4/9/2007
A1 Enterprise Project FlexBase Demonstrates Critical Flexibility
A1 Enterprise FlexBase has proven itself to be a reliable and effective means of managing data, particularly during a network outage and server crash. During a network outage where a primary domain controller and database server crashed, the database that was being used by FlexBase was disabled and no longer functioned. Due to the flexibility and ease of changing database form connections in a single configuration file for the entire FlexBase user group, the organization was up and running again with their database applications in less than one hour of down time. Each user workstation had regained access to critical company data. FlexBase is a VB6 application that, at run time, creates on-the-fly forms based on a specific database set forth by a system administrator.

3/19/2007
A1 Enterprise Releases the New Business Process and Event Notification Scheduler
A1 Enterprise has released a new Business Process and Event Notification Scheduler for a key customer that will utilize this tool to manage scheduled email notifications for human resource related functions including employee annual reviews. The goal of the A1 BPS is to ensure that reports get submitted to the correct individuals in an organization and in a consistent format, automatically with no human intervention, with accuracy, and in a timely manner. This product is capable of being and is equivalent to a task scheduler that can operate using any database available in the same network. The A1 Business Process Scheduler can be set to perform specific tasks against a database at or during certain intervals. Any task that can be performed against a database can be handled by the A1 BPS. This includes adding, updating, and deleting records, as well as maintaining logs of such activity. The A1 Busienss Process Scheduler can also be configured to run tasks and sequential subtasks based on key events and then take action such as send an email, or update a database record, or send a summary report. This tool is designed to support multiple workflow tasks and sub tasks where each sub task is dependent on the successful completion of it's predecessor sub tasks that came prior. The goal of this product is to eliminiate certain functions that can be managed by a computer and free up human resources to perform more creative and innovative tasks. A1 Enterprise recognizes how replacing certain functions that are repeditive tasks can offer employees with new growth and career opportunities where the employee can learn new skills and better benefit an organization.

3/1/2007
A1 Enterprise Project Tracker Hits the Market
The A1 Enterprise Project Tracker is now on the market to provide web based project management and CRM tool. The A1 Tracker provides companies with an alternative project, timecard, CRM, or task management system that is accessible over the internet, and is free of any and all installation and configuration requirements. A1 has selected key marketing personnel to promote this product and has in addition set a 12 month roadmap to include additional key features to further enhance this project management and CRM system. A1 Enterprise has also coordinated with large scale local public agencies to facilitate direct marketing campaigns that bundle the A1 Enterprise Project Tracker software and project management training together in a professional learning environment. Such organizational and strategic market positioning for the A1 Project Tracker will secure a successful market rollout. Visit the Project Tracker products page to find out how the A1 Project Tracker can be utilized and customized to benefit your unique organizational needs for your specific trade practice or industry.

11/15/2006
A1 Enterprise Project Tracker Will Include a Budget and Financial Module
In January 2007 A1 Enterprise, Inc. will release a new financial module in the A1 Project Tracker that gives project managers, resources, and customers tighter control over time and costs spent on a project. This module will help reduce unexpected overages and by giving managers and team members a venue for reviewing up to date budgeted hours and acutal hours spent on any given task or project.

11/1/2006
A1 Enterprise, Inc. Offers J.D.Edwards/Enterprise One ERP Consulting Services
A1 Enterprise now offers specialized ERP Oracle Enterprise One, OneWorld and World support, and custom programming with AS/400 environments as well as SQL Server database applications.

9/19/2006
A1 Enterprise, Inc. Quarter 3 2006 Accomplishments
Congratulations to the A1 Enterprise Team for their 3rd quarter 2006 accomplishments. Key members have moved forward with Oracle Enterprise One and OneWorld training to support the long term goal for A1 Enterprise to enter the Enterprise One and One World ERP market starting with a Human Resources 401k Enrollment application. A1 Enterprise has also taken on a sizable new eCommerce ASP.NET project for a key customer in addition to managing and directing flash product demos video projects for an annual sales conference to introduce new product rollout.

6/1/2006
A1 Enterprise, Inc. Rolls Out Enterprise Wide Human Resource Application Software
A1 Enterprise, Inc. has just released an incredibly sophisticated, easy to use, and time-saving software application for a key customer base consisting of 1700 users. This drag and drop customized web database is among the most efficient data management tools available. Essentially we have reduced a 44 transaction process to a 2 transaction process thereby eliminating administrative data entry time when managing this information. Thanks to the A1 Enterprise Team for successfully designing and implenenting such an incredible system as well as for setting up our new and improved Help Desk and user support communication system. The end product is a culmination of hours in the think-tank and a close working relationship with our customer through design and specification. The user group for this application is thoroughly impressed with your timely support and follow ups that resulted from this customized database application.

2/27/2006
A1 Enterprise, Inc. Releases Successful Flash Video Demos For Annual Sales Presentation
A1 Enterprise, Inc. has succeeded in putting together a series of flash video presentations introducing a corporate merger for a key customer. The A1 Enterprise Team has pulled through by supporting our valued customer throughout a challenging merger period to produce an amazing work of flash video art. The product flash video demos pulled in highly credible reviews throughout sales conference presentations and have made way to our customer's corporate eCommerce website as a result. This presentation was a key communication factor in helping a valued customer with this very special merger announcement.

12/1/2005
A1 Enterprise, Inc. Releases Workforce Development Human Resources Application Into Beta Testing
A1 Enterprise has submitted it's newest customized Human Resources management software tool, Workforce Development, into it's first Beta Test phase. Thanks to our well seasoned programmers and design engineers for contributing to the success of this project. This enterprise wide Human Resource application is provides a series of integrated screens managers and employee to document, review and share career goals, annual performance evaluations, employement resume history, eductational history with related degrees obtained, and specialized licenses and certifications. The tool was designed under the fundamental principle that a manger is to work with an employee in setting expectations and goals for that employee and then support the employee in meeting those expectations. The desired outcome of this application is intended to help develop employees, increase employee value for an organization, and maintain employee retention. This system also serves to document performance issues where an employee is failing to meet written expectations set forth by the manager which gives an organization a written record of corrective performance requests to the employee that will justify employee annual review outcomes and an employee's salary qualification.

12/1/2005
A1 Enterprise Inc. Takes on Software Vulnerability Assessment Project
A1 Enterprise has recently taken a security project with us that has lead to an expanded value added service offering to accompany our database and software design and implementation services. Software Vulnerability Assessments and Network Vulnerability Assessments are an integral part for ensuring the longest life for your business application software, websites, and network technology. This highly involved process will serve to provide comfort knowing that their our customer can count on the security of thier network, software applications, and websites.

6/3/2005
A1 Enterprise Inc. Releases Tronick.com Computer Trainin Website
A1 Enterprise, Inc has released the new Training Solutions website for Tronick Training Solutions. Tronick Training is a network of industry professionals that specialize in providing taylored software training solutions for companies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and the South Bay. Visit www.tronick.com for additional details and service offerings.

2/10/2005
A1 Enterprise, Inc. Releases FlexBase Database Software Into Production
A1 Enterprise has just finished installation and configuration the first network installation of FlexBase. The purpose of FlexBase is to provide a an organization a means for custom reporting, custom data entry screens, and custom database searching. The goal of A1 Enterprise FlexBase was to provide an application that can accommodate database table and field changes including column additions while having minimal impact on the user input screens. In most applications, adding or removing a table or a column requires a significant amount of reprogramming to user forms. FlexBase allows for database desing changes with minimal impact to the application itself. FlexBase provides an extra layer of information between the user forms and the database with wihch FlexBase communicates. This layer is the layer that makes FlexBase flexible in that, as the design of the database changes, the FlexBase administrator would update the FlexBase configuration such that FlexBase will account for the database change. For example, if a system administrator adds a new table to the database, or a new field to an existing database table, FlexBase will automaticlally detect this new table or new field and provide access to this new table or new field with no additional programming to user forms. The administrator would then only need to decide which user has access to this new table and what permissions to give. This product is indeed a fully customizable database application that, upon installation, may be used to access any database, either localized or networked, of any format that is ODBC or ADO compliant.

This first installation was initially configured to use an MS Access database where legacy and archival data was stored. This database grew from 6 MB to over 200 MB within a 5 month period as usage grew and paper records were scanned an input into the database as this system has become part of the daily processing for this organization. FlexBase can also integrate with an Active Directory network for single signon user login and password authentication. FlexBase automatically creates database forms during run time and does so by determining which tables and fields are available in the database and then drawing the necessary entry forms for the user. Since FlexBase is built to communicate with any ODBC and ADO compliant database, this tool may be used by an organization to provide visually consistent forms to multiple different databases while having the benefit of database user and table security.

FlexBase can be configured by a local administrator, to connect to any flat file or relational database including text files, spreadsheet files, csv files, sql databases, and proprietary applications that use proprietary databases such as quicken and quickbooks. A user can, with minimal effort, open a form that communicates with, and adds, deletes, and updates information contained in a spreadsheet database and then switch the FlexBase connection to open a form that communicates with a sql database within seconds.

The benefit that FlexBase offers is in that FlexBase can be used to make a flat file database behave like a relational database in that FlexBase an programmatically assign primary and foreign key constraint columns to ensure data validation across tables. The problem with most spreadsheed databases is there is no user input validation that ensures a user is typing in what would be considered for example, a valid project number. In addition to input validation, FlexBase allows for tables to be joined to each other and presented using sub forms, where related records of a primary table are displayed in a sub table, such as customerm to invoices, or invoices to invoice line items. The sub forms feature in FlexBase allows for quicker navigation through tables and records that are related to each other from a busienss perspective. FlexBase solves this problem by allowing an administrator to create dropdown lists that ensure the user is selecting from only a correct set of records thereby eliminating key entry and typing errors.

A1 Enterprise FlexBase also allows an administrator to configure users and user groups to have certain permissions to specified tables in one or more databases including read only, add, edit, and delete permissions. The reporting engine that A1 Enterprise FlexBase offers includes pdf, rtf, and text exporting. Additional reports may be written and customized that run through a web browser. Reports can also be managed by adding and removing which users and user groups have access to which reports.

A1 Enterprise acklowleddges the importance of database transaction logging. Transaction logging is especially important when, for example, a system administrator or administrator needs to find out what activity was performed on the database over a period of time, including what user(s) added, updated, or deleted what records from what tables and when. To solve this need, A1 Enterprise FlexBase comes with a database logging feature that tracks any and all database activity, what user was responsible for that activity, and on what date. This is especially useful when the database technology that FlexBase is using doesn't offer it's own database logging utility, such as spreadsheets, textfiles, csv files, Access databases, DBase files, Lotus files, and many other proprietary formats.

Finally, to further simplify user data processing and reporting, FlexBase allows for an administrtor or programmer to create custom macros that run on certain database events such as record edits, deletions, additions, or when users runs specific commands from within the application or clicks on certain form buttons.

2/25/2004
A1 Enterprise, Inc. Releases Project Tracker Into Beta
A1 Enterprise has just just released the new A1 Enterprise Project Tracker to manage customer requests and project requirements and design documentation. As a value added service, A1 Enterprise will extend the functionality of the Project Tracker to current customers to improve project management practices and processes. This tool tracks resource hours paid (payables), resoruce pay rates, customer hours billed (receivables), and customer and project bill rates.