Future Processing has sponsored IT Academic Day conference organised at Silesian University of Technology. We were asked to lecture on a new edition of Visual Studio 2010 Team System development environment. The lecture attracted a lot of attention from students and it is planned to organise an extended one at the beginning of 2010. At the end of the event some prizes were drawn. It included a netbook with accessories. We would like to thank everyone for participating in the conference.
Future Processing was engaged in development of new generation business management software for packaging industry. Abaca Systems, our new Liverpool-based customer, requested us to build the product using .NET 3.5 technologies. The project was divided into phases with the accounting module constituting the initial phase.
On 18th May 2009 Future Processing Academic Day was once again organised at Silesian University of Technology. During the event students participated in lectures about software quality, best practises in software development as well as algoritms in industrial vision field. The results of a programming contest based on Adaptive Vision Studio were presented during the latter. A new initiative at this FPAD was 'Open Doors' event at Future Processing main development centre. A minibus was taking students to our offices, where visitors could find out more about Future Processing organisation and projects.
We sponsored a programming contest organised by Silesian University of Technology. Participants had to solve a number of algorithmical tasks within a 5 hours session. Future Processing has funded prizes for the best 4 students: 1st Daniel Malinowski, 2nd Tomasz Łakota, 3rd Mateusz Brzeszcz and 4th Wojciech Lis. The best participants will represent the university at the Central European level of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.
Future Processing and Silesian University of Technology jointly organised the first Polish 24-hour programming marathon - Deadline24. The contest took place on 14th-15th April at Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science of the university. Contest's unique formula attracted a lot of programmers. Over 60 people took part in the marathon, including students of Silesian University of Technology, Warsaw University, Wroclaw University, Jagiellonian University and pupils of top silesian high schools. After a hard match Deadline24 was won by MOKIP Warzywa: Jarosław Błasiok, Tomasz Kociumaka, Jakub Oæwieja. For more information visit Deadline24 website.
Future Processing started working for a new Cambridge based company, Firmstep. Firmstep provides software solutions to UK local government. Future Processing took over their maintenance as well as some of the new product development.
Future Processing is accredited with the status of Gold Certified Partner from Microsoft.
Building on our previous status as Microsoft Certified Partner, by achieving Microsoft Gold status, our customers can have an even higher level of confidence in any Future Processing solution. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners have passed the highest level of requirements from Microsoft and have demonstrated the most robust, efficient and scalable implementations of Microsoft technologies in demonstrated enterprise customer deployments or an on-site Microsoft assessment.
Future Processing has achieved a new Microsoft Competency in Custom Development Solutions, with a specialization in Web Development. The competency focuses on delivering web-enabled solutions using Visual Studio, ASP.NET, IIS, Windows Server 2003, and SQL Server. This achievement showcases Future Processing's capabilities for developing custom applications within the Microsoft framework.
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is the international publishing, events and electronic information group, delivering business information to the finance, law, energy and transport sectors for over 35 years. Euromoney decided to outsource to Future Processing some of the current software maintenance as well as new product development. Our company was chosen because of a highly-skilled workforce and flexibility we could offer to meet Euromoney's changing demand.
On 14th January 2009 Future Processing Academic Day was once again organised at Silesian University of Technology. This time we presented image analysis systems and a personal finance monitor application thas has been recently developed by Future Processing. The event was made additionally attractive by a lecture about object oriented programming and a logical contest.
New edition of Programming League started on the 5th January 2009. It is an opportunity to verify algorithmical skills of the best programmers at Silesian University of Technology. The League aim is to select the most talented students that will represent the university at Polish Academic Championship and international ACM programming contest.
Future Processing once again sponsors the Programming League. Money prizes and training periods will be funded for the four best contestants.
Future Processing has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification.
The audit was conducted by DAS Polska, a Polish arm of DAS Certification which
is an independent British certification company accredited by UKAS
(United Kingdom Accreditation Service). Future Processing
has a comprehensive Quality Management System that addresses all areas
of its software operation. "Our commitment to quality and its continous
improvement has always been a part of Future Processing's culture.
The certificate is further evidence of our approach to
software development and aim to provide the best possible
service to our customers.", says Tomasz Ciapala, Quality Manager at Future Processing.
Future Processing opened a new software development centre in "Nowe Gliwice" Business and Education Centre at Bojkowska 37. The new offices will accomodate our constantly growing software team in Gliwice area.
We have started a project for a London-based company, SoftMAR that specialises in the development of software for Ship Owners, Charterers and Operators. Our team has taken responsibility for a new product and will also assist with the development and maintenance of older applications.
Future Processing is a member of the National Outsourcing Association (NOA), the only outsourcing trade association in the UK. Formally established as a not for profit company in 1993, the NOA operates as an independent organisation - its principle objective is to boost the effectiveness and success of outsourcing, through the promotion of best practice and innovation in the application and development of outsourcing.
The NOA is focused on promoting and sharing best practice in outsourcing
Future Processing has won a software outsourcing contract from a London-based insurance company, Steamship Insurance Management Services Limited. We have taken responsibility for some of the modules of the company mission-critical case management system. The project is based on Microsoft Sharepoint and utilises different aspects of the .NET platform.
We sponsored a programming contest organised by Silesian University of Technology. Participants had to solve a number of algorithmical tasks within a 5 hours session. Future Processing has funded prizes for the best 4 students: 1st Tomasz Łakota, 2nd Mateusz Gajczewski, 3rd Marcin Tanistra and 4th Mateusz Brzeszcz. The best participants will represent the university at the Central European level of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.
Future Processing opened a new development centre in Gliwice in Technopark building at Konarskiego 18c. It will accommodate our embedded programming and hardware design department.
The new offices are located in close proximity to Silesian University of Technology, which should strengthen our partnership with the university.
On the 7th April 2008 we organised the second Future Processing Academic Day. Its main theme was computer vision. During the day we presented an intelligent video monitoring system, which was of interest to many students turning up at our stand. In the afternoon we had a lecture about computer vision systems, including presentation of our new product, Adaptive Vision Studio. Additionally, during the lecture the results of algorithmical as well as logical contests were announced. 76 students took part in the logical contest and the prizes, including iPod touch, went to the best participants.
On the 15th January 2008 Future Processing organised the first Future Processing Academic Day at Silesian University of Technology. We presented data acquisition and processing systems in e-ticketing and access control applications. An attraction of the day was a logical contest and lecture "Modern Graphical User Interface design in practise". Both the lecture and contest turned out to be very popular. 81 people participated in the contest and we had winners of iPod touch 8GB and 10 pendrives 1GB.
Future Processing is now a member in the Microsoft Certified Partner Program. As a Certified partner, Future Processing has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers' needs. "We have always been focused on Microsoft technologies and achieving Microsoft Certified Partner status is just a logical step forward", comments Jaroslaw Czaja, Chief Executive at Future Processing. "It will not only give us an access to a rich set of benefits but also will have a positive impact on the services we provide to our existing and prospective customers."
Future Processing has been accepted into the ISV/Software Solutions Competency, which recognizes Future Processing's expertise in software development on the Microsoft Windows platform.
We started a project for Wayfarer Transit Systems, the UK market leader in the bus systems and ticketing machines. Future Processing's team will be involved in design and development of Wayfarer's new software platform as well as maintenance of some older software packages.
We have successfully completed testing and obtained the Certified
for Microsoft Windows Vista Quality Logo for Adaptace 3.0.
It has met standards of reliability and quality, and has been tested
and proven to deliver a more secure and compatible experience
with Windows Vista. The latest version 3.0 of the software contains
a set of new plug-in components, which enable visual and more
ergonomic data mapping.
Future Processing has added a new client to its portfolio. easyLog is a British software house, providing ready-made and bespoke applications for the service sector. Its main focus is on creating employee and data management systems for organisations with large numbers of casual staff, often working away from the main administrative centre.
The company asked us to make its Home Care product more attractive to users by rewriting the code to make it more up-to-date, introducing a new graphical user interface (GUI) and adding web-based functionality. It chose to outsource to Future Processing because, as an experienced company with a highly-skilled workforce, we were able to deliver the quality of service it required at a competitive price.
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New version of our system integration software, Adaptace, has been released. It offers better scalability and more flexible architecture that will enable rapid development of new database and application connectors (as plug-in components).
We moved to new offices in Bytom. The previous Katowice address will be valid until the end of 2006. The new building will become our main software development centre with office space for 20 software engineers.
Feedback Data has launched Microtrak Evolution, an entirely new access-control product featuring software developed by Future Processing. Designed to meet the needs mainly of SMEs, Microtrak Evolution is a modular system that combines facility and personnel management, real time monitoring and post-event analysis. We designed the software from scratch, using state-of-the-art technologies to create a highly functional and user-friendly package that could be offered at an attractive price.
Microtrak Evolution is one of many projects we have worked on for Feedback Data, one of the UK 's leading manufacturers and suppliers of time and attendance systems. To read our Microtrak Evolution case study, click here.
