ESRI

ESRI issues the solutions allowing to create interactive digital maps, web portals and applications on the basis of such cards. The governments, the leading industrial companies, institutes, the non-state organizations are among clients of the company. According to foreign information sources, annual revenue of the company makes about $776 million.

Business in Russia

Основная статья: Esri CIS

2017: Cooperation with Autodesk

On November 23, 2017 Autodesk and Esri announced the beginning of the cooperation directed to consolidation of these information models of constructions (BIM) and geographic information systems (GIS). It will allow to use data for design and construction in the context of a real environment.

As envisioned by partners, interaction of software for BIM and GIS will allow owners of infrastructure facilities, both state, and private, to optimize planning processes, design, construction and operation, saving at the same time time and money. Improvement of integration between software of Esri and Autodesk can reduce time spent for workflows.

Partnership with Esri is directed to consolidation of opportunities of BIM and GIS technologies. Thanks to it our general clients will be able to build anything and anywhere — Andrew Anagnost, the CEO of Autodesk said. — Our purpose is in providing participants of the industry with a possibility of design in the context of a real environment. It, in turn, will allow to build more interconnected, viable cities and infrastructure.

Joint work of Autodesk and Esri will allow participants of the industry to synthesize information from BIM and GIS for creation of more interconnected infrastructure. It will help to reduce the number of necessary permissions thanks to optimization of interaction with concerned parties, to increase environmental friendliness and resilience of projects due to their deeper understanding and to reduce risks thanks to the improved end-to-end flow of materials, resource availability and planning during construction.

2015: ESRI prohibited to sell software to the Russian companies

The American developer of geographic information systems of ESRI notified at the beginning of 2015 the distributors in Russia on impossibility of deliveries of the products ESRI and their technical support for a number of the Russian defense and oil^[1].

In the list of the enterprises which ESRI sent to the partners — Almaz-Antey concern (is engaged in release of zenith missile systems), Research institute of instrument making of V.V. Tikhomirov (develops aviation management systems for arms), Gazprom and also machine-building plants and the largest oil-extracting companies of the country. Sanctions extend also to subsidiary companies of the enterprises, from shares of maternity capital of 50% and more.

In the letter it is said that it is forbidden to sell the products ESRI to the companies which are engaged in deep-water exploration and production of oil in territories "which Russia considers the shelf zone in the Arctic" and also the slate fields which are engaged in development. It is remarkable that in the same letter ESRI prohibited to render technical support to clients who already use its products and were placed on the sanctions list of the USA.

It is expected that support of products under the paid contracts will not be stopped if there is no toughening of sanctions. ESRI in Russia have about 4 thousand clients. Among there are no defense enterprises, but there are all largest oil and gas extraction companies.

The initiative of prohibition proceeds from the U.S. Government that is specified in the letter. ESRI is engaged in verification of the list of clients (whether there are they in the sanctions list). In order that to understand it, the company sent to the Russian clients inquiries for providing information on an organization structure and the purposes of use of licenses. However this information can be used for the purpose of industrial espionage — for example to learn areas of geological exploration.

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