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<DIV><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OTIS/GIS is planning to upgrade all of our enterprise GIS ArcSDE instances to 10.0 SP5 in September (they are currently at 9.3.1). This will mean anyone using ArcGIS Desktop version 9.3.1 or lower will no longer be able to connect to SDE (DataMiner).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have 9.3.1 or lower installed on your machine, please upgrade to a newer supported version as soon as possible:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://depnet/gis/software/index.htm">http://depnet/gis/software/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at <a href="mailto:GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us">GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>April Williford<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>GIS Systems Project Analyst OPS</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>DEP, Office of Technology and Information Services<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>2600 Blair Stone Road</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Phone: (850) 245-8303<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Email: april.williford@dep.state.fl.us</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></DIV>
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