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Sigmer Makes Donation to Charity in Lieu of Purchasing Corporate Christmas Gifts
11th December, 2006. Instead of purchasing Christmas gifts for our clients this Christmas, we've made a donation to BIBIC - British Institute of Brain Injured Children - so that a child with disabilities can learn skills in that will benefit them for the rest of their life. Our donation is the amount that BIBIC require to support a child for one year and both Sigmer and BIBIC believe that investing these funds in a child's future is a lasting gift that all of our clients will appreciate. If you'd like more details about the donation, and to view a case study of a child's progress at BIBIC, please visit the BIBIC website.
BIBIC is a national charity offering practical help to families caring for children with conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome, developmental delay, traumatic and acquired brain injury and specific learning difficulties such as ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia. BIBIC exists to help these children reach their full potential and live a fulfilling and more rewarding life. See www.bibic.org.uk for further information.
The Christmas donation commences our support for BIBIC as our supported charity.
Sigmer Appointed by Scottish and Newcastle U.K. to Develop an Innovative New Web-application for On-line Users
9th November, 2006. Scottish and Newcastle U.K., the major international brewing group whose national portfolio includes John Smiths, Fosters, Kronenbourg and Strongbow, has commissioned Sigmer to develop an innovative database-driven web-application to provide on-line facilities to approximately 200,000 users.
Sigmer has considerable experience of designing and developing web sites that deliver high levels of accessibility and usability and are attractive and comfortable to use. The development will also feature advanced user-profiling to ensure that the website is relevant and appropriate for each of the many audience-types that are expected to use it. The project is due to complete in Spring 2007.
Sigmer Develops Database Solution and New Website Framework for the BFI's New Filmographic Database
8th September, 2006. Sigmer Technologies today announced it has developed a comprehensive database solution and framework for the BFI's collection of filmographic data, including world cinema, film and television, onto a new searchable film and television website.
The BFI launched the new Film and TV Database on 7th September, 2006, at the IMAX cinema, Southbank, London, as part of their greater BFI Online initiative. Sigmer staff were at the launch to help showcase their work. Read the BFI project press release [PDF 122 Kb] and the BFI summary case study.
Boomerang Online Survey Software Helps Go Ape! to Benchmark Their Business
29th August, 2006. Sigmer has recently helped Go Ape!, a forest adventure company, to benchmark their business and measure customer satisfaction with the use of Boomerang online survey software.
Go Ape! use Boomerang online survey software to measure customer satisfaction levels across all areas of their business, from advertising and the booking process through to the adventure experience and customer care received. Go Ape! have achieved response rates as high as 50% using Boomerang online survey software. The survey response analysis has enabled Go Ape! to establish a user centric approach and the information will be used to increase and maintain performance across their business. Read the case study.
Website Redevelopment User Profile Report
23rd August, 2006. Sigmer has made available a detailed User Profiling Report as a result of a client based usability session conducted by Sigmer with a current client during a website redesign. The document has been made anonymous, removing mention of both the client and their product area. The document gives a very good idea of the benefits of user profiling as a part of the usability process and its impact on related areas such as website design, information architecture, copy writing and website ergonomics. Download the report. [PDF 236 Kb]
Sigmer Redevelops Website Dedicated to the Sharing of Equipment for the More Vulnerable in Our Society
28th June, 2006. Sigmer has redeveloped the Community Equipment Store website to deliver high standards of accessibility and usability and to make it more effective. The site is a classified advert website for special needs equipment and is operated by a Consortium formed by the RNID (the national charity for deaf and hard of hearing people), the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) and the British Red Cross. The site allows store managers to advertise items of equipment to other store managers and occupational therapists. This allows items to be exchanged rather than having to hold unused stock or buy new equipment on every occasion.
The brief for Sigmer was to completely redevelop the site in order to make it more attractive and easier to use, to provide a more effective information architecture whilst complying with high standards of usability and accessibility and to drive the site with an efficient database that met the Consortium’s requirements for classification and management of the data. The new website, areas of which conform to WAI AAA and, of course, the standards of the sponsors, will be managed with Sigmer’s Scribe Content Management System and will be hosted by Sigmer.
Read the Community Equipment summary case study and the Community Equipment press release [PDF 141 Kb].
Malcolm Discusses Website Content Management at Online Marketing Show
Thursday 8th June, 2006. Malcolm McIlhagga has given a presentation [PDF 0.35Mb] about Scribe website content management system and issues facing marketers when managing web content at the Online Marketing Show. The show, which took place at the Royal Horticultural Halls, Westminster, ran for two days and included a comprehensive conference programme. Malcolm talked about Sigmer’s extensive experience in website content management and overcoming issues that marketers face, including:
- Ensuring brand consistency
- Workflow
- Accessibility
- Facilitating Search Engine Optimisation
Malcolm also presented The International Save the Children Alliance case study based on the Scribe website content management system.
Sigmer Technologies Expands, Appointing Technical, Operations and Sales Directors
11th May, 2006. Peter Kelly joins from Friday-Ad Group, John Archibald joins from Manpower Software Plc.
Sigmer has expanded its Head Office management team with two new appointments in the technical and operations divisions. In addition, Malcolm McIlhagga has moved from Technical Director to the new role of Technical Sales Director. Read the press release.
