Here’s the official press release from OpenGeo:

PostGIS integration makes OpenGeo world’s first complete open source web-mapping suite.

New York, NY June 16, 2010 – OpenGeo today unveiled version 2.0 of its OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition, the first geospatial web-mapping solution to offer unlimited support on a complete open source mapping stack. The Suite, which includes a robust geospatial development environment, is also the first to include PostGIS, a powerful spatially enabled database built on top of PostgreSQL, to eliminate lengthy implementation processes.

Key components of the release include GeoServer, a Java©-based web mapping platform, GeoWebCache for accelerated map tile delivery, and GeoExt, a powerful JavaScript toolkit built on OpenLayers and Ext.js. It also adds GeoExt-based web applications for styling, editing and publishing maps on the web and a one-click project dashboard that gives administrators immediate access to all parts of the platform via a desktop application.

OpenGeo Suite 2.0 is geared toward GIS executives and IT professionals, combining full support for the open source stack with expertly tested software that is secure, certified and approved for production. Users can enjoy unlimited bug fixes and commercial-grade support from OpenGeo, the eight year-old company whose clients include Google, The World Bank, and Portland TriMet.

Chris Holmes, President of OpenGeo, described the capabilities of the product:

Our platform was designed and built from the ground up as an entirely web-based solution, marking a sea change in the geospatial mapping industry. Businesses, government entities and educational institutions are making more data publicly available and new tools are necessary to extract intelligent, usable information from it. The web-based design of OpenGeo Suite 2.0 means that we are able to meet this requirement and facilitate the changing needs of our users in a way that other solutions cannot.

The entire Suite is pre-integrated, so users no longer have to go through each open source component to upgrade and check for compatibility. Stand-alone, production-ready downloads make it easier for users to install and upgrade scalable, multi-tier deployments of the OpenGeo Suite on existing operating systems such as Ubuntu, Red Hat 5 and Windows 2003 and 2008. New support resources include a gallery of examples with ‘recipes’ for styling and customizing maps and a live, interactive support manual.

Holmes continued:

OpenGeo Suite 2.0 provides a top-to-bottom web-mapping platform that can be used by anyone, regardless of experience. The new Suite is designed to combat some of the most common criticisms of open source software; namely that it lacks support and has a complex installation process. Our new platform is quite the opposite, offering unlimited support and bug fixes. It is also extremely user-friendly and intuitive, it installs quickly and it allows users to extend and complement the functionality of popular web-mapping platforms like Google Maps. They can style, edit and publish their own enterprise data and fully integrate it with their current system instead of simply creating a mashup.

In addition to key new technology features, the user interface has been fine-tuned for use by customers with no programming experience. Features like the pgShapeLoader, a graphical interface for loading shapefiles into a PostGIS database, help users to efficiently store and search their data without ever leaving the GUI. The new GeoEditor tool provides a complete set of editing capabilities, while GeoExplorer and Styler allow users to publish their own maps.

About OpenGeo
OpenGeo is a social enterprise working to build the best web-based geospatial technology. The company brings the best practices of open source software to geospatial organizations around the world by providing enterprises with supported, tested, and integrated open source solutions to build the Geospatial Web. OpenGeo also supports open source communities by employing key developers of PostGIS, GeoServer, and OpenLayers. The company has a seven year history of providing successful consulting services and products to clients like Google, Tri-Met, Landgate, and the Open Geospatial Consortium. OpenGeo is the geospatial division of OpenPlans, a New York-based 501(c)(3) non-profit which informs and engages communities through journalism and open source software.
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Spatialytics to provide expert, local support of OpenGeo Suite Enterprise to Francophone Quebec

Quebec City, Canada – June 15th 2010: Spatialytics, a software and solutions company for Genuine and Open Source Geospatial Business Intelligence, and OpenGeo, producer of the OpenGeo Suite, today announced a reseller agreement that will bring the OpenGeo Suite – Enterprise Edition to the province of Quebec.

OpenGeo is well known for its contributions and leadership in the development and evolution of powerful open source geospatial technologies.  The OpenGeo Suite offers a fully-integrated open source geospatial platform for serving maps and data through web applications, mobile devices, and desktop clients. The OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition is comprised of tested, integrated and supported geospatial components GeoServer, OpenLayers, GeoWebCache, PostGIS and GeoExt.

Spatialytics will assume the first line of support of the OpenGeo Suite, in French, for its local clientele while having privileged access to OpenGeo for second line support.  Upon making the announcement, Luc Vaillancourt, CEO of Spatialytics said:

Sometimes, the most widely used technology in a given market is not necessarily the best. Quebec deserves a strong open source alternative and Spatialytics is delighted to take the opportunity to fill this gap.

Chris Holmes, OpenGeo president, added:

We are excited to be working with Spatialytics as it will allow us to add local expertise and French-language-based support for OpenGeo Suite users in Quebec. Working with Spatialytics will also help add value to Francophone users of the OpenGeo Suite worldwide.

About OpenGeo
OpenGeo is a social enterprise working to build the best web-based geospatial technology. The company brings the best practices of open source software to geospatial organizations around the world by providing enterprises with supported, tested, and integrated open source solutions to build the Geospatial Web. OpenGeo also supports open source communities by employing key developers for PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, GeoExt, and OpenLayers. The company has an eight year history of providing successful consulting services and products to clients like Google, Portland Tri-Met, The World Bank and MassGIS/State of Massachusetts. OpenGeo is the geospatial division of OpenPlans, a New York-based 501(c)(3) non-profit which informs and engages communities through journalism and open source software.

About Spatialytics Solutions Inc.
Spatialytics is all about “Genuine Geospatial Business Intelligence”. Spatialytics maximizes the value and usage of the geographic dimension of the information via a real integration of Geospatial (data and capabilities) into Business Intelligence technologies and best practices. Spatialytics offers GeoBI solutions based on software and technologies that inject GEO into robust BI infrastructures. Spatialytics supports and contributes to the Spatialytics.ORG Open Source community for the use and evolution of its GeoBI projects: GeoKettle (Spatial ETL), GeoMondrian (Spatial OLAP Server) and SOLAPLayers (mapping component for Dashboards and Reports). Spatialytics offers professional services and support to users and integrators in their efforts to implement, adapt and customize its GeoBI technologies.

GeoBI initiative allows the integration between Geographical Information Systems and Business Intelligence software.

Québec, Canada – June 10th, 2010 – Spatialytics, a software and solutions company for Genuine and Open Source Geospatial Business Intelligence, announces its participation in the GeoBI Initiative, a new international initiative focused on Geospatial Business Intelligence, available at www.geobi.org.

The initiative aims to gather companies, organizations, project communities and individuals into an open community aiming to foster the cooperation in the GeoBI domain and to support research activities. This allows to convert the results into innovative enterprise applications as well as to enrich and integrate the existing open source GIS and BI solutions, through the adoption of open standards.

Besides Spatialytics, the initiative members include the Italian companies Engineering Group and Inova Open Solutions, the French company Altic, the Swiss company Camptocamp and the SESAR research lab, Information Technology Department, University of Milan. Membership is open to anyone who shares the initiative vision.

When it comes to GeoBI and collaboration in an open environment like this GeoBI Initiative, Spatialytics hears the call. We are proud to be among the initial members of this unique initiative and see Spatialytics co-founder and pioneer in Open Source GeoBI, Dr. Thierry Badard, sit on the technical committee. Open Source GeoBI projects available at Spatialytics.ORG like the SOLAP Server GeoMondrian are key for this inevitable IT convergence.

…says Luc Vaillancourt, CEO, Spatialytics.

Moreover, the initiative promotes the creation of a network of support services, according to which the initiative members provide professional support to the developed solutions.

About Spatialytics Solutions Inc.

Spatialytics is all about “Genuine Geospatial Business Intelligence”. Spatialytics maximizes the value and usage of the geographic dimension of the information via a real integration of Geospatial (data and capabilities) into Business Intelligence technologies and best practices. Spatialytics offers GeoBI solutions based on software and technologies that inject GEO into robust BI infrastructures.

Spatialytics (Spatialytics.COM) supports and contributes to the Spatialytics.ORG Open Source community for the use and evolution of its GeoBI projects: GeoKettle (Spatial ETL), GeoMondrian (Spatial OLAP Server) and SOLAPLayers (mapping component for Dashboards and Reports).

Spatialytics offers professional services and support to users and integrators in their efforts to implement, adapt and customize its GeoBI technologies.

In the case of SpagoBI, its road-map and evolution is managed by Engineering Group, SpagoBI editor, an IT global player and the Italian largest operator in the IT services market with over 6,200 employees. Since October 2005, SpagoBI has counted several hundred thousands downloads and still counting. The top 4 countries are France, USA, China and Italy.

SpagoBI is used in about 100 projects supported by partners and SpagoBI directly. Some of the most important SpagoBI customers are: the Italian Ministry for Health, FIAT Group and various local public administration institutions (ex. Regione Veneto). SpagoBI Success Stories are available here.

SpagoBI is already aware and involved in the binding of BI with mapping.

The opportunities for collaboration and integration are numerous. For example, knowing that SpagoBI already supports Mondrian OLAP server in its technology architecture, via its SpagoBI Server, it is possible to consider the alternative GeoMondrian.

GeoMondrian is Spatialytics.ORG Open Source SOLAP server. GeoMondrian has the unique ability to integrate the geometry of geographic features with the rest of the alphanumeric data and statistics, allowing powerful analysis and query spatial data cubes and maps originating from a single source of data.

In general, Spatialytics aims to maximize its technology offering in Open Source GeoBI, available Spatialytics.ORG, with companies and communities in BI and Geospatial that are technologically compatible, including those exploiting Kettle and/or Mondrian, PostGIS and/or GeoExt … the list is impressive.

About SpagoBI:
SpagoBI is the only entirely open source Business Intelligence suite, supporting the development of innovative and flexible Business Intelligence solutions.

Thanks to its wide offering of analytical tools and to its new and intuitive user interface, SpagoBI supports day-to-day and strategic business, both at the decision-making and operational levels. SpagoBI offers many solutions for the reporting, the multidimensional analysis, the simple and interactive dashboards, the geographic and graphic analysis, the management and presentation of KPI models, the free inquiry, the data mining, the collaboration for the informative enrichment.

SpagoBI is supported by Engineering Group, an IT global player and the Italian largest operator in the IT services market.

” The spatial industry is undergoing rapid innovations and the open source spatial community is one of the forces driving the change. The FOSS4G conference is more than a melting pot of great ideas it is a catalyst and opportunity to unite behind the many successful geospatial products, standards and protocols. ” FOSS4G 2010 Organizing Committee.

Spatialytics is the new company dedicated to support the Open Source GeoBI projects available at Spatialytics.ORG (GeoKettle, GeoMondrian and SOLAPLayers) and to offer professional support and services to deliver working Spatial ETL and Spatial OLAP solutions.

Spatialytics is also part of the program with Dr. Thierry Badard who will give a tutorial on the Open Source Spatial ETL GeoKettle.

This time, the gathering will not include presentations mainly because the afternoon of this very same day is the WhereCamp, full of short presentations on various topics, Open Source or not.

Spatialytics is sponsoring this particular “OSGeo-qc Happy Hour“, being in Quebec City.

The event is open to everyone. RSVP.

Spatialytics

Spatialytics founders Thierry Badard and Luc Vaillancourt* will be at the event to exchange with the other participants on different topics, all suggested by the participants themselves.

Like DMR, K2 Geospatial, MapGears and GeoProjection, Spatialytics is sponsoring this event.

Registration is free. Simply complete the form on Eventbrite.

You can learn more on the “BarCamp” formula. Here is a list of other WhereCamp around the World.

* Luc Vaillancourt is the owner of BALIZ-MEDIA.com, a French Canadian online magazine gathering and aggregating Geospatial news and blog posts. BALIZ-MEDIA.com is the hosting organization of the Quebec WhereCamp.

This first edition will be held in Saguenay, the city formely known as Chicoutimi. Saguenay is home of Daniel Morissette from MapGears, the well known MapServer expert/sniper.

Daniel Morissette is one of the three founders of the OSGeo-qc chapter, along with Thierry Badard, co-founder and CTO of Spatialytics.

Spatialytics supports this first local conference not only via Thierry’s personal involment but also as a corporate sponsor.

Spatialytics will present Spatialytics.ORG Open Source Geo-BI projects GeoKettle, GeoMondrian and SOLAPLayers and position the company as the perfect companion for successful Geo-BI project implementation, offering professional services : training, support, development and integration.

More details to come.

Important to mention that the Rendez-vous OSGeo-qc is a 1,5 day event June 15 and 16 immediately before VisionGÉOMATIQUE 2010, June 16 and 17, same location.

Spatialytics

Spatialytics will present Spatialytics.ORG Open Source GeoBI projects GeoKettle, GeoMondrian and SOLAPLayers.

Visitors of Spatialytics (booth #48) will learn more about how the ETL (GeoKettle) and the BI architecture (the SOLAP server GeoMondrian and the mapping component to complete dashboards SOLAPLayers) can be used and benefit their organization.

Spatialytics, the company, is dedicated to push forward the GeoBI Open Source projects available at Spatialytics.ORG and to offer professional training, support, development and implantation services.

Important to mention that VisionGÉOMATIQUE is a 1,5 day event June 16 and 17 immediately following Rendez-vous OSGeo-qc 2010, June 15 and 16, same location.