e-Spatial are one of the top GIS integrators in New Zealand, having been in business for  a number of years and working across a number of products through that time.  Recently I had the opportunity to talk with  Matti Seikkula about SQL Server 2008 and the spatial capabilities.  We also talked about some of the updates for the spatial capabilities of SQL Server 2008 R2 including spatial drill down enhancements for Analysis Services.