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Greetings from Gavin & Stacey country!
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%IF $FIRSTNAME != 'Subscriber'%Dear %FIRSTNAME%,
%/IF%Welcome to the February 2010 edition of the Sotic newsletter and greetings from Wales! As the RBS 6 Nations prepares to kick off once more, this month's newsletter comes from a country of true Grand Slam pedigree (okay, so not last year admittedly, nor this year for that matter); compiled by one of the Sotic exiles and only Welshman; Roly (Lamb Jalfrezi), in Cardiff.
Read on to find out what we we've been getting up to during the past few weeks ...
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Enjoying the January snow
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Roland Mercer - Head of Production
Most of you will know me as Roly. I joined Sotic in June 2008 and head up the production side of the Content & Production team.
As one of Sotic's two office-exiles (Jonathan's the other), my commute to work usually involves walking up eleven steps, turning left, left again and pulling out my chair from under the desk in my study (I'm currently on my third chair since I started so the London and Hastings offices are probably breathing a sigh of relief).
Most of you will have come across me either through a support-related query where C&P are the initial contacts during office hours, or because I send your press releases out or through the management and build / rebuild of your website.
Working from home was an interesting transition to make but I've found it very enjoyable and there's never been a dull moment; and with a fantastic internal phone network it's been very easy to still feel part of the office, albeit in a virtual way.
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RBS 6 Nations receives a facelift
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RBS 6 Nations receives a facelift
The RBS 6 Nations website has been relaunched in time for the 2010 championship bringing a new sleeker design to the online portal of this blue-chip international rugby tournament.
The website, available in English, French and Italian, now delivers an improved match centre with greater match-related stat data on offer both pre and post the match for the ardent fan.
The site also makes use of a Virtual Press Office allowing a secure area for accredited members of the press to log-in and access exclusive information. Visit www.rbs6nations.com to check out its new look!
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Over 250 ski resorts featured worldwide
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Sotic launch iPhone app for Ski Club of Great Britain
Sotic has continued developing our mobile web technology with the launch of our latest iPhone app for the Ski Club of Great Britain. The Ski Club Worldwide Snow Reports in association with Land Rover allows skiers to check the latest reports from over 250 ski resorts worldwide.
Included in the snow reports are the latest weather conditions, temperature, snow depths both on and off piste, quality of the runs, number of ski lifts open and, where available, the latest web cam shot from that resort. .
If you're interested in having your own iPhone App set up please contact John Ludlam for more details and pricing.
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St George's Day Game Minisite
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St George's Day Game Minisite
Sotic has launched a minisite for London Wasps to promote their St George's Day game which will take place on Saturday 24th April 2010. The match will see Wasps' Round 21 Guinness Premiership tie with Bath move to Twickenham whilst drawing in charitable support for Help for Heroes and the Dallaglio Foundation.
The site is the one-stop shop for all information on this fixture. Visit www.stgeorgesdaygame.co.uk
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CS4 webserver comes online
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CS4 webserver comes online
Sotic would like to announce the birth of CS4, our new front end webserver, weighing in at 8 Cores and 32gb of Ram. This increases the load that we can deliver and makes all sites faster to access.
As with all new siblings CS4 didn't want to play nicely with the other servers especially on the Forums, however a whack in the relevant place and all is now working.
On the subject of births and siblings, we would also like to congratulate a number of our customers who have had much more important new arrivals over the last two months, including Lyndsey Irwin, Jon Duckworth, Jon Salinger, Gwydion Griffiths and Phil Daly - here's to sleepless nights!
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Facebook integration now available
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Facebook integration now available
Sotic is now able to offer Facebook integration for our clients. The integration works in a similar way to our Twitter integration allowing the simple but effective application and syndication of news content accross to official Facebook pages. All you need is a Facebook page and we can get started!
This integration extends the social media offerings available from our platform at a time when social networking is becoming ever more important in the marketing and customer relations side of the sports industry.
For further information on Facebook and Twitter integration contact Jonathan McConnell or Roland Mercer.
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Frances Preedy
Hello, my name is Frances Preedy and I joined Sotic last summer as Office Manager and I am based in our Hastings office. My last job involved managing a team of over 140 volunteers at a historic house and gardens. I also organised and ran their annual events programme.
At Sotic, my role covers the behind the scenes organisation and maintenance, usual to most companies, and includes, client contracts, human resources, monthly reports, office management and admin support to the directors. Last, but not least, I make a very good cup of tea!
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Under Water Council of Ireland
Sotic have launched the second phase of the Underwater Council of Ireland membership management system.
The new phase allows divers across Ireland to set up and manage diving courses. The system allows members to sign up to courses and pay online. Officers can manage the courses including expenses and qualifications.
• It will allow members to view all courses being run at the touch of a button
• It has an inbuilt facility for Diving Officer to recommend candidates to a course at the touch of a button
• It will significantly increase communication between all involved on a course
• It will reduce paperwork involved in running a course
• It will allow online payment of course fees
For further information on member management and booking systems please contact John Ludlam for more details and pricing.
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Super League is back
The engage Super League has returned for another season.
Sotic wish the best of luck to our two participating clients Harlequins Rugby League www.league.quins.co.uk and the reigning champions Leeds Rhinos.
The Rhinos helped keep Sotic's clean sweep of 'rugby' tournament silverware running in 2009 with their third Super League title in a row and fans can check out the defence of their title as it unfolds across the season in detail at www.therhinos.co.uk.
Both sites boast comprehensive integrated data, with head to heads for every game, full player stats, live scores and tables.
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Sotic relaunch website for The RPA
Sotic have relaunched the website of the Rugby Players' Association; the body which represents the interests of rugby union professionals in England.
Originally known as the PRA, the organisation rebranded in the autumn of last year and a holding site was launched to coincide with that rebrand. This new updated site features extensive information about forthcoming RPA events, updates on the latest fundraising activities from the RPA Benevolent Fund, and the latest news and information about the RPA's work supporting rugby players in England. Visit www.therpa.co.uk
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So that's it for the February edition, which I think leaves me just enough time to catch a breath before Saturday's must win clash between Wales and Scotland in Cardiff.
Last weekend's result has knocked all of the headstrong bias about winning every game out of me, but if results go our way, there's no reason why the photo above couldn't happen again this year ;-)!
Of course I could be letting myself in for some stick on Monday morning so if we should lose again, please remember to be kind to the chap on Daytime Support when you speak to him ;-)
Cheers
Roly
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