Last October Esri acquired SpotOn, a geo-spatial business intelligence software developer which worked with IBM Cognos to provide customers with embedded maps in their reports.

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Prior to the entering the program, the students were tested for their spatial and verbal intelligence.

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They need to make the data actionable and leverage spatial or predictive analytics to add real intelligence into the analytics process.

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