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March, 2010

In this issue:

Geography Matters at APOS - The promise of Spatial Intelligence begins with understanding the basics. Learn about the components of the APOS Location Intelligence Solution. Read more

Upcoming Webinar - APOS Location Intelligence Solution; Location Intelligence: Putting the 'where' in Healthcare. Read more

Product Updates at APOS - Find out how to keep in touch with APOS using the self-service portal. Read more
APOS on the Road - Meet with APOS staff to discuss business partnership opportunities with us at the ESRI Business Partner, the ESRI Developer Summit and the SAP NetWeaver BI and Portals conferences. Read more
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Geography Matters at APOS | Solution Architecture

The APOS Location Intelligence Solution is getting a lot of attention at APOS. We are constructing industry focused webinars to promote the use of Location Intelligence in vertical markets to meet the needs of your feedback.

Many organizations understand the value of Location Intelligence, but do not understand how to implement the technology into their existing infrastructure.

The marriage of Location intelligence and BI is a complex relationship. Understanding the inner-workings of the APOS Location Intelligence Solution can help you communicate the value of the solution with your peers.

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The APOS Location Intelligence Solution is a collection of components that allows any organization to add the spatial dimension of location within existing SAP BusinessObjects deployments. The solution consists of three main components:

  • APOS Dynamic Hub for SAP BusinessObjects
  • APOS Dynamic Hub for ESRI
  • APOS LIVE Viewer

    • The Dynamic Hub for SAP BusinessObjects manages connections between SAP BusinessObjects deployments and the spatial data requests. The hub communicates to a majority of the SAP BusinessObjects reports. The hub also communicates to reporting objects stored in external delivery mechanisms like web sites or pdfs. This communication is bi-directional, which means parameters can be passed between the target and the source, resulting in a real-time interactive experience.

    The Dynamic Hub for ESRI works in a similar fashion to the dynamic hub for SAP BusinessObjects, however, it manages the connections to on-premise ESRI data. Organizations who have an ESRI GIS system on premise can access data stored in the geodatabase and sophisticated GIS workflow's stored in geoprocessing models.

    The two hubs work together translating, transferring and presenting the data between systems. This means a map can react to a parameter change in a report, and a report can update a map based on a selection of spatial objects.

    The APOS LIVE viewer is a flex based interactive viewer that hosts both ESRI Data and SAP BusinessObjects driven visualization layers. The viewer integrates with all SAP BusinessObject content types either directly or in a dashboard builder environment and can be embedded into any platform that can drive an Adobe FLEX component.

    Please check the APOS Location Intelligence Solution web site often. We are in the process of updating our web site with new content.
    Upcoming Solution Webinars | Increase, reduce and multiply

    APOS Location Intelligence Solution Webinar

    March 16, 2010

    Putting the 'where' in Healthcare

    Please join us for this 60 minute webinar that uses the APOS Location Intelligence Solution to show healthcare specific demonstrations of spatial intelligence and business reporting working together.

    Register today if you work in healthcare or have an interest in learning how the APOS Location Intelligence Solution can be the missing piece of your ESRI GIS and SAP BusinessObjects integration puzzle.

    Agenda:

    This webinar will provide a solution overview and use case scenarios applicable to the following branches of healthcare;

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    Public Health
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    Human Services
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    Hospital and Health Systems
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    Managed Care
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    Academic Programs and Research
    Register for Upcoming WebinarsDetails and registration here


    APOS Solutions Overview Webinar

    April 8, 2010

    APOS Solutions compliment existing SAP BusinessObjects environments because they streamline and simplify existing workflows, not replace them.

    This informative 45 minute overview webinar will take a high-level look at APOS Solutions and show how to extend your SAP BusinessObjects investment.

    Register for Upcoming WebinarsDetails and registration here.
    Product Updates at APOS | APOS Self-service portal

    APOS News
    The customer is always right.

    -Harry Gordon Selfridge
    		APOS News

    This is a common adage in the marketplace and without “the customer”, all businesses would fail.

    To this end, creating industry leading software begins with the needs of the customer, however, the story doesn't end there. What we tend to forget is the rate at which technology evolves and how these changes create increased demands on time and more importantly, resources.

    To keep pace with the World, APOS constantly improves its solutions, using feedback from its customers. We take our feedback seriously! Since January, three of our solutions have been upgraded with improvements to meet the growing needs of our customers;

    APOS Insight - learn more here
  • Real-time Monitor
  • KPI

    • APOS Administrator- learn more here
  • Object Manager Premium - Promotion Server
  • Object Manager

    • APOS Storage Center learn more here
  • Archive Manager

    • Click here to learn more about the improvements to APOS solutions, using the APOS Self-service portal.
    APOS on the Road | Conferences

    APOS will be attending the ESRI Business Partner and ESRI Developer Summit conferences, in Palm Springs  as both an exhibitor and presenter.

    If you are attending either of these shows, please drop by booth 101 to speak with us. Our staff will be presenting Thursday March 25th on the topic of "Enterprise GIS: A BI Perspective". It should be an informative and educational presentation.

    APOS will also be attending the SAP NetWeaver BI and Portals Conference in Orlando as both an attendee and exhibitor. Look for APOS at the ESRI booth.

    An easy next step! If you've missed our last webinar, no need to worry. We've recorded it for you. Watch how our solutions can help leverage and maximize the SAP BusinessObjects platform.

    APOS Administrator, APOS Location Intelligence "How to" and more...

    More details and registration here

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