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Past Project Highlights

 

·      Multidimensional Accounting System:  We converted the Kunzle Planning System  from DOS to a Windows application for the successful March 1995 Adaytum launch in Birmingham NEC.  Adaytum then acquired Insight Systems and, after system completion, Adaytum was acquired by Cognos Inc. for $160m in 2003.  IBM acquired Cognos for $5bn in 2009. 

At the end of our contract, Adaytum CEO wrote, "We would not be where we are today without your help."

·      Marine Market Insurance System:  For Commercial Union we designed and developed a new 7-dimensional consolidated monthly insurance data system, complete with a considerable number of built-in hierarchical calculations along each of the dimensions.

·      Worldwide Treasury Dealing System:  This system was based on a number of STSC APL utilities written by Martin Turner and Karl Mabert.  We developed the system in London for Midland Bank Group Treasury and it was used extensively by foreign exchange traders around the world via the I.P.Sharp communications network.  I.P.Sharp Associates was acquired by Reuters for $47.5m in 1987 after the demise of mainframe timesharing.

·      Relationship Profitability System:  Graeme Robertson led a small team of consultants to build a large application involving many existing banking systems.  This complex integrated system analysed the profitability of a bank's large multinational customers worldwide.  The final project was completed at a total cost of less than 3% of the largest competitor bid for the project, and less than 5% of the second largest bid.

·      International Library Database:  This set-theoretic text storage and retrieval system was based on a file design by John Craig in Aberdeen and developed by Graeme Robertson in London for Midland Bank International Business Library and Midland Bank Business Sector Marketing Unit.

·      Eastman Kodak Systems:  Most of our work at Kodak was based on a brilliant application called Wizard which was developed at IPSA London by Peter Airs.  Graeme Robertson let a small team of consultants to build multidimensional database systems using Wizard for Marketing, Finance, Graphic Arts and Pricing departments.

·      Rank Xerox Project Planning:  Most of our work at RX was based on a brilliant project planning system called SNAP which was designed and built by Ken Chakahwata at IPSA London.  Graeme Robertson assisted Ken and the Strategic Planning team at RX by developing a layer of software on top of SNAP to facilitate its use in executing the successful implementation of various RX software systems throughout Europe.

Other Significant Computer Applications

Application

Description

Scheme Cancellation System

Cancel selected scheme members on mainframe systems via PC front end.

Retirement Pension Claims

Program over 100 pages of exact specification of active and deferred retirement pension calculations to compute individual customer quotes.  Produce a 300 page description of application inputs, outputs and MF links in support of over 50 users.

Portfolio Management System

Enhance large successful APL system in a number of very specific areas.

Address Book Application for Pocket PC

Simple application for the new Pocket PC version of Dyalog APL

Insurance Accounting System

Convert quarterly insurance system to monthly reporting system.

Optimisation using FrontMip DLL

Write front-end for an optimisation DLL with linear and quadratic solvers.

Visual OLE

System to drill into OLE Servers (e.g. Excel) to expose functionality

Fourier Transform DLL using FFTW

DLL and APL cover functions to call Fourier and its inverse from FFTW

Eigenvalues DLL using LAPACK

DLL and APL cover functions to call a sufficient subset of eigen routines and complex matrix inverse routines from the Linear Algebra PACKage

Upgrade Quarterly Insurance System

Modify existing system for Year 2000 compliance plus other enhancements.

Worldwide Oil Trading System

Petroleum trading around the world, using STSC APL/PC & Sharp APL/MF

Business Management Graphs

Functions to generate top level management graphical reports

Chemical Database of Oil Products

Application of Wizard, the I.P.Sharp multidimensional database package

Salesmen’s Weekly Timetables

Add functions to existing system to generate timetables for salesmen.

Architect Project Scheduling

Bespoke add-ons to SNAP, the Sharp Network Analysis Package, for architects project plans

Magnetic Variation

Octal machine code specifying global accuracy of magnetic compass

Fuel Remaining on Station

Octal machine code calculating fuel remaining after completed mission

Barometric Height

Octal machine code program determining height of aircraft from air pressure


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