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FortiusOne today announced their partnership with Open Solutions Group Inc. (OpenSGI), a technology consulting enterprise located in Northern Virginia and Southern California that delivers geospatial technology solutions to the US Department of Defense.  OpenSGI's Enterprise GeoCache product will be integrated into FortiusOne's geospatial visualization and analysis platform, GeoIQ, to deliver up-to-date, high resolution imagery for seamless analysis and collaboration.

New Features Geoenable Business Data for Powerful Visualization and Analysis in Minutes

FortiusOne, the leading provider of Visual Intelligence, announced the addition of several new capabilities which round out the GeoIQ platform.
Along with GeoIQ's intuitive data management, analysis and visualization capabilities, FortiusOne has added powerful new geoenablement features. These new capabilities allow users to easily add non-geospatial data from spreadsheets and databases and quickly transform it into georeferenced data for collaborative mapping. GeoIQ now delivers a complete data visualization and analysis workflow,enabling non-technical users to more quickly and effectively visualize and share actionable information for better decision making.

As part of our effort to contribute to the humanitarian efforts in Haiti after January's disastrous earthquake and to spread awareness of the current situation there, we have put together a news dashboard with the latest volunteered and official source data.
http://news.geocommons.com/haitiquake

"I personally like the power of location information and how it helps people. Knowing where you are and what's around you is powerful; that's something that I'm passionate about" said Kate Chapman, 30, a programmer with Fortius One, who led a workshop on digital mapping. What happened today is more about next week and two weeks from now. Right now people are moving rocks, and there's not much they can do with this. But in the next couple of weeks, it's about finding their way home." 
The Washington Post, Quake Mobilizes D.C. Area to Help Haiti, January 21, 2010

The Washington Business Journal today featured FortiusOne's continued efforts to map the effects of Haiti's earthquake and corresponding aid efforts.  Read the full article here.

Today FortiusOne is excited to announce our partnership with InterAction, the nation’s leading
advocate for international relief and development programs and the prime representative of U.S.-based international NGOs in forging alliances to further common objectives domestically and around the world. InterAction will be using FortiusOne's GeoIQ software platform to demonstrate NGO impact & accountability through their user-friendly web-based mapping interface. "With FortiusOne's GeoIQ platform we are bringing greater visibility into NGO activity and impact across the globe," said Samuel Worthington, President and CEO of InterAction. "We are working to promote a bold agenda to focus U.S. development and humanitarian assistance on improving the conditions of the world’s poor and most vulnerable. FortiusOne is enabling us to map the contributions and impact of our community worldwide in order to better coordinate organizations in the field, improve aid allocation,and facilitate greater communication and awareness."
Users can easily create maps to be embedded in their organization’s website, to include in annual reports, to create awareness for fundraising or to use in the development of educational materials. See a collection of sample InterAction maps here http://news.geocommons.com/interaction

FortiusOne announced the addition of two advisory board members, Peter Batty, Founder and President of Spatial Networking, and Jeff Harris, Corporate Vice President and Managing Director, Lockheed Martin Corporation.  Initial advisory board members include Michael Frankel, SVP of LexisNexis and Wolf Ruzicka, CEO of EastBanc Technologies. 

FortiusOne, the leading provider of rich, dynamic Visual Intelligence, today announced the naming of a Board of Advisors. Initial members named include Michael Frankel, SVP of LexisNexis and Wolf Ruzicka, CEO of EastBanc Technologies.  FortiusOne's Board of Advisors will volunteer their expertise and broad spectrum of industry experience in order to help drive FortiusOne's technology solutions further into the enterprise marketplace.  

Andrew Turner is speaking at Gov2.0 Summit, September 9-10 in Washington, DC. "Location, Location, Location." This session will highlight the successful geospatial applications that have emerged from the Web/Gov2.0 movement and features additional speakers Robert Greenberg (G&H International Services, Inc), Mikel Maron (OpenStreetMap) and Dave Warner (MindTel).

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  FortiusOne, in partnership with the Global Development Commons at USAID, is woking to collect, map and and share data directly from the ground during Afghanistan's 2009 Elections. 

Sean Gorman, CEO of FortiusOne, will be speaking on the value of location-based data and geodata democracy. 

Sean Gorman, CEO and Founder of FortiusOne, and Andrew Turner, CTO, Speak at GeoWeb 2009

By integrating internal data on products, markets and sales with external data and displaying it through an easy-to-use map interface, key trends and competitive insights emerge. Some call this pattern recognition; we call it Visual Intelligence. Read FortiusOne's full article in LBx Journal. 

FortiusOne: Mapping its Course  by Brett Johnson
Feature article on FortiusOne's beginnings and roots in the rowing community.  See the full article here.

Today FortiusOne announced a cloud offering for GeoIQ Small and Midsize Business users.  By leveraging the flexibility and scalability of the cloud, FortiusOne is greatly simplifying the effort and reducing the investment needed in order to bring Visual Intelligence to your organization.  GeoIQ for Small Business will provide all the benefits of running your own server without the cost, maintenance or administrative hassle.

FortiusOne, the leading provider of rich, dynamic Visual Intelligence, today announced their partnership with DataXstream, an SAP integration leader.  DataXstream will be integrating SAP enterprise data into FortiusOne's GeoIQ for Enterprise.  Through FortiusOne's GeoIQ, enterprise customers can easily analyze and visualize their SAP enterprise data. Official press release

Just in time for Spring, FortiusOne's GeoCommons is getting a great update. You'll find several new features that make finding, using and sharing geographic data and maps much more seamless. You'll also see information regarding our GeoIQ Enterprise products. The technology platform that powers GeoCommons is now available as an enterprise solution called GeoIQ.

FortiusOne has received the Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC) National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreements Program Award to geo-enable the US government's tabular data. FortiusOne's GeoCommons Platform will be utilized to create geospatial datasets automatically from tabular government data containing location-based references (addresses, ZIP code, county, city, state, etc.).

Information as A Public Good by Sean Gorman, CEO and Founder, FortiusOne  Full article p. 9

FortiusOne is introducing the GeoCommons News Dashboard where we're mapping breaking news stories. The first feature, the 'ObamaMeter,' is keeping tabs on the US economy, the global economy and the stimulus through our visual dashboard. These maps showcase the soon to be released GeoCommons API which enables you to implement a GeoCommons dashboard within your organization.

FortiusOne announced their integration with CloudMade, a provider of cartographic tools built around OpenStreetMap data. CloudMade's HTTP Tile API will be integrated into the GeoCommons platform to enable even greater flexibility when building rich map visualizations. Official press release

This application collects posts from Flicker, YouTube and Twitter, in order to build a crowd-sourced, on-the-scene slice of the Inauguration. Participants can use the hash tag: #inaug09 for twitter and #dctrip09 for those in route to DC. It's a collaborative effort between NPR, CBS News,American University, Twittervision, FortiusOne's GeoCommons, and Zerion. See www.inaugurationreport.com/ .

A new iPhone and BlackBerry application developed by PointAbout and FortiusOne, in partnership with Qorvis and Patton Boggs, gives a voice to 2009 Obama Inauguration attendees by polling users on a range of questions and displaying the results with user-friendly visual analytics at www.NavigatingWashington.com.  Official press release

FortiusOne, a leading provider of next-generation location intelligence that bridges the powerful analysis of GIS with the open and intuitive GeoWeb, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Carahsoft Technology Corp., a government-focused information technology provider. Official press release

FortiusOne announced the launch of Maker! -- an easy-to-use web application that enables non-technical users to create actionable maps using their own data and GeoCommons open source data. "Maker! empowers a much broader audience to access capabilities previously restricted to professionals," said Sean Gorman , CEO and founder of FortiusOne. Official press release

FortiusOne's GeoCommons featured on Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff. See the excerpt on our GeoCommons channel.

"FortiusOne, a leading provider of next generation mapping that bridges GIS analysis and the GeoWeb's ease of use, announced the acquisition of Mapufacture, a provider of cutting edge, dynamic geospatial applications and open-source tools." Official press release

"GeoCommons, OpenStreetMap, and Mapufacture are three online hubs where people can collaboratively map areas, which could help in emergencies.GeoCommons.com, for example, runs a Web site where users can explore a huge atlas of maps with various data and add their own information."

Bisnow recognizes FortiusOne's CEO, Sean Gorman, as one of the DC area's leading entrepreneurs.

Red Herring recognizes FortiusOne as one of the 100 "Most Promising" companies driving the future of technology. Official press release

A new iPhone and BlackBerry application developed by PointAbout and FortiusOne, in partnership with Qorvis and Patton Boggs, gives a voice to 2009 Obama Inauguration attendees by polling users on a range of questions and displaying the results with user-friendly visual analytics at www.NavigatingWashington.com