Quarterly Newsletter #3 - Winter 2008

This is a quarterly publication that aims to bring you up to speed with Comply Serve company developments, products, people, services, customers, news, case studies and events that we feel should be of benefit to the Comply Serve community.

Happy New Year! From all the team at Comply Serve, we wish our clients, partners and suppliers a happy and prosperous new year! Nick Bradshaw, Director Sales & marketing Operations said, "2007 was a great year for Comply Serve and we would like to thank the team, clients, partners and suppliers for all the effort they have put in.  The year seemed to fly by and 2008 is already looking like an even busier time for our business as we expand".

In the news

·         Comply Serve opens Cambridge Development Centre; As part of its 2008 expansion plans and to meet its growing customer and development needs, the company opens a new office to provide a dedicated product development centre.  Chris Rolison CEO Comply Serve Ltd remarked, "Our business is growing and to ensure we meet growing customer demand we have opened a dedicated development centre in Cambridge, UK.  Our team is headed up by Adrian Van Emmenis - Chief Technology Officer - who has worked in the software industry for more than 20 years - pioneering in the use of Java object database and caching technologies in the Finance industry. Van is leading a growing team experienced in Agile development methods, Java/J2EE technology and Web 2.0 tools to deliver and evolve our web based project compliance solutions Comply Pro and Validation Manager".  For the full story click here.

·         Gearing up for 2012; Building on Comply Serve's work on East London Line the company has is fully registered and on the CompeteFor website, the site that aims to join suppliers and buyers for London 2012 Olympics.  If your part of a 2012 project / Tier 1 supplier and would like to discuss how we can help you manage your supply chain and associated assurance & compliance needs we would like to hear from you, contact us.

·         London Overground "New Train Set" Advert;  Anyone travelling on the London Underground network will start to become aware of a new advert that is starting to appear in carriages highlighting and promoting London Overground.  Anyone familiar with the Hornby model railway sets will instantly recognise the ads.  The East London Line is key element to this part of the TfL's London Overground network and will form part of the overall route when complete.  Chris Rolison, CEO Comply Serve said, "It's a very nice feeling when you see an advert like this as not only does it show that London is benefitting from new infrastructure investment but it's the fact that our company is helping the delivery team and associated supply chain manage assurance and compliance, we are very pleased to be involved in this flagship project".   

Partner Programme

Towards the end of 2007, Comply Serve expanded its partner programme to include partners in new technology and research that align with our core products and services;

·         iBase Systems;  iBase is dedicated to the provision of mobile business solutions for data capture. Their mission is to provide independent, flexible systems which simplify and unite operational data collection requirements and, whilst maintaining the integrity of the data, make it readily accessible to the people that need it, regardless of the data source, the user's location and their technical ability. Dan Blanchet, Commercial Manager at iBase said, "We are really pleased to be working with Comply Serve as its clear our solutions offer great value to our clients looking to manage project data in the field".  For information on iBase Systems visit their website.

Events

·         CSAC 08; After the great success of the Comply Serve Annual Conference 2007 (CSAC 07) we will be running CSAC 08 towards the end of the year.  We have already had interest for speakers at CSAC 08 and if you want to reserve your place now as a delegate or speaker, please contact us ASAP.  The date and venue are being finalised at the time of going to press and will be announced soon, so watch this space.

·         Watch our events page for events we will be attending in 2008.  We are already confirmed to attend INCOSE 08  as well as meetings organised by the Major Projects Association (MPA) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).  We look forward to meeting you this year.

Support

• The FAQs have been updated and to help you access and use our services.  To see the full list click here.  Remember, if you cannot see a FAQ that addresses your problem let us know via our contact or support pages and we will update the list for the benefit of the user community.
• Remember that access to all our solutions is via the Comply Serve Home Page - Simply click the blue "Client Login" button to enter the secure login area at the top right of the home page.  We recommend that you bookmark this URL and add to your favourites.
• Don't forget we are here to support YOU, if you do experience a problem with our service and it cannot be solved using the FAQs, please contact us via the Support Page.

People

• Development team expands; As part of the expansion of the product development organisation, the existing team has been joined by three new developers; Gillian Horne comes to us from Sun Microsystems where she was a member of the Java messaging team and brings years of programming experience. Jon Stafford joins us from Siemens where he worked on CAD software and Chris Meadows completes the team and brings many years of Java experience - recently in Pharmaceutical software
• New Principle Consultant; Mike Evans joins us from the East London Project.  Mike has worked in the transport, construction and infrastructure market for many years as a respected consultant and has been instrumental in the deployment and implementation of Comply Pro for the Balfour Beatty Carillion Joint Venture (BBC JV).  Mike will be working with prospective and existing clients to help them navigate the complex information and change management process issues associated with project compliance and progressive assurance.

For more information contact:

Tel: +44 (0) 121 452 5042

Email: info@complyserve.com

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