APOS Solutions News April, 2010 In this issue: ->> Business Matters at APOS - The rules of business are changing. Governance, risk and compliance play an important role in Corporate Strategy. ->> Case Study - Bord Gáis Éireann (Bord Gáis) required a business solution to meet their backup and restore needs for end of month reporting. Learn how they solved this mission critical problem. ->> Upcoming Webinar - APOS Storage Center - Keep, Convert and Restore. ->> Product Updates at APOS - Top 5 improvements to APOS Storage Center. ->> APOS on the Road - Meet with APOS staff to discuss business partnership opportunities with us at Sapphire. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Download the current version of all APOS Solutions here http://www.apos.com/Downloads/Default.aspx Forward this message or send this link to a colleague you'd like to share this newsletter with... http://www.apos.com/Company/SolutionsNewsletter/APOS_Solutions_News_Jan_2010.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Business Matters at APOS | Trends for 2010 Most organization wouldn't include Archive and Restore in the same sentence as Governance, Risk and Compliance. However, as corporate laws, such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act, impact the way organizations report and mandate their compliance and operational requirements. The ability to react to an audit, historic financial disclosure statement or other report can quickly tax the available resources. Beyond the time load and complexity, the financial impact of managing the process of extracting the information back into the online system can be costly. Baseline magazine publishes their top 10 trends in IT for 2010 here. http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/Top-10-Trends-in-IT-for-2009/ Centralization, Standards and Governance make their top 5 in expected commitment to centralization. Baseline's survey of over 800 respondents predicts that "85% of organizations will boost their investment in governance processes and applications in 2010" This trend is an interesting gauge of the comfort that many organizations face in the ever-changing Global economy. It also shows the responsibility that organizations owe to their shareholders and respective governments. The APOS Storage Center solution provides a number of useful functions that allows an administrator the flexibility to back-up, archive and restore single objects or report instances from both online and offline storage without interrupting or disturbing the existing platform. When should you consider APOS Storage center? + Keeping historical report instances available for future review + Convert historical report instances to pdf for long term offline storage + Selectively Restore archived reports and specific objects + Maintain multiple backups using versions + Store backup of instances without removing them from the system Please visit our web site here for more details about APOS storage center. http://www.apos.com/Solutions/APOSStorageCenter.aspx Attending the upcoming webinar on April 13th. See below for more details. http://www.apos.com/Seminars/WebinarStorageCenterRegister.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Case Study | Bord Gáis Bord Gáis Éireann (Bord Gáis) was established in 1976 and is a commercial State body operating in the Irish energy industry. With over 630,000 gas and electricity customers and a turnover in 2008 of €1,379 million, Bord Gáis employs approximately 900 staff and is headquartered in Cork, Ireland. For many, Bord Gáis would be synonymous with natural gas. However, the structure of the energy industry has changed significantly since the introduction of market liberalisation and Bord Gáis now has a variety of roles within the gas industry in Ireland. In addition, Bord Gáis has expanded beyond its original base into the electricity supply market. Bord Gáis has two main businesses: Networks and Energy. Read more here.  http://www.apos.com/Company/ViewCaseStudies.aspx?id=113 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upcoming Solution Webinars | Keep, Convert and Restore APOS Storage Center Webinar April 13, 2010 The importance of maintaining a stable, efficient SAP BusinessObjects deployment is learned, over time. It only takes one careless action to turn a smooth running system into a disaster. From rookies to well seasoned veterans, working without a safety net is always a risky proposition. Archive, Back-up and restore are the pillars of compliance and data protection. They are fundemental in the success of a well tuned SAP BusinessObjects implementation. Mitigating the impact of a careless, unplanned action can be minimized with the right tools. The APOS Storage Center solution was built to simplify the process of archiving, backing up, versioning, and partially restoring instances and report objects from SAP BusinessObjects. Our solution doesn't replace your current system; it improves and automates many time-consuming tasks associated with restoring and archiving. Our goal is to provide the best compliance and data protection solution for you and your organization. Please join us for a 60 minute webinar that focuses on the unique benefits of APOS Storage Center which provides an alternative to the "keep or delete" functionality built-in SAP BusinessObjects. Agenda: This webinar will provide a functional overview of the APOS Storage Center solution: » Archiving » Backup and Versioning » Selective Restore » Dynamic Exporting » Intelligent Purging Details and registration here http://www.apos.com/Seminars/WebinarStorageCenterRegister.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Product Updates at APOS | APOS Storage Center The APOS Storage Center solution allows you to manage compliance and operational requirements for storage of SAP BusinessObjects content. It allows historical successful report instances to be archived and objects to be backed up using a comprehensive set of business rules providing the administrator with the ultimate in archiving flexibility. To make all of this possible, we have included a number of new capabilities in the solution. Here are the top 5 enhancements; + Restore at any folder level, the latest version of all backed up objects in that folder and all subfolders + New 'Find Objects' screen allows user to see a listing of all objects that were backed up and allows them to restore from same screen + Select an object in the Objects tab and perform the restore from this screen + Run multiple servers on one machine + Archive and Backup folder paths are saved to SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Click here to download the latest version of the APOS Storage center solution and start using it Today! http://www.apos.com/Downloads/Default.aspx#APOSSTORAGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APOS on the Road | Conferences APOS will be attending the Sapphire SAPPHIRE® NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference events colocated in Orlando. These events give you a great opportunity to network with SAP customers, partners, team members, and industry experts. If you are attending these events and would like to meet with us, please feel free to contact Allan Pym (mailto:apym@apos.com) to arrange an appointment with members of our team. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 http://www.apos.com/Theatre/Default.aspx -------------------------------------------------------------------- This newsletter is published approximately 12 times a year, to share information about how APOS Solutions and services are extending the SAP BusinessObjects platform for companies like yours. 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