IT and Technology

Presenter: Orton Baker

Agenda Why ProvideX? Hardware Considerations Software Considerations Peripherals Jonas Release Cycle & Version /

Product Updates SQL and .NET Technologies Future of Jonas

Why ProvideX

History Database Structure Development Environment Complete Solution

Hardware Considerations Microsoft Windows 2008 / 2012 Server Windows Vista, 7, 8 workstations Fast Hard Drives High Bandwidth Jonas on its own server Citrix/Terminal Services Daily Backups Documentation is updated quarterly on

our ‘Jonas Gateway’

Software Considerations- Minimum Microsoft Word 2007– Digio, Design Your Own Form Microsoft Excel 2007– Digio, Report Writing Power Pivot 2010 (Excel Add-in ) – Advanced Report Writing,

DataMart Templates Microsoft Outlook 2007 –Digio, JMail PDF Reader (for example Adobe v9+, Foxit) – Design Your

Own Form, Digio, JMail Microsoft SQL 2008/2008 R2 Express/Standard Versions for

Digio Microsoft SQL 2008 R2 Standard/Enterprise for DataMart /

New Scheduling Tool Works with 2007, 2010, 2012. Windows 7 and Windows 8

PeripheralsScanners Simple Point and Click for screen entry Standalone for Inventory Count,

Warehouse Management Mobile Application Devices Laptops, Tablets Ipads, Iphones Android, Blackberry

Changing Servers Copy Jonas Folder and Digio

Documents Point e-Products, Digio to new server

as required Activate New Jonas Server Test Environment Go Live by copying over Jonas Data

and Digio(if necessary)

Jonas Release Cycle Early Release program (ERP) – Version

12.4 (Advanced Release)– Live Development version – Product Changes every week

Version 12.3 is the current version(general release)– Fixes and minor corrections every week

Version 12.1 is ‘Sunset’ in March 2013– No further changes

Jonas Release Cycle Version Updates

– Require Users to be out of Jonas included Mobile uploads, e-products, Digio and DataMart

– Advanced ERP Version - Request a web download to be created to download from ‘Client Gateway’ – will be active for 30 days

– Download current version at any point from ‘Client Gateway’ Product Updates

– Are downloaded from ‘Client Gateway’– Compiled once a week, available every Wednesday morning– Version 12.4 (ERP) product updates are treated just like

version updates– Version 12.2/12.3 do not require users to be logged out

Jonas Release Cycle

Release Enhancements– Details are available in

Release/Enhancements in Jonas Jonas Help – Will allow for more detailed enhancements

information on larger more detailed software changes

Knowledge Base on ‘Client Gateway’– Details instructions/videos on common

processing issues or concerns

SQL, WEB and .NET Technologies Technological Change– Life is all about change …

Jonas Web and .NET Components – Microsoft Development Environment -

ASP.NET, .NET, HTML5, JQUERY– Widely used Controls/Tools – Telerik, APEX

Using the power of SQL– DataMart– System Performance– Enhanced Reporting Tools– Business Intelligence

Future of Jonas

Jonas Core

Data Mart Business Intelligence

Dispatch Scheduler

MobileE-ServiceE-Routing

E-Timesheet

Digio Document

Management

Future of Jonas Enhanced Connectivity– Document / Project Portal– Enhanced Client / Employee Portals

Seamless 3rd Party Integration as it fits our client’s needs– CRM Packages– GPS providers– Estimating tools

Future of Jonas Focus on Client’s Ideas from ‘Client Gateway’ Larger Screen Sizes, Enhanced Menu Design Digio Integration

– Additional Approval Processes– Add/Retrieve and associate documents from various sources

Improved Help System– How To Videos– New product Launches

Improved Scheduling Functions throughout Jonas Build reporting structure to meet the needs of our clients

– Additional Report Generator Fields in Jonas– Power Pivot Templates to pull from DataMart– Jonas Graphical KPI’s – Microstrategy