APOS Systems Inc. Launches New Integration Solution Between Microsoft Outlook and BusinessObjects™ Xi 3.0
Kitchener, Canada, November 14, 2008 --(PR.com)-- APOS Systems Inc., a leading Technology Partner of Business Objects, an SAP company, announced the availability of the APOS Integration Kit for Microsoft Outlook. This solution allows users to use Microsoft Outlook as their portal to the business intelligence (BI) platform BusinessObjects™ XI 3.0, including on-line and off-line report viewing and scheduling support.
The APOS Integration Kit for Microsoft Outlook gives BI users a familiar, unified interface to stay connected with their BI content while managing their busy schedule – in the office or on the road. This form of ambient BI reduces training efforts and helps make BI accessible to all users throughout the organization. With Outlook integration, users are able to view reports, office documents, Xcelsius® documents, and dashboards from a familiar and readily accessible interface. But beyond viewing, Outlook users can also schedule reports and export report instances from a simple, familiar interface. There’s no need to learn a different interface to get at the required BI information. The Integration Kit provides a simple, clean interface, utilizing the same right-click menus that are familiar in Outlook.
“We are constantly looking for new ways to enhance and simplify the user experience of our business intelligence (BI) solutions,” said Marge Breya, executive vice president and general manager, Business Intelligence Platform, Business Objects, an SAP company. “Our partnership with APOS offers customers a rich, intuitive solution that combines the industry’s leading intelligence platform with the leading email client. As a result, everyday people – ‘business users’ – are able to have trusted, immediate access to the information they need to do their jobs, just as easily as they have access to email and the Internet. This is a great example of the kind of innovative collaboration that led to APOS’ recent recognition as our ‘Technology Partner of the Year’.”
"We're excited about this unique new product enabling our customers to utilize Microsoft Outlook as their business intelligence portal,” said Allan Pym, vice president, Business Development for APOS Systems Inc. “One particularly empowering feature is the new ability to retrieve and store business intelligence documents for viewing from Microsoft Outlook even while disconnected from BusinessObjects XI. It’s even possible, while disconnected from BusinessObjects XI, to schedule a report and automatically receive the result for local analysis."
Some of the features that users have access to right from Microsoft Outlook as their BusinessObjects XI-based portal are:
• access and view all authorized Business Objects folders and reports
• schedule reports while connected on-line to BusinessObjects XI
• schedule reports even while not connected to BusinessObjects XI
• view and analyze reports off-line - take reports with you for off-line analysis
• view and analyze data and create reports using Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, Crystal Reports, Office and Xcelsius report formats
• schedule or reschedule reports (with parameters)
• choose report output format
• request notification of scheduling success or failure
• request an e-mail with the report instance
• automatically ‘refresh’ their local Outlook BI data
• download instances and export in multiple formats
• choose to zip downloaded files – separately or together in one zip file – password protected
About APOS Systems Inc.
As a leading Business Objects Technology Partner, APOS Systems Inc. offers incomparable knowledge and expertise in extending the Business Objects platform. Today, APOS BI Tools are helping over 700 Business Objects customers in over 30 countries worldwide further maximize their investments in the BusinessObjects XI platform. APOS Systems Inc. is headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with sales offices in Vancouver, BC, Canada and in London, UK. www.apos.com.
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Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports and Xcelsius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States and/or other countries.
SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
SAP Forward-looking Statement
Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “should” and “will” and similar expressions as they relate to SAP are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. SAP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations The factors that could affect SAP's future financial results are discussed more fully in SAP's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including SAP's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.
The APOS Integration Kit for Microsoft Outlook gives BI users a familiar, unified interface to stay connected with their BI content while managing their busy schedule – in the office or on the road. This form of ambient BI reduces training efforts and helps make BI accessible to all users throughout the organization. With Outlook integration, users are able to view reports, office documents, Xcelsius® documents, and dashboards from a familiar and readily accessible interface. But beyond viewing, Outlook users can also schedule reports and export report instances from a simple, familiar interface. There’s no need to learn a different interface to get at the required BI information. The Integration Kit provides a simple, clean interface, utilizing the same right-click menus that are familiar in Outlook.
“We are constantly looking for new ways to enhance and simplify the user experience of our business intelligence (BI) solutions,” said Marge Breya, executive vice president and general manager, Business Intelligence Platform, Business Objects, an SAP company. “Our partnership with APOS offers customers a rich, intuitive solution that combines the industry’s leading intelligence platform with the leading email client. As a result, everyday people – ‘business users’ – are able to have trusted, immediate access to the information they need to do their jobs, just as easily as they have access to email and the Internet. This is a great example of the kind of innovative collaboration that led to APOS’ recent recognition as our ‘Technology Partner of the Year’.”
"We're excited about this unique new product enabling our customers to utilize Microsoft Outlook as their business intelligence portal,” said Allan Pym, vice president, Business Development for APOS Systems Inc. “One particularly empowering feature is the new ability to retrieve and store business intelligence documents for viewing from Microsoft Outlook even while disconnected from BusinessObjects XI. It’s even possible, while disconnected from BusinessObjects XI, to schedule a report and automatically receive the result for local analysis."
Some of the features that users have access to right from Microsoft Outlook as their BusinessObjects XI-based portal are:
• access and view all authorized Business Objects folders and reports
• schedule reports while connected on-line to BusinessObjects XI
• schedule reports even while not connected to BusinessObjects XI
• view and analyze reports off-line - take reports with you for off-line analysis
• view and analyze data and create reports using Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, Crystal Reports, Office and Xcelsius report formats
• schedule or reschedule reports (with parameters)
• choose report output format
• request notification of scheduling success or failure
• request an e-mail with the report instance
• automatically ‘refresh’ their local Outlook BI data
• download instances and export in multiple formats
• choose to zip downloaded files – separately or together in one zip file – password protected
About APOS Systems Inc.
As a leading Business Objects Technology Partner, APOS Systems Inc. offers incomparable knowledge and expertise in extending the Business Objects platform. Today, APOS BI Tools are helping over 700 Business Objects customers in over 30 countries worldwide further maximize their investments in the BusinessObjects XI platform. APOS Systems Inc. is headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with sales offices in Vancouver, BC, Canada and in London, UK. www.apos.com.
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Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports and Xcelsius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States and/or other countries.
SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
SAP Forward-looking Statement
Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “should” and “will” and similar expressions as they relate to SAP are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. SAP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations The factors that could affect SAP's future financial results are discussed more fully in SAP's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including SAP's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.
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519-894-2767
www.apos.com
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