ArcGIS 9 from ESRI

ESRI, the leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, is pleased to announce that ArcGIS 9 is now available. ArcGIS 9 is a framework of integrated GIS software products for building a complete GIS that is right for every organization. The fundamental architecture of ArcGIS enables users to deploy GIS functionality and business logic wherever it is needed in desktops, on servers, over the Web, or in the field. This architecture, coupled with the geodatabase, forms a comprehensive infrastructure for assembling intelligent geographic information systems.


Key ArcGIS 9.0 Enhancements

New Developer-Focused Products for ArcGIS 9.0
ArcGIS Engine—ArcGIS Engine is a powerful collection of embeddable mapping and GIS components for creating and deploying custom GIS and mapping desktop applications.
ArcGIS Server—ArcGIS Server is a GIS enterprise application server that provides complete GIS capabilities (such as mapping, geocoding, spatial queries, editing, tracing, and linear referencing) throughout an organization while maintaining a centrally managed database.

For further information: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis90.html
Excerpted from www.esri.com Copyright © 1995-2003 ESRI