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Football World Cup is on its way to New Zealand...
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Andrew Oxley - Quality Assurance
I had two plans when I first enrolled In the Bachelor of Computing Systems at Unitec New Zealand:
1. To finish my degree and go on my OE.
2. To get a job that involves IT & Sport.
Sotic was the perfect solution! At Sotic I do a range of jobs from the initial planning and writing of specifications for the products, to testing the final build before release.
I get asked what is Quality Assurance in software development? Most answers are to do with testing before the product is released, but I like to look at it as making sure the product is built correctly on pen and paper (MS Word) before any work begins.
Working (and living) in London is a great opportunity for me and there is always something new and enjoyable every day. I am looking eagerly forward to the Football World Cup (Final: New Zealand 2 - 0 Spain) in June/July and exciting future projects at Sotic!
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New Leeds Carnegie Website
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Leeds Carnegie launches new site
Leeds Carnegie fans are looking hard for some late season points in the Guinness Premiership but they will no longer need to look hard to find their new official website. Sotic have developed a comprehensive professional website for 'Terry the Terrier' and the team at Leeds Carnegie.
Fans are now spoilt for choice including latest video news and GP highlights on Carnegie TV, Fanzone including competitions, and kept up to date with the latest at Headingly by signing up to the newsletter delivered by our powerful MatchDayMail Ezine system.
...You can even tell Terry the Terrier to attend your next event, bring on the Sotic Christmas party!
See it live here
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MSA Calssics
MSAClassics.co.uk profiles the MSA Classic and MSA Euroclassic events taking place across Britain and Europe for classic car owners and enthusiasts each and every summer. The site provides information, news and features on each event, the routes they will take, plus a look back at previous Classics in the history section.
This furthers our website partnership with International Motorsports having produced the Wales Rally GB and MSA Events sites for IMS.
Race to the live website now
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MatchDayTV
Over the past few months Sotic have been developing our latest product in the 'MatchDay' software suite - MatchDayTV. MatchDayTV is a significantly improved version of the existing multimedia player that includes many of the features from the most popular players on the internet.
With the new player you will be able to watch all the ex-pat Kiwis scoring length of the field tries or post the video on your facebook wall/twitter page for all to see. If you truly like what you see, then MatchDayTV has social media style rate and review!
MatchDayTv is coming soon. Stay tuned for further details.
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Delivery for MatchDayMail
We have been busy migrating each project to the new MatchDayMail sending engine over the last few months. Now that this is completed, most clients will be experiencing improved deliverability and faster sending times of up to 3000 emails per minute.
The next stage of the migration to MatchDayMail is to replace the existing user interface (Manage ezines) with MatchDayMail Lite. The new interface has been designed with an easy step by step process for creating and sending mailings, and has a few extra features such as rich text editing and personalisation. Our first customers are switching to MatchDayMail Lite this week, and we will be contacting you shortly with training details.
Finally, MatchDayMail Plus is also now available with a number of customers already benefiting from many of the extra features it offers. This advanced mailing software lets you segment your lists, set-up autoresponders, automatically track and react to subscriber actions, and much more. The premium version is available for an extra cost - please contact us if you would like further information or a free demostration session.
For more information on MatchDayMail click here
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New portal for leedsrugby.com
The leedsrugby.com portal now shows all related websites on one single page. The new portal gives the user the ability to go straight to a selection of web sites by viewing just one web address.
Users can now view headlines to quickly see the latest news story, view next match details, buy tickets, play multimedia, go straight to the shop, or enter the site as normal from one centralised place. The most popular pages for the Union and League websites, the online shop and Headingly info are all displayed on one page.
For further information contact David Strachan.
Visit Leeds Rugby portal here
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The very successful Ski Club iPhone app
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150,000 App downloads
Sotic have hit a fantastic milestone this month by passing 150,000 app downloads! The quality of our products makes us stand out as one of the top providers of sports apps on iTunes app store.
With an average of 831 downloads each day and the Guinness Premiership app being constantly in the top free sports apps, the stats really speak for themselves.
Our latest one, the Official Leicester Tigers App was released earlier this week.
For more information click here
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Katie Nattress
Hi everyone! I'm Katie and I started working in the Hastings office end of March after eight very, very ,very long months of trying to find a job after finishing university in July last year.
I have replaced Suzanne whom is on her amazing South American bike trip, so I work in content support with Sean, who I must say has been a very patient teacher.
I have lots of brothers and sisters (5 in total, we don't all live together thank goodness), three cats, a normal sized rabbit, a giant sized rabbit and a snake (which also doesn't live with me, which is a good thing considering I really don't like them). I like to spend my time with my family and friends and taking lots of pictures with my big shiny camera.
Follow Suzanne's 'Long Way Up' blog here
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Crunch time in the Heineken Cup
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to Munster and Leinster for making the Heineken Cup semi finals! After Cardiff's solid performance in the Quarter Final they now have an important Semi Final in the Challenge Cup.
It is now crunch time in the Magners League and Guinness Premiership - at both ends of the table. We wish the boys of each team the best of luck.
...So when will I be able to watch the winner of Super 14 take on the winner of Heineken Cup... one can always dream.
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'MatchDay' suite at Sotic
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MatchDayMembers
We are currently planning an update to our membership management system (Manage members). This system provides all of the login functionality on our websites, and is therefore typically used for supporters clubs and virtual press offices. If you have any feature requests for our next update please let us know so we can plan this for development.
Any feature requests please contact Howie Lush
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April will continue to be an exciting month for all as it becomes crunch time in all rugby competitions, especially the big St Georges Day game at Twickenham, the home of rugby.
I hope you have enjoyed the newsletter and please contact Sotic if you would like further information about any of our products mentioned. I now leave you with my final words: What will come first - New Zealand winning another Rugby World Cup, or Ireland finally beating New Zealand? I think we all know the answer...
E noho ra,
Andrew
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