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The $1,100 Map Shop That Became the Operating System for Where
Esri began as a tiny land-use consultancy. Fifty-seven years later, its software helps cities find buried valves, retailers choose corners, and emergency teams see trouble before it spreads - while a difficult desktop transition tests the loyalty of the mapmakers who built their careers on it.
Marianna Kantor Is Making the Case That Every Business Problem Has a Geography
The Esri CMO has spent a career translating technical systems into business language. Her current argument is disarmingly simple: AI can know what, but decisions still happen somewhere.
RSC (Robert Stephen Consulting)
RSC (Robert Stephen Consulting LLC) is a San Ramon, California consulting firm that helps large organizations run their buildings like data. Founded in 2000 by Bob Stephen, RSC implements Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) and Computer-Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) software - notably Archibus - and bridges it with Esri GIS mapping through its REALS platform. It serves Fortune 500 companies, government, healthcare, education, energy and manufacturing clients on everything from space planning and chargeback analysis to lease and asset tracking. In October 2024 RSC was acquired by Langan Engineering & Environmental Services to power Langan's growing digital solutions practice.