Newsletter - Summer '09
Anywhere nice for the summer?
Hello
Seems we got ‘jipped’ again with the long range forecast; only BBQ weather if you’re a duck. Still, we’ll probably now be told it’ll be an Indian summer, so that’ll be something to look forward to.
The summer months have been busy for JCAD with the final development push to complete RISK Version 3. We are now hopeful that this will be released by mid August at the latest. This version incorporates some major changes, not least the fact that it is now a totally web based application!
It was also great to see so many of our clients at this year's ALARM in Bournemouth. Everyone appeared to have a great time and found the workshops extremely useful. My congratulations to Mark Nutter from Bolton and Julie Hosking from Plymouth who won the JCAD Prize Draw, an IPOD shuffle each.
Anyone visiting our stand would have noticed that we have undertaken a refresh of our corporate look. This is reflected in our new literature and brochures as well as this website. We hope you agree that the site is far easier to navigate around and I would encourage you all to contribute to the forum so that it can become a valuable resource for us all.
Thanks
Phil Walden
Sales & Marketing Manager
New JCAD Clients
NEW JCAD LACHS CLIENTS
Bedfordshire Borough Council
Central Bedfordshire Council
NEW JCAD RISK CLIENTS
The British Council
New College Durham
JCAD LACHS 4 UPGRADES
Version 4 was released last year and 4.1 followed along fairly rapidly. I am often asked which of our clients have taken the decision to take advantage of the new features offered within the upgrade and below I have provided a definitive list.
Reading
Sheffield
Camden
Wokingham
Caerphilly
Bedfordshire
Plymouth
South Gloucestershire
Harlow
Seren Housing
Newcastle
Stockton
East Riding
Rotherham
Lichfield
Bromley
Fife
Kensington & Chelsea
Shetlands
West Lothian
Genesis Housing
Leicester City
Newport
Sutton
Brent
Torfaen
Kirklees
Harrow
Dudley
Merton
Hackney
Liverpool
Isle of Wight
Leeds
Cardiff
Croydon
Lambeth
N Lincs
Barnet
Newham
If you are thinking of upgrading then there is a document that details what’s in it. Please click this link. What will i gain?
Events
The Social Housing Exhibition 2009, 23 - 25 Sept, ICC Birmingham
JCAD will be exhibiting at this important event for the first time. We'll be on stand A66 and look forward to seeing clients and prospects alike. More information can be obtained by clicking this link 'Social Housing'.
The Institute of Risk Management, 22 - 23 Sept, Warwick University
JCAD will have a delegate representative at the above event.
Case Studies
I am pleased to advise that we now also have two new case studies. One for LACHS, courtesy of May Gurney and one for RISK, courtesy of London Borough of Ealing. In fact regarding Ealing I would also like to congratulate Naresh on his Young Achiever Award at the Strategic Risk Awards in Berlin earlier in the year and a similar commendation at the ALARM Conference.
These case studies can be downloaded from our website.
ALARM Survey Results
Those of you that entered the prize draw, of which there were over 60, also completed a short survey the results of which are shown below. Results were as we expected with ease of use, ease of deployment and functionality being the most important areas. Interestingly, price was the least important factor when determining which system to procure.
