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  • Introducing the world's first, free video email website - 07 July 2008
    Leading software development house, Compsoft and design agency Bluesulphur are delighted to announce the successful launch of VuYou, a free video email social interaction website, the brainchild of entrepreneur Terry Flores. Terry, together with Robert Drew, who provided a wealth of management experience and financial support, ...
  • Focus on Equinox - 06 July 2008
    Compsoft is proud to announce an increased focus on Equinox alongside the beta release of version 5, affirming Compsoft’s ongoing development of and commitment to Equinox. As part of this evolution, former Head of Support Services, Simon Burfield, has been tasked with overseeing the commercial ...
  • Bluesulphur reigns in April Showers - 07 May 2008
    By the side of a green but wet Newbury Race Course, business owners from across the region gathered in the Grandstand for the Thames Valley Ideal Business Show, 2008. With keynote speakers Greg Dyke, former Director General of the BBC, Dragon Den's Rachel Elnough, and ...
  • Compsoft Relocates - 21 April 2008
    Compsoft has acquired new premises that will house its bespoke development services, Equinox support services, Obelisk, and its digital design agency, Bluesulphur. The three story building is situated in Oriel Court, Alton, home to Mirago, a search engine business based upon Compsoft’s proprietary database ...
  • Compsoft and Bluesulphur unite for Thames Valley exhibition - 19 March 2008
    Following the success of the exhibition in December, Compsoft and Bluesulphur are set to present their latest projects at the Thames Valley Ideal Business Show. For 2008, Newbury Racecourse plays host to the April exhibition, offering leading conference facilities, a golf course and even ...
  • Around the World for Charity - 18 February 2008
    Compsoft developers successfully helps fundraising website take off. It is a great idea; sponsors can give money to charity while on a website, either via a fundraiser or straight to a specific charity, but is not new. The difference with this concept is that the donor ...
  • Compsoft launches Bluesulphur at IMS 2007 - 12 December 2007
    Compsoft used the Information Management Solutions 2007 exhibition to showcase its .NET skill set and announce the introduction of Bluesulphur, a new full-service, digital design agency. The new agency, which is based in Alton, is headed up by Creative Director David Stell. David has been ...
  • Compsoft Developers take on Tech Ed - 05 November 2007
    Barcelona hosted the Microsoft Tech Ed 2007 conference during the first week of November, as with last year, Compsoft developers were there to explore the latest in software technology. During the week long event, representatives from Microsoft and their innovation partners demonstrated new and exciting ...
  • Compsoft to Exhibit at IMS 2007 - 02 October 2007
    Having cemented its position as a premier provider of .NET consultancy and development, Compsoft is delighted to be exhibiting at the IT show IMS 2007. Based at Olympia, IMS (Information Management Solutions) is the leading event for business, marketing, web and IT professionals needing ...
  • Northgate and Compsoft Deliver Health Solutions - 03 August 2007
    Leading application specialists and IT consultancy Northgate Information Solutions has recently completed a project with Compsoft’s .NET specialists to develop a national web-based solution. Northgate, a market leader in the public sector, provides software applications and outsourcing solutions across public safety, local government, education ...
  • Reef Surf Rides New Wave of Business - 07 July 2007
    Accommodation and surfing school Reef Surf of Newquay, Cornwall, has been using a bespoke application designed by Compsoft since 2006. The specialist booking system, developed using Compsoft's own Equinox database development tool, was required to support the company during a demanding time of high ...
  • Advertising Magic for Charity - 19 April 2007
    Advertising Magic for Charity Compsoft has successfully delivered an innovative solution that is using the profitable nature of internet searching to help charities raise funds, to Surrey-based enterprise MagicTaxi. MagicTaxi turned to Compsoft to develop aspects of their web-based application, an internet search engine. Managing Director, ...
  • Rain Fails to Dampen Affiliates' Enthusiasm - 02 January 2007
    Despite a wet start to December, members of the business community braved torrential rain to make their way to Alton, Hampshire. The group included business consultants, IT infrastructure specialists and developers, financial advisors and multi-media producers. The purpose was to experience, among a number of ...
  • Blending Microsoft .NET and Equinox Using Web Services - 18 December 2006
    Compsoft has agreed a contract with Tamil television broadcaster, Sun TV to integrate seamless online banking with its existing Equinox-based CRM system. In May 2004, using an existing CRM application based on it`s Equinox database product, Compsoft created a bespoke business application to manage both customer ...
  • Compsoft in the News: IT for High Growth Businesses - 14 December 2006
    By: Real Business Magazine Phil Lenton, managing director of Compsoft, looks at the advantages of bespoke IT systems for fast-growth SMEs. You’ve based your business on a unique idea; you’ve found a niche where ...
  • Equinox Developer Focus: Optinet - 14 December 2006
    In this new feature, we profile an Equinox developer, looking at the service and its market position. This month Optinet’s General Manager, David Longley, discusses its management solution for optician's practices. Part of the National Eyecare Group, the UK's largest purchasing group for independent opticians, Optinet ...
  • Equinox 5 First Look: Syntax Highlighting - 08 November 2006
    One of the most immediately useful features in Equinox 5 for programmers will be Syntax Highlighting of all method language. Syntax Highlighting is a process whereby different parts of the development code are automatically rendered in different colours. This means that, for example, comments are ...
  • Reef Surf Waves Goodbye to Manual System - 09 October 2006
    Group accommodation specialist, Reef Surf of Newquay, Cornwall has agreed a contract with Compsoft to develop a specialist booking system both for its growing number of properties and the surfing lessons it offers almost all year round. The business comprises Reef Surf Lodge, Reef Surf ...
  • About Facer - 05 October 2006
    Facer Design partners with Compsoft on a new business venture. "Compsoft were recommended to me by a business acquaintance who thought that we might be able to work together on my project," says Mark Facer, Facer Design's principal, "I'd already invested a great deal ...
  • Compsoft Becomes a Microsoft Certified Partner - 13 September 2006
    13th September 2006, Alton, Hampshire. Compsoft confirmed today that it has acquired the status of Microsoft Certified Partner. According to Microsoft's Partner Program website, "Certified Partners represent a high degree of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies. ...
  • Volvo Drives Technology Forward - 11 September 2006
    Compsoft wins a contract with Volvo IT for a .NET pilot. AXIS - Volvo IT's Dealer Management Systems Centre has agreed a project to pilot the use of Microsoft .NET technology with its existing AS/400-based application, used by over 10,000 ...
  • Champagne Winner August 2006 - 05 September 2006
    Andy Rowe is this month's winner of a bottle of champagne, with our compliments. Andy works in IT development and administration for Mackintosh & Partners. We hope he and his wife enjoy the champagne with a romantic meal for two. Mackintosh & Partners ...
  • Compsoft Launches Affiliate Programme - 30 August 2006
    Compsoft plc has launched its latest business development scheme, the Compsoft Affiliate Programme. The Affiliate Programme is an exciting new initiative targeted at small and medium-sized businesses that work with high growth companies, as Compsoft does. Through the programme, member ...
  • Bring Out the Cranston - 30 August 2006
    Compsoft is pleased to announce the successful recruitment of Paul Cranston, who joins Compsoft in the position of Affiliate Programme Manager. Phil Lenton, Compsoft's Managing Director is delighted with the appointment, "with a strong background in communications, Paul is a great ...
  • Compsoft Raises £500 for Sport Relief - 15 August 2006
    On July 15th of this year, over half of the Compsoft employees took part in Sport Relief 2006, running a 1 mile circuit in Southampton, Hampshire. In 30 degree heat, over 4,000 people came together at Hoglands Park to run ...
  • Equinox 5 First Look: Pushing the Limits - 04 August 2006
    Equinox 5 will be the first version with the goal of increasing all internal limits to values which should never be reached.Because of Equinox`s long heritage, many areas within the programming environment have limits imposed from times when memory was expensive and hard disk space ...
  • Champagne Winners July 2006 - 03 August 2006
    Kevin McGrath kindly forwarded last month`s newscast to a friend and receives a complimentary pair of tickets to the circus from Dial a Seat.A seasoned Equinox developer, formerly of Computers in Personnel, Kevin is understandably pleased with the tickets, "I have ...
  • Compsoft to Replace ASP CMS with DNN for PBA - 02 August 2006
    (or: Compsoft to Replace Active Server Page Content Management System with Dot Net Nuke for Peter Brett Associates)Compsoft wins a contract with Reading-based firm to provide a flexible content management system.As a growing organisation with offices in a number of countries, Peter Brett ...
  • Consulting Gamble Pays Off - 01 August 2006
    London Clubs (Casinos) has agreed a contract with Compsoft to help develop its internal systems."For the most part, our systems are okay," muses Charles Rayer, London Clubs` IT Manager, "but we had a few niggling issues with some development work undertaken internally on ...
  • Course Announcement - 31 July 2006
    Don`t know your SOAP from your .NET or your ASP and XML from your C#?Many .NET training courses and seminars exist, but they all seem either focused at highly technical people or people who know nothing about technology, in other words, they are either too ...
  • Maule Group Agrees Flexible Consulting Contract - 25 July 2006
    The Dunstable based Maule Group has recently signed up to a new flexible consulting contract with Compsoft for ongoing, ad-hoc development of their Equinox-based administration system. The database is used to manage their business as insurance loss adjusters, recording everything from claim ...
  • Equinox 5 First Look: Web Services - 10 July 2006
    The next version of Equinox will natively support Web Services, allowing developers to build real-time links between Equinox applications and other technologies, such as Microsoft .NET and Java. With Web Services technology built into Equinox, accessing data repositories such as SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle ...
  • Dial-A-Seat Online Goes Live - 10 July 2006
    The online ticket booking portal www.dialaseat.co.uk developed by Compsoft for ticket sales agency Dial-A-Seat is now live. The step-by-step show and seat selection process makes buying tickets online a simple procedure. Payment options ...
  • Champagne Winners - May 2006 - 19 June 2006
    Andy Grant of Thirstpoint is the first of our two champagne winners this month, selected at random from subscribers to this newscast. He has decided to give his bottle of bubbly to a colleague who is getting married in the coming weeks. We wish the ...
  • Equinox 5 First Look: Application Translation - 24 May 2006
    Equinox version 5 will for the first time enable developers to automate the process of translating their applications into other languages.Equinox applications on opening will look for a comma delimited resource file containing the text to translate and its corresponding translation. Each word ...
  • Compsoft Staff go the Extra Mile - 19 May 2006
    Compsoft staff will be converging in Southampton on July 15th to complete the Sport Relief Mile, hoping to raise money for the charity which will go to help vulnerable people leading tough lives here in the UK, and in the poorest countries in the world.The ...
  • The Sun Always Shines on TV - 12 May 2006
    Sun TV, the complete family channel for the Tamil speaking people of the world has been brought to UK , Europe and the Middle East . Launched during the summer of 2003, the channels brought top class entertainment to the Tamil speaking community in this ...
  • Compsoft Developers Prove Themselves - 12 May 2006
    Alton, Hampshire, 12 May 2006. Compsoft invests further in staff as developers increase their Microsoft professional qualification tally.Technical Architect, Neil Bostrom has successfully completed `Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET ...
  • Searching Questions - 10 May 2006
    Mirago.com partners with Compsoft to complete hosted indexing project.Compsoft is to develop a C#-based Web Forms browser application to allow users to create and maintain their index details by acting as the user-interface to an underlying Mirago-developed indexing API.The Mirago Hosted Index project is ...
  • Delta Squad - 05 May 2006
    Guildford, Surrey, 05 May 2006. Compsoft recently completed interim works to a Delta application used by European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey.For over 15 years, EIHMS has used a Student Administration written using Compsoft's legacy Delta database development environment. ...
  • Gladwells to Keep Champagne on Ice - 02 May 2006
    Ipswich, Suffolk, 02 May 2006.Animal feeds wholesalers, H G Gladwell and Son of Ipswich were the lucky winners of April`s champagne. Selected at random from subscribers to the newscast, Simon Gladwell, Managing Director was delighted with the news. "It`s quite timely, we are currently ...
  • Capital Idea - 10 April 2006
    10 April 2006Ever-improving the services it offers to its clients, Compsoft Plc has added flexible financing options to it`s portfolio. Delivered in partnership with Genesis Capital, the Project Finance Plan allows clients to consolidate costs incurred whilst a system is being developed and implemented  ...
  • V5 Begins to Motor - 24 March 2006
    Alton, Hampshire, 24 March 2006. Internet functionality and multi-lingualoperations are likely to feature at the core of Compsoft`s Equinox V5 product, tobe developed over the coming months."We`re committed to ongoing support for our community of Equinox developers.Equinox V4.2 was well-received, building on the long-standing relationships ...
  • Compsoft passes external ISO 9001 audit - 23 March 2006
    Alton, Hampshire, 23 March 2006. Compsoft Plc has had its first external ISO 9001:2000 audit since achieving the standard in December 2004.Managing Director Phil Lenton commented "We have always been committed to providing quality systems for our clients, and ...
  • Step up to the Mike - 13 March 2006
    Alton, Hampshire, 13 March 2006. Experienced software development trainer, Mike Ross has joined Compsoft to the delight of the team. He joins in a technical support role, leveraging his vast experience as a trainerin software development, network engineering and technical ...
  • Compsoft to develop bespoke online ticket booking portal for Dial a Seat - 10 February 2006
    Alton, Hampshire, 10 February 2006: Bespoke software development specialists, Compsoft plc of Alton, Hampshire have signed a contract with Cheshire-based Dial a Seat to provide a bespoke online ticket booking portal. Using Microsoft ASP.NET and associated technologies, Compsoft`s Bespoke Development Team are making ...
  • Developing Languages - 12 December 2005
    Alton, Hampshire, 12 December 2005.Compsoft's developers create an ASP.NET application to facilitate the presentation of a web site in multiple languages. Mirago was established as an independent company in 2000 and its online marketing products are used by a variety of brands including Kelkoo and Cheapflights.co.uk. ...
  • Compsoft announces new Managing Director - 01 November 2005
    Alton, Hampshire, 1 November 2005. Compsoft today announced the appointment of Phil Lenton as the new Managing Director of Compsoft Plc, replacing Keith Parrish who joined the company as Managing Director in 1998 and who has taken up the ...
  • Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre - 29 September 2005
    Alton, Hampshire, 29 September 2005. The much anticipated update to Compsoft`s rapid application development tool, Equinox, was released this week. The latest revision,V4.2, includes the capability to mirror data to SQL Server and was released after a rigorous testing regime, led by Technical Support Manager, ...
  • Important Announcement: De-Support of Equinox v2 and 3 - 27 September 2005
    Following a review of our Equinox sales, discussion with key partners and customers, and a requirement for us to focus upon the products that are most beneficial for the wide range of customers we now have, we have decided to de-support Equinox versions 2.x with ...
  • Obelisk Goes Dutch - 09 June 2005
    The UK`s leading Covert Operations Management system has been implemented in The Netherlands.Having first seen the software at a British Embassy sponsored event in The Hague earlier this year, Nationale Recherche has adopted ObeliskV7.0. The Netherlands` equivalent to the National Crime Squad will use the ...
  • Obelisk `Best Value` for Hampshire - 28 February 2005
    Compsoft is pleased to announce that Hampshire Constabulary have selected Obelisk as the best value solution for the management of TSU activities and equipment, joining police forces and law enforcement agencies across the UK.After careful consideration of a variety of different options, Hampshire Constabulary have ...
  • Obelisk International Campaign Takes Shape - 30 December 2004
    Reinforcing Compsoft's commitment to establishing a strong presence in the European market, content for both the Dutch and Swedish languages has been added to the recently launched product site www.obeliskonline.net. Now supporting French, Polish, Dutch, Swedish and of course English, visitors to the site ...
  • TSU Conference: Obelisk 7 Preview Opportunity - 25 October 2004
    Compsoft is delighted to announce its attendance at the TSU Conference 2004 in Newcastle.During the course of the last four months, we have been working hard to implement the functionality requested by current users. The formation of a working group with Police Forces currently using ...
  • British Transport Police Opt For Compsoft Obelisk - 07 October 2004
    Compsoft is delighted to announce that the British Transport Police have adopted its market-leading Compsoft Obelisk&trade software for the management of covert operations and equipment. The implementation will serve users at several locations throughout the UK across the force Intranet.Detective Chief Inspector Mark Newton, CID, ...
  • Obelisk Goes International - 21 September 2004
    In an event organised by the Association of Police and Public Security Suppliers (APPSS), Compsoft launched an international campaign for the market-leading covert operations management software, Obelisk.The event, hosted at the British Embassy in Brussels saw individuals in Law Enforcement Agencies throughout Belgium and ...
  • Compsoft commits to offer for Consolidaire Users - 06 August 2004
    Compsoft has arranged a time-limited offer to users of the Consolidaire software system, who's parent company has recently gone into administration, for a reduced-cost upgrade to Compsoft Obelisk, the most widely used Covert Operations Tracking Software in the UK.Compsoft ObeliskTM contains many market-leading features, including: A ...
  • Article in New Media Age magazine features innovative Compsoft technology. - 22 July 2004
    Online shopping technology has been given a new twist with the launch of a desktop shopping portal that allows high street brands to send targeted messages directly to a customer`s PC. The CompleteShopper portal and database is permanently downloaded to the user`s computer and is ...