NEWS HEADLINES
2011
August
QSSD has been awarded the New Microsoft Gold Enterprise Resource Planning Accreditation; a stringent set of requirements set by Microsoft to further differentiate partners within the market place.
QSSD had already achieved the Gold accreditation but in order to continue as a Gold partner in 2011 new stringent requirements had to be met. This included client references, customer satisfaction surveys and a completion of exams and assessments. By meeting these criteria QSSD has demonstrated that they provide the market place with the greatest level of customer satisfaction and skills set to implement and develop best in class solutions.
Phil Bacon, Director of QSSD, adds; “Our focus has always been on providing a high level of customer service and support to the market place and we are pleased that Microsoft recognises this as an important factor in a partner’s capability to deliver first class implementation and support.
“This new accreditation helps to bridge the gap between Silver and Gold partners and highlights to our customers and prospects that QSSD has a continued commitment in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and we will continue to do so in the future as one of the leading Microsoft Dynamics NAV partners in the UK.”
June
QSSD is pleased to announce that we are now the UK partner for Pivotier.
A dynamic reporting tool that works with SQL Server and SQL Server reporting
services to turn your Microsoft Dynamics NAV data into strategic business
information.
Pivotier is easy to install and learn. Users can generate ad-hoc and
financial reports without any programming knowledge. For a decade end users
have been struggling to easily get reports for data from within their
Microsoft Dynamics NAV application. The ability to see all fields from
c/side tables has required advanced programming, has been almost impossible,
or has required expensive external analytical or reporting applications.
Pivotier has been developed to overcome these reporting issues to bring out
of the box financial reports to the Microsoft Dynamics NAV market place
without the need for any programming costs and without forcing new learning
experiences.
For further information on Pivotier, please
click here.
2010
September
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 is available now for download offering
new compatibility features with SQL Server 2008 R2, product improvements
based on requests from the SQL Server community, and hotfix solutions
provided in SQL Server 2008 SP1.
The SQL Server 2008 SP2 has major improvements that include integration
of reporting services with SharePoint products and several management
improvements.
Report servers in SQL Server 2008 SP2 now integrate with SharePoint 2010
products. They also integrate with SharePoint 2007 products via an add-in,
Microsoft's announcement explained.
Microsoft's announcement describes the instance management improvement as
follows: "With SP2 applied, an instance of the SQL Server 2008 Database
Engine can be enrolled with a SQL Server 2008 R2 Utility Control Point as a
managed instance of SQL Server."
Finally, SP2 improves the database engine in SQL Server 2008 to support all
data-tier application (DAC) operations, including deploying, deleting,
extracting, registering and upgrading. Microsoft defines a data-tier
application as follows: "A DAC defines all of the database objects (such as
tables and views) and instance objects associated with a database (such as
logins) required to support the application."
SP2 is available now at the Microsoft Download Center in both 32-bit and
64-bit versions. It runs on systems using Windows Server 2008, Windows
Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2003, as well as Windows 7 or Windows
Vista client operating systems.
May
QSSD is pleased to announce a new partnership
between themselves and Miracle Dynamics, a specialist in HR Solutions for
Microsoft Dynamics, to meet the increasingly demanding needs of the modern
HRM office.
With this partnership QSSD will now be offering an enhanced HR solution with
Miracle Dynamics suite of modular applications covering Payroll, Human
Resources and Time & Attendance management.
Miracle Dynamics Ltd is the dominant supplier of HRM technology (payroll,
HR, Time and attendance) to users of the Microsoft Dynamics business
applications and have in excess of 500 customers.
April
QSSD is pleased to announce its partnership with CNC, an IT
infrastructure support and consultancy business,to offer a total IT
solution.
With this partnership QSSD are now able to offer a full IT support service
through CNC’s hardware/networking and OS support services. Our customers
will now be able to log all their IT queries through one support centre
allowing them to concentrate on the daily running of their business.
Computer and Network Consultants (CNC) were formed in 1996 and deliver IT
infrastructure support and consultancy to an established long term client
base. CNC specifically aim their services at the Small and Medium Business
(SMB) market, and their primary focus is the provision of support services
for mission critical server systems, client desktops and associated
infrastructure.
March
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 is released adding new functionality, as
well as delivering enhancements and optimisations that reaffirm Microsoft
Dynamics ongoing commitment to product quality.
2009
December
Microsoft Dynamics NAV2009 is released bringing state of the art
architecture, advanced web services and a Role Tailored Client to the market
place to address the needs of midsize businesses in today’s climate.
Its release will further enhance its existing applications and introduce
several new capabilities to the market designed to increase usage of ERP and
fuel individual and organisation-wide productivity, including Personalised
Role Centers, Sophisticated business intelligence (BI) capabilities, and NET
Web Services.
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 is available for download offering
improved stability, quick fix engineering updates and minor fixes made in
response to requests reported through the SQL Server community.
Whilst there are no new features in this service pack, if you are running
SQL Server 2008 then it is advisable to install SP1 to take advantage of the
fixes which increase supportability and stability of SQL Server 2008.