Newmont Mining Corporation recently selected ESRI as its
enterprise geographic information system (GIS) software provider.
Newmont Mining is the second largest gold producer in the world, with
operations on five continents. The global enterprise license agreement
will enable Newmont Mining to deploy the full suite of ArcGIS products
in an open, scalable, and standards-based GIS architecture that will
integrate with and leverage existing Newmont Mining information
technology (IT) resources.
The ESRI global enterprise license replaces Newmont Mining's
previous GIS, offering greater opportunity for more integrated and
robust applications. ESRI products will allow the company to create
distributed data repositories, which will replicate data from central
servers. The company's data will be accessed via an intranet portal by
a wide variety of employees from GIS professionals to casual users.
Matthew Bidwell, Newmont's manager of Worldwide GIS, says, "Our
global enterprise license agreement with ESRI will enable us to
organize our data in one consistent standardized architecture. Our
geologists will be able to more easily and quickly locate the data
they need. The enterprise license agreement makes it easy to implement
GIS throughout Newmont. Our offices no longer need to be concerned
with negotiating for and distributing GIS software. This is huge for
us. We do not have to worry about writing purchase requests each time
we hire a new geologist."
"This global license is significant because it demonstrates the
ability of GIS technology to make vast amounts of data available to
users in distant lands," says Jack Dangermond, president of ESRI. "It
is exciting to work with Newmont Mining Corporation in implementing
its GIS, which will improve its efficiency and productivity at a
worldwide level."
About ESRI
Founded in 1969, ESRI (www.esri.com) is the world leader in the
GIS software industry. ESRI offers innovative solutions that help
users create, manage, analyze, and display information to make timely
decisions and solve problems they encounter every day. ESRI's
comprehensive product line ranges from desktop GIS to GIS for the
enterprise.
