This presentation was initially delivered at the Loudoun County annual GIS Forum. It walked through the key IT technologies that were implemented as part of the GIS platform at Loudoun Water. The presenter Yiman Song, spent the past 10 years in the GIS and spatial technology arena. She is truly passionate about technology and helping business with technology.

1. WONDERS OF GIS
T h e J o u r n e y a t L o u d o u n W a t e r
Yiman Song

2. The Journey
Desktop
users
Mobile
users Web
users
Enterprise
GIS users
Enterprise
mobile
GIS users
Business
intelligence
users
2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2017 2018
Physical
Server
Virtualization
Mobilization
Web Map
Portal
ERP
Integration
Server
Segregation
Enterprise
Mobilization
Cloud
2013

3. 2010
Let me
reboot the
server
SQL Server
ArcSDE
ArcReader users
Paper map users

4. 2011
Let me
reboot the
server
VMWare
SQL Server
ArcGIS Server
ArcReader users
Paper map users

5. 2012
DMZ Server
VMWare
SQL Server
ArcGIS Server
ArcReader users
Paper map users
Explorer for ArcGIS
ArcGIS Online
W
eb Adaptor
Web Adaptor

6. 2014
DMZ Server
VMWare
SQL Server
ArcGIS Server
ArcReader users
Paper map users
Explorer for ArcGIS
ArcGIS Online
W
eb Adaptor
Web Adaptor
SAP users
SAP Sync

7. 2015
DMZ Server
ArcGIS
Server
ArcReader users Paper map users
Explorer for ArcGIS
ArcGIS Online
W
eb Adaptor
Web Adaptor
SAP users
SAP Sync
Database
Server
Web map users

8. 2017
DMZ Server
ArcGIS
Server
Paper map users
Explorer for ArcGIS
ArcGIS Online
W
eb Adaptor
Web Adaptor
SAP usersSAP Sync
Database
Server
Web map users
AWS
Web Adaptor
Trimble Unity

9. 2018
SQL
Server
SAP
Integration
Services
External
GIS Web
Services
Enterprise GIS

10. WHY WAS IT A GOOD IDEA
Time
Capacity
Actual Demand
Cloud Capacity
Traditional Hardware

11. LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE

12. The Journey
Desktop
users
Mobile
users Web
users
Enterprise
GIS users
Enterprise
mobile
GIS users
Business
intelligence
users
2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2017 2018
Physical
Server
Virtualization
Mobilization
Web Map
Portal
ERP
Integration
Server
Segregation
Enterprise
Mobilization
Cloud
2013
Thank you!
Yiman Song
ysong@loudounwater.org