2008 saw dramatic changes in the technologies available to enterprises. All indications are that 2009 will also be a year of fast moving developments. An expert in technology forecast evaluates trends and draws lessons for today.

Washington DC (PRWEB)  – CTOvision.com ( http://www.ctovision.com ), the blog for enterprise technologists, announces the release of the enterprise technology look ahead for 2009. This annual list of the trends driving enterprise technology provides thought provoking insights designed to support decision-makers in CIO, CTO and CEO positions.

This list is developed and maintained by Bob Gourley, CTO of Crucial Point LLC, a technology research and consulting firm and a former CTO of Defense Intelligence Agency. Gourley has earned recognition as one of InfoWorld’s Top 25 CTOs for 2007 and is a prolific technology writer and speaker.

“Successful technologists know well that the best way to predict the future of technology is to grab it and drive it. But the cycle starts with a good assessment of the mega trends sweeping through our industry” said Gourley.

Trends examined in this year’s list include:
    

Spatial Insights, Inc. announces the release of Freeway 2009 and Freeway 2009 Premium from Applied Spatial Technology, Inc. The standard US and Canadian versions have been enhanced with the most up-to-date street networks from TIGER 2008 and 2008 Statistics Canada while the premium versions have incorporated NAVTEQ streets.

Bethesda, MD, (PRWEB) April 10, 2009 — Spatial Insights, Inc. announces the release of Freeway 2009 and Freeway 2009 Premium from Applied Spatial Technology, Inc. The standard US and Canadian versions have been enhanced with the most up-to-date street networks from TIGER 2008 and 2008 Statistics Canada while the premium versions have incorporated NAVTEQ streets.

Freeway creates drive time polygons, as well as output table matrices of drive times and drive distances between multiple origins and multiple destinations. Freeway is widely used in site selection to delineate trade areas and to analyze spatial relationships between locations based on drive time and distance. Users have the flexibility to specify road conditions and speed limit assignments.

“We feel that Freeway 2009 and Freeway 2009 Premium, as the industry standard US and Canadian drive time applications, offer the best solution available to help our clients solve spatial challenges and analyze demographics,” said Don Segal, Spatial Insights president.

In addition to the standard stand-alone software purchases, Freeway 2009 and Freeway 2009 Premium are available as a software development kit, allowing the drive time analysis functionality to be embedded within other applications, or the development of fully customized drive time applications. Information, including pricing, is available at the following URL:

http://www.spatialinsights.com/catalog/product.aspx?product=37