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Special Offer: Get over 25% discount on our INSPIRE training course

By Melissa on February 5, 2010 1:24 PM | No Comments

Special Offer: Get over 25% discount on our INSPIRE training course.

We’re giving you £100 off your next training course with Snowflake Software. And with the INSPIRE legislation being a key driver for most of us in the industry, why not use the offer to get over 25% discount on our INSPIRE Essentials course.

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Learn the benefits of:
  • Publishing data to INSPIRE harmonised data specifications
  • Different types of solution for transforming and publishing data to conform to INSPIRE Implementing Rules
  • Making data available via different types of INSPIRE Download Services
  • Publishing data and services to National and European Spatial Data Infrastructures.
Can you afford not to?
 
 
If you’re already in the know about INSPIRE, why not use the discount on one of our other popular training courses:
  • XML Primer
  • GML Fundamentals
  • Hands on GML
  • GO Loader Fundamentals
  • GO Loader Advanced
  • Hands on GML with GO Publisher
To find out more information visit: www.snowflakesoftware.com/training or contact our training manager Sheila on +44 (0) 2380 238 232.

 

Melissa Burns | Marketing Manager | melissa.burns@snowflakesoftware.com


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Festive greetings from Snowflake Software...

By Melissa on December 23, 2009 2:53 PM | No Comments

And here's just a small selection of what you can expect from Snowflake in the New Year:

  • Our Brand New : INSPIRE training course - starting January 12, 2010
  • Celebrating the 10 year sucess of EDiNA's Digimap service using GO Publisher WFS
  • Visit us at DGI 2010: 25 - 27 January, QEII Centre, London - see us in the exhibition at stand 48
  • Look forward to new product releases for GO Publisher & GO Loader

 

Not forgetting the highlights from 2009:

We're looking forward to more of the same, and even better in 2010.

Happy Holidays.

 

Melissa Burns | Marketing Manager | melissa.burns@snowflakesowftare.com

 


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A trick or treat from Snowflake Software

By Melissa on October 30, 2009 8:40 AM | No Comments

GO Publisher limited edition.jpgGO Publisher 1.4 - the limited Halloween Edition.

 

  • Publish your WITCHML straight out of the box into the cauldron.
  • Be INSPIRE compliant - publish your spooky data to INSPIRE data specifications
  • Extend the reach of your data - Publish your WITCHML into consumer mapping applications such as Bing™, Google™ and Yahoo!™.
  • Take our trick or treat at the bottom.

 

Take a look at our Snowflake Software Flickr site for an example of our Halloween Edition getting to work and publishing the following feature types;STONEHENGE,  PUMPKINPATCH, HAUNTEDFOREST, GINGERBREADHOUSE, BROOMLANDINGZONE, RUINEDCASTLE, WITCHESCOVEN, HOLLOWTREE, BROOMTAKEOFF and much much more...

 OK so we're just having a litte bit of Halloween fun, but wouldn't it be great?

Thankfully, there is no spooky data to publish. Infact, if you find the thought scary, why not get in touch with us? We can help you bring your data to life, help you translate your data into open standards and make it easy to share.  

With our latest version of GO Publisher  (version 1.4 - and no, it's not the Halloween Edition) you can publish data using our off the shelf product. It works with your existing infrastructure so you don't have to invest in costly software development or bespoke software products. And, our latest version of GO Publisher can help you:

  • Be INSPIRE compliant - publish your data to INSPIRE data specifications
  • Extend the reach of your data - publish your data to consumer mapping applications such as Bing™, Google™ and Yahoo!™.

We're a data exchange company, which means we've also got tools to help you load data. Take a look at our GO Loader webpages for more information. Halloween (or any other time of year) means you don't have to be afraid, and if you just need a bit more help in understanding, well we can help you with that too. Our industry experts offer a range of training courses from XML primer or GML fundamentals to INSPIRE essentials. Why not take a look and see what we have to offer on our training webpages.

Happy Halloween.

Take the Halloween trick: TRICK

Take the Halloween treat: TREAT

 


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Press Release: Snowflake Software unveils INSPIRE ready technology at AGI conference

By Melissa on October 2, 2009 2:49 PM | 2 Comments
Snowflake Software demonstrates how customers can get more for less with the launch of their future proof INSPIRE ready technology, saving customers unnecessary costs.
The releases of the company’s two core products provide an out of the box platform for organisations to realise the value of INSPIRE compliance, as well as future proof their existing technology infrastructure and eliminate the threat of unnecessary software development or upgrade costs.
At the conference, where ‘realising the value of place’ was the theme, Snowflake demonstrated the power of its data exchange software by loading Annex 1 INSPIRE data with the latest release of its GO Loader software, which can then be used with a customer’s own existing infrastructure. Conversely, with the new release of its GO Publisher software, Snowflake showcased its capabilities to publish data to final draft INSPIRE data specifications which were released less than a week ago. The latest enhancements to both products have been rigorously tested as part of the EC’s Joint Research Centre INSPIRE testing initiative and both were successfully used by leading organisations across Europe to produce GML 3.2.1 datasets compliant to the Annex 1 Themes.
Eddie Curtis, CTO of Snowflake Software says:
“From its very beginnings Snowflake has been a leader in adopting OGC and ISO standards. The engineering work to support INSPIRE and GML 3.2.1 is a natural evolution for our products rather than a revolutionary change. Both GO Loader and GO Publisher have been providing business critical data exchange and management for organisations across Europe working with topographic mapping, transport, geology, meteorology to name just a few types of data. The productivity, performance and experience by those users can now be applied to achieving INSPIRE compliance.”
Whilst INSPIRE support is a key feature of the new releases, it is not the only new addition. Experts from Snowflake Software also took the opportunity to unveil the capacity to manage data in a choice of databases, and the opportunity to extend the reach of data by publishing into consumer mapping applications such as Bing™, Yahoo!™ or Google™.
Ian Painter, Managing Director commented:
“We’re excited that our new products will enable organisations across Europe to realise the value of INSPIRE in a pioneering way and starting today. The industry moves at such a pace that it is often costly and resource intensive for companies to embrace innovative and legislative technology. We’re pleased to be able to offer customers the opportunity to get more for less with our future proof software.”
For organisations that require additional support in understanding the complexities of the INSPIRE legislation, Snowflake has a dedicated INSPIRE section on their website and a tailored training programme to help client’s bridge the gap between initiative and implementation.
Existing customers with a valid maintenance and support contract can obtain these new versions at no additional cost through the Snowflake Support Centre. Organisations new to Snowflake’s products can obtain a fully supported 30 day evaluation by registering on the website. 
To register for a 30 day evaluation of GO Loader visit:
http://www.snowflakesoftware.com/products/goloader/eval.htm
To register for a 30 day evaluation of GO Publisher visit:
http://www.snowflakesoftware.com/products/gopublisher/desktop/eval.htm
For more information about GO Loader or GO Publisher, please visit www.snowflakesoftware.com or contact Melissa Burns on +44 (0)23 8038 6574

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INTERGEO Karlsruhe Germany

By Phil Lines on September 28, 2009 4:00 PM | No Comments

This week I took the long road to Karsruhe in southern Germany to visit our Germany Business Partner grit GmbH, who were exhibiting at INTERGEO and we joined them on their stand.  Although the show has now shrunk to two halls, boy it was still worth it.  It’s been a very long time since I've been to a show with so much positive feeling around it. 

Much of the show was focussed on the German market with customers flocking to the stands to get a glimpse of the future and to understand the technology. We were no different.  We had a steady stream of knowledgeable and interested people to the stand. There was a strong international contingent to the customer mix and many were from eastern Europe as well as some from the UK. It seems that INTERGEO is still considered to be the show to visit in Europe for geo people.

What does INSPIRE really mean?
On the downside the INSPIRE message from a lot of the exhibitors was very confusing and poorly articulated. I asked a number of different vendors to explain what they thought INSPIRE was and were they ready to help customers?  To my surprise not one company could tell me what INSPIRE meant to its customers. I even had one tell me that their products weren't ready because there was no clear understanding of how it would work.  
 
Well let me clear that one up. Here at Snowflake we understand what INSPIRE is,what it means for your business, we’ve got products ready now that work with the very latest INSPIRE schema's (data translators) and we’ve future proofed the technology so customers can be INSPIRE compliant at no extra cost, or need for additional software. Take a look at our website for more details to see how we can help your understanding of what INSPIRE will mean to you. We can even offer you training.
 
Was it worth it? Yes.
So was it worth the trip to Germany? Yes it was. I think customers are waking up to the power of intelligent spatial data and mainstream IT technology, which makes for a very interesting conversation for "time served" GIS companies. I had too many customers ask me about the power of the database and how to exploit it, to imagine they really want to go back to dumb lines, arcs and circles. They just need to be shown how to do it and most of all shown the benefits and we can do that in buckets!
 
A last thought...
My last take away from INTERGEO is this:  Customers are increasingly knowledgeable about what they want - real business benefit.  I get asked it all the time. So we need to step up and show our customers just that - the advantage of spending money with us. At INTERGEO and at Snowflake that’s what we did and do.
 
Visit us at INTERGEO next time and see what benefits you can get.

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