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Confirm v9 launched on time

Published on October 8, 2009 in Bridges & Structures, Central Government, Grounds, Highways, Local Government, Pavement Management, Property Maintenance, Refuse & Waste, Street Cleansing, Street Lighting, Street Works, Trees, Utility Organisation and v9.0 Roadmap. 0 Comments
October 5th, 2009 on time

Launch on time, version 9

Confirm v9 was launched on Monday 5th October, at 10.00 a.m. and the launch event was a webinar to existing users.  The webinar was recorded and can be viewed by any users on demand.  If you would like to see the recording, simply contact your Account Manager or myself for the link.

We will be holding eight on-line live webinars every Tuesday starting 13th october at 10.00 a.m. UK time demonstrating specific area of the Product and highlighting the version 9 updates.  All users will have received an email this morning (Thursday 8th October) with details of how to register for the webinar.  Once again, if you would like to attend please use the normal contacts.

The webinar method for the launch has received much praise with comments such as “it allows us to see the launch and demonstrations from our desk and means that, in these times of relatively low staff numbers, we don’t miss out” (my paraphrasing).

I hope to see our users at Tuesday’s first product demonstration webinar, which focuses on Confirm Mobile – lots of new capabilities with v9 – and Jonathan Mynott is presenting.  Why not register now?

Pure Gold 999 – Confirm v9

Published on September 13, 2009 in Bridges & Structures, Central Government, Grounds, Highways, Local Government, Pavement Management, Property Maintenance, Refuse & Waste, Street Cleansing, Street Lighting, Street Works, Trees, Utility Organisation and v9.0 Roadmap. 0 Comments
Confirm v9 is being launched on October 5th 2009 with 9 webinars: Pure Gold!

Confirm v9 is being launched on October 5th 2009 with 9 webinars: Pure Gold!

They say that pure Gold is .999 and I have been looking at the first draft of the What’s new in Confirm v9 document.  It’s 20 pages with no pictures and screen-shots, reflecting the amount of development that has gone into the 2009 version.

Dividing the enhancements into categories is quite difficult – what categories should be used.  I have decided to focus on the business benefit that is accrued to our users and potential users.  The launch Webex seminars (which will be recorded, so don’t worry of you miss one, you can play it back on demand) will bring out the enhancements in the context of what Confirm can now do for your business.

The categories that seem to ring (another golden reference) true at the moment are:

1. User ideas that have been turned into Confirm enhancements

2. Ideas that have arisen when Users have tested preliminary versions of enhancements and our developers have followed the software into the field; a sort of “now I see the new functionality, it would also be an idea if it could also do x or y or z”.  I call these User Centred Design (UCD) ideas.

3. Technology updates (it now works with Oracle 11 or MapInfo v10 and so on).

4. New module (some of which also will include ideas in Category 2)

The v9 enhancements are spread across all 10 domains that Confirm covers: Highways/Roads; Structures/Bridges; Street Lighting; PMS; Street Works; Property Maintenance; Grounds; Trees; Street Cleaning and Refuse/Waste.

We recognise the “pure Gold” attitude of Confirm users who ultimately bring more efficient public services to citizens.  Citizens really want the “provision” part to be invisible, but so efficient that they never see it.  For example, Citizens want perfect roads, all of the time and no traffic jams; they want Parks to play in with perfect grass, beautiful flowers, clean seats, empty bins and safe play areas for the young citizens and no mowers in sight; they want the streets that they use to be clean, well light and safe without tripping over Mechanical Street Sweepers.

We will keep our focus in the days leading up to the launch, showing how your organisation will benefit in playing its part in the Value chain.

And this week’s picture?  Part of “pure gold” – .999 percent pure and as pure as possible.

Confirm v9.0 release date announced!

Published on May 29, 2009 in v9.0 Roadmap. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Confirm version v9.0 will be available on general release from early October 2009. This is a very comprehensive release including enhancements and improvemements to ease of use, job functions, spatial components, technology and platform update, internal alerting, permitting, data tools and much more. To request further information or a full version descrption please do contact your your account manager or local contact.

If would like to plan for the v9.0 upgrade and would like our help in doing so, again please let your account manager know and we can help.