Sage Line 500 V5.5 Overview

Nick Voller

Product Manager

Major Enhancements

New Web Client

Updated user interface with improved usability

Sage Business Intelligence Suite

Easier, faster access to the data held in Sage Line 500

Analytical BI using Excel client and OLAP cubes

Sage Paperless

Plain paper printing

Email and Fax

Document store

Sage CRM Integration

An integrated Sage Line 500 & SalesLogix solution

New Web Client

Slide 4

Product Demonstration

New Web Client

Crisp, clean new user interface for Sage Line 500 V5.5

Improved look and feel as well as usability

New code, with heuristic algorithms

Retains compatibility with existing User Forms

Supports Microsoft Internet Explorer V6 web browser

Utilises Sun J2SE 1.4.2 on the client desktop

Configurable to utilise https so ensuring confidentiality of information

Utilises Microsoft IIS as a central web ‘Staging Point’ server

Additional management configuration on the Staging Point

Sage Business Intelligence

The Reporting Landscape

BI Market – what’s happening ?

Market still growing

One of the few IT sectors

Microsoft is the reason for growth

Dramatic increase in demand from customers

BI Market – what’s happening ?

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Sage Business Intelligence

Wouldn’t it be nice if ….

Reporting apps could be delivered in hours

Report quality was always board quality

Reports could be accessed from any device

Wouldn’t it be nice if ….

Applications were scalable to millions of customers

We didn’t kill our network supporting thousands of users

Scalability was never ever a problem - period

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Sage Business Intelligence

Develop analytical applications from Excel

Sage Business Intelligence

Harnessing SQL Server Analysis and Reporting Services

Sage Business Intelligence

Add other components such as geospatial analysis

Sage Business Intelligence

Publish interactive applications to the web

Sage Business Intelligence

Sage Business Intelligence

Analytical OLAP (on line analytical processing) functionality

Utilises Microsoft Analysis Services

Cube builder provided by Sage

Extract, transform & manipulate data

Reports created using Microsoft Excel, and deployed in Excel or via the Browser

Pre-built cubes and templates

Initially Sales & Marketing based

Followed by Finance and Supplier dimensions

Drilldown to transactional data

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Sage Line 500 V5.5 Enquiries

The Sage Enquiries solution provides easy access to your Sage data through an additional Sage Module

Enables Enquiries to be built on any data in the system

Output to list,or purpose built form

Can be linked together to form unlimited drill down to source data

Can be called from a menu or from within a drill down

Supports Sorting, Totals, Sub Totals, Calculations

Pre Built Examples delivered for Customers, Suppliers and Stock

Runtime and Developer options

Runtime allows pre-built enquiries to be used

Developer allows new enquiries to be created

Sage BI Suite Positioning

Sage Line 500 V5.5 Paperless

Sage Line 500 V5.5 Paperless

A number of ‘paperless’ or ‘plain paper printing’ products available

Sage research identified key requirements to be

Fully functional product for the typical Sage user (4 to 1000 users)

Circa 1 day to install and configure

Standard templates for out of the box implementation

Circa ½ day per ‘custom’ form

Customers should be able to create / modify themselves

Priced to appeal to users who have not yet purchased a plain paper printing solution

Sage Line 500 V5.5 Paperless

Provides plain paper printing capabilities meaning that any Sage reports can be printed on ‘plain paper’ while adding graphics and colour

Utilises intuitive, easy to use tools to configure and manage the application

Crystal Reports is used to provide simple to use document design environment as well as printing of the documents

Additionally, email and fax your Sage documents

Additionally, save a copy in PDF format

PDF copies of documents added as attachments against relevant Sage screens and accessed via Sage Attachments – automatic archiving

Sage Line 500 V5.5 Paperless

Sage Paperless Summary

Fully featured plain paper printing solution for Sage users

Simple to install and manage

Plain paper printing design & creation using Crystal Reports

Supports document distribution via email, fax and PDF

Document archive capability

PDF copy of all documents are saved and can be displayed against the item to which they relate using Sage Attachments

Competitive price, with realistic consultancy content

Sage CRM Integration

AIS – The Integrator

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There’s More !!

Line 500 V5.5 New Features

Multi Server Architecture (MSA)

Increase implementation flexibility and reduce costs

Flexible Licensing scheme

Increase competitiveness in key areas

Security enhancements

Increased security at the point of system login

German Accreditation

It’s not just for Germans, it’s for everyone

A number of additional features such as MBE Enhancements and documentation and translation

Increasing applications functionality and retaining markets

Line 500 V5.5 - Summary

Provides key new functionality

Sage Business Intelligence

Sage Enquiries

Sage Paperless solution

Sage CRM Integration

Multi Server Architecture

Enhances existing functionality

Within the Sage application

Outside of the Sage application

Is more secure and LOOKS GREAT !!!

User interface, security

When ?

Scheduled release date

30^th January 2004

Next Steps

Visit the Exhibition Stands to discuss in more detail the full capabilities of the new release

Meet with your account manager to review your upgrade plans and discuss how you can best benefit from the Sage Promotions in the New Year !

Thank you


	New Web Client
		Updated user interface with improved usability
	Sage Business Intelligence Suite
		Easier, faster access to the data held in Sage Line 500
		Analytical BI using Excel client and OLAP cubes
	Sage Paperless
		Plain paper printing
		Email and Fax
		Document store
	Sage CRM Integration
		An integrated Sage Line 500 & SalesLogix solution


	Crisp, clean new user interface for Sage Line 500 V5.5
	Improved look and feel as well as usability
	New code, with heuristic algorithms
	Retains compatibility with existing User Forms
	Supports Microsoft Internet Explorer V6 web browser
	Utilises Sun J2SE 1.4.2 on the client desktop
	Configurable to utilise https so ensuring confidentiality of information
	Utilises Microsoft IIS as a central web ‘Staging Point’ server
	Additional management configuration on the Staging Point


	Market still growing
		One of the few IT sectors
		Microsoft is the reason for growth
		Dramatic increase in demand from customers


	Reporting apps could be delivered in hours

	Report quality was always board quality

	Reports could be accessed from any device


	Applications were scalable to millions of customers

	We didn’t kill our network supporting thousands of users

	Scalability was never ever a problem - period


Sage Business Intelligence
	Analytical OLAP (on line analytical processing) functionality
	Utilises Microsoft Analysis Services
	Cube builder provided by Sage
		Extract, transform & manipulate data
	Reports created using Microsoft Excel, and deployed in Excel or via the Browser
	Pre-built cubes and templates
		Initially Sales & Marketing based
		Followed by Finance and Supplier dimensions
		Drilldown to transactional data


	The Sage Enquiries solution provides easy access to your Sage data through an additional Sage Module
	Enables Enquiries to be built on any data in the system
		Output to list,or purpose built form
		Can be linked together to form unlimited drill down to source data
		Can be called from a menu or from within a drill down
		Supports Sorting, Totals, Sub Totals, Calculations
	Pre Built Examples delivered for Customers, Suppliers and Stock
	Runtime and Developer options
		Runtime allows pre-built enquiries to be used
		Developer allows new enquiries to be created


	A number of ‘paperless’ or ‘plain paper printing’ products available

	Sage research identified key requirements to be
		Fully functional product for the typical Sage user (4 to 1000 users)
		Circa 1 day to install and configure
		Standard templates for out of the box implementation
		Circa ½ day per ‘custom’ form
		Customers should be able to create / modify themselves
		Priced to appeal to users who have not yet purchased a plain paper printing solution


	Provides plain paper printing capabilities meaning that any Sage reports can be printed on ‘plain paper’ while adding graphics and colour
	Utilises intuitive, easy to use tools to configure and manage the application
	Crystal Reports is used to provide simple to use document design environment as well as printing of the documents
	Additionally, email and fax your Sage documents
	Additionally, save a copy in PDF format
	PDF copies of documents added as attachments against relevant Sage screens and accessed via Sage Attachments – automatic archiving


	Fully featured plain paper printing solution for Sage users
	Simple to install and manage
	Plain paper printing design & creation using Crystal Reports
	Supports document distribution via email, fax and PDF
	Document archive capability
		PDF copy of all documents are saved and can be displayed against the item to which they relate using Sage Attachments
	Competitive price, with realistic consultancy content


	Multi Server Architecture (MSA)
		Increase implementation flexibility and reduce costs
	Flexible Licensing scheme
		Increase competitiveness in key areas
	Security enhancements
		Increased security at the point of system login
	German Accreditation
		It’s not just for Germans, it’s for everyone
	A number of additional features such as MBE Enhancements and documentation and translation
		Increasing applications functionality and retaining markets


	Provides key new functionality
		Sage Business Intelligence
		Sage Enquiries
		Sage Paperless solution
		Sage CRM Integration
		Multi Server Architecture
	Enhances existing functionality
		Within the Sage application
		Outside of the Sage application
	Is more secure and LOOKS GREAT !!!
		User interface, security


	Visit the Exhibition Stands to discuss in more detail the full capabilities of the new release

	Meet with your account manager to review your upgrade plans and discuss how you can best benefit from the Sage Promotions in the New Year !