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Trimble Dimensions 2016

The Trimble Dimensions 2016 conferences started in 2005 and were originally held every year. Now the event is held every other year. The 2016 edition was, as expected, an awesome experience and learning adventure. In hockey terms, there were three stars of the conference. The number one star of the conference was the integration of…

GSI User Conference 2016 Highlights

GeoSpatial Innovations’ second annual user conference was hosted by CenterPoint Energy in Houston, TX last week and I think it was a big hit! The user conference gave both customers and GSI an opportunity to put faces to the names of people we interact with regularly. Tuesday before the user conference, we kicked off with…

Introducing Chuck Lang

GSI is excited to announce that Chuck Lang has joined our sales team as a Sales Agent covering the Northeastern part of the United States. He is based just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Previously, Chuck was the Sales Leader – Americas for GE’s Digital Energy Software business, responsible for Revenue growth for their Operational Technology…

Inside Hexagon Live 2016

A few weeks ago GSI had the opportunity to attend the Hexagon Live User Conference in Anaheim, CA.  For those that aren’t familiar, Hexagon is the parent company of Intergraph after an acquisition in 2010.  The conference brought users of Hexagon hardware and software products along with numerous business partners together for an eventful number of days in…

Highlights from the ESRI User Conference 2016

The ESRI User Conference, held at the San Diego Convention Center, was an event to remember, as it was my first opportunity to attend one.  What other location could be more prime than in beautiful San Diego.  Living in Las Vegas, where temperatures were well over 100 degrees, it was a fantastic relief to hang…

Drones: FAA/DOT Announce Final Small UAS Rules

It’s been a long time coming but the Department of Transportation and the FAA have announced that they have finalized the first operational rules for small UAS (drones).  You can find a high level pdf and the full 600+ document below but here are a few highlights. Rules take effect in late August They are…

GSI Acquires Trimble’s Energy Transmission Solution

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has sold its Trimble Energy Transmission Solutions (TETS) business to GeoSpatial Innovations, Inc. (GSI), a leading engineering software provider to electric and natural gas utilities in North America. TETS transmission and distribution software includes TL-Pro Design Studio for engineering overhead power line systems and Corridor…

GE’s Americas Software Summit 2016 Recap

This March the GE Americas Software Summit was at the Loews Pacific Resort at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. I normally don’t do a lot of research on the venues for these conference before I get there. As the shuttle van was pulling up I was surprised to see that we were right in Universal Studios –…