Summers out, autumn's in, it's official. There was a definite drop in temperatures here in Glasgow and we've waved goodbye to the longer evenings which is probably no bad thing as our autumn / winter season looks to be just as packed as our spring / summer campaign has been.

News from the camp is that the Scottish Ten project is complete, it hasn't been officially released yet but it's a fantastic loooking site for a more than fantastic initiative and as soon as it launches we'll let you know.

We've been doing some great work in Livelink WCM as the National College Internal Portal project draws to a close. A whole load of integration with many different technologies involved in that project. We've also been doing some technical consultation with Mimecast as we prepare for the start of their corporate website project which is being built in EPiServer CMS6 & we've another EPiServer CMS6 project about to kick off with NHS Grampian which also includes integration with their Sharepoint environment, we're looking forward to both of those.

Also on the cards is a redesign of the Edinburgh Castle site for Historic Scotland and an overhaul of the British Council home pages.

In amongst all of this we're also going to be completely rebuilding our own site, playing with HTML5 and CSS3 and looking to expand our operations team. Never a dull moment.

How to engage with your customers online - Glasgow Marriott Sep. 8th 2010

Join us in person at an informal educational session, have some lunch and do some networking!

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Agenda

09:30 - 10:00
Welcome and registration

10:00 - 10:20
Mimtech's offer: Web strategies, solutions and support

10:20 - 11:05
The engaged web: How to turn a passive web site into an active profit centre

11:05 - 11:15
Break

11:15 - 12:15
EPiServer solution demonstration: Web engagement and the 4C's; content, communication, community, commerce

12:15 - 13:00
Customer case study

13:00 - 13:30
Closing lunch and networking opportunity

It's been a while since I added anything to this blog but I read an email from Tony Byrne at the Real Story (CMS Watch to you and me) and felt compelled to quote something in his newsletter. I am not saying I agree but he is a highly respected industry analyst...

'The product formerly known as RedDot is losing altitude at a precipitous rate. Alterian is discontinuing its .NET-based offering (the former Immediacy product).'

We have seen a disappointing response to RedDot but I have no knowledge of the discontinuation of Immediacy. Tony does comment in the same newsletter about the vibrancy of other players in the same space including our favourite EPiServer.

2010 has been very exciting so far with our move to new offices in January and first quarter revenue up 87% from the same period last year. Now at the beginning of April we're delighted to introduce our brand values; innovation, quality, value and fun.

Built around the core message, "Web strategies, solutions and support that empower organisations to engage their audience in the digital economy," our brand values influence how we operate as a company and what you should expect when engaging with us.

As a service based company quality and value are key factors in establishing and maintaining client relationships and building trust. Without embracing innovation we simply wouldn't survive. Fun is the major component in our ability to deliver our client experience and to grow our business, if we didn't enjoy what we do we wouldn't be doing it.

We have finished the migration of Salford City Council's Obtree sites to RedDot. Six sites have now gone live and are working well. The migration itself was, in my humble opinion, a resounding success. The issues we had were not technical but process and you can always learn from those for the next one. Well done to Chandra, Ken and the team for bringing this one in on time and budget. We are preparing a case study to document the project and will make the metrics available so you will be able to see how much more effective the mim:switch software is than the manual or other automated options.

We have already been commissioned to begin the next one and are in discussions about another two.

We are hoping to have the opportunity for a migration from Obtree to EPiServer soon (the test migrations to EPiServer are quicker than those to RedDot) and we are looking forward to that.

If you are a user of Obtree (Livelink WCM PS) and would like to know what options you have for migrating to a new platform please get in touch.