maconomist August 2009

03-08-2009
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Maconomy Dont Waste   Maconomy Financial Results: 
Last week we released our first half results to the market. The markets are still at a low point, but we managed to deliver a very respectable second quarter nonetheless. Our country teams are clearly on top of their business: we had no bad, last-minute surprises and we won several new customers in the quarter, especially outside our traditional stronghold segments, with deals in legal, higher education and accounting.  In addition, Maconomy US Maintains Revenue in H1 2009 and Improves EBITDA to 13%.
     
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twitter   Follow the new Maconomy on Twitter! 
To follow Maconomy on Twitter, go to www.twitter.com/maconomyus
     
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New Customer Upgrade Announcements:
We are pleased to welcome the following new client to Maconomy:

RGL Forensics:  With 23 offices in 4 countries, RGL Forensics is one of the global leaders in forensic accounting.  Working with some of the top insurance, legal and corporate professionals, they are experts in following money trails left by financial transactions and reporting events. RGL goes live November 1, 2009 on our newest version X1.
www.rgl.com


G2:  As one of the world’s largest digital and direct marketing agencies, G2 seeks new and creative marketing techniques aimed at improving customer experiences and engagements. G2 goes live on our newest version X1 on September 1, 2009. 
www.g2dd.com
 

BZZ agent BzzAgent:  BzzAgent is the leading word-of-mouth marketing and media company.   Viral marketing, buzz marketing... whatever you call it, we help people find, try and share cool products, brands and websites. It's like the word of mouth you spread already — just easier and more fun. Bzz went live on June 1, 2009 on version X+.
www.bzzagent.com
 
Opera Solutions Opera Solutions:  Opera Solutions is a global management consulting firm delivering rapid, sustained profit growth to the world’s premier companies.  Opera went live on our newest version X1 on August 1, 2009.
www.operasolutions.com
     
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  Maconomy Mobile Speed Sheet: 
Maconomy has gone mobile!  Maconomy is available directly on your mobile – anywhere, any time. Register your time as it occurs and increase the number of invoiceable hours. With Mobile SpeedSheet it is just as easy to register your time as to send a text message. Not once a week or at the end of the month, but several times a day.
Click here for more information.   
     
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Maconomy Dont Waste New Service Pack release schedule: 
We are currently releasing service packs every month for the newest versions of Maconomy, and every second or third month for the older versions. Typically, the frequency goes down 1-2 years after the release of a version.
 
We have evaluated this strategy and based on feedback from country managers, consulting managers and CSS, we have decided to change the schedule so that we will be releasing service packs every second month in the future. Furthermore, we are extending the support for version X until January 2010 at which point we will release the last and final service pack.
 
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Notes from Support:
Currently, Maconomy is NOT supported on Snow Leopard.  However, according to our developers, we expect to certify Maconomy for Snow Leopard in September.

The certification will include:
- Snow Leopard OS
- Safari 4 (32 and 64 bit)
- Java Runtime Environment 1.6 for Leopard and Snow Leopard.
We will have an update for you in the September Maconomist.

Service pack 6 for version X1, service pack 18 for version X+ were released on August 18, 2009. Please go to the support web site to download release notes.

  • The next set of service packs will be released on October 20, 2009. These will be service pack 7 for X1 and service pack 19 for X+.
  • Safari 4.0 on Mac OS 10.4 and Mac OS 10.5

Text: Safari 4.0 on Mac OS 10.4 and Mac OS 10.5 will be certified as a client platform for Maconomy Portal from the following service packs:

Maconomy X1 Service Pack 6
Maconomy X+ Service Pack 18
 
The certification of Safari 4.0 for Maconomy X is still in testing.

Some useful advice when using the Maconomy Portal:

When using the Maconomy Portal one may sometimes encounter errors related to applets or portal components not fully loading.
These errors typically happen if you click on buttons or links on a web page, while it is in the process of being loaded. In these situations the applets or portal components contained in the web page may not function correctly and may encounter errors.
This has always been the case, but the release of the new Java plug-in introduced by Java 1.6 update 10 has markedly increased the risk of these errors occuring.

The error messages typically reported by applets are: 

  • NotLoggedInException: Error opening Java component, no login context found
  • java.lang.NullPointerException: component argument pData
  • java.lang.SecurityException: this KeyboardFocusManager is not installed in the current thread's context
  • java.lang.InternalError: couldn't create component peer

A way to avoid these errors is to let the web page load before clicking any buttons or links. Typically this means waiting for the browser progress indicator to indicate that the complete web page has been loaded and first then click on buttons, links etc.

As new TPU's are released, Maconomy adds workarounds for errors like the ones described above. So to minimize the impact of these errors, use the latest TPU if possible.
As the nature of these errors depends on the exact timing of the user interaction and other events, Maconomy cannot guarantee that all situations where the errors occur have been worked around. 

 
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