A new and even more powerful ARCHIBUS - Version 17.2 - will arrive on November 14^th and deliver a long list of enhancements that will make you more productive and your organization more profitable.

You'll get more built-in business intelligence with incorporated KPIs, and fast Adobe^® Flash-based drawings for accelerated interactivity and data views. Breeze through projects with a range of new wizards and dashboards. This upgrade also provides the access and framework to deploy the new Web-based, single-point-of-contact Real Estate Portfolio Administration and Lease Administration applications.

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The Portfolio Manager can switch between Land, Structures and Buildings portfolio analyses or obtain consolidated capital transaction information using the tabs at the top of the view.

Web-based Real Estate Portfolio Administration helps determine the ability of the portfolio to support the organization's strategy through a set of interactive graphical tools. These tools not only show the portfolio performance through key indicators but also provide the ability to analyze the data through benchmarking, trend analysis, projections, and drill-downs.

The Lease Administration application, also Web-based, streamlines the lease information-gathering process, presents lease information in an intuitive interface, issues personalized alerts, and assists in the analysis of recurring costs according to user preferences. This application dovetails with the Real Estate Portfolio Administration application to keep lease and real estate information on all your buildings, structures, and land completely synchronized.

In addition to those two new applications, there are many enhancements to other ARCHIBUS applications such as Reservations, Service Desk, On Demand Work, Design Management with Overlay for AutoCAD and Revit, as well as to the core ARCHIBUS platform. They make data collection, analysis, visualization, and information-sharing faster and more useful to users coping with a wide range of business and environmental challenges. 

Contact your ARCHIBUS Business Partner for further information on how the V.17.2 release can benefit your organization. 

ARCHIBUS Inc. has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of its "Magic Quadrant for Integrated Workplace Management Systems" report issued July 31, 2008.

"Leaders," says Gartner's definition of the term, "have strength in applications and platform technology, demonstrate a high level of quality in product reliability and service, have strong operational and organizational capabilities and financial stability, have global reach, and offer a strong vision of customer needs reflected in a robust development road map."

"We are pleased to have ARCHIBUS included in the report's Leaders quadrant," notes ARCHIBUS President and founder Bruce K. Forbes. "Our continually enhanced software is the foundation for our Intuitive Business Transformation (IBT) initiative, an approach to making real estate, infrastructure and facilities management easier, more insightful, and highly responsive to organizational needs."

Request your complimentary copy of the Gartner Magic Quadrant report.

Hotel reservations for the 2009 International ARCHIBUS Users' Conference can be made online with the Camelback Inn for the April 26-29 event in Scottsdale, Arizona. It's easy to register by phone or online - but rooms are going fast, so reserve your room today.

To reserve a hotel room at the Camelback Inn, a JW Marriott Resort and Spa, call 1-800-24-CAMEL    (1-800-242-2635) and use the Group Code: arcarca. Or reserve online at marriott.com. Our negotiated group room rate for the Conference is $289.00 (USD).

The 2009 Conference will offer exceptional keynote speakers, presentations on the latest achievements by ARCHIBUS users, and an even richer array of technical sessions for more in-depth training opportunities than ever before.

Some of the topics we'll be covering include:

• Enabling Intuitive Business Transformation with GIS
• Implementing Successful ARCHIBUS + ERP Integrations
• Mastering 30-Day ARCHIBUS Deployments
• Reducing Energy Costs as well as Your Carbon Footprint
• Monitoring Risk Management and Business Continuity

Be a part of the ARCHIBUS Users' Conference experience. And experience the best Scottsdale has to offer with its blend of Southwestern tradition and modern amenities. The Camelback Inn is easily accessible from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.

Plan now to attend the 2009 International ARCHIBUS Users' Conference.

Online Users' Conference registration will begin in November.

Anyone who didn't attend the Real Estate Center of Excellence session at the 2008 International ARCHIBUS Users' Conference missed one of the more thought-provoking - and entertaining - exchanges of ideas moderated by Ernst & Young Director of Corporate Real Estate Mark Gibson and ARCHIBUS Real Estate Center of Excellence Director Larry Simpson.

Part management clinic and part focus group, the session generated the kind of spirited interaction and business insights that could, in the opinion of attendees, theoretically increase a company's stock price by 5% and make CRE/FM managers' lives easier. To read an article recapping the session and featuring commentary from Gibson and Simpson, click here.

Missed the most recent ARCHIBUS Webinar series?

It's never too late to catch up with colleagues and update your knowledge on topics central to real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management - from BIM to GIS, environmental compliance, and more. You can do it at your convenience with on-demand replays of recent ARCHIBUS Webinars including:

• Achieving Total Building Awareness with BIM: Autodesk Revit, ARCHIBUS & You
• ARCHIBUS Geospatial Extensions for ESRI (Business Case Overview)
• ARCHIBUS Geospatial Extensions for ESRI (Technical/IT Overview)
• The Case for IWMS
• You May Be Greener Than You Think

Listen in over lunch and get up to speed without getting up from your desk.

ARCHIBUS training is your path to learning everything you need to know, from ARCHIBUS fundamental concepts, to hands-on training in more advanced topics such as enterprise or Web Central system integration.

It’s always a good time to expand your understanding of ARCHIBUS, and now you can with these upcoming courses:

To register, go to: http://www.archibus.com/training

If you would like to request a course to be scheduled at a time different from above or at a different location, please use this Course Request Form to send us your request. For any questions, please contact the Training Coordinator at training@archibus.com or call  617 227-2508 .

ARCHIBUS also offers a range of convenient online training courses that let you and your colleagues acquire valuable technical expertise without leaving your office. Visit our catalog and register at http://www.archibus.com/training/.

Proving once again that an organization is never too old to learn new tricks, the world's oldest bank, Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is using the latest applications from ARCHIBUS to enhance its ancient reputation with a major business process re-engineering initiative. The bank's business re-engineering project, in fact, is the subject of a white paper now appearing on FMLink, a portal devoted to better facility management practices. The bank's initiative is expected to save an estimated $2.4 million (USD) within 18 months of its implementation.

Aside from having a fascinating history in the financial world, the bank is also making an historic investment in IWMS technology by implementing a wide range of ARCHIBUS applications. Those applications will streamline operations at what is Italy's third largest financial institution, with branches throughout Europe and the world. Read more.