December, 2008
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Our Commitment to ESRI GIS Integration | Dan Clements, President and CEO
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 You may wonder what we're thinking with our free ESRI Viewer announcement below.
Here's the background...
APOS is the industry leader in delivering integration solutions between the Business Objects platform and ESRI GIS, focused on enterprise-level solutions. With our new ESRI Viewer solution, live integration with ESRI GIS can now be accomplished from Crystal Reports directly, with the map service coming either from an internal ESRI server or a hosted map service. With the anticipated growth in web-hosted map services, we believe even more organizations of all sizes will seek combined 'Geographic Intelligence' solutions. A PDF generated by Crystal Reports can now include a live embedded map. Just another opportunity to deliver GIS-enabled reports, to more report consumers.
Our new free ESRI Viewer makes it easy for anyone with Crystal Reports expertise to get started, with an upgrade path to the Professional version for powerful thematic mapping, and then to the ultimate Enterprise level with our full bidirectional Integration Kit for ESRI GIS.
We appreciate the support received from Business Objects and ESRI around this initiative. Note that the free viewer is now available for download right from the Crystal Reports 2008 start page, so all report designers worldwide have access to an easy, no-cost way to get started with GIS integration in their reports.
So, our free viewer is being offered to demonstrate why we're so excited about ESRI integration - check it out!
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Free ESRI Viewer for Crystal Reports 2008 | New Freeware!
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We've helped Santa out a little this year, with the timely release of our newest Freeware: ESRI Viewer for Crystal Reports Basic version. Available directly from the Crystal Reports 2008 Start Page as a FREE PRODUCT ADD-ON, as well as on our website, the new ESRI Viewer for Crystal Reports Basic is a quick and easy way to integrate sophisticated live mapping into Crystal Reports or any application supporting Adobe Flash®. Easy to install since it's only one flash file, this new viewer enables powerful viewing of ESRI maps, with these key capabilities:
 Live, integrated GIS map viewing within a Crystal Report, instantly!
- Live GIS map viewing within a PDF, generated directly from Crystal Reports 2008
- Live GIS map services from web-based ESRI map services, in-house ESRI ArcIMS or ArcGIS Server
- Include report or external data elements on the map
- FREE!
Check out full details and version comparison here. The Free Basic version of the ESRI Viewer is a great introduction to the potential for ESRI GIS integration in your reports. Check out our Professional version for even more powerful thematic mapping support.
Coming soon – Watch for our Q1 announcement about Dashboard Builder 3.1 integration, enabling a map as a source or target within the dashboard, while interacting with Xcelsius, Web intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, and Crystal Reports.
Administration Power Tool: Object Manager Provides New Levels of Object Control and Management | Special Webinar
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WEBINAR - January 20, 21, 2009
Join us for a webinar that highlights Object Manager: Administration Power Tool, the ultimate administration and management tool for Business Objects
This 60 minute webinar will focus on administering all aspects of Business Objects system structure in bulk. Handle security, user preference, document settings, universe settings, and promotion in bulk, rather than using the Central Management Console one object at a time.
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Bulk user and group creation and maintenance, with export and import
For example, administrators can force the reset of passwords for all users in the HR group.
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Mass edits of settings
Change database user name and password on hundreds of reports and their recurring instances in one action!
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Bulk management of security and limits, complex user security definitions
Edit security on multiple folders or objects vs. multiple users groups and groups simultaneously. Copy and paste security settings within your edit grid.
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User preferences management with mass changes by user group/user
For example, select all the users in Finance and set their default Web Intelligence viewer type. Or choose all the users in HR and set their default start view to the HR dashboard.
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Ad-hoc promotion of documents and universes
Promote reports into the system to replace existing reports while preserving the existing setting, history, and recurring instances. Promote universes into the system while automatically changing the database connection.
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Automated and structured promotion of documents
Schedule a package of reports to be promoted on the weekend at off peak hours. Roll back packages if needed.
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Tuesday, Jan. 20
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Wednesday, Jan. 21
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Warren S. Kobbeltvedt, Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Fred Walther, Manager, Pre-Sales |
Register for this special webinar now!
Object Manager and Promotion Server | New Features!
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 We are continuously improving our award-winning suite of tools. Object Manager, one of the most popular tools, supports BusinessObjects XI, BusinessObjects EDGE, BusinessObjects Crystal Decisions, and Crystal Reports Server. Object Manager Premium includes Promotion Server, which adds automated and structured promotion of documents to this powerful administration and management tool.
New Object Manager features recently added...
- Support for new BusinessObjects Advanced security roles
- Alert notification support
- A new filter section to allow the user to search for objects based on various connection string settings (i.e. User Name, Database Name, Server Name, etc.)
- Preference Management now supports setting a users initial view to a PM Corporate Dashboard
New Promotion Server features recently added...
- Automatic pausing of a scheduled package when attempting to edit
- The log file structure has been changed to include more details about the reports and settings used during promotion
- New bulk selection of 'File' source objects by selecting the parent folder on the network
Visit here to view a short web demo and learn more about Object Manager and Object Manager Premium (includes Promotion Manager).
Try it out! Request an evaluation download to see how Object Manager can help your organization.
APOS Joins New SAP EcoHub | Warren Kobbeltvedt, Vice President, Worldwide Sales
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In October, APOS Systems was part of the launch of SAP's EcoHub. SAP EcoHub is a new online, community-powered, solution marketplace that enables SAP customers to discover, evaluate, and buy certified solutions offered by SAP partners. Touted as the "amazon" of business software, the SAP EcoHub is online 24/7 to help customers quickly and easily find partner solutions relevant to their specific requirements.
We're pleased to be involved with our InfoScheduler solution, which achieved the first 'SAP Certified - Integration with BusinessObjects' designation, awarded earlier this year.
We look forward to continuing to provide customers with powerful solutions to extend their business intelligence system and maximize their Business Objects investment, and are pleased that the SAP EcoHub will provide another point of access for our customers worldwide.
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APOS BI Tools Overview Webinar | Learn More About Current APOS Solutions
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WEBINAR - December 16 and January 27
Join us for an overview of the APOS BI Tools Suite for the BusinessObjects XI platform.
This 45 minute webinar will show you how APOS BI Tools can help leverage and maximize the BusinessObjects XI platform. We will provide high level information to help better assess the range of current solutions available.
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Warren S. Kobbeltvedt, Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
Register for this valuable webinar!
New Value Added Reseller | BI Governance
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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada – December 8, 2008 – APOS Systems, the leading provider of extensions to the Business Objects platform, announced today that Belgium-based BI Governance will now be providing APOS BI Tools™ as part of their governance and compliance solutions for Business Intelligence (BI) clients.
 Regarding this new partnership and its impact on APOS service to the European BI market, Allan Pym, Vice President, Business Development at APOS stated, "BI Governance is an organization which clearly recognizes the significance of business intelligence in today's organizations. They have a strong recognition of the complexities which come with the production, management and administration of the business intelligence platform. We are very pleased to be working with BI-Governance to address the challenges which their customer base is experiencing, and APOS BI Tools are an excellent strategic fit with their organizational focus on 'BI Centre of Excellence' teams."
Wim Peeters, managing director of BI Governance, sees a clear and growing need for the tools and utilities such as APOS is providing. "More and more, large organizations are consolidating knowledge and experience in BI Competence Centers, which need an appropriate suite of solutions to assist and support them in their daily quest for cost reduction, compliance, quality and efficiency. APOS provides a wide number of these tools that have an immediate pay-back to these BI Competence Centers."
Read the full press release here.
APOS BI Tools Suite | Maximize BusinessObjects XI
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(c)2008 APOS Systems Inc. All rights reserved. APOS BI Tools is a registered trademark of APOS Systems Inc. The Business Objects logo, SAP logo, Business Objects, SAP, Crystal Reports, Xcelsius, WebIntelligence and Desktop Intelligence are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects, an SAP Company, or SAP and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. The ESRI logo, ESRI, ArcGIS, ArcIMS, are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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