announced later this year.
World Bank Hires Blue Raster for Best Practices Consulting
WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2006---World Bank Information Solutions Group has hired Blue Raster for Best Practices Consulting to assist with the GeoInformation Program. Blue Raster will provide ArcIMS, ArcSDE and general GIS consulting services to evaluate and improve the World Bank Enterprise GIS infrastructure for development programs including the PEGASYS application.
Blue Raster Selected as ESRI Business Partner of the Year
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 19, 2006---Blue Raster LLC was awarded ESRI Business Partner of the Year for the Washington D.C Region at the ESRI WorldWide Business Partner Conference in Palm Spring, California. Blue Raster is an ESRI Business Partner and authorized reseller of ESRI software with expertise in ArcGIS, ArcIMS, ArcWeb Services and ArcSDE.
In addition to working with numerous real estate agencies, Blue Raster developed a species mapping tool call WildFinder for the World Wildlife Fund using ArcWeb Services.
“Blue Raster is proud to be recognized by the premier developer of GIS software as an outstanding business partner”, said Michael Lippmann. “We look forward to continually building our partnership with ESRI and providing industry leading GIS mapping solutions to our customers.”
ESRI Partners of the Year are selected for their continued support of ESRI, sales efforts, ingenuity, creativity and contributions towards technology development.
ESRI Business Partner of the Year Announcement
Microsoft Partner, Blue Raster, Announces BluePoint Maps .NET
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 2006---Blue Raster LLC, a Microsoft Empower for ISV member, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of BluePoint Maps .NET Controls, developed using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and ESRI ArcWeb services. BluePoint Maps is a web mapping toolkit for use with the real estate, travel and hospitality industries. The application runs on Windows Server 2003 and leverages .NET server controls operating with a SQL Server database. Realtors, brokerages, travel agents and hotel administrators have a powerful new way to boost sales through increased lead generation using BluePoint Maps. BluePoint Map’s use of Microsoft .NET controls allows mapping, directions and neighborhood details to seamlessly integrate into any website. BluePoint Maps enables personalized branding of client’s sales messages and logo through interactive maps, making customer’s websites unique among their competitors. The mapping suite features driving directions, satellite imagery, open house tour routes and other custom options. BluePoint Maps will be released March 1, 2006.
Blue Raster Develops National Health Landscape with UC/AAFP
ARLINGTON, Virginia, November 2005---Blue Raster LLC will create a web mapping application for the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati in conjunction with the American Academy of Family Physician’s (AAFP), Robert Graham Center (RGC) located in Washington D.C. The mapping atlas will assist health professionals, policy makers, academic researchers and planners combine, analyze and display information and improve health and healthcare application. The RGC regularly publishes spatial data as maps indicating where physicians are located and where they are needed. To help reduce the amount of time spent by the RGC GIS resource, Blue Raster will develop the interactive GIS mapping system. The system will be built with ESRI ArcIMS, ArcSDE, SQL Server and ColdFusion. Project data includes figures from the U.S. Census, hospitals and community healthcare centers, coupled with RGC data regarding Health Care Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA), and Physician Scarcity Areas (PSA), along with U.S. Congressional boundaries. The application is scheduled to launch in the summer of 2006.
Blue Raster Forms Macromedia Partnership
ARLINGTON, Virginia, October 3, 2005--Blue Raster LLC announces partnership with Macromedia as an Associate Solution Provider. Blue Raster, with Certified Macromedia Developers on staff has proven expertise in web site and application development. Solution Providers deliver customized web development and system designs using Macromedia's Business technology platforms. Blue Raster integrates complex products, including Macromedia ColdFusion, SQL Server, Oracle and ESRI GIS software into a seamless experience. Macromedia Partner Information
World Wildlife Fund uses ArcWeb Services to Create Wildlife Mapping Tool
ARLINGTON, Virginia, September 2005---Blue Raster LLC has developed a new search tool for the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Wildfinder website using ESRI’s ArcWeb Services. The new site provides students, teachers, scientists and nature lovers a way to find and map information about more than 30,000 species of wildlife around the world. Blue Raster built the custom interface which provides access to the WildFinder database. Wildfinder, using ArcWeb Services, provides Web users with the latest ESRI maps. It reduces the overhead of the Wildlife database by eliminating costs such as data storage, personnel and equipment. The World Wildlife Fund pays for maps on a per-transaction basis, allowing the organization to concentrate on its mission, saving wildlife. For more information about the WildFinder application visit Official ESRI Press Release and WildFinder.
Blue Raster helps SBA upgrade Business.gov
ARLINGTON, Virginia, September 2005---Blue Raster LLC is helping the Small Business Administration (SBA) enhance the Business Gateway website. Business Gateway, part of Business.gov, improves government services delivery to citizens through technology. One component of the Business.gov tool, (www.business.gov)
is a searchable Q and A compliance document database used by small business owners. Blue Raster is gathering information from government agency interviews, data calls and focus groups seeking advice and analysis to increase the functionality of the Q and A compliance tool. Blue Raster will conduct research to produce a Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) document of the Business Gateway, including system, security, usability, and user interface requirements. The Business Gateway satisfies a requirement of the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2000, which reduces government paperwork and simplifies access to documentation. Blue Raster's partners in the project are M Squared Technologies and the North Highland Company. The upgraded business.gov website is scheduled for launch in the Fall of 2006.
Blue Raster Launches "BluePoint Maps"
ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 9, 2005 --- Blue Raster LLC, specializing in customized web applications and business mapping solutions, announces the launch of BluePoint Maps, a suite of business mapping solutions for the real estate and hospitality industries. Residential realtors, brokerages, property managers, travel and hotel managers will use BluePoint Maps on their websites to increase web traffic, lead generation and sales. BluePoint Maps products include maps, directions, multi-point routing, open house tour routes, satellite imagery, parcel data on maps and many other custom features. BluePoint Maps will be showcased at the National Association of Realtors Expo on May 11th to May 13th, 2005 at the Marriott Wardman hotel in Washington, DC.
Visit us at Booth 1704.
Prudential Gallo Chooses BluePoint Maps Basic
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 2005 --- Blue Raster LLC, announces that Prudential Gallo, serving Rehoboth Beach and Lewes, Delaware has added BluePoint Maps Basic for its resort properties website. (www.prugallo.com)
Prudential Carruthers chooses BluePoint Maps Plus for their Ocean City Resort Properties
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 2005 --- Blue Raster LLC, announces that Prudential Carruthers, headquartered in Severna Park, Maryland, has chosen its mapping services for the Prudential Carruthers Ocean City resort properties website. (www.oceancityresortproperties.com)
Blue Raster Approved to Resell ESRI software
ARLINGTON, Virginia, October 7, 2004---ESRI approves Blue Raster LLC to resell ESRI software including ArcIMS, ArcGIS, ArcView and ArcGIS extensions:
Blue Raster is an ESRI Business Partner and authorized reseller. Government clients can easily request a quote using open-market pricing. To request a quote please call 703-875-0914 or email
info@blueraster.com.
DOE NNSA Awards Blue Raster Additional Tasks to Assist with Site Closure
ARLINGTON, Virginia, September 28, 2004 –-- The Department of Energy NNSA Service Center issued a $273,000 contract modification to Blue Raster to continue work on GIS and customized web applications to facilitate DOE site environmental cleanup and closure.
ESRI approves Blue Raster to resell ArcWeb Services
REDLANDS, California, June 1, 2004 –-- ESRI approves Blue Raster to resell ArcWeb Services. More on Partnership. Introduction to ArcWeb Services.
