ORACLE OFFERS ACCESS TO DIGITALGLOBE SATELLITE/AERIAL IMAGERY.DigitalGlobe, Longmont, Colo,, a provider of the world's highest- resolution imagery and geospatial information products, has announced that Oracle and DigitalGlobe will offer satellite imagery Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. History The first satellite photographs of Earth were made August 14, 1959 by the US satellite Explorer 6. to Oracle(R) Database 11g customers. Sample imagery of the city of San Francisco
OTN Optical Transport Network (Cienna) OTN On The Net OTN Open Transport Network (Apple) OTN Oncology Therapeutics Network OTN On That Note OTN Optical Network Terminal ). "In today's global business environment, we are seeing a dramatic increase in demand for Earth imagery and spatial technology in business applications," said James Steiner, senior director, server technologies, Oracle. "Our relationship with DigitalGlobe will enable our end-users to incorporate spatial data Data that is represented as 2D or 3D images. A geographic information system (GIS) is one of the primary applications of spatial data (land maps). See spatial analysis, spatial resolution and GIS glossary. and positional information from the world's highest-resolution satellite and aerial imagery into mission-critical applications and decision support systems used by Oracle's customers in commercial, public sector and regulated industries." Oracle Database 11g delivers the next generation of enterprise information management, helping customers tackle the demands of rapid data growth, changing environments, and the need to deliver higher quality of services while reducing and controlling IT costs. The location features in Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Spatial Oracle Spatial forms a separately-licensed option component of the Oracle Database. Oracle Spatial aids users in managing geographic and location-data in a native type within an Oracle database, potentially supporting a wide range of applications — from automated 11g enable Oracle to manage all data from traditional business information to XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and 3D spatial information and make it the ideal choice to power transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse and content management applications. Via Oracle Spatial, DigitalGlobe will provide real-time access to its extensive image library for applications such as logistics, supply chain, mobile field services, business intelligence and asset management. With the release of Oracle Database 11g, DigitalGlobe allows advanced access to sample imagery data via OTN enabling Oracle customers to test-drive imagery in their business applications before making a purchase decision. "DigitalGlobe maintains a strong commitment to providing a new level of decision support to our enterprise customers across all industries," said Marc Tremblay For the composer, see . Marc Tremblay is a fellow, senior vice president, chief technology officer, and chief architect at Sun Microsystems. He has been instrumental in the design of various microprocessors at Sun, including the UltraSPARC I, UltraSPARC II, UltraSPARC T1, , vice president and general manager of DigitalGlobe's commercial business unit. "Our work with the Oracle Spatial team will provide a host of new capabilities to our DigitalGlobe and Oracle customers in the public sector and commercial markets. With integrated geospatial data from DigitalGlobe, Oracle customers now have a standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. way to easily include imagery in their decision support systems. This allows 'image-enabled' Oracle applications users to make faster and better-informed decisions from the applications that run their business." DigitalGlobe is a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork. About DigitalGlobe 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 GlobeXplorer, a proprietary web-based search and retrieval system that makes it easy to find, purchase and download global imagery. DigitalGlobe currently operates the world's highest-resolution commercial satellite constellation A group of electronic satellites working in concert is known as a satellite constellation. Such a constellation can be considered to be a number of satellites with coordinated ground coverage, operating together under shared control, synchronised so that they overlap well in 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. For more information, visit http://www.digitalglobe.com or call 415/694-6701. About Oracle Database 11g Oracle Database is the only database designed for grid computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal . With the release of Oracle Database 11g, Oracle is making the management of enterprise information easier than ever; enabling customers to know more about their business and innovate in·no·vate v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr. To begin or introduce something new. more quickly. Oracle Database 11g delivers superior performance, scalability, availability, security and ease of management on a low-cost grid of industry standard storage and servers. About the Oracle PartnerNetwork Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Certified See certification. Partner levels. For more information, visit http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com. |
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