July, 2005

 

In This Issue:

APOS Signs as Business Objects Technology Partner

Migrating to BusinessObjects XI?

Yuri Goron - Profile of an APOS Professional

Case Study - University of Connecticut Foundation, Connecticut, USA

APOS Signs as Business Objects Technology Partner *A New Level of Co-operation

Business Objects and APOS Systems Inc. have signed an agreement whereby APOS Systems is appointed a Technology Partner. This program recognizes that APOS adds significant expertise and technical solutions to the Business Objects platform.

 

"APOS is a long time, valued partner that we welcome to the program"

. . . Jesse Sims, Global Alliances Manager, Business Objects

 

What is the Technology Partner Program All About?

Quoting from the Business Objects Web site:

Technology Partners

Technology Partners integrate their technology with our products to provide additional value to our customers through enhanced functionality or ease of deployment. These partners work with Business Objects in a 'co-sell relationship' that drives additional revenue for both organizations.

Supporting and extending the Business Objects platform

Business Objects partners with leading software and hardware companies to create solution kits and other technologies that support and extend the Business Objects business intelligence (BI) platform. Business Objects Technology Partners benefit from our market leadership, financial strength, and worldwide recognition as a BI leader.

To learn more about the Business Objects Technology Partner program and how it can help you and your organization maximize on your business intelligence investment, visit here.

To review a complete list of Business Objects Technology Partners, visit here.

Migrating to BusinessObjects XI? *Migration Assistance for 'Classic' Customers

The Business Objects user community understands that the BusinessObjects XI platform is a powerful advancement and most are now planning to move to this platform. At the same time, many are finding it a challenge to establish a solid plan to actually make it happen. Business Objects "Classic" users are particularly concerned.

The APOS professional services team has worked with this environment for many years; we're in an excellent position to ensure that your migration to BusinessObjects XI is successful. The combination of our Business Objects "Classic" expertise, our Crystal "Classic" expertise and our thorough BusinessObjects XI Migration Methodology will help your new environment implementation function on a whole new level.

We can partner with you to:

• assess your unique environment and requirements

• uncover the hidden challenges for your migration

• plan an effective migration strategy

• work with you to execute that strategy

Whether your current implementation is Business Objects version 5.x, 6.x or Crystal "Classic", we can get you to BusinessObjects XI successfully.

For information about how APOS professional services can help with your migration to BusinessObjects XI, please visit here or contact Allan Pym at apym@apos.on.ca or 519-666-2020.

Yuri Goron - Profile of an APOS Professional *APOS People Add Real Value

Yuri Goron is a Senior Systems Analyst with over 20 years experience in the area of systems analysis and design, systems integration, implementation and software development. He has strong knowledge of relational databases, stored procedures and performance tuning procedures. Yuri possesses strong analytical, design and development skills for complex subject matter.

Yuri has an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Moscow University of Electronic Techniques and since joining APOS Systems in 1997 has steadily developed a reputation as one of the top business intelligence specialists in North America!

A short list of typical BusinessObjects XI or Crystal Enterprise projects Yuri has worked on include:

Java SDK - Java web portal integration, Java servlet development, mentoring
.NET SDK - development and mentoring
SAP/BW - integration, single sign-on, reporting
UNIX - Solaris, AIX and Linux installations
ASP.NET - Active Directory Single Sign-On
Business Views - design and development

Performance Tuning - analysis, troubleshooting and resolution of reporting performance challenges

System Migration - upgrade/migration from any previous version to current Enterprise versions

Data Transformation - data integration/warehousing, reporting databases, complex views/stored procedures

Customers consistently make great comments about Yuri, a sampling:

"VERY impressed with Yuri Goron, the APOS consultant we have here this week. Wish we could've had him live here for the last 6 months!"

"Perfect! You're awesome."

"Yuri was very helpful and did a great job! The three days he was here were very profitable."

"Thanks for all your help - it was invaluable! Hmmm, that looks funny, but it means I can't put a price on everything you helped us achieve..."

This APOS consultant feature is to better acquaint you with the APOS resources available to assist with your Business Objects and data warehousing projects.

For more information about how an APOS resource can help with your business intelligence implementation, please visit here or contact Allan Pym at apym@apos.on.ca or 519-666-2020.

Case Study - University of Connecticut Foundation *Cool Customer

"You can simply change the property you need changed and you're ready to go. With this tool, we have been able to shift the scheduling from the Crystal Enterprise administrator to the user."

University of Connecticut Foundation

Background:
The University of Connecticut Foundation Incorporated is a private, nonprofit corporation established in 1964 in the state of Connecticut. Its mission is to solicit, receive, and administer gifts and financial resources from private sources for the benefit of all campuses and programs of the University of Connecticut. The Foundation operates exclusively to promote the educational, scientific, cultural, and recreational objectives of the University of Connecticut. As the primary fund-raising vehicle to solicit and administer private gifts and grants that will enhance the University’s mission, the Foundation supports the University’s pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, and public service. The Foundation’s role is thus critical in supporting the University’s goal of becoming a truly exceptional institution.

Challenge:

The University of Connecticut Foundation wanted to make large volume schedule changes to complex reports without spending large amounts of time in Crystal Enterprise deleting existing scheduled jobs and creating new ones. The Foundation’s scheduled jobs are complex with a variety parameters, emails, formats, descriptions and event dependencies. In order to make minor changes in Crystal Enterprise, a completely new setup of the job was required. APOS Systems’ InfoScheduler provided the Foundation with a solution that did not require re-creation of their schedule. “You can simply change the property you need changed and you’re ready to go,” said Craig.

 

Solution:
The Foundation quickly appreciated the functionality of APOS InfoScheduler; they were able to shift the scheduling maintenance work from the Crystal Enterprise administrator to their users. InfoScheduler has cut the time for simple changes to a scheduled job from 2 to 3 minutes per job change to 10 to 20 seconds. Some of the Foundation’s schedules have over 50 jobs. Replicating this through Crystal Enterprise would take 1.5 to 2.5 hours; with InfoScheduler, it takes minutes.

Why APOS?
“We chose APOS because their Crystal Enterprise add-on tools help us enhance our use of Crystal Enterprise, and because of their history and depth of knowledge of the Business Objects products,” Said Craig Dinsmore.

APOS Systems Inc. is a Business Objects Technology Partner and has been a Crystal partner since 1996. APOS acknowledged a key BusinessObjects XI and Crystal Enterprise strength—its open architecture—and has designed and tested a variety of add-on tools that offer customers additional capabilities within the enterprise infrastructure.  

To read more case studies, visit here.

Suggestions, Requests, Unique Requirements

If you have a unique business intelligence system requirement, please let us know. We love to work on special projects and regularly save our customers time and money by using our extensive software library to fast-track development of a specific customized solution.

 

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