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CaptureTalk NewslettersLatest CaptureTalk NewsletterDownload (PDF)... CaptureTalk CaptureTalk Newsletter ArchiveCaptureTalk 2007 - Celebrating 20 years! 1987 - 2007Glen Dimplex - Recipe for SuccessIn 2006, Cad-Capture implemented an integrated Document Management and Workflow solution, for Glen Dimplex Home Appliances (GDHA). Schools AutoCAD Drawings ProjectCad-Capture completed a major project for Cornwall County Council who had submitted an invitation to tender for its “Schools AutoCAD Drawings Project”. As Cad-Capture had previously digitised Land Terriers for the Council, a good working relationship was in place and therefore, was asked to submit a proposal. CaptureStore re-launchedCad-Capture is pleased to announce the launch of its new e-commerce website with impressive features designed to tackle internet browsing time and corporate buying power. Measuring the Capacity of Schools in Wales - Mesur Capasiti Ysgolion yng NghymruCad-Capture is proud to announce another innovative first in Asset Management! In July 2006, the National Assembly for Wales issued its guidance “School Governance & Management Measuring the Capacity of Schools in Wales”, together with proforma Capacity Assessment spreadsheets for primary and secondary schools. Read more... 2007 - Celebrating 20 Years CaptureTalk 2006What a year of achievement!Cad-Capture set another record for its financial year 2005/06... Another success story!In 2002, Kerry Foods chose Cad-Capture to replace its old document management system as it no longer fulfilled its business needs. The First AssetCapture RoadshowCad-Capture held its first AssetCapture Roadshow to Scottish Local Authorities on Tuesday 2nd November 2005 at The Royal Hotel, Stirling. Manchester City Council continues to benefit from AssetCaptureIn 2000, Manchester City Council (MCC) commissioned Cad-Capture to digitise its existing Education building plans into Intelligent CAD Files as part of its Asset Management Planning strategy. Room Colour Shading for Asset Management PlansThree years ago, Cad-Capture developed room colour shading as an enhancement to its AssetCapture solution. In 2005, this technology was developed further and is now incorporated into the standard AssetCapture solution. Assessing the Net Capacity of SchoolsCad-Capture provides a unique solution to automatically populate DfES* Net Capacity Assessment forms directly from CAD floor plans Read more... 2006 - What a year of achievement! *Department for Children, Schools and Families - Formerly DfES CaptureTalk 2005
Committed to the Utilities SectorOver the last year, Cad-Capture has strengthened its commitment to the Utilities Sector, completing, amongst other things, a project to develop an integrated Document Management UVDB VerifyFollowing on from success at the UVDBlive event, held at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry and registration to the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database™ (UVDB), it was decided to take Edinburgh College of Art realises the benefits of AssetCapture Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) was looking for a solution which would enable the college to manage its architectural floor plans. The original plans consisted of 180 drawings which overed 3 buildings; a total of 33000 square metres. Cad-Capture offered a solution which enabled the drawings to be converted into one intelligent CAD File. The intelligence comes in the form of attribute blocks which contain essential information regarding the buildings, such as room height and size, room usage and gross internal area etc. Read more... 2005 - The future is bright! CaptureTalk 2004
Onwards and Upwards!!!During 2003 there were a number of changes within Cad-Capture, the most significant being the expansion and internal re-organisation of the sales department to include a dedicated telesales team. New product development was at the forefront of Cad-Capture’s plans and CaptureNet was launched. CaptureNet is a web based search and retrieval solution for viewing and printing documents. The first customer to take advantage of this new innovative product was NPS Property Consultants. One of the fastest growing tech companies in BritainCad-Capture included in The Sunday Times ARM Tech Track 100Published in September 2003, the third annual Tech Track 100, ranks Britain’s fastest growing unquoted tech companies based on growth between 2000-2002. Recent Contract AwardsCAPITA:Capita has recently awarded Cad-Capture a contract which involves the scanning of its paper documents and files into electronic PDF format, reating an ongoing partnership between two Lancashire based companies. UNITED UTILITIES:Cad-Capture has recently entered into a formal partnership agreement with United Utilities to provide computer aided design and mapping services. Read more... 2004 - Onwards and Upwards!!! CaptureTalk 2003Launch of CaptureServe DMCaptureServe DM is a specialist application service and exists to provide document services to customers via the internet. The solution enables businesses to store, access and control their documents instantly from any location with a web browser. It is easy to use and ultra secure with no need for complicated training. CaptureServe DM is more affordable because customers simply rent the document management solution rather than purchase it and therefore is ideal for businesses that would have found the cost of traditional document management solutions to be too expensive. Why choose Airtime?Airtime, the internet division of Cad-Capture, offers all the services your company needs to make an impact on the web. The Airtime portfolio has been enhanced and upgraded, providing customers with better ISP services than ever before. Airtime offers e-commerce solutions and website development and is a proven Internet Service Provider that connects companies to the internet all over the UK. IT Consultancy and Bespoke Solutions DesignAirtime specialises in researching and designing innovative technical and logistical solutions on behalf of our clients. For instance, Airtime was approached by BEACH Partnership in Blackburn and developed a bespoke solution for the Wired Up Community project (WUC), a DfES* initiative, for which Airtime provided internet access to over 2,000 homes in the Blackburn area. Centro Captures Hummingbird DMCentro, the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive chose Cad-Capture to provide its new document management solution based on Hummingbird DM. Centro is the key body esponsible for promoting and developing public transport in the West Midlands, including the Midland Metro. Centro decided their existing document management system was out of date and no longer supported their business requirements. Cad-Capture was chosen as they were able to rovide the best value solution. Centro required a document management solution that could be applied to both general office document management and to project-based document management, for example the storage of plans and other engineering documents associated with the Midland Metro project. Read more... 2003 - We've done it again! *Department for Children, Schools and Families - Formerly DfES CaptureTalk 2002
Airtime Captured on the Information HighwayCad-Capture acquired the assets and business of Airtime Internet Resources Limited. Managing Director Simon Watts reviews a busy and exciting year for Cad-Capture established in 1994, Airtime is a respected business to business (B2B) Internet Service Provider (ISP) with a sizeable customer base including a number of high profile businesses as well as numerous consumer clients. Mutually beneficial to the operation of both businesses, service delivery to both Cad-Capture and Airtime customers has been considerably enhanced. The availability of high bandwidth internet connectivity has enabled Cad-Capture to offer a range of innovative document and knowledge management services to business and industry. Additionally, the connection has enabled Cad-Capture to expand the scope of its bureau operation and to effectively carry out data and document capture world-wide. Airtime customers have benefited from the expansion of available internet services and the ability to access state of the art hosting GIS ContractCad-Capture has been awarded a £1.6 million order by United Utilities for specialist document management services. Cad-Capture will be responsible for the quality assurance of digitised data for United Utilities' electricity supply network throughout the North West of England. The contract is an important element in United Utilities' plans to implement an area wide GIS based information management system for its network and will involve the processing of over 200,000 maps. It is anticipated the project will take up to 2 years to complete. Max RetrieverCad-Capture now provides an integrated Computer On Line Data (COLD)/Enterprise Report Management (ERM) solution for use with its document and knowledge Somerset Document Management SystemCad-Capture has been chosen by Somerset County Council Environment and Property Department to implement a Hummingbird document management solution throughout the department. Somerset took the decision to purchase the Hummingbird system towards the end of 2000 and determined that an experienced Hummingbird partner was needed to enable them to effectively implement the system. Cheshire Adopts PlanCad-Capture has supplied Cheshire County Council Cheshire) Engineering Services with a solution for preserving their Development Control and Road Adoption Plans. The hard copy plans have been updated by hand and used as a reference for many years. As a consequence they had deteriorated and in their present condition would present increasing difficulties for effective future use. In order to preserve the information in the plans, Cheshire decided to have them converted into digital format. Bill Keddie, Project Consultant for Cheshire was presented with the task of finding a suitable solution that would meet the authority’s requirements. Read more... 2002 - 2001, What a Year!
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