IFS Extends Its Business Intelligence Offering in North America

The IFS Business Intelligence Dashboard Solution is available on IFS Applications 7.5, Service Pack 5 or later. This extension can be used along with the IFS Business Analytics Excel Add-in and the IFS Business Performance Scorecard portlets.

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Free White Paper: Why EAS Is Crucial to Your ERP System

A number of companies are offering bolt-on appliances that offer Google-like enterprise search. But these tools are no replacement for true enterprise application search, which is tightly integrated with the application it runs on. Learn how the difference between these technologies can help or harm your business! Read More!

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Podcast: Integrating ERP and Business Intelligence (BI)

In this month's interview episode of the IFS Radio Network, Bill Noble, IFS North America Implementation Manager and Application Analyst, provides valuable insights on integrating business intelligence (BI) tools with enterprise resources planning (ERP) According to Noble, the transactional data in ERP systems must be structured differently in order to be consumed by BI tools, and that is where much of the complexity from these projects originates. But there are both technical and non-technical reasons BI/ERP integration can be challenging, according to Noble.

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New Sponsorships for IFS Customer Summit 2011

The IFS User Groups around the world are working with IFS on Customer Summits to be held in various parts of the world in the next year.

The Customer Summit 2011 in Chicago, Illinois will be held April 10-13, 2011. 

Two more partners recently joined the list of sponsors for the IFS Customer Summit 2011. Agile Networks and Radley Corporation, both long time IFS software partners, are the latest companies to sign on as sponsors for the IFS Customer Summit, April 10-13, 2011 in Itasca, Illinois.

"Radley and Agile are repeat sponsors of the IFS Customer Summit, exhibiting at our inaugural event in 2008. We really appreciate their continued support," IFS Director of Strategic Relations David Eager said.

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Welcome New Defense Customer

Last week, IFS announced an agreement with a European defense organization. The contract, signed in cooperation with its global defense partner, is valued at more than $5 million for IFS Applications licenses as well as three years maintenance and support.

IFS Applications will be used to support and manage defense assets to enable improved capability and reduced through-life service and maintenance costs by better control and coordination of inventory and asset maintenance schedules and routines.

"This is yet another important win for IFS, following the recently announced contract with the U.S. Army," said Iain Green, CEO of IFS Defence Ltd. "With this deal we add yet another country to our list of customers in the defense vertical."

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Listen to the Forrester Research Video on Project-Based Solutions

Forrester Research defines Project-Based Solutions (PBS) in this short six-minute video.
Other topics covered in the video include:

• What is PBS?

• How is PBS different than ERP Systems?

• How does PBS change the way time-sensitive data is viewed?

• How can PBS help companies today and into the future?

• Where will the PBS market be in 5-10 years?

Events: Meet IFS This Fall

Upcoming Events

ONS 2010 August 24-27, 2010 Please come and meet IFS at the ONS (Offshore Northern Seas) 2010 event in Stavanger, Norway. ONS 2010 is the meeting place for the Oil & Gas Industry - a unique concept with an exhibition, seminar and cultural festival at the same time.

Frost & Sullivan's GIL 2010 September 12-14, 2010 in San Jose, CA Frost & Sullivan's flagship client event "GIL Global" is your bridge to accessing a community supporting senior executives and their efforts to accelerate the growth rates of their companies. Each year, thousands of CEO's and their Growth Teams return to engage in this global community to explore actionable strategies, solutions, and growth processes that they can put to work in building a solid Growth Acceleration System. GIL Global is a "must-attend" for any organization serious about improving their performance in growth, innovation and leadership.

APICS 2010 International Conference October 18-20, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV The APICS International Conference & Expo - one of the world's largest gatherings of operations management professionals - provides an annual interactive learning environment to share ideas and learn from peers.

ConFab Consulting Event October 23-25, 2010 in Reno, NV Booth 5 No matter if you are a beginning consultant, have a growing consulting firm, or are a senior consultant in your field, Confab offers powerful keynote and breakout sessions and exhibits to help consultants increase their skills and knowledge, as well as networking where consultants make business connections and collaborate with other consultants.

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