Samdesk Receives Esri Innovation Award at Esri Partner Conference

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Mar 11, 2025, 17:20 ET

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Samdesk has been honored with the Innovation Award at the 2025 Esri Partner Conference (EPC), held March 9–10 in Palm Springs, California. This award recognizes samdesk's innovative use of emerging technologies, including generative AI and real-time integration capabilities, to enhance situational awareness within the Esri ArcGIS ecosystem.

From left to right: Danny Spillmann, Corporate Director, Global Business Development, Esri; Tiffany Menchaca and Steve Dirks, Senior Account Executives, Public Sector, samdesk; Jack Dangermond, Esri President; Jason Breukelman, Director, Strategic Alliances, Esri Canada; Fiona Hatfield, Business Partner Manager, Esri Canada; Richard Cooke, Corporate Director, Global Business Development, Esri; and Thomas Fair, Director, Esri Partner Network (CNW Group/samdesk)

This award highlights the work samdesk and Esri have done to remove barriers and delays between crisis detection and geospatial intelligence. In today's rapidly changing world our customers demand the fastest, seamless integrations that are cost effective and low latency to achieve public safety efficiently.

Samdesk empowers organizations with AI-driven crisis monitoring and early warning alerts, integrating seamlessly with Esri technology to provide real-time crisis intelligence. Through the samdesk API Integration, organizations can pull live crisis data into the ArcGIS environment every minute, ensuring decision-makers have immediate access to critical updates. Customers such as NATO, LA Metro and Nutrien leverage this integration to gain situational awareness, optimize operations, and enhance overall resilience through real-time and historical crisis data analysis.

"Esri appreciates the strong partnership with samdesk and acknowledges their dedication to customer success with ArcGIS by awarding them this 2025 EPC award," said Thomas Fair, Director, Esri Partner Network.

"We are delighted to receive this recognition for the work that samdesk does with Esri. Esri is nothing short of fantastic to work with," said James Neufeld, Founder and CEO of samdesk. "In today's environment customers need safe, cost efficient and fast solutions. Working tirelessly to solve customer pains is the shared value between Esri and samdesk."

Esri is the global leader in location intelligence, with a network of 3,000 partners worldwide. The EPC award winners are recognized for their exceptional work in advancing GIS technology to solve complex challenges.

About Esri
Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, helps customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Founded in 1969 in Redlands, California, Esri software is deployed in hundreds of thousands of organizations globally, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, nonprofit institutions, and universities. With regional offices, international distributors, and partners providing local support in over 100 countries, Esri delivers innovative solutions that leverage a geographic approach to solving some of the world's most complex problems. Visit esri.com.

About Samdesk
Samdesk is an AI-powered global disruption detection platform that delivers real-time crisis alerts and situational awareness to organizations worldwide. By leveraging AI and open-source data, samdesk empowers security, risk, and operational teams with instant insights into emerging events—helping them protect assets, ensure business continuity, and respond proactively to crises. The samdesk platform seamlessly integrates with Esri's ArcGIS technology, enhancing decision-making with real-time and historical event data. Learn more at samdesk.io.

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