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Garth Pickup, Solidsoft CEO will join Microsoft at their stand to share Solidsoft's experience of BizTalk Server with conference delegates.
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Solidsoft (the UK's premier SOA and BPM consultancy for the Microsoft platform) and SOA Software (a leading integrated SOA governance automation vendor) today announced the appointment of Solidsoft as consulting partner and value added reseller for SOA Software's suite of products. Read more HERE (01/05/08)

Computacenter Reduces Business-to-Business Order Processing by up to 40% with Solidsoft

Computacenter, one of the largest IT infrastructure service providers in Europe wanted to streamline its supply chain management by encouraging more suppliers to accept orders online. Computacenter chose Solidsoft to design and implement an order processing system using Microsoft ASP.NET and IIS with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 as the integration tool and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 as the database. As a result, many systems within Computacenter have been integrated with its suppliers with BizTalk Server as the electronic hub.
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Register for our webinar on 22 May at 11.00am to hear from K2 and Solidsoft how using Microsoft BizTalk server 2006 R2 and K2 blackpearl delivered in an integrated fashion can bring human and system processes together for local government authorities. Furthermore these processes will be delivered in a stable and manageable environment, reducing costs while improving system connectedness and effectiveness.

To download copies of K2s white papers on BPM and blackpearl please click HERE

Solidsoft Awarded Specialist ICT Supplier Status to the Cabinet Office Electronic Delivery Team (EDT)
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Solidsoft is delighted to announce that in recognition of its track record as agile, technical innovators it has just been awarded specialist ICT supplier status to the Cabinet Office Electronic Delivery Team (EDT) who are responsible for the Government Gateway. The EDT has put in place a framework agreement for access to niche ICT specialists who will support EDTs response to the changing role of the Government Gateway and support the Transformational Government agenda. The Framework will operate for four years, until 4 November 2010 and will enable Solidsoft and a select group of suppliers to support the Cabinet Office EDT with proof of concepts and prototypes as it considers the role of the Government Gateway and similar cross government applications in the Transformational Government Agenda.
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Garth Pickup, CEO of Solidsoft is pleased to announce that once again Solidsoft is a key sponsor of Microsoft's prestigious Architect Insight Conference taking place this year on 28 and 29 April in Old Windsor.
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Solidsoft would be delighted to meet you over the two day event to discuss how Microsoft technologies like BizTalk Server 2006, WCF, Windows Workflow and MOSS 2007 can make a difference to you by delivering effective Business Process Management solutions for your business.
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Solidsoft Becomes a Full Government Gateway Partner

Solidsoft is the first company to be awarded Full Government Gateway Partner status within the Government e-Delivery team's (EDT) Government Gateway Alliance Programme (GGAP).

GGAP's objective is to establish and formalise key partnerships with IT and business suppliers to allow them to: integrate with and deliver our common infrastructure products and any supporting solutions direct to their new and existing customer base within Government, and assist the EDT in the innovative delivery of the Transformational Government Agenda.

The EDT acknowledges the added value that Solidsoft is able to contribute working alongside the EDT to deliver Government Gateway services to the EDT's customers. Solidsoft will help enable the EDT to gain additional channels to drive the take-up of the EDT products and services to a greater number of government departments.

The GGAP is designed to provide a formal structure for the interaction between the EDT and all of its partners to ensure mutually beneficial outcomes. EDT's work with partners has focused specifically on technical deliverables. The GGAP will now take a more holistic approach to partnering, providing professionalism to all partnering work encompassing both the traditional Government Gateway core function but also looking at the delivery of innovation within the context of the Transformational Government Agenda.

EDT describes its partnership with Solidsoft as "A relationship in which both parties seek out mutual benefits by working together within an agreed and structured approach, beyond that of a normal commercial nature".
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Solidsoft was a key sponsor of this year's Microsoft Architect Insight Conference. Architects and senior IT executives gathered to share their thoughts and listen to Microsoft and its key partners' thought leaders on all aspects of software architecture and development. In this webcast, which was recorded at the event, Andy James, Solidsoft's Chief Technology Officer was asked by Microsoft's Ron Jacobs to share his thoughts and experiences on the world of BizTalk, Service Oriented Architectures and Business Process Management.
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To complement its series of white papers on RFID technology, Solidsoft is pleased to announce that a selection of RFID datasheets is now also available on-line. Currently there are four titles which can be downloaded: Protecting your Brand Using RFID RFID in the Supply Chain Agile Delivery Intelligent Buildings Written by Simon Holloway, Solidsoft's Principal Industry and RFID Consultant, these papers provide further insight into the benefits and uses of RFID technology across a range of industries.
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Talk to Simon about how Solidsoft can help you to unlock the value of your existing RFID investments and turn them into a dynamic force that can make a difference to your organisation where it counts most.
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24 January 2007 - Solidsoft attends the 5th annual RFID ROI Summit

Solidsoft attended the 5th annual RFID ROI Summit, held at London's Excel centre on 29 and 30 January 2007.
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Simon Holloway, Solidsoft's Principal Industry and RFID Consultant is a noted authority in the RFID field, and has responsibility for the development of all RFID-based solutions within Solidsoft.
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As a noted authority in the RFID field, Simon is responsible for the development of all RFID-based solutions within Solidsoft.
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Before joining Solidsoft Simon spent three years in the role of Manufacturing Industry Architect and RFID Lead at Microsoft EMEA. Prior to that he worked for five years as the iPlanet Product Marketing Manager for Northern Europe at Sun Microsystems, and additionally spent over 15 years working as a principal consultant for a number of IT strategy houses.
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For more information click HERE where you can also investigate further what RFID and Solidsoft can do to help optimise the performance of your organisation.

2 November 2006 - Solidsoft Partners with GlobeRanger

GlobeRanger Solidsoft has teamed up with GlobeRanger Corporation, an organisation that develops and distributes the industry's leading Edgeware platform, iMotion.

As a production-tested Edgeware technology, the iMotion platform drastically simplifies the development, deployment and management of RFID, mobile and sensor-based solutions, while incorporating and preserving past investment. Garth Pickup, Solidsoft's CEO believes that "the combined skill sets of Solidsoft and GlobeRanger make for a compelling offering in the RFID supply chain market place".
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Solidsoft is pleased to announce that its Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Andy James has been elected to the UK Microsoft Architect Council.
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Andy James, Solidsoft's CTO announces For a number of years Solidsoft consultants have been renowned for the quality of their blogs but there's one complaint: the blogs have been spread far and wide.
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Solidsoft recently upgraded King's Lynn & West Norfolk to the latest Microsoft integration platform which includes BizTalk Server 2006 and SQL Server 2005. This solution is being used for GC Register authentication services.
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Ian Dalton, Solidsoft's Head of Consulting, explained This is part of a systematic programme of constant development that all of our consultants are involved in.
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Additionally Solidsoft was the only non-US based company to make the final four in the Technology Innovation in Business Process and Integration category. The awards were distributed at a ceremony on 12 July in Boston, MA, at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.

Solidsoft collects Microsoft Award Garth Pickup, Solidsoft's CEO comments: I am delighted to see the brilliant efforts of our team recognised by Microsoft in this way.
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Solidsoft was recognised for superior Sales and Marketing in Business Process an

Garth Pickup, CEO of Solidsoft is pleased to announce that once again Solidsoft is a key sponsor of Microsoft's prestigious Architect Insight Conference taking place this year on 28 and 29 April in Old Windsor.
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Solidsoft would be delighted to meet you over the two day event to discuss how Microsoft technologies like BizTalk Server 2006, WCF, Windows Workflow and MOSS 2007 can make a difference to you by delivering effective Business Process Management solutions for your business.
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To complement its series of white papers on RFID technology, Solidsoft is pleased to announce that a selection of RFID datasheets is now also available on-line.Currently there are four titles which can be downloaded:

Protecting your Brand Using RFID RFID in the Supply Chain Agile Delivery Intelligent Buildings Written by Simon Holloway, Solidsoft's Principal Industry and RFID Consultant, these papers provide further insight into the benefits and uses of RFID technology across a range of industries.
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Solidsoft's Principal Industry and RFID Consultant, Simon Holloway was interviewed at the recent RFID ROI event on how organisations can optimise their RFID investments and make a real difference to a wide range of business scenarios, such as:
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Talk to Simon about how Solidsoft can help you to unlock the value of your existing RFID investments and turn them into a dynamic force that can make a difference to your organisation where it counts most.
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24 January 2007 - Solidsoft attends the 5th annual RFID ROI Summit

Solidsoft attended the 5th annual RFID ROI Summit, held at London's Excel centre on 29 and 30 January 2007.
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Simon Holloway, Solidsoft's Principal Industry and RFID Consultant is a noted authority in the RFID field, and has responsibility for the development of all RFID-based solutions within Solidsoft.
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Simon Holloway, Solidsoft's Principal Industry and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Consultant presented at the RFID Forum at London Olympia on Thursday 9 November 2006.
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As a noted authority in the RFID field, Simon is responsible for the development of all RFID-based solutions within Solidsoft.
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Before joining Solidsoft Simon spent three years in the role of Manufacturing Industry Architect and RFID Lead at Microsoft EMEA.Prior to that he worked for five years as the iPlanet Product Marketing Manager for Northern Europe at Sun Microsystems, and additionally spent over 15 years working as a principal consultant for a number of IT strategy houses.
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For more information click HERE where you can also investigate further what RFID and Solidsoft can do to help optimise the performance of your organisation.

2 November 2006 - Solidsoft Partners with GlobeRanger

GlobeRangerSolidsoft has teamed up with GlobeRanger Corporation, an organisation that develops and distributes the industry's leading Edgeware platform, iMotion.

As a production-tested Edgeware technology, the iMotion platform drastically simplifies the development, deployment and management of RFID, mobile and sensor-based solutions, while incorporating and preserving past investment.

Garth Pickup, Solidsoft's CEO believes that "the combined skill sets of Solidsoft and GlobeRanger make for a compelling offering in the RFID supply chain market place".
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Solidsoft is pleased to announce that its Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Andy James has been elected to the UK Microsoft Architect Council.
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Andy James, Solidsoft's CTO announces "For a number of years Solidsoft consultants have been renowned for the quality of their blogs but there's one complaint: the blogs have been spread far and wide.
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Solidsoft recently upgraded King's Lynn & West Norfolk to the latest Microsoft integration platform which includes BizTalk Server 2006 and SQL Server 2005.This solution is being used for GC Register authentication services.
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Ian Dalton, Solidsoft's Head of Consulting, explained "This is part of a systematic programme of constant development that all of our consultants are involved in.
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Additionally Solidsoft was the only non-US based company to make the final four in the Technology Innovation in Business Process and Integration category.The awards were distributed at a ceremony on 12 July in Boston, MA, at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.

Solidsoft collects Microsoft AwardGarth Pickup, Solidsoft's CEO comments: "I am delighted to see the brilliant efforts of our team recognised by Microsoft in this way.
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Solidsoft was recognised for superior Sales and Marketing in Business Process and Integration.The Business Process and Integration Solutions Awards recognise best practices for selling and deploying business process management (BPM) and integration solutions.These awards are intended for systems integrators (SIs), solution and service providers, and software developers that concentrate on enterprise application integration, business-to-business application integration, BPM, and adapter development using Microsoft BizTalk Server.

"It is a privilege to recognise Solidsoft as the winner of this year's Sales and Marketing in Business Process and Integration Award" said Allison Watson, vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing group at Microsoft.
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We applaud Solidsoft for its achievements this year and offer gratitude for our ongoing collaboration through the Microsoft Partner Program."
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We are thrilled to recognise Solidsoft as one of the partners leading the field in this category."

The Microsoft Partner Program Awards recognise Microsoft partners who have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the last year.Multiple awards are distributed in four categories: Partner of the Year for Technology Innovation; Partner of the Year for Sales and Marketing; the Specialization Excellence Awards, and Microsoft Initiative Awards, which also includes the Winning Customer Award.

Solidsoft is an independent software consultancy and Microsoft Gold Partner based in Basingstoke, UK.Since 1993 it has been helping clients succeed by offering consulting services, complete solution development and support.Long established as the leading Microsoft BizTalk expert in the UK, Solidsoft is now considered among the world's leading authorities on the design and delivery of Service Orientated Architectures and Business Process solutions on the Microsoft application platform.

Click HERE for more information.

13 July 2006 - Solidsoft Announces Forthcoming Events

Microsoft and Solidsoft will be jointly hosting two technology briefings in London later this year, Understanding the Connected Business World and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 in the Connected Business World.Click HERE for further details.

13 July 2006 - Solidsoft to Use Two Connect Salesforce.com BizTalk Adapter

Solidsoft is pleased to announce its adoption of the Two Connect Salesforce.com BizTalk Adapter as the de facto adapter for SalesForce.com developments.
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Andy James, Solidsoft's CTO commented that "The decision to select the Two Connect adapter was made simple by its quality, adherence to the SalesForce.com standards and API; and by the excellent support received from the Two Connect team".
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Solidsoft is currently using the adapter to deliver a key customer solution and once the 'go-live' date has been reached full details will be announced.
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Solidsoft's Chief Technology Officer, Andy James announced "This new adapter is a logical step for Microsoft and completes the picture of CRM being fully integrated within a company's end to end processes.
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Andy went on to say "Solidsoft now has an even more significant role to play in CRM implementation as our unrivalled experience of BizTalk, combined with our ever expanding competence in and around CRM allow us to deliver end to end business processes that are truly customer centric".
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Solidsoft has been invited to join the Microsoft BizTalk 2006 Release 2 Technology Adopter Program (TAP) and is actively looking for suitable customers to act as partners on the program.

More information on Microsoft BizTalk can be found HERE.
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Solidsoft is now offering a free CRM audit to assist you in establishing just what you need to do to make CRM a reality without breaking the bank.Contact us at CRMEnquiries@solidsoft.com for more information.
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Solidsoft endorses Windows Workflow Foundation Plans - Andy James, Chief Technology Officer, Solidsoft.