Public Agencies need Value for Money. In today’s environment, IT solutions must be cost effective without comprising quality, and deliver enhanced productivity through innovation.

Open Sky, a Microsoft Certified partner, provides Best Value services & solutions using industry recognized Quality standards.

Products/Services
Open Sky delivers Case Management Solutions in the areas:
- Health & Social Care.
- Environmental Management.
- Compliance & Regulation Enforcement Applications.
- Grant & Financial Management.
Open Sky’s Services include:
- Business Intelligence Solutions.
- Systems Integration Services.
- Mobile Workforce Applications.
- Technology Delivery in Sharepoint 2010, Microsoft Dynamics, SQL Server, .NET Web Applications, Business Objects & SMS/Mobile Apps tools.

Key Benefits
Value, Quality, Innovation, Experience, are at the Core of Open Sky. In working with Open Sky, Public Agencies will benefit from:
- Extensive domain experience across a range of public sector disciplines.
- Solutions adapted to your needs, flexible and configurable.
- Services delivered using industry based standards & Best Practise (Quality, Security, Project Management, Support).

Clients
Health Service Executive, Cork County Council, Dublin City Council, Homeless Agency, Enterprise Ireland, South Dublin County Council, Limerick County Council, Livestock and Meat Commission (NI), Kerry County Council, Norfolk County Council (UK)

Partners
Microsoft and Motorola

Web www.openskydata.com

Tel +353 (0)45 855675

Address Unit 6, Station House, the Waterways, Naas, Co. Kildare.

Quest delivers Grant & Knowledge Management Solutions designed to meet the business demands of the 21st century Organisation. Established in 1989, Quest has grown to become one of the leading Management Information Systems Specialists, having built its reputation on the design and development of mission-critical systems for both public and private sector organisations. AIMS is Quest’s flagship Grant Management product for progressive funding Organisations.

Products/Services
- Software Development Services: Quest provide cutting edge, database backed web applications on proven technologies based on a history and reputation of delivering systems. Quest do this through specialist sector knowledge and enable commercial and technical development to meet your business requirements. Quest offers the highest level of service to clients at every stage of a project, under the guidance of their ISO-9001:2008 and TickIT approved Quality Management System.
- AIMS Grant and Knowledge Management Software: AIMS is an enterprise-wide grant and knowledge management system specifically designed for the needs of progressive Funding and Grant making organisations.
- It controls all aspects of the funding process – from initial request, through assessment and recommendations, to authorisation, payment and subsequent monitoring of outcomes.
- AIMS: is highly configurable and will support the modern funding organisation’s need to adapt and change.
It is especially suitable for funding organisations which:
- Have multiple funding streams.
- Intend to provide web access to applicants, assessors and staff.
- Require a central contact database and CRM capability.
- Manage non-funding cases. e.g. FOI, compliance, governance.
- Budgeting and Reporting Business Intelligence.

Key Benefits
- AIMS addresses the full life cycle of the grant process.
- AIMS is extremely configurable without the need for technical resources.
- Key Performance indicators can be measured and reported upon.
- AIMS is fully browser based and can be accessed through any we connection.
- AIMS integrates with many different financial systems.

Clients
Dublin City Council, Department of Community and Gaeltacht Affairs, Health Service Executive, Department of Health (UK), Manitoba Arts Council – Canada, Fonds National Recherche and Scientifique (Belgium), Fonds National de la Recherche (Luxembourg), Nederlands Fonds voor Podiumkunsten – NFPK+ (Netherlands).

Partners
Oracle, IBM, PWC, CSC

Web www.quest.ie; www.grantmanagementsoftware.com

Tel +353 (0)1 6799933

Address Ushers Court, 29-30 Ushers Quay, Dublin 8, Ireland.

Rédacteurs Limited provides strategic writing, editing and communications consulting services to clients in the public and private sectors.

Products/Services
The company delivers written communications that are clear, coherent and compelling, on paper or online. These documents enable clients to:
- Inform (guidance notes, process descriptions, annual reports, etc.).
- Instruct (training materials, operating procedures, textbooks, etc.).
- Persuade (reports, strategy statements, policy documents, proposals, etc.).
Documents can be researched and written from scratch, or edited from supplied source material.

Key Benefits
Rédacteurs’ work increases organisational productivity and overall effectiveness by:
- Ensuring that the right information gets to the right people.
- Increasing the usability, usefulness and actual use of documents.
- Capturing latent knowledge and corporate intelligence, and disseminating it to those who need it.
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Improving the quality and consistency of customer service.

Clients
Public sector clients include:
- European Commission, European Space Agency.
- Departments of the Taoiseach, Finance, Enterprise, Trade & Innovation, Education & Skills.
- Revenue Commissioners.
- Forfás, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland.
- Higher Education Authority, Irish Research Council for Science Engineering & Technology, Health Research Board, FÁS, Trinity College.
- Road Safety Authority, National Roads Authority, National Disability Authority.
- An Garda Siochána, Commission for Taxi Regulation.

Partners
Information Mapping b.v.

Web www.redact.ie

Tel +353 (0)1 833 0444

Address Rédacteurs Ltd, 165 Howth Road, Dublin 3, Ireland.

PixAlert discovers and protects corporate networks against the risk of critical data leakage and inappropriate image content, empowering organisations to improve business practices and take appropriate preventative action. Through its unique auditing and monitoring software services, PixAlert protects corporate brand integrity and reputation through its portfolio of market leading data loss discovery protection and image detection software and service solutions

Products/Services
- Critical Data Auditor: Rapid discovery, classification and reporting of unsecure and critical data residing on networks across PCs, file shares and mailboxes. Assist’s organisations embarking upon compliance programmes ie. PCI DSS, data classification, data protection
- Image Auditor: Detects the level of risk from inappropriate images disseminating networks originating from any multisource entry point. An advanced analysis solution which scans150 file types.
- ImageGuard Mail Appliance: Proactive protection solution which scans and blocks in real time inbound and outbound emails containing inappropriate and illicit image content
- DataGuard Mail Appliance: Provides constant email safety by protecting outbound emails containing exposed, unsecure and sensitive critical data.
- Monitor: Real time image monitoring, analysis and reporting of illicit content being displayed on corporate networks.

Key Benefits
- Rapid discovery of risk to business, brand reputation and employee welfare from critical data leakage and inappropriate content distribution.

Clients
House of Parliament, Defence Forces, Birmingham City Council, Watford Council, Reading Borough Council, Ministry for Justice, Ernst and Young, KPMG, Eircom, Xerox.

Partners
Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, Protiviti, Clever Business Solutions, iCompli.

Web www.pixalert.com

Tel +353 (0)1 899 4750; +353 (0)1 707 8860

Address Digital Hub, 157 Thomas Street, Dublin 8.

Netfort Technologies provides network activity monitoring solutions.

Products/Services
NetFort LANGuardian provides an accessible and concise overview of network activity throughout an organisation.

Key Benefits
•Visibility of user behaviour by capturing and analysing raw data through DPI (Deep Packet Inspection).
• Detailed real-time reporting on network anomalies.
• Ensure excellent standards of IT security.
• Lowers operational costs, maximizes user productivity and network
utilization.
• Minimizes security incidents, protects against attack.

Clients
O2, London School of Economics, University College London, BskyB, Wyeth, Xilinx, Trinity College Dublin, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Nottingham City Council, City Jet Limited, Department of Transport UK, University of Central Lancashire, Belfast Metropolitan College, Moorefield’s Eye Hospital, Rennes University, University of Groningen, De Montfort University.

Partners
HP, IBM, Citrix, Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Eirteic, Full Control Networks, IP Performance, Clearcom IT.

Web www.netforttechnologies.com

Tel +353 (0)91 520 501

Address
Unit 7, NUIG/IDA Enterprise Centre, Upper Newcastle, Galway.

Nathean Technologies are a developer and provider of Data Analysis and Reporting Solutions. Logix Professional, their Self Service Business Intelligence (BI) tool empowers users to easily ask questions of their own data and get the answers they need to make informed decisions in a quicker, easier and more cost effective manner.

After years of working with customers and partners across many industries, Nathean Technologies have developed next generation self service analysis and reporting packs for Financial, HR, Payroll, Retail, Sales and Customer Service applications.

Nathean Technologies products provide a high degree of sophistication via a very simple interface that requires little or no training. With a mission to revolutionise the way in which people interact with data, Nathean Technologies are ideally positioned to help clients extract maximum value and return on investment from their existing business applications.

Markets served by Nathean Technologies include local and central government, education, construction, utilities, retail and financial services. Leading Enterprise Application Software providers partner with Nathean to integrate Logix as their systems’ Business Intelligence solution. Partners include Unit 4 Agresso, Ocuco, Insolv and IIS.

Products/Services
- Logix Professional is a unique, self service visual analysis tool which uses simple drag-and-drop actions and displays your data in the format that best suits your needs.
- Provision of industry and customer specific pre-packaged analytics to functions including Finance, Procurement, Time and Attendance, HR, Payroll, Sales and Customer Service.
- Services provided by Nathean Technologies include data integration, data migration, business intelligence consultancy and resourcing.

Key Benefits
- Easy to use and highly flexible.
- Radically improves time to decision delivering day one value.
- Eliminates costs and delays incurred by custom reporting.
- Reduces reliance on spreadsheets and other inflexible reporting tools.
- Increases return on investment from existing data and systems.
- Self service functionality – no in house techies involved.
- Logix is database agnostic with support for Oracle, SQL, Access and is ODBC compliant.

Clients
Bord Gáis, VHI Healthcare, Irish Life and Permanent, Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, Health & Safety Authority, Translink, Vision Express, John Sisk & Son, Cranfield University.

Partners
Nathean Technologies work closely with accredited partners across the UK and Irish markets including Unit 4, Ocuco, IIS and Insolv.

Web www.nathean.com

Tel +353 (0)1 685 3001

Address 3 Lyncon Court, IDA Science & Technology Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.

OpenApp is an IT service, support, training and development company with strong expertise in open source software over a broad range of technologies. The Health Atlas product is an open source application developed to bring health related datasets, statistical tools and GIS together in a web environment to add value to existing health data.

Products/Services
• Geographic information and analysis systems.
• Corporate intranets with document management, staff schedules, shared conferences and role based security.
• The first ECDL accredited training materials for Microsoft Office replacements – OpenOffice.org and StarOffice.
• Support for open source IT infrastructure.
• Application development and integration and services deployed on Linux, Xen, and OpenSolaris.

Key Benefits
• Technical expertise with six years supporting open source solutions.
• No software license costs.
• Active in Open Source Communities and products.

Clients
Irish Health Service Executive, Beaumont Hospital Dublin, CHPower, Irish Utilities, Wyse Property Management, Dublin.

Partners
Blackrock Education Centre, OpenForum Europe, Zope Europe Association.

Web www.openapp.ie

Tel +353 (0)1 614 5978

Address
55 Fitzwilliam Sq, Dublin 2.

pTools content management software is used to develop enterprise solutions for Intranet, Extranet and Internet systems for private and public sector customers. pTools combines powerful enterprise content management functionality with a user-friendly interface and enterprise application architecture.

Products/Services
Enterprise content management software for the following sectors:
• Financial Services.
• Government.
• Health.
• Security.

Key Benefits
• Enterprise content management (ECM).
• Extensibility and versatility.
• Deliver content with easily and efficiently.
• S5 includes advanced workflow and content compliance.
• Rapid deployment and in-built Web2.0 features with .Net framework and SharePoint integration.
• Advanced ‘clean code’ accessibility standard.
• Content Transaction Compliance.
• Content security marking.
• Multi-language content linking.
• Advanced search and retrieval capability.

Clients
Enterprise Ireland, Anglo Irish Bank, Allianz, Stock Exchange, Health Service Executive, Department of Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister’s Office), Pensions Board, Lincolnshire Police, AXA Insurance.

Partners
Microsoft Gold Partner, Equilibrium.

Web www.ptools.com

Tel +353 (0)1 678 9311

Address 46 Stephens Place, Dublin 2.

Púca provides a comprehensive range of mobile solutions including business communications, mobile marketing and mobile commerce. Púca assist both the public and private sector organizations to integrate mobile technologies into their business, communications and marketing processes.

The company has won numerous awards including ‘Mobile Technology Project of the Year’ on two occasions. These awards were received for projects in which the company collaborated with the Department of Agriculture and Teagasc.

Products/Services
- Business Applications: Púca helps businesses to incorporate SMS and other mobile technology into their IT operations. They provide a range of APIs and powerful web-based applications to help business customers integrate mobile communications technology. This would also incorporate enterprise type applications developed for the iPhone and Android devices.
- Mobile Marketing and Advertising: Púca works to develop and execute mobile marketing and advertising campaigns. Púca provides a complete solution ranging from SMS short code promotions to mobile apps, mobile-optimised websites, m-coupons and location based services.
- Mobile Commerce: Púca provides secure and user-friendly m-commerce solutions to enable mobile payment and the integration of mobile technologies with the point-of-sale. Púca’s network operator connections allows them to provide services such as ‘click-to-pay’, pay-by-SMS and credit and debit card payments by mobile.

Key Benefits
- Experience and Track Record.
- Innovative Technology.
- Superior Service.
- Secure and Robust Platform.
- Global Reach.

Clients
Public Sector clients include The Department of Defense, Crisis Pregnancy Agency, Health Service Executive, Teagasc, Sligo County Council, Fingal County Council, Horse Racing Ireland, The National Lottery, Applus Corp (NCT) and Dublin Airport Authority.

Partners
Vodafone, O2, Meteor, eMobile and Three.

Web www.puca.com

Tel +353 1 499 5090

Address 8 Castlewood Place, Rathmines, Dublin 6

Cora Systems, established in 1999, provide ProjectVision a web-based Portfolio, Project and Performance Management system to primarily public sector clients both in Ireland and the UK.

Products/Services
ProjectVision is a seamless, integrated application that provides an organisation:
- Projects, programmes and portfolios management.
- Resource and capacity management, including timesheet management.
- Project financial management including cash flow.
- Project, corporate and health and safety risk and issue management.
- Corporate strategy management and KPI measurement.
- Representation of projects on a map using GIS technology.
- Integration with other systems including Financial Management and Timesheet systems.
- Public facing web sites providing project information including maps.

Key Benefits
- Visibility and control over an organisation’s projects, programmes, portfolios and resourcing and the impact on resource capacity.
- Accurate management of capital expenditure programmes.
- Visibility and measurement of an organisation’s corporate strategy and KPIs, linking these back to the work and projects that are driving them.
- Governance and management of an organisation’s project and portfolio management methodology with controls, gateways and audit ensuring it is followed.

Clients
Our Public Sector clients include:
Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government, Environmental Protection Agency, Strategic Investment Board NI, Probation Board NI, Waterways Ireland, Cork City Council, Fingal County Council, Waterford County Council, Local Government Computer Services Board, Western Development Commission, Youth Justice Agency NI, IT Assist NI, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Middlesbrough Council, North Down Borough Council, Land and Property Services NI, Wirral Council, Perth and Kinross Council.

Web www.corasystems.com

Tel +353 71 96 22078; Freephone Ireland: 1800 940 940

Address No.1 North West Business and Technology Park, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim