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conference, and the rite has shown the power of bringing key customers together under one roof to examine past operational issues and learn of new challenges, specifical- ly how the system can evolve to meet the challenges. ?The value of the user conference is the value of the net- working,? said Hughey. ?Users share their stories, specifi- cally the way in which they use our products. Every year we are putting new capability into the software, and a lot of that demand ? I would say 100% ? comes from our cus- tomers. If you are not keeping up every year with what that company (your customers) is doing from the product standpoint, then you?re not getting all of the value you can get out of the system.? According to Hughey, a key differentiator of ABS NS? suite of solutions lies in the fact that it is a virtual one-stop- shop, and that ?these products have not been put together through acquisitions; they have been built to be integrat- ed,? she said. ?Whenever we create a new module, we look to see how it connects to all of the other modules. Our cus- tomers have found that to keep things moving, it is easier to make one call than to call 20 separate vendors.? It is key to note that an operator need not class its vessels with ABS to enjoy the benefits of NS5 Enterprise. ?What we say is our software adds value to all of our customers; to ABS customers, it adds exceptional value,? Hughey said.For full details on NS5 Enterprise, Email: NS-info@ eagle.org MP #4 (18-33):MP Layouts 11/7/2011 3:14 PM Page 21