May 7, 2012 – Elkay Manufacturing Goes Live With ShipConsole and E-Business Suite R12 » More
Elkay Manufacturing (Oak Brook Illinois), a world leader in sinks, faucets, hydration stations and kitchen cabinets has successfully completed the upgrade of Oracle E-Business Suite R12. With the support of Apps Associates ShipConsole team, Elkay was able to also concurrently go into production with ShipConsole, the premier shipping solution for Oracle applications. Elkay’s Vic Kalidindi, Business Systems Manager of SCP & Operations, stated, “Elkay went live with Oracle EBS R12.1.3 implementation of financials, manufacturing and supply chain modules. We have been successfully shipping, since day one using ShipConsole…ShipConsole team completed the complex project on-time, under aggressive time lines. My sincere thanks for job well done.” ShipConsole was developed and is marketed by Apps Associates. For additional info, refer to www.shipconsole.com
May 1, 2012 – Apps Associates To Be Sponsor of 2012 Boston SIM Annual Golf Tournament » More
Apps Associates is proud to announce that it will once again be one of the sponsors of this year’s Boston SIM Golf Tournament which will be held on June 13, 2012 at Cyrian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston, MA. Boston SIM is a professional association for information technology leaders and the largest Chapter of SIM International. Our members are committed to advancing the Information Systems profession, developing the next generation of information technology leaders, supporting the development of youth and encouraging individuals to consider information technology as a career path. For the past 10 years, Boston SIM has held an annual golf tournament to raise funds to support Community Partnerships and Outreach Program. Over these years, the organization has raised over $320,000.”We are pleased to sponsor Boston SIM again this year as this is a top-notch premier event held to support local programs which is awesome”, said Sridhar Bogelli CEO.
April 27, 2012 – Apps Associates Expands into Chicago » More
Apps Associates has opened an office in Chicago IL as part of it’s continuing expansion. “We have established an initial customer base in the Chicago area through ShipConsole, our shipping solution for Oracle Applications. As a result, we now are seizing this opportunity to grow further across North America,” notes Sridhar Bogelli CEO. “Chicago provides a wonderful launching point in the Central US and we are excited about this opportunity”. With this growth in another major metro area, the company is poised to further leverage it’s capabilities in core service offerings which are expected to resonate in the region. Ravi Sista heads the US Central regional and is responsible for establishing and overseeing Business Development and Delivery capability within the region. Prior to joining Apps Associates, Ravi was employed by Oracle Corporation (USA & India) for 12 years, where he held various delivery and management roles.
April 25, 2012 – Apps Associates Launches Oracle Exalytics Initiative » More
Apps Associates has announced a program to provide active support for Oracle Exalytics. Among the first Oracle partners to acquire an Exalytics machine, Oracle’s In-Memory Analytic system, Apps Associates is committed to bridging the gap for customers with intensive analysis requirements. The Exalytics machine combines hardware and software to deliver high-performance computing for data-intensive business intelligence and enterprise performance management. Central to the solution is Oracle’s Time Ten In-Memory Database which supports adaptive caching for monitoring workload requirements and moving the data most in demand into memory. Dave Wheeler, VP for BP/EPM states, “Oracle Exalytics is a game changer for our customers. The ability for managers to visualize and explore patterns, trends, and outliers in their business is extremely powerful. Our customers will now realize robust, real-time reporting coupled with proactive, forward-looking planning, modeling and predictive analysis. With Oracle Exalytics, complexity and TCO are reduced.” For additional information, read more >>
April 23, 2012 – Sonus Networks Selects Apps Associates for E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade » More
Sonus Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: SONS), a global leader in SIP communications and networking headquartered in Westford MA, has selected Apps Associates for consulting expertise to assist with the implementation of their E-Business Suite R12 Upgrade project. Realizing the fastest growth in the SBC (Session Border Controllers) market segment, Sonus has undertaken the upgrade of their enterprise business application to support the foundation for further growth and efficiency. Apps Associates will provide both functional subject matter and technical R12 experience to help guide and execute this significant project.
April 22, 2012 – Apps Associates Presents (6) Key Topics at Collaborate 12 Conference in Las Vegas » More
“Apps Associates will be well represented at Collaborate 12, the Technology and Applications forum hosted annually by the Oracle Applications User Group, This year’s event, featuring conference education sessions and tradeshow is being held April 22-26, 2012 in Las Vegas NV. A total of six (6) papers have been selected by the OAUG committee to be presented during the conference as follows:
Session Title: Lessons Learned during Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Upgrade
Presenter: Sravan Daggupati
Session Title: Cognos Reports Migration to Oracle Business Intelligence Applications: Supply Chain Analytics
Presenters: Debdulal Banerjee (Apps Associates) & John Vermilyea (Hologic)
Session Title: MDM Roadmap and integration with E Business Suite
Presenters: Kshitij Kumar & Abdul Hafeez Shaik
Session Title: Running OBI11g on Cloud (Amazon EC2): Install and Configuration Guide
Presenters: Abdul Hafeez Shaik & Kshitij Kumar
Session Title: Leveraging Discoverer 11g for Oracle eBusiness Suite
Presenter: Thiru Sadagopan
Session Title: OBI-EE – ‘As of Date’ reporting using Oracle Human Resources Analytics
Presenters: Abdul Hafeez Shaik & Kshitij Kumar”
April 19, 2012 – Apps Associates Sponsors Amazon Web Services “Navigate the Cloud” 2012 Summit in NYC » More
Apps Associates was one of the sponsors for the 2012 Amazon Web Services “Navigate the Cloud” Summit held today at the Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York, NY. Nearly 3,000 registrants signed up to attend this year’s NYC Summit. The one-day event included a Solution Expo, various breakout sessions and a keynote where companies could learn about Cloud Computing technology trends and some of the latest AWS use cases and workloads. The keynote featured Dr. Wener Vogels, CTO, Amazon and a number of guest speakers discussing their use of cloud featuring Ryan Parks, Operations and Infrastructure Leader for Pinterest, Jon Brendsel, VP Products for PBS, Thomas Burke, Principal Engineer for Washington Post (WaPo Labs) and Jason Stowe, CEO for Cycle Computing — all with compelling and insightful use cases for AWS cloud. “Apps Associates is committed to helping our clients understand and employ the cloud as part of their infrastructure strategy. We recognize the signficance of this shift to the overall solution portfolio and are investing to establish best practice approaches across the life cycle,” notes Thiru Sadagopan, Director of Infrastructure Services.
March 21, 2012 – Apps Associates Forms Subdiary in Middle East » More
Apps Associates has expanded it’s global footprint into the Middle East region by registering within the Sultanate of Oman as a limited liability company under the name of Apps Associates Oman LLC. With the formation of this entity under the majority ownership of Apps Associates LLC (USA), Apps Associates continues to build towards the future and to grow.
“Global expansion is critical to increasing the value and perception of Apps Associates in the marketplace and must remain a core component of our overall strategy”, noted Bill Saltys. “We have been actively investigating for over one year and are excited about the potential within the Middle East and Africa, especially with the proximity to India and our Hyderabad Global Development Center. We were able to establish a strong connection within Oman and, therefore, have decided to move ahead with operations there. Oman is expected to be the first stepping stone into the region.”
“Global expansion is critical to increasing the value and perception of Apps Associates in the marketplace and must remain a core component of our overall strategy”, noted Bill Saltys. “We have been actively investigating for over one year and are excited about the potential within the Middle East and Africa, especially with the proximity to India and our Hyderabad Global Development Center. We were able to establish a strong connection within Oman and, therefore, have decided to move ahead with operations there. Oman is expected to be the first stepping stone into the region.”
March 16, 2012 – Apps Associates Chosen to Architect, Implement and Manage Infrastructure Roadmap for RISO Inc. » More
RISO Inc., a Tokyo Japan manufacturer of specialized document printing and duplicating equipment, with US headquarters located in Danvers MA, has engaged Apps Associates to architect, implement and manage it’s computing infrastructure environment. Through this engagement, RISO is expected to further optimize and streamline it’s operations and support while introducing forward-looking technologies and applications.
March 8, 2012 – Haemonetics Corporation Selects Apps Associates for 11g Upgrade » More
Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE) headquartered in Braintree MA, the global leader in blood management, has selected Apps Associates to deliver the upgrade of it’s Oracle Business Intelligence 11g environment. This upgrade will provide the foundation for future development and implementation.
February 15, 2012 – Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Selects Apps Associates for R12 Implementation Project » More
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, has engaged Apps Associates to provide consulting expertise in support of their Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 implementation project. With over 300 stores operating under the A&P, Waldbaum’s, Pathmark, Superfresh, Food Basics and The Food Emporium banners, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company is one of the largest grocery companies in the northeast region of the United States.
February 14, 2012 – Ben Pastro Joins Apps Associates as Vice President North American Sales » More
Ben Pastro has joined Apps Associates as Vice President of North American Sales. “We have grown consistently over the years but realize that geographic expansion is critical to sustain that growth,” states Sridhar Bogelli CEO. “In this newly formed position, Ben is charged with growing our portfolio of services and driving our expansion geographically across U.S. and Canada.” Ben brings years of experience managing larger IT consulting service organizations. Ben joins us from Zensar Technologies where he was responsible for US Sales and Operations. Prior to Zensar, Ben worked at ThoughtDigital and Oracle Corporation.
February 1, 2012 – Amazon Wed Services and Apps Associates Sponsor Live Event on Value of Cloud with Oracle BI Implementation » More
Apps Associates and Amazon Web Services is hosting an event in Boston MA with customer case study presented by Sensata Technologies. The topic “Strategic Value of Cloud During Your Implementation Life Cycle” features an overview of how Sensata has used the Amazon Cloud Services to gain agility for the implementation of Oracle Business Intelligence. This session offers insight into various deployment strategies and compelling reasons to use a cloud environment across the evaluation and implementation life cycle in order to drive appreciable benefit while reducing cost and risk.
January 13, 2012 – Apps Associates Plan Forum with AWS and Oracle to Explore Strategic Value of Cloud Computing » More
Apps Associates has teamed with Amazon Web Services and Oracle to host an event on February 1, 2012 in Boston focused on examining the value of using cloud computing within the IT implementation life cycle. The forum will include a customer case study as presented by Sensata Technologies in which specific insight to how cloud computing is being positioned and used within Sensata. As more companies begin to explore use of the cloud, this event offers an opportunity to gain understanding and perspective on the benefits gained through rapid deployment and time to value. For additional details,
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January 6, 2012 – Apps Associates Awarded EBS Integration Project by Nuance Communications » More
Nuance Communications Inc., the market leader in speech and imaging communication solutions, has selected Apps Associates as it’s partner to integrate a recently acquired company with the global Oracle E-Business Suite environment and the existing web-based applications of the acquired firm. Unlike typical acquisition integration efforts, this project will require complex business process analysis and integration of best practice approaches from both the existing and the acquired footprint. We look forward to this exciting opportunity to elevate and advance the business process of Nuance through application integration across the enterprise, stated Jim McDaniel, VP of Integrated Delivery for Apps Associates.
January 6, 2012 – ShipConsole Version 5.7 Available for General Release
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Apps Associates announced the release of ShipConsole version 5.7 which provides several new features for enhancing productivity and reducing cost of shipping execution for Oracle Applications users.
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January 3, 2012 – Apps Associates Successfully Launches Netherlands Operations » More
Apps Associates is pleased to announce the successful expansion of European operations which began in December 2011. In addition to its office in Germany, Apps Associates is expanding into other regions within Europe and, as part of this endeavor, has founded Apps Associates Netherlands. “We wanted to add even more value to our customers and, in particular, to our base of international clients which will benefit from our global expansion and broader capabilities in Europe”, says Christian Mueller, General Manager and head of European operations. The Dutch organization is led by two veteran of consulting services, Erik Wijgman and Peter Joustra, who collectively bring more than thirty years of Oracle E-Business Suite experience. “With the founding of Apps Associates Netherlands, we are able to access over 450 internationally experienced colleagues across three continents. We are able to support our customers not only with local services but also more fully with a global service base. And, not only within the domain of ERP software but also for the entire portfolio of Apps Associates services and solutions”, notes Erik Wijgman.