Centigon Solutions Inc. News

Plugin components introduction video

2008-09-27T13:23:00.000-07:00

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Learn how Centigon Solutions plugin components for Xcelsius 2008 can streamline your dashboard development process and increase the utility for your business

Plugin Components Bundle Now Available

2008-09-22T13:03:00.000-07:00

Centigon Solutions has released to market a bundle that includes Background Builder, Dynamic Sort, and Reverse Selector. The plugin component bundle is available for $349 USD at centigonsolutions.com.

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Computerworld best places to work dashboard uses Centigon Solutions Plugins

2008-09-09T13:00:00.000-07:00

Presented as an interactive mashup, Computerworld's 2008 Best Places to Work in IT and 2007 Salary Survey were re-purposed using Xcelsius 2008 and Centigon Solutions plugin components. Using the GMaps Plugin, Dynamic Sort, and Background Builder, the dashboard was extended to look and perfrom better while maintaining simplicity in design and maintenance. Click here to view the full Computerworld article and dashboard.

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New Plugin Components Demo

2008-08-29T12:58:00.000-07:00

We have developed a new dashboard demo that illustrates how all Centigon Solutions plugin components for Xcelsius 2008 work. This simple Xcelsius dashboard leverages all four add on components including Background Builder, Reverse Selector, Dynamic Sort, and the GMaps Plugin beta.
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Centigon Solutions Inc. Releases First Add-on Components for Business Objects Xcelsius 2008

2008-08-25T12:50:00.000-07:00

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SAN DIEGO, CA, Aug 25 (MARKET WIRE) -- Centigon Solutions Inc., developer of solutions for Xcelsius(R) 2008software from Business Objects, an SAP company, today announced theavailability of the first add-on components for Xcelsius 2008. Designedto help Xcelsius users create more robust dashboards, Centigon Solutions'innovative plug-in components set the standard for other developers byintroducing powerful functionality to the Xcelsius product line.

Developed with Adobe(R) Flex(R) and integrated using the Xcelsius 2008software development kit (SDK), Centigon Solutions' three new add-onsimprove aesthetics of dashboards and streamline complex functionality thatwas previously more complicated to create. Each component features simplepoint-and-click configuration to quickly inject new life into existingXcelsius dashboards. The result is a dashboard that provides additionalutility, ultimately assisting end-users to visualize and navigateinformation more easily from their business systems.

"Xcelsius customers have always desired additional features or componentsto achieve complex interactivity or visualization," said Ryan Goodman,founder of Centigon Solutions Inc. "We wanted to streamline highlyrequested functionality, but also innovate new features and integrateother complementary technologies to take Xcelsius to the next level. Weare excited with our first suite of add-on components and look forward tocontinuing to provide additional tools for our customers."

Specific features of the add-on components include:

Background Builder: creates sleek, beautiful graphics leading to professional-looking dashboard aesthetics--
Dynamic Sort: provides point-and-click logic functionality, enabling a dashboard to sort and rank data with ease--
Reverse Selector: introduces a new control for creating complex calculators and 'what-if' analysis within a dashboard

"It is great to see Centigon Solutions lead the way with powerfuladd-on components for Xcelsius 2008," said Donald MacCormick, chieftransformation officer at Business Objects. "I am sure these will be thefirst of many third-party components for Xcelsius, which will bedeveloped with the new SDK. They are a great indication of the amazingthings which are possible now that the innovative capabilities ofXcelsius can be extended by Adobe Flex developers."

Centigon Solutions' add-on components and free trials are availableimmediately at www.centigonsolutions.com. Consumers can also purchase theproducts through the Business Objects Xcelsius marketplace, found athttp://www.ondemand.com/information/xcelsius.asp.

About Centigon Solutions Inc.
Centigon Solutions Inc. couples business insight with technical expertiseto deliver high quality solutions. The passion for empowering customers tonavigate, visualize and assimilate information is the driving force indeveloping well-designed software applications. Centigon Solutions Inc. isfocused on delivering software that is both rich in functionality and easyto use. Founded in 2007, the company is privately held and based in SanDiego, California.

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Xcelsius 2008 Templates are available for Xport Wizard

2008-03-25T11:23:00.000-07:00

Xport Wizard templates are now available for use with Xcelsius 2008, located in the Centigon Solutions learning center. In addition, we have released a new sticky note template that takes full advantage of Xport Wizard, coupled with new Xcelsius 2008 functionality.

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Xport Wizard getting started movie added to the learning center

2008-03-10T12:45:00.000-07:00

Learn how to create an Xport Wizard™ service to extract data from an Xcelsius® dashboard to Excel. This 4min movie will walk you through the complete process for building your first Xport Wizard enabled dashboard. Then you can reverse engineer the source files and use the hosted trial or your own version of Xport Wizard to take your dashboards to the next level.

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Xcelsius templates added to learning center

2008-02-07T12:43:00.000-08:00

We have provided Xcelsius templates to use specifically with Xport Wizard. Quickly build dashboards that allow you to export to Excel and XML using these templates ranging from basic to advanced functionality.

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Centigon Solutions releases Xport Wizard utility

2008-02-06T11:07:00.000-08:00

Centigon Solutions is announcing the general availability of Xport Wizard™, a lightweight utility that will enable you to export data from your dashboard applications to Excel and XML. Xport Wizard provides additional functionality critical to Flash based business dashboard projects including Xcelsius. The easy to use graphical interface for creating and configuring web service with Xport Wizard will allow users to deploy with out writing a line of code.

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