We will be open for business every day over the Christmas and New Year period between 8am and 6pm AEDT, except for public holidays. While some of the team will be taking a well-deserved break during the festive season, current projects will not be affected and 24/7 monitoring will continue as usual. Please contact us with any questions you have about your support arrangements over this period.

elcomCMS version 9 has arrived, and this release includes a host of new connectors, plus enhancements to the Training Manager module, Event Manager, social features and more. Highlights include new Marketo, Salesforce and SugarCRM connectors for marketing and CRM automation, and new Box and Google Drive connectors for cloud storage. Manage videos, files and folders easier than even before with the new Folder Explorer element, automated image carousels and video transcoding, and crowd source information with the new Social Q&A module. To find out more about what's new in elcomCMS 9, contact us to speak with your Account Manager or arrange a demonstration.

Have you been thinking about how good it would be to eliminate the need to store paper forever? What if all your currently stored documents could be shredded? Imagine if they could all be indexed logically with all their associated invoices, emails and orders available instantly at the click of a mouse...
Digitising your paper environment with OnBase Document Management will streamline your business processes to reduce costs through improved efficiency, giving you a sustainable competitive advantage. We can help automate your back-office functions also by managing incoming documents, digitising, indexing, and routing their information to electronic document management and storage services. When this sort of enterprise data capture becomes part of an automated workflow, the productivity of your organisation, and everyone in it, increases dramatically. If you would like to know more or see a demonstration of the OnBase system, contact us at sales@mbase.com.au.

Great news for System 77 users! The OnBase EDMS software functionality fills the gaps between existing applications by eliminating redundant, disjointed and manual processes, and its open architecture makes it easy to incorporate into existing environments. We have just completed testing this ability and can happily report that the OnBase software can read information directly from System 77 without Multibase having to create any specialised middleware. Using the OnBase Application Enabler module, OnBase can easily read line item data and header information directly from your System 77 screen which is great for automatically indexing invoices and routing to the appropriate people for approval, reconciliation and storage. This means no manual double entry of data between the systems and it can be managed easily by non-technical users of your systems without leaving the familiar applications they use every day. Your organisation can take a strategic enterprise approach to increasing productivity and standardising processes. See the OnBase Application Enabler in action here, and let us know at sales@mbase.com.au if you would like to know more.

The value of mobility in the workplace and the opportunities it presents in reaching your customers is well and truly recognised, as business reaps the benefits of "anytime-anywhere" computing. Three key stats to note are:

• By 2017, half of employers will require employees to use their own devices for work (Gartner)
• 67% of CIOs and IT professionals believe mobility will impact their businesses as much as or more than the internet did in the 1990s. (Xcube Labs)
• Tablet shipments are forecast to top total PC (desktops and laptops combined) shipments in the fourth quarter of 2013 (IDC)

Multibase would like to extend a warm welcome to Blayney Shire Council as a new Multibase customer. We were delighted to be chosen to completely redevelop their website, where we were tasked with creating a simpler navigation experience and fresh clean look that reflects the town of Blayney and surrounding villages in the region. We would also like to thank the Blayney team for their complete commitment to the project, where we went live with the new site completely on schedule and without a hitch! You can check their new site out at http://www.blayney.nsw.gov.au/

Commencing 1 January 2014 windows hosting prices will increase in line with a 40% increase in Microsoft licensing for windows servers. The cost equates to approximately 3% of our hosting prices, Multibase will absorb half of this.
Your hosting fee will be increased by approximately 1.5% or less, from your next renewal date. If services are bundled with your hosting fee we will only apply the increase to the hosting component.

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