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August 5, 2008 - Straight from the forge


Welcome.

An intention with this blog is not to reflect a shiny, false corporation who continually covers up any 'false move' in the eyes of the market. Rather, this is a view from the workshop floor, looking up at the rest of the world. As an organisation with integrity and a hard-working attitude, we have nothing to hide.


Time for action

This entry was written very close to the release of the company's new web site, so while I am currently just typing straight into Bluefish, I anticipate that further down the line we'll semi-automate the blogging process.

Perhaps we'll even build something if none of the curent offerings fit the bill. And that was, in no way, and intended Penguin pun, but I might use it in some future marketing!


Technical issues

We're facing a few system issues at present which will no doubt be resolved shortly. In fact, the issues are rather more "data" based than system based. The problem is that the closed-source timesheet system we are currently using is possibly going to be replaced with, er, another closed source timesheet system. In either case, the data is easily accessible. Sadly, there is not currently an open source offering that meets our needs, which is primarily integration with SugarCRM.

Further issues involve trying to save money/power while making our services more accessible, both to ourselves and to our clients. Watch this space!

Steve Dowe, 5 August 2008