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In this issue of Connections
Corporate News
- Meridian Announces New System Integrator Alliance with RealFoundations
- IDC Vendor Spotlight
- Attend Constructech's Technology Day for FREE
- Prolog Case Study: Q&D Construction
Product News
- Proliance Knowledge Resources
- Prolog Training
Product Tips
- New Copy/Paste Functionality in Prolog
- How to Remove Unused Fields from Proliance
- Prolog Software Training in Florida Now Certified for Continuing Education
- Automating Prolog Manager Database Backups
- User Appeal
- Meridian Systems News
Prolog®Customer Case Study: Q&D Construction
Q&D Construction, Inc. is a general contractor located in Sparks, NV. With three divisions (building, general engineering and special projects) and a millwork manufacturing facility, the firm is able to handle a wide range of construction projects including roads, bridges, parks, subdivisions, schools, hospitals, shopping centers, industrial facilities and estate homes. Since 1965, Q&D has tailored project delivery to its clients needs by offering design-build, design-bid-build, design assist, construction management and development management services. Q&D is ranked #184 on ENR's 2007 Top 400 Contractors List and has been named Contractor of the Year nine out of the last thirteen years by the Northern Nevada chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC).
Check out this month's Customer News to read about how Q&D Construction uses Prolog software to reduce operating costs, increase efficiencies and help grow company revenues by nearly 600%.
Corporate News
Meridian Systems Announces New System Integrator Alliance with RealFoundations
New strategic System Integrator (SI) will offer Proliance software implementation, technical services, process analysis and consulting
Meridian announced a new System Integrator (SI) relationship with RealFoundations, a full-service management consultancy focused exclusively on companies in the real estate industry and the real estate function of large corporations. RealFoundations will assist its clients in the deployment of Meridian's Proliance® software solution. Read more at the above link.
Read what IDC Sees as the Key to the Success of Engineering, Construction & RE Industries
Bridging the Technology Gap: The Role of Infrastructure Life-Cycle Management in Controlling Risk and Improving Operations
This IDC Vendor Spotlight, sponsored by Meridian Systems, reviews the emerging market for infrastructure lifecycle management (ILM) applications and the impact this technology is having on program management at engineering and construction organizations. The ILM market originates from project and portfolio management, with a specific focus on capital asset project planning, execution and operations for building owners and their AEC industry service providers. Read more at the above link.
Attend Constructech's Technology Day for FREE
As a sponsor of this event, Meridian Systems is able to offer customers free admission to this unique industry event!
Constructech magazine's Technology Day will be held August 23, 2007 at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, located just outside the city in Wheeling, Ill. Technology Day will provide a unique opportunity for builders and contractors to learn how others in the industry are meeting market challenges through the help of leading-edge office technology, commercial building automation, and automated home technology.
Click here to register for this event. Make sure to enter in "MERIDIAN" in the PROMO field so that you will be recognized as a no charge conference attendee.
Customer News
Prolog Customer Case Study: Q&D Construction
Q&D Construction uses Prolog software to reduce operating costs, increase efficiencies and help grow company revenues by nearly 600%
Ten years ago, Q&D Construction, Inc. was a $55M a year contractor on the edge of explosive growth. "We were using Microsoft Word and Excel to do a lot of our project tracking," explains Kathy Crutchley, Senior Project Administrator, "which was very time consuming and not very accurate." Click here to download the complete case study.
Product News
Proliance Knowledge Resources Now Available on SupportLink
Exclusively for Meridian customers - login required
We are pleased to announce the availability of Meridian Systems technical papers for Proliance on SupportLink. These documents contain valuable information based on the experience of our Advanced Solutions Group, which is responsible for hosting Proliance On Demand and for performing Proliance installations on a contract basis for our self-host customers. Below are the current topics for these technical papers:
- WPR01 - Determining Proliance Concurrent Usage
- WPR02 - Best Practices for Deploying Proliance
- WPR03 - Configuring Proliance & Cognos for Active Directory SSO
- WPR04 - Restoring Proliance in a Disaster Recovery Environment
- WPR05 - Tips for Hosting Proliance
- WPR06 - Troubleshooting Common Proliance & IIS Error Messages
- WPR07 - Integrated Smart Doc Hosting in Proliance
- WPR08 - Enabling HTTP Compression for Proliance
These documents are intended for intermediate to senior level systems engineers responsible for the administration and support of Proliance. They can be viewed and downloaded from SupportLink at http://www.meridiansystems.com/login.asp.
Prolog Training
Interested in Prolog training classes? Be sure to check out the complete schedule of upcoming sessions taking place in a city near you. The following Prolog classes are being offered by the Meridian Global Partner Network:
- Introduction to Prolog Manager
- Advanced Prolog Manager
- Document Control & Field Management - Prolog Manager
- Crystal Reports - Prolog Manager
- Advanced Crystal Reports - Prolog Manager
- Cost Management - Prolog Manager
- Prolog Administrator - Prolog
- Purchasing - Prolog Manager
- Customization - Prolog Manager
- Introduction to Prolog WebSite
- Introduction to ProjectTalk
Click here to see the complete Prolog Training schedule!
Product Tips of the Month
New Copy/Paste Functionality in Prolog
By John Hodgson, Meridian Product Lead
Need to copy large volumes of data into your Potential Change Orders or Contracts? Read more at the above link.
How to Remove Unused Fields from Proliance
By Steve Spagnoli, Meridian Application Specialist
Have you ever wanted to remove an unused field from the Proliance user interface? Hiding an element of the Proliance UI can be done through Local Admin, using the "is Visible on UI" function. Read more at the above link.
Industry News
Prolog Software Training in Florida Now Certified for Continuing Education Credits
By Intuitive Systems, August 2, 2007
Intuitive Systems, an authorized Meridian Global Reseller serving Florida, Latin America, and Europe will begin offering Prolog Manager training courses to Florida-licensed general contractors that now qualify for continuing education credits from the Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB). These new certified courses will begin in August 2007. Read more at the above link.
Automating Prolog Manager Database Backups
By Jason Faulkner, HardHat Technologies
Setting up a backup process is often an after thought which most of us probably say "I'll get to that later," but never actually do. The fact is a computer's hard drive is the most likely device to fail on your computer, yet it houses all your data. While RAID configurations provide disk failure protection, they are not a substitute for proper backups. Read more at the above link.
User Appeal
By Constructech Magazine, July 12, 2007
Technology is only as good as the companies that use it. Recent releases in the project/program management arena ensure users are making the most of the technology, as new features and functionality cater to the needs of the user. Read more at the above link.
Meridian Systems
By Constructech Magazine, July 12, 2007
With the long running success of its Prolog project management and the growing momentum of its Proliance lifecycle management solution, Meridian Systems, http://www.meridiansystems.com/, Folsom, Calif., continues to provide project and portfolio management solutions tailored to fit all sizes of construction organizations. Read more at the above link.
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