News and Case Studies
May 2008 saw a new enhanced website launched to offer a better online presence and provide more information to existing customers and prospective customers.
May 2008 saw the development of the MAM Autowork Data Migration utility for a new customer in Inverness. The customer wanted to move to our package and it was important that he was able to retain his vehicle MoT Reminder Records for 2008 and 2009. We transferred all of his customer and vehicle records to the GDS Workshop Manager system, including the MoT Reminder dates.
April 2008 saw the development of the Ultra Plus Data Migration utility for
a new customer in Nottingham. The customer's previous supplier is no longer
trading, and the customer needed the system on additional workstations, and it was
important that they were able to retain all customer, vehicle and service
history records. We were able to visit the customer to migrate the data, install the new system and give the staff some training.
March 2008 saw the formation of a partnership
between GDS and an established software marketing business in Northern
Ireland to raise awareness of our GDS Workshop Manager product and to help
grow our sales in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and the rest of the UK. Since
the Irish launch of GDS Workshop Manager in April, 7 garages have adopted
the system so far and we are confident that it will continue to be a very
successful product in that market. GDS Workshop Manager was specially
modified to deal with multiple service VAT rates and NCT reminders.
December 2007 saw a substantial investment in a market-leading remote
assistance package, LogMeIn Rescue, to offer our customers unbeatable
support via the internet
December 2007 saw the development of the Gemini IGIS Data Migration utility for a new customer in Grimsby. The customer was looking for additional functionality in their workshop system, and it was important that they were able to retain all customer, vehicle and service history records.
November 2007 saw the development of the NAS/Concept 2000 Data Migration utility for a new customer in Hampshire. The customer had an existing unsupported system and wanted to upgrade to new IT equipment, which was not compatible. It was important that they were able to retain all customer, vehicle, stock and service history records.
October 2007 saw the development of the Unipart KiS Pro Data Migration utility for a new customer in Surrey. The customer was no longer able to use their existing rented system and it was important that they were able to retain all customer, vehicle, stock and service history records.
September 2007 saw the launch of our advertising campaigns on Google, MSN and other leading websites.
July 2007 saw the sale of GDS Workshop Manager to our second customer. After an extensive testing and improvement period when we worked closely with our first customer, we started to roll out GDS Workshop Manager to other local workshops.
November 2006 saw the development of the Garage Master Data Migration utility for our initial customer in Cleethorpes. The customer was looking for a new system, and it was important that they were able to retain all customer, vehicle and service history records.
June 2006 saw the initial development of the GDS Workshop Manager system. The product was written in response to a request from a local garage who had an old unsupported system which they feared may stop working.
