Please see below our media coverage for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
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2006 media coverage
South East Business: December 2006 - "New Website Finds Vital Equipment for Special Needs."
News article covering Sigmer's design and development of the relaunched Community Equipment.com website.
Government Computing: 20th September 2006 - "Charity Website Goes Classified."
News article covering the recently launched Community Equipment.com website, developed by Sigmer.
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Computing: 11th September 2006 - "BFI Launches Online Initiative."
In depth article from Computing about the new BFI Online initiatives, including the Film and TV Database developed by Sigmer.
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Managing Information.com: 11th September 2006 - "BFI Chooses Sigmer for Cinema, Film and Television Database."
News article covering Sigmer's press release for the new BFI Film and TV Database. Click here to read the article.
Computer Weekly: 12th September 2006 - "BFI Opens Film Library to Web Searches."
News article covering the recently launched British Film Institute Film and TV Database, as developed by Sigmer Technologies using the LAMP development platform. Read the full article. [PDF 2385Kb]
Revolution: January 2006 - Scribe website content management system.
The January issue of Revolution includes a technology supplement for website services. The ten page supplement includes Scribe CMS, Sigmer's easy-to-use website content management system, detailing unique selling points, product features and support details.
2005 media coverage
.Net: December 2005 - "Undertake a Usability Study."
Feature article covering the Top 50 Search Engine Marketing Techniques. .Net include Sigmer's advice on undertaking a usability study. "Incorporate a usability study at the outset of the design and development process. The information gathered from profiling and assessing user needs will help to define the information architecture." Tara Diserens née Merison, Marketing Manager, Sigmer Technologies.
Promotions and Incentives: June 2005 - Letters contribution, "Motivation needs to be all-inclusive."
Tara Diserens née Merison, Marketing Manager at Sigmer Technologies, gives her views on the need for staff motivation and reward schemes to be inclusive of all employees, as well as the importance of benchmarking key performance indicators, measurement and reporting.
New Media Age: 12th May 2005 - Letters contribution, "Consider all options when updating your site."
Nigel Gill, Account Director at Sigmer Technologies, comments on website usability and return on investment.
Information Management and Technology Online: March 2005 - "Sigmer Technologies helps International Save the Children."
Case study article detailing the use of Scribe CMS, Sigmer's easy-to-use website content management system, by The International Save the Children Alliance. Click here to read the article.
New Media Age: 5th February 2005 - Letters contribution "Accessibility and design can work together."
Nigel Gill, Account Director at Sigmer Technologies gives his views on the Disability Discrimination Act and how accessibility and great design can work together.
Government Computing: February 2005 - "Paperless Office: Raising the Response."
Case study article regarding the use of Boomerang online survey software, Sigmer's web based e-mail questionnaire management system, by Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Chamber found that switching from paper to web based questionnaires dramatically increased response rates and made it a clearer voice for local businesses. Tim Hutchings, Chief Executive of HCCI commented, "We can now do in hours what used to take weeks. We are getting valuable information back within hours of asking the questions and we are now far more in touch with our members' opinions than ever before."
2004 media coverage
The Register: 28th October 2004 – “Research from Sussex internet outfit Sigmer Technologies.” By Tim Richardson. Click here to read the article.
M-iD: October 2004 – “Better by design." By Rob Buckley.
Article concerning best practice web site design. Malcolm McIlhagga contributes, "It's worth employing someone who knows what they're talking about to interview potential web site designers. Key areas to question them on include their design methodology, their knowledge of usability and the principles of site structure."
Cern Courier: September 2004 – “Sigmer Technologies has launched Scribe V2.” Computing News section. Click here to read the article.
International Developer: September 2004 – “Applications Divided by a Common Language." By Adrian Bridgwater.
Malcolm McIlhagga contributes, "One of the benefits of our Scribe CMS website content management system is that it makes use of the standard web pages to store all the content that is managed within it. The result is that it can support any script system that the operating system is capable of supporting, including non-Latin scripts such as Arabic, Chinese and
IT Week: 19th July 2004 – “Tool builds accessible websites.” By David Neal.
Article regarding the release of Scribe version 2 and the Disability Discrimination Act. "So many firms need their sites to be updated frequently by a large number of people, perhaps in different geographical locations and languages," said Malcolm McIlhagga, Managing Director at Sigmer, "To employ or outsource to a team of people with the necessary technical expertise to carry out and control updates is costly and can be a huge drain on resources. The ability to easily manage the website content authoring without the need for technical knowledge will lift a huge weight off firms."
Mail on Sunday: 18th July 2004 – “Pay a PR to sing your firm’s praises.” By Andrew Moody.
New Media Age: 8th July 2004 – “Web accessibility tool helps sites meet W3C standards.” By Wendy McAuliffe.
Article detailing how Scribe CMS helps build accessible websites. Malcolm McIlhagga comments, "There's a legal requirement for sites to be accessible, but there are also business benefits from complying. Scribe is intended specifically for developing accessible sites, and I don't see any other content management systems out there doing this in the same way."
USP Magazine: June 2004 – “Four of the best to incentivise your staff: Hitting The Target.”
Article featuring four of the best staff incentive schemes including BSkyB's Focus scheme, developed by Sigmer Technologies.
Internet World: May 2004 – “Pressing The Wrong Buttons.” By Gary Flood.
Feature article relating to accessibility and the web. Malcolm McIlhagga contributes, "More elegant and usable sites are just easier to manage, and sites with better access rankings tend to do better in search engine results."
Computing: 21st April 2004 – “Children’s Charity Creates Consistent Content.” By Laurika Bretherton.
Article regarding the use of Sigmer's website content management system by The International Save the Children Alliance; the world's largest independent organisation for children. Click here to read the article.
