The United Kingdom and Eire have one of the most advanced Information Technology industries in the world. The cutting edge software developed here is particularly concentrated in areas such as London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Cambridge, and has found a substantial market in the banking, telecommunications (especially Eire) and financial services sector.

As it is one of the most developed e-commerce markets in Europe, all forms of e-commerce can be found in the UK and Eire, and most major banks, for both businesses and individuals, now offer online banking.

With many overseas companies siting their European headquarters here, the UK and Eire is increasingly being seen as the IT gateway to Europe.

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Our client, Siemens Communications, is well established as a leading supplier of real time communication solutions in our Industry. However, you may not be aware that they are also one of the pioneers in providing software that is at the forefront of the convergence of Voice and Data technologies.

Siemens Communications need visionary and skilled partners who can position, sell and integrate their innovative “OpenScape” software.

OpenScape is implemented in a company’s infrastructure utilising Microsoft’s Server 2003 architecture and can be likened to a gateway or switch. This eliminates the traditional boundaries of “voice”, “data” and “applications” by providing seamless and transparent collaboration and communication to customers, staff and users alike.

OpenScape has been developed to solve the problems of telephone/voicemail/email tag by providing a view of an individual’s availability, and seamlessly manages the multitude of communication devices that we have to deal with. OpenScape also provides one touch audio, video and document sharing to reduce decision making timescales and improve a company’s ability to deal with its customers more intelligently and deliver new products or services into the market more quickly.

OpenScape is vendor independent and requires the capabilities of Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 architecture. Both Siemens and Microsoft are committed to the mutual success of this platform as the pivot and focal point for the future of convergence.

For more details:

OpenScape Information (Siemens website)

OpenScape Product Summary (download - Word format, 45k)

If you would like to share in this future and are interested in becoming an Siemens Communications partner, do contact us.

PREMIA ICICI-Infotech are part of NY Stock Exchange quoted,ICICI banking group. ICICI-Infotech are keen to expand their global success they have achieved with their integrated and comprehensive,Insurance system called PREMIA. They have engaged SSP to find partners who are looking to replace their own ageing technology or to solely represent them in the UK or The Republic of Ireland as a master distributor or on a joint venture basis. PREMIA (Profitable Relationships through Effective Management of Insurance Activities) is an enterprise-class insurance management and control system that supports underwriting, claims, and re-insurance services, backed by comprehensive financial accounting, reporting and analysis. A proven and tested solution, it is designed with years of experience and knowledge of the insurance business. Designed for the global insurance market, PREMIA is flexible, easy to operate and implement, and very powerful in both entry and retrieval of business critical information. It caters to multiple classes of the business viz., general accident, fire, motor, engineering, marine cargo and hull, aviation, life, and medical categories. PREMIA gives you speed of interaction, convenience of transaction processing and ease of information access. The product also offers seamless integration across all major heads of insurance activity -- underwriting, claims, re-insurance, and accounts. PREMIA caters for tariff and non-tariff market, and consolidates financial information across currencies and complex organization structures. In addition, PREMIA is built on the industry-leading Oracle platform giving you unlimited server hardware and operating system choices. If you would like to receive further information then please do not hesitate to contact me on 01483747812 or by email or download the PREMIA brochure and success stories.   .

                                                                                                                                  OfficeForms was developed as an e-forms product right from the start. It's British manufacturer, Toplevel, has invested many man years in developing it. The result is that it now offers a fully integrated product set, comprising form designer tool, process definition tool, server software to manage the form data, integrated audit trail, electronic signatures and user profiles.

Phased Approach
OfficeForms allows you to realise the benefits of e-business in stages at a pace that suits your organisation. In the first phase intelligent electronic forms that can be filled on screen, with error checking and help messages to improve accuracy then printed, eliminating illegible handwriting. Subsequent phases can add electronic routing and return of information and automated entry into databases.

Familiar Appearance of Paper Forms
OfficeForms is designed to allow you to mirror the appearance of your existing paper forms either on screen and/or when they are printed. This reduces retraining requirements and makes for an easy transition from familiar paper systems to a new, but familiar electronic system.

Internal and External Forms
The same technology works for external forms, such as statutory returns and application forms and for internal forms, such as timesheets, requisitions, expenses, purchase orders, change management.

Fast Implementation
This is a package solution with easy to use drag and drop design tools. Your forms will work better and be implemented faster than trying to develop a solution using HTML, PDF or Visual Basic, because OfficeForms is designed specifically for e-forms.

Wider reach than the Web
OfficeForms e-forms can be used on any Windows based PC, with or without a web connection. This increases your reach - we even offer Windows 3.11 support! That explains how response rates of 90% can be quickly achieved.  Our unique "SuperExe" technology allows you to send an electronic form to virtually anyone with a PC.

e-GIF
It conforms with e-GIF, including XML support.

Off-line working
This is often crucial; e.g. for long forms, which take weeks to complete. Users can be sent / download the e-forms and complete them without maintaining a web connection.

Innovative approaches to electronic signatures
Go straight for built-in electronic signatures, together with electronic routing. Alternatively phase in their use starting with a combination of traditional, legally binding ink signature together with our secure SHA-1 based signature coding to ensure electronic copies match printed ink signed copies.

Strategic Software Partners Ltd have been selected by Toplevel to find and select partners for the Office Forms product in the UK. If you would like to receive further information then please do not hesitate to contact me on 01483747812 or email us.

Noetix™ Corp., a global infrastructure software provider that unlocks corporate data and empowers decision-makers to answer their own business questions, today announced the Noetix Development Kit for Business Intelligence to allow quick and straightforward sourcing of Oracle E-Business Suite Financials data into the Microsoft® SQL Server Accelerator for Business Intelligence (Accelerator for BI).

The Noetix Development Kit for Business Intelligence with the Accelerator for BI is the fastest way to design and build a business intelligence application based on a company’s custom implementation of Oracle Applications. This integrated solution provides the software tools, documentation and consulting services necessary to quickly give key decision-makers and knowledge workers the business intelligence they need.

"Microsoft and Noetix are both committed to supporting end users in their quest for faster and easier access to mission-critical information," said Don Petersen, SQL Server product manager at Microsoft. "The level of integration and support from Noetix for Microsoft SQL Server Accelerator for Business Intelligence will help customers get the most out of their data."

The Noetix Development Kit for Business Intelligence includes the following:

• NoetixDW™ reduces the cost and speeds the development of data warehouses populated with Oracle Financials data. By automatically mapping each unique Oracle Applications installation configuration and generating metadata optimized for populating a dimensional data warehouse, NoetixDW 4.2 enables BI developers to focus on tailoring to user needs rather than basic construction.
• Microsoft SQL Server Accelerator for Business Intelligence provides a rich environment for designing OLAP cubes and moving data from staging databases into these cubes. Using a template Microsoft Excel Workbook, users are walked through a simple process of defining facts, dimensions, drill-down levels, virtual dimensions, cubes and measures.
• Noetix BI Models provide insight into real business problems like comparing actual to forecast budget performance and tracking project costs at the invoice level by leveraging Noetix’s many years of business application consulting experience.
• Documentation of Application Installation, Configuration and Customization aids in quickly mapping the nuances of an individual business organization into our development kit.

Strategic Software Partners Ltd have been selected by Noetix  to find and select partners for the NoetixDW product in the UK. If you would like to receive further information then please do not hesitate to contact me on 01483747812 or email us.

Artemis International Solutions Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of enterprise-based portfolio, project and resource management software solutions. The company's 26 years of success are built on its proven ability to execute customer-driven applications for all levels of the enterprise -- from the executive to the knowledge worker.

Artemis offerings:

Strategic Portfolio Management

Artemis offers PortfolioDirector, a Web-based, scalable solution to enhance your financial performance by reducing investment risks and cost overruns. Learn more about Portfolio Management from CIO magazine's article, "Do the Math", or by reading our white paper.

Project and Resource Management

Artemis ViewPoint is a Web-based approach to portfolio, project and resource management. Based on Artemis Views, this comprehensive solution ensures accurate planning, budgeting, tracking and communication of project and resource data at every organizational level.

Consulting and Educational Services

Artemis Consulting offers a wide range of professional services to improve your portfolio, project and resource management capabilities.

Strategic Software Partners Ltd have been selected by Artemis to find and select reseller partners in Ireland. If you would like to receive further information then please do not hesitate to contact me on 01483747812 or email us.

CG MAERSK (www.cgmaersk.com) are a joint venture company between the global shipping group, MAERSK, headquartered in Denmark, and one of the largest Indian conglomerates, Crompton Greaves.

Why partner with CG MAERSK?

Quite simple: CG MAERSK will dramatically reduce your development costs, accelerate time to market and provide state-of-the-art industry specific technical expertise, all of which are backed by the logistics giant MAERSK. Services they provide are:

• Container planning and management software
• Migration and Outsourcing
• Contract Programming
• Onsite Consulting
• Offshore Maintenance and Enhancement
• Offshore Development

All of which make CG MAERSK the perfect business partner if you provide services in the Shipping, Supply Chain and Logistics industries.

Besides ISO9000 certification, we can personally vouch for the quality, intelligence and skills of their personnel. Rarely in this industry does a company combine specific industry knowledge and all the technical skills from mainframe through open systems and web enabling technologies.

If you are looking to reduce costs without any sacrifice to quality then I strongly suggest that you call us to discuss how CG MAERSK can help.

Facts and figures

Click here to download a PDF document (56.8 KB) that will help you understand why we believe CG MAERSK is the perfect partner for any company in the Shipping, Supply Chain and Logistics software industries.

For more information on CG MAERSK’s partnership proposition plase contact Keith Elliott or give us a call on 01483 747812.

Convera is the industry pioneer in the search & retrieval of information. Formerly known as Excalibur, Convera can now boast 20 years experience and over 700 customers around the world and are looking to expand their business offering through an OEM partnership.

Convera’s search and retrieval software product, Retrievalware (click here for the white paper), is one of the best text-based search tools available. This technology is already in use in software developed by Documentum, Filenet, Hyperion, SAP portals, EMC, Informix, Peregrine, Teradata, Cedar and Fujitsu, to name a few. Convera is offering you the opportunity to maximise the potential of your solution through the use of the most advanced search engine available.

Retrievalware offers a number of key features, best illustrated in the diagram below:

As an indication of Retrievalware’s extensive capabilities, it is used as the core search application for the Chicago Tribune, making over 15 million clippings from the last century available and fully searchable over the internet. Some of Convera’s 700 end-user customers include HSBC, Peugeot, Johnson & Johnson, Enclopaedia Britannica, Clifford Chance, DTI, Air France.

Strategic Software Partners Ltd have been selected by Convera (UK) Ltd to find and select OEM partners in the UK. If you would like to receive further information then please do not hesitate to contact me on 01483747812 or email us.