| | June 20174CIOReviewEditorialVOL 5 · ISSUE 6-3 · JUNE 20, 2017There was a time when Geographic Information System (GIS) use was limited to the niche market of government, telecommunications, utilities, and oil and gas sectors. That market has grown substantially, as large retailers and tech startups have seen the benefits of understanding data geospatially. The fundamentals of GIS and what it can do have also evolved dramatically. We are entering an era of services-based GIS. This means the GIS professional connects with consumers directly through web-based applications that provide easy-to-access visualizations. GIS also has huge implications for the enterprise user at a business or a city organization, where departments have enormous amounts of geographic data. Performing spatial analysis on the web and having access to distributed servers where different layers of data exist allow users to bring this data together, fuse it, and analyze it across the network. Today, anyone in the enterprise can access billions of environmental observations or tens of thousands of raster images from spacecraft and analyze them easily. Enterprise users can now build their own imagery and raster analytics workflows for fast, multi-CPU, parallel processing of massive imagery collections. Another way GIS is breaking out of its traditional space is by becoming more consumer-friendly. Just as data from mobile devices is liberating professionals and consumers who have been accessing GIS online and from the desktop, this same data is being used to power a new generation of easily accessible applications that tap into the rich science and analytics that only GIS can deliver. The world of citizens and consumers is already interconnected digitally--people are connected with each other and with their governments and businesses. Leveraging this vast network of devices and sensors is perhaps the latest trend and the number one priority for organizations that want to remain ahead in terms of having a comprehensive enterprise GIS for the future. In this issue, CIOReview presents to you 20 Most Promising GIS Solution Providers who have successfully helped organizations with their innovative offerings. These companies pride themselves on keeping pace with the latest technological advancements in this domain. We hope this issue gives you helpful insight into this market landscape. Sudhakar SinghAssistant Managing Editorsudhakar@cioreviewindia.comGIS Becoming Service-based and Consumer-friendly PublisherEditor-in-ChiefManaging EditorOffice Editorial queries editor@cioreviewindia.com To subscribeVisit www.cioreviewindia.com/magazine-in or send email to: subscription@cioreviewindia.comCover price is Rs 150 per issueAshok KumarVirupakshi PattarAlok ChaturvediPradeep ShankarVignesh AnantharajCIOReviewSr. VisualizerGroup Art DirectorVP - Sales & MarketingMagendran PerumalCirculation ManagerEditorial TeamCIOReview No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugheshpalya, Bangalore-560017Siva SankarMaitreyeeCIOReviewAssistant Managing EditorSudhakar SinghVisualizersAdvertising queriessales@cioreviewindia.comBangaloreTel 080 46441103DelhiTel 011 45992100Sales & MarketingAmrit SinghIndranil ChakrabortyRavi Kalgi Rohit RaghubanshiKiran Kumar H LPrinted and published by Alok Chaturvedi on Behalf of BizPrint Media Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published at No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Pradeep ShankarCopyright © 2017 BizPrint Media Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Re-production in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.Aarushi GhaiAnitha TLakshmi GShaheen SaikiaSeena KennethSuchita GonsalvesPrisila SVinisha PaivaVimalraj M
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