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May, 2010
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New Strategic Alliance Partnership | LRS
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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - May 3, 2010 - APOS Systems, a leading provider of extensions to SAP® BusinessObjects solutions, announced today that it has expanded its global presence by signing a strategic partnership agreement with Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. (LRS), located in Springfield, Illinois.
 The joint solution offering will extend the content publishing and distribution capabilities of the APOS Publisher solution to encompass the output management and control capabilities of the LRS® Output Management Server solution.
"The collaboration between APOS and LRS is a natural fit. Integration of APOS and LRS components bring output management to SAP BusinessObjects customers, and complete critical aspects of the content publishing process – control and validation of print jobs and email distribution," said Allan Pym, APOS Vice President of Sales.
Read the full press release here.
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Location Matters at APOS | Is the Smart Grid really smart? |
Bill Meehan, ESRI's director of utility solutions, states that the smart grid isn't about the electrical transmission system,
but how customers interact with this system. It is a concept
that is about an intelligent electrical delivery system that
responds to the needs of and directly communicates with
consumers.
Overall, the smart grid is a complex system of components that
work together, but fundamentally, the smart grid is about three
things: Managing loads more effectively, providing significantly
more automation during restoration after an outage event and
enabling more interaction between the energy providers and the
consumer.
Smart grids start with smart meters. These electronic meters
communicate with the utility company through a communication
channel such as a cellular network. Each meter is able to
communicate the specific energy use of each household to the
utility company. In doing so, it enables the utility company to
monitor, manage and balance the energy needs of the network.
GIS has been a critical component of the infrastructure and
planning of the network. Over the last decade, GIS technology
has advanced to the point where energy flow can be simulated
through the drawings of the infrastructure. A savvy GIS analyst
can perform 'what if' analysis on the system, identifying which
meters will be impacted by the termination of a switch or
calculating the maximum load a line can withstand. To learn more
about the Smart Grid and the role of GIS technology in this
system visit
here.
For Location Intelligence,
GIS is the starting point because
all of the assets are located in real space and connectivity to
other assets can be modeled.
The challenge for implementing the smart grid isn't in the
infrastructure, but in the ability to tie the customer usage
data to a physical location on the grid.
The APOS Location Intelligence solution provides a mechanism to
connect the customer data held in a SAP BusinessObjects system
with the spatial location of the customer power meter. The result
is a system that allows the business user to spatially enable
their customer data and add the spatial dimension to their
analysis.
Have you ever asked these questions about your customers?
Which neighbourhoods are using the most resources?
How many new homes can be built on the existing infrastructure?
Customer X has been using 3 times the average power for his
neighbourhood, why?
Which neighbourhoods responded best to our energy conservation campaign?
Which areas are likely to be affected by the severe weather that is coming our way?
See below for details about registering for the Utilies Focused
Webinar or register
here. To learn more about the APOS Location Intelligence
Solution check out the web site
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Upcoming Solution Webinars | Location Intelligence: Energizing Utilities |
APOS industry focused webinar
May 11, 2010
Most utility companies understand the value that ESRI GIS technology brings to their organization and are looking for ways to extend their investment by exposing the technology to a new set of information consumers.
Please join us for this 60 minute webinar that uses the APOS Location Intelligence Solution to show Utilities specific demonstrations of spatial intelligence and business reporting working together.
Register today if you work for a utility or have an interest in learning how the APOS Location Intelligence Solution can help you develop a clear picture of your ESRI GIS and SAP BusinessObjects integration potential.
Agenda:
This webinar will provide a solution overview and use case scenarios applicable to the following functions within a utility company;
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Field crew optimization |
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Asset tracking and management |
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Smart grids |
 Details and registration here.
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APOS Solutions Overview Webinar
June 3, 2010
An overview of the APOS Solutions Suite for the SAP BusinessObjects XI platform. Learn how APOS Solutions can help leverage and maximize the SAP BusinessObjects XI platform. We will provide high level information to help better assess the range of current solutions available.
Details and registration here.
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Product Updates at APOS |APOS Publisher |
In the April newsletter, we talked about the top 10 technology trends for 2010. In the top 5 were Security, Risk and Compliance. In the current IT landscape, threats and challenges to the security of an organization becomes more of a concern and many organizations are turning to self-encryption of their hardware, user authentication and security suites to centralize the management of these settings.
APOS publisher now contains a plug-in that allows system administrators to enable their own encryption algorithms. The plug-in provides a gateway to encrypt both files and email body content using a two parameter security model. A company can build their own private encryption algorithm into the plug-in and apply it to either email, file, or ftp destinations. Once enabled, all files and emails sent from publisher will be encrypted.
If your organization requires certain encryption levels and custom algorithms, the APOS publisher is a great tool to send context sensitive information in a format that conforms to your own specific encryption needs. To learn about other benefits of APOS Publisher, check out the web site
here.
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APOS on the Road |
Conferences |
APOS will be attending the
SAPPHIRE® NOW and the
ASUG Annual Conference events
in Orlando, May 16-19. APOS staff will be active in the booth of our new
technology partner LRS. The LRS booth is #2808 and we invite you to stop
by to meet and learn more about our new alliance. 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 Howard Bishansky
to arrange an appointment with members of our team.
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