Welcome to the Winter 2008 Edition of News From the Kore. We hope you enjoy this extra large issue. Back issues are available on the News menu of our Web site.

• Inside Kore

• New Faces at Kore

• Save the Date: International Spectrum 2008

• Kore in the Community

• Tech Tip: Exporting Date-Time Stamps Using Kourier Integrator

• Product News

• New DataFlo Web Page

• DataFlo Support Program

• Ask Kore

• IBM U2 News: Improved U2 Web Site and U2 User Group Information

• Paul's Corner

• Kore 2008 Holiday Schedule

By Keith Lambert  -- Well,  2008 is already off and running at full steam here at Kore Technologies. But before we get to that, a little recap of last year is in order. First of all, 2007 was a great year for Kore, in fact it was our best year ever! The majority of our existing clients saw their businesses continue to prosper last year and that resulted in the need for more products and services from Kore. Additionally, we were fortunate to earn the business of many new clients, a high percentage of whom purchased our Kourier Integrator for U2 and SQL Accelerator products. We see more and more companies choosing to implement Microsoft SQL Server data warehouses as a complement to their U2 applications for reporting and data analysis, and our software has been very helpful for this type of project.

Regarding DataFlo, it continues to be the primary back office application for many companies and it has proven to be a very capable and flexible system, adapting to the changing needs of business and technology. For this reason Kore continues to invest in DataFlo, so that we can provide the most complete array of DataFlo products and services available.

Our office relocation last year was another milestone for Kore. As we hired several new employees to support our growth in products and services,  we had to move to a bigger and better new office location (see picture insert). Everyone is so much more comfortable now. Cubes are for Dilbert!

Back to 2008: January has already come and gone and we are fully ramped up with so much to talk about, which is reflected in the size of this newsletter. Just take a look at the super-sized Product News Section. You will see we have made many enhancements to our products and we are launching a new product called webTeam PRO.

We are all excited about the challenges that come with a new year and we are looking forward to providing excellent products and services to you.

As always, if you have any questions or if Kore can be of service to you, please contact us.

The 27th Annual International Spectrum MultiValue Conference and Exposition will be in Newport Beach, California this year at the Marriott Newport Beach Hotel, March 31 - April 4. This is the premier MultiValue Business Developers Conference and Exhibition. If you are using any type of MultiValue technology in your company you should attend. It's all here - the MultiValue knowledge, resources, and technology to solve your business challenges and enhance your MultiValue systems, so you can gain competitive advantage, and maximize profitability.

This year’s Spectrum conference is loaded with information about new options, new technologies, and new products you can use to extend the value and capability of your personal career and your MultiValue applications

Kore will host two educational sessions this year, see the conference schedule for session times.

Integrating a SQL Server Data Warehouse with your MultiValue Database - In this session you will learn why using a Microsoft SQL Server data warehouse can improve your operations, and how easy it is to create and maintain one using data from your U2 database. We will demonstrate this using our Kourier Integrator for U2, and SQL Accelerator products.

Integrating Freight Management with your MultiValue Application - Find out what you need to know about interfacing your application with FedEx, UPS, and common carriers. These interfaces can be loaded with pitfalls, problems, and false starts. See the pros and cons of creating these interfaces and examples of how you can do it.

Look for Kore's booth in the exhibition hall again this year and please stop by and say hi. We will be showing product demonstrations of Kourier Integrator for U2, SQL Accelerator, and our suite of eCommerce Web solutions. We will also have a daily drawing for very cool prizes and other free gifts for everyone who stops by and talks with us.

If you would like a complementary pass to the exhibition hall, just bring a copy of this article with you. We hope to see you there!

KommerceServer Products

KommerceServer 4.7 is available now.

KommerceServer Architecture - General Framework

• New framework provides for 3-tiered development of Web applications with:

  • A rich user interface for the Presentation Layer leveraging Component Art controls (editable grids, menus, trees, etc.).

  • Abstraction of Application Layer using generated Business Objects, which can be extended with custom methods and application rules.

  • The Data Access Layer, which provides database independence and binds to the Business Objects, providing the developer a way to retrieve and update the data without knowing native syntax to the database.

• New Object Security Model provides a greater level of control while being easier to implement and administer. Currently available only for the webTeam PRO application. Other applications will leverage the new security in future releases.

• Web Services enabled as the API to KommerceServer. All inbound data feeds and outbound transactions can be integrated with other business systems via Web service methods.

• Selectable Themes allow you to apply a "skin" to change the look using a repository of themes and master pages.

• SQL-based document repository and object linking. Implemented in webTeam, webSalesForce, and webServiceCenter.

• Added XSLT support for e-mail notification of Web transactions. E-mail content and layout can be user-defined using Extended Markup Language Transformation.

webStorefront

• Support for Special Charge Items which are automatically added to the shopping cart when the parent item is selected.

• Added Make-Model-Year support for manufacturers in the auto industry. Leverages AJAX in new UI framework.

• Support for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) implemented in the database-driven storefront with extended meta properties which are editable within the catalog manager by product or by class.

webSalesForce

• New Sales Rep Locator page allows anonymous users to find contact information for a sales rep based on user-defined rules (product, state, zip code, etc.)

webTeam PRO

We have released our latest version of Web collaboration software, called webTeam PRO. The PRO is for Professional Services as the product has been significantly enhanced to support Project Billing and Management for Professional Services Organizations (PSO). This product also takes full advantage of our new UI Framework and will be sporting a new, more powerful and easier to use User Interface. Watch for more announcements on this in the near future. Key new webTeam PRO features include:

• Project Management with hierarchical work breakdown structure (WBS)

• Time/Expense Reporting and Management with workflow approval process

• Flexible billing rates by service type, by job title, or by specific named person

• Expense billing supports pass thru cost, fixed rate, or additional markup

• Billing Management with invoice creation and posting

• Defined account codes and periods for finance and payroll system integration

The next release  of webTeam Pro (4.8) is planned to include integration to ADP for payroll and QuickBooks integration for finance.

By Paul Trebbien -- Happy 2008!
December was Panic Time in the shop – Again! Happens every year. I usually get started or at least thinking about the presents I’m going to make way back in August and between vacations, honey-do’s, fishing, baseball, football, home remodeling (mine), did I mention fishing, and making a bunch of cars, I try and finish the few projects started and several I know I won’t get done in time. Maybe one of my New Year's Resolutions for 2008 should be to start working on Christmas Presents right after the Super Bowl. Four of the presents I did get done this year are for my youngest grandson, my newest nephew, my great nephew, and the last one for my Dentist’s office, I made them little tractor-trailer trucks that haul 3 cars each, they are pretty neat as the car wheels lock the cars onto the trailer. I test drove them and the cars actually do stay on the trailer. I made them from a few pieces of Mahogany I had lying around the shop. I got the plans for this tractor/trailer from my Woodworkers club (San Diego Fine Woodworking Association) and had to redesign them to fit the pieces of wood I had.

I have some exciting news (for me anyway). I’m building a shop in my backyard as I have grown too big for the garage. So far, I have built a retaining wall, leveled the ground, and bought the wood and materials to build the foundation and flooring. In the next month or two, hopefully I can build the buildings, run electricity, and move in. I’m very excited about this as it’s been a couple of years in planning and now is becoming a reality.

Programmers, one of our customers requested a new DataFlo Utility they can use to archive Cost Versions. This may be something useful you can do for your company too. These ancient Cost Versions are still referenced by the Customer so Purging the old data was not an option but reducing the number of records in the cost version file is very necessary for a couple of reasons. On their system, the COST-VERSION file is so huge that you cannot resize the file (not enough available disk space in the tmp file system on their UNIX box) and doing any processing like creating a new version, rolling up costs, and simply authorizing a cost version takes a very long time. So, the utility we've designed will simply flag the version as Historical and copy the version being archived to a history file removing it from the COST-VERSION file. Note, my customer is very good at using the wIntegrate Query Builder and figured they could use it to look up the "Archived" Standard Cost History but I was thinking that you could write a pretty neat Inquiry screen where the Part# is entered and the screen reads all of the Standard Cost Version and Historical Version records and displays them (you don’t have to select the fields as it can get the Cost Versions from the table and then simply read each record). If this sounds interesting or useful please contact me.

Have a safe 2008.

Until next time please remember, "Great Service to your Customer is always rewarded".

New to the Kore Team - We've had a few new people join the Kore team since our last newsletter.

Claudia Sorensen - With her 28 years of DataFlo Experience, Claudia brings a wealth of product and business knowledge to Kore. She is an expert with the DataFlo MES modules and in fact, she developed the Advanced Shipping, RF Physical, and Networking Labeling modules. She also has extensive experience with all of the other DataFlo modules and a good working knowledge of the Avanté product too. See the original announcement for more information.

Janinne Meloni - You have probably already spoken with Janinne if you have called Kore in the past few months. She became our new Office Manager last November and she has been busy getting to know our clients and  learning our office procedures. Jannine came to  to us all the way from the East Coast, Boston to be specific, and had this to say about joining Kore: "So far, I am most impressed with Kore’s commitment to excellence in service to their customers. I studied business administration in college and have a deep appreciation for customer service. Kore is one of those rare companies, devoted to their customers and employees and I’m happy to be a part of this culture. It’s a great fit."

That she is a big (and I mean BIG) Red Sox fan makes it interesting because the majority of us in the San Diego office are Padre fans, which can lead to some fun conversations. "I grew up cheering for the Red Sox and since Kore is Padres land, I get a lot of good natured teasing. Baseball is such a great equalizer and we all share the love of the game,” said Janinne.

Welcome to Kore Janinne!

Relay for Life By Paul Trebbien  -   Every year my family is involved in the American Cancer Society’s fundraiser Relay for Life in our town, Lemon Grove, CA.

The 2008 event is from Friday May 2 to May 4th with the 24 hour walk starting at 9 am on May 3. This will be our third year and it has become quite an event for our community.

For more information about Relay for Life go to their new Web site  or click here to join or donate for our Team. You can donate for our team, which is called “Sweet Feet”, or for me as an individual by following the donate pages. Thank you!

Exporting Date-Time Stamps Using Kourier Integrator By Jeremy Segal -  a common requirement when exporting data to a MS SQL Server database is to stamp the exported row (record) with a date-time stamp. DBAs will often use this information when they analyze the data. Another similar requirement is to export an existing date and time fields from a UniData/UniVerse record to a single datetime column in a SQL Server database.

This tech tip will show you how to setup date-time stamps for on your SQL Server database and what you need to do to export existing date-time stamps that exist in your UniData/UniVerse Database. These techniques will work using either Kourier Integrator for U2 or Kourier Integrator Classic.

To find out more, read the full Tech Tip >>

New Summary page - With all of the DataFlo Products and Services that Kore provides, our DataFlo clients suggested that we make it easier to find them. Therefore, we have created a new Web page that summarizes everything in one place your convenience. This is an excellent page to go to when you are looking for anything DataFlo related and it's grouped by category: DataFlo Specific products, Web Solutions integrated to DataFlo, Custom DataFlo Modules, Professional Services, and Utilities. From there you can link to other pages for more detail.

By the way, here is our DataFlo Service Team. This will help you put a face with the voice you hear when calling Kore.

The DataFlo Service Team-click to enlarge

The Kore Support Program (KSP) gives you another choice for better DataFlo support. KSP  is designed to protect your company's DataFlo investment and is ideal for companies that want to increase their level of DataFlo support while lowering their overall maintenance costs.

Join the growling list of companies that have switched over to the Kore Support Program and get more for your support dollar.

Regardless of whether your company plans to continue using DataFlo for many years or just wants to keep their options open for a potential migration to another ERP application in the future, the bottom line is: KSP provides better DataFlo support at a lower cost.

Read more about the Kore Support Program.

The Kore Offices are scheduled to be closed on the upcoming holidays so that we can spend time with our family and friends.

2008 Schedule

• Monday, February 18 President's Day
• Monday, May 26 Memorial Day
• Friday, July 4 Independence Day
• Monday, September 1 Labor Day
• Thursday, November 27 Thanksgiving
• Friday, November 28 Day after Thanksgiving
• Thursday, December 25 Christmas
• Friday, December 26 Day after Christmas

Kore is able to provide holiday, weekend, or after hours services and support if needed. Please call us in advance at 866-700-KORE (5673).

To learn more about Kore Technologies or any of the products and services mentioned in this newsletter, please visit our Web site, call us at 866-763-KORE (5673), or send an e-mail to sales@koretech.com.

If you have any questions or comments about our newsletter, please send an email to kore_newsletter@koretech.com. 
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