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PARLIAMENT, SPAM AND ILLICIT MARKETEERS
September 5, 2013
It is estimated that nearly nine million spam marketing texts are received by mobile ‘phone users in the UK every day. More...
Marketing Week: Accreditation scheme to identify legitimate telemarketers planned
August 14, 2013
Direct marketing chiefs are looking to reassure the public that not all telemarketers are rogue operators making nuisance calls by developing an accreditation scheme that will be awarded to companies that meet industry standards of ethical practice. The move comes as the chairman of the all-party group on nuisance calls pressures the Government to introduce additional measures to block calls and text messages passing over UK telephone networks. More...
Does 3D Printing Doom the Supply Chain?
July 25, 2013
Does 3D Printing Doom the Supply Chain? by Yossi Sheffi The additive manufacturing revolution is underway, and product supply chains lie directly in its path of creative destruction. Which ones, if any, will survive? Check out or Join in the debate on LinkedIn! http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Does-3D-Printing-Doom-Supply-54591.S.259073258 More...
Code Generators and Productivity
March 27, 2013
Pinesoft have long believed in the productivity enhancements which can be offered to our customers by the intelligent use of Code generators (Computer aided software design tools which can generate significant percentages of entire applications, without hand coding them). We generated our first one of these in 1995, and it was responsible for about 50% of the code for the project that it was used for. Software generated by a code generator is effectively bug free, and so is not just cheap to build, but stable and cheap to maintain. No flexibility is lost, as the output is merely software source code, which can be taken away by a client and modified directly if required. We are proud to announce that our third generation tool, 'App Foundry' is now capable of creating entire simple business applications, with almost no direct development effort. App Foundry is now entirely capable of building persistency layers, business object models and the user forms required to create, edit and delete, as well as to navigate through the application itself. Contact Pinesoft for a demonstration of how App Foundry can dramatically reduce the cost of your new busines software application. More...
Small, Smart & Subtle
December 10, 2012
Effective solutions to an 'ugly' e-commerce headache can be achieved by optimising existing processes rather than restructuring them entirely, using 'digital glue'. Full article can be found on Business Excellence Website, Page 12 onwards. Click here More...
PARCELS, PRESENTS AND POSTID: THE BUSINESS OF MANAGING ‘UGLY’ GIFTS AT CHRISTMAS
November 7, 2012
As we can tell from a trip down any High Street, preparations for Christmas are already underway. Those of us who are organised may even have started shopping for gifts. One aspect of the growth in online retail has been explored by Pinesoft Managing Director, Dr Stephen Dakin, for an article in the Huffington Post More...
PostID by Pinesoft, Post-Expo 2012 Award Finalist!
September 22, 2012
At POST-EXPO 2012 in Brussels the highlight of the opening day was without question the presentation of the Postal Technology International Awards by Tony Robinson, the founder of Postal Technology International and POST-EXPO. Pinesoft's PostID Software Toolkit was nominated for an award in the category of Automation Technology of the Year The eventual winner was :- XMS (eXtended Mail Sorter) from Solystic Joint second were:- PostID from Pinesoft Ai-33Direct from Kern REASON-IT from Prime Vision W+D TIMOS Well done to all those involved in its creation! Source: http://www.postaltechnologyinternational.com/news.php?NewsID=42882 More...
Pinesoft partner with CubeLogic Systems for Volumetric Scanning solutions
February 15, 2012
Posting an item is no longer a simple matter of attaching postage stamps dependant on the weight of an item. Further metrics play their part in determining the charge for sending an envelope, packet or parcel. More...
Pinesoft release PostID Toolkit
January 23, 2012
PostID 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...
Testing Circle Interview with Dr. Stephen Dakin
November 23, 2011
Interview with Stephen Dakin Managing Director, Pinesoft Steve Dakin’s enthusiasm and determination is unwaveringly infectious. He is certainly not your typical business owner - the way he talks about his employees and his working environment, you would be hard pushed to find someone who doesn’t want to work for him. Obtaining his PhD from Imperial, Steve started his career as a Scientist but quickly discovered his affinity with development and as it would seem, entrepreneurship. Potentially the best person to start a company, Steve had no experience and hardly any contacts; but he had ambition, zeal and fortitude by the bucket load. He is certainly someone to admire for his scientific knowledge and look up to for his business acumen and energy - it’s amazing to speak with someone who genuinely loves what they’re doing and is a shining example of what you would want a business owner to be.Testing Circle would like to thank Stephen Dakin and everyone at Pinesoft for allowing us to conduct this interview. Interviewed by Ashleigh Ace, former Testing Circle Marketing Manager. 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...