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Give it arrest.

It is designed to share data between schools and other agencies. We have 2 schools using it and a neighbouring authority have it in all schools.

This is a job for PX Partnership Exchange. From Capita.

It has also just been anounced that Solus 3 will be released at the end of this month.... or beginning of March in Capitaspeak.

BBC News - Millions jam street-level crime map website

A lot of people say they don't have access to SupportNet, or know what it is so I thought I would copy & paste.

Latest News Important News Item - SIMS Infrastructure Upgrade to Microsoft .NET 4.0 Background For some time we have been planning to base the SIMS 2011 Spring release on the Microsoft .NET 4.0 framework. This means it requires .NET 4.0 to be deployed to every workstation that runs SIMS. If this is not in place then SIMS will not run. SOLUS 3 helps to automate the process of deploying SIMS and other necessary components such as the .NET 4.0 framework. Based on recent discussions with a range of customers we have concluded that not many have yet deployed the .NET 4 framework to the workstations, or commenced deployment of SOLUS 3. We have therefore taken the decision to defer the introduction of .NET 4.0 until the Summer 2011 release of SIMS. As a result, the forthcoming Spring 2011 release of SIMS will be based on .NET 2.0, inline with the previous release. The deferral of our implementation of the .NET 4.0 framework will give customers longer to deploy SOLUS 3 to support both the SIMS Summer release and SIMS Discover, both of which will be much easier to install using SOLUS 3. More detail on this issue is provided below. Deployment of SOLUS 3 for SIMS Summer 2011 Release It is important that LA and school customers understand the importance of moving quickly to using SOLUS 3 to deploy SIMS software before the SIMS Summer 2011 release. The SIMS Summer release will require .NET 4.0. SOLUS 3 is the best way to deliver the Microsoft .NET framework version 4.0 to SIMS workstations and the server. Without SOLUS3, an upgrade to the .NET infrastructure would require a visit to each workstation with administrator access rights to perform the installation. Once installed and set up, SOLUS 3 will perform this upgrade on all workstations identified as SIMS computers without the need to visit each station. Clearly this will save a significant amount of time compared to performing this on onemachine at a time. One of the main reasons we need to deploy the .NET 4.0 framework is to ensure SIMS is built on the best technical platform possible. This allows us to develop software such as InTouch, SOLUS 3 itself, and SIMS Discover and build in features and functions that would not be possible if we used earlier versions of the framework. Many SIMS Partner products are also planning to take advantage of the benefits that the .NET 4.0 framework delivers. Deployment of SOLUS 3 for SIMS Discover To use SIMS Discover the .NET 4.0 framework must be installed on the server and the workstation. SIMS Discover also requires further infrastructure components to be installed that would take time if done one at a time on individual machines. SOLUS 3 has been designed in such a way as to be able to ‘push’ all the components of Discover onto a SIMS workstation remotely, without the need for a workstation visit. SIMS Discover will be available between the SIMS Spring and Summer releases, around the middle of April 2011. Therefore, those customers wishing to make early use of Discover ought to consider upgrading to SOLUS 3 before the release of Discover itself to make installation straightforward and avoid individual workstation visits. In summary – installing the Microsoft .NET 4.0 framework , the components of SIMS Discover, and the SIMS 2011 Summer release will be a lot simpler for those schools that have deployed SOLUS 3. How to get SOLUS 3 The SOLUS 3 field trial has just completed and we are pleased to be able to make the field trial version of the software available for customers to start using now. If you would like access to the SOLUS 3 software, documentation etc please contact Ben Jones ([email protected]) or Jonathan Wood ([email protected]) to request further information on how to proceed. The field trial version of the software is fully upgradeable to the release version of the SOLUS 3. We expect to make this available by the end of February 2011. This will give customers around four months to upgrade to SOLUS 3 in order to support the SIMS Summer 2011 Release in June. Those customers wishing to install SIMS Discover are advised to upgrade to SOLUS 3 before the release of Discover in April. IMPORTANT NOTE: It will not be possible to postpone the release of the .NET 4.0 framework beyond the SIMS Summer 2011 release. Those sites that have not successfully installed and upgraded to SOLUS 3 will need to visit each workstation in order to perform any subsequent SIMS Upgrade. For those customers that will apply the .NET 4.0 framework themselves without SOLUS 3, the correct version to install is: ‘Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Extended’ If required, you can download the Microsoft .NET framework 4.0 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0a391abd-25c1-4fc0-919f-b21f31ab88b7 Posted: 1st February 2011 by Jonathan Wood

I've used Ashampoo for years. I think they get their money back from the frequent upgrades, which they email you frequently. There is currently an offer for 5 products for £13.

Not sure about my brother, he lives a few yards from what he thinks is a police station. The result I get is "Sorry, we couldn't find a policing area that matched your search." which explains a lot. Will be organising a vigilante group tonight.

Just get a blank page, shouldn't have typed in that Egyptian postcode. Seriously, I do get a blank page.

Dancing, Leroc/Ceroc, Salsa, Ballroom.... Social, fun and keeps you fit.

Sea Side??? Has it moved. It's not called Weston Super Mud for nothing.

Learning & Development. Courses/Training.

As I said, I'm not knocking the software but the marketing. You see all the shiny brochures... then the delays and at the various meetings with the Capita people on the coalface, you find out the true situation. Schools pick up on the hype and there is a rush to use software not quite ready to be rolled out to anyone other than a competant user. Less early deadlines, more realistic release dates. We never release updates as we have been caught too many times by recalls.

If only we could. I'm not knocking the final software, if anything it's the marketing of new modules. Slow down, get it right. Dinner Money 7 was released but had a number of the features of the old module missing. It's caught up now and works well, but was a nightmare to support at the start. It was difficult as the users wanted to go back to the old module.

People must get used to the Capita Equation. Launch date + degree of hype / percentage of core module - complexity of module x 1 upgrade = Actual launch date. Or in simple terms, add a month to stated launch date and then one upgrade before you should think about using it in anger. Then it is good software. They are just too keen to rush things out, we always hang fire.

I got one some time ago with Coke Zero points. They are really good and very simple to use. I have loads of very shakey video where I have let my grandchildren and the kids in S Africa use it.

Link was fine. Alarm bells started last month when we were shown screenshots and not a working demo. If I were a gambling man I would have put money on it being late.

Still leaves a few unanswered. Such as how did they know it would do this waaay before they still don't know the spec of the machine it might run on.

No such thing . Saying that I generally only have one or 2 mugs a day.

The plan has been that .net4 should be installed on workstations however we are hearing of some potential problems that partner products have with .net4. We are seeing if we can delay the need to go to .net4 and are doing some testing. We will make an announcement as soon as we know more. Posted by Phil Neal on SupportNet 26 January 2011 at 5:50 pm

Ah, brain working on other things. Any dance floor that will have me. Mainly west country but soon to venture on to S Wales ones.

Dance floor?

Phew, close shave. I'm quite particular about how my ears are assaulted. Try listening to our local young lady www.bethrowley.com easier on the eye and the ear. And not so far to travel.

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