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Pinesoft release Postillion Toolkit

January 23, 2012

Postillion is a solution toolkit recently developed by Pinesoft from the foundations of the patented MBagger system.  Feature rich, in response to many and varied client demands, it allows Pinesoft to rapidly compose solutions to many courier and logistical problems. The toolkit has the ability to address lengthy and manual processes, which have a negative effect on revenue and performance. More...

New .NET application form project

November 19, 2011

In the past 10 years, many IS managers have tried using offshore software development companies. The headline cost savings seem compelling but most have subsequently found that the required management overhead overshadows any cost saving. We’ve recently been chosen by an international business to develop multi-lingual application forms using .NET. More...

Pinesoft hosts Software Measurement Services training in “Barriers & Enablers of Agility in Government ICT”

August 19, 2011

Software Estimating & Cost Management With COSMIC FP. September 6 - 7, 2011. A practical, 2-day course for individuals wishing to improve software estimating and project cost control capability. COSMIC is increasingly recognized as a reliable, easy-to-use measure of software size. It is a method of quantifying functional requirements which facilitates improved estimating and better visibility and control of project costs. It is particularly useful for managing productivity in outcome-based software contracts, providing assured value-for-money to customers while allowing developers scope to use Agile delivery methods. More...

Customiser adds support for CONAX CA systems

July 27, 2011

Pinesoft have just added support for the Contego web and file interfaces allowing Customiser to be used with versions of CONAX CA systems from V4 onwards. More...

Why do large government IT projects go wrong?

July 14, 2011

The poor taxpayer is faced on a regular basis with newspaper stories telling us how much of our money is being wasted on failed IT projects by the government. If you read the IT press the story is the same, it is just the coverage that increases. Just what is going on here? More...

Offshore Bespoke Software Development

July 5, 2011

There is of course only one reason to consider developing software offshore, the price. More...

Kaizen – constantly improving productivity

June 27, 2011

Written in Chinese characters as 改善, Kaizen is Japanese for improvement and the philosophy is as relevant for software development as it is for production More...

A money back guarantee

June 9, 2011

We all want to minimize the overhead associated with contract negotiation and administration. To do this, we need a clear framework to work within. Rather than complex contracts, we offer a simple guarantee of quality. More...

How can bespoke software be better value than off the shelf?

June 9, 2011

When weighing up the pros and cons of bespoke software vs. standard off the shelf packages, you can be forgiven for assuming off the shelf is more cost effective More...

Software – Build or Buy

May 7, 2011

“If the best software application you can find has any less than a 95% match with what you need it’s probably going to be more cost effective to develop bespoke software. If the best software application you can find has less than a 90% match then it’s definitely better to develop your own software.” More...