PRESS RELEASE DATED THURSDAY 1^ST MAY 2008

 ‘The next generation of survey software arrives in London on 28^th May!’ 

FREE SEMINAR

Based on extensive experience in survey software, Conversoft have developed the next generation of research management tools: CONVERSO ENTERPRISE PORTAL.

Enterprise is a global solution to manage all aspects of surveys, from design to delivery. With an intuitive approach, CONVERSO ENTERPRISE has powerful features to:

·        Set up simple or complex scripts easily, including library and dashboard facilities

·        Multi-mode data collection: CATI, CAWI, Mobile CAWI, CASI, SMS/MMS, paper

·        Manage the survey process and workflow, including panel management and automatic mailing

·        Create custom reports online or offline, including client access through the dashboard

·        Automatically publish reports

·        Integrate with other applications

·        Open-source development platform SDK

·        Managed within a portal environment for complete integration in your business

 

The web 2.0 interface provides a simple, ergonomic and collaborative portal solution which is totally platform independent. 

The free seminar will highlight the benefits of CONVERSO ENTERPRISE for research agencies and clients, demonstrating how to use this leading edge technology. 

Date:               Wednesday 28th May at 9:30 am until 12 noon

Venue:            Novotel London Tower Bridge, 10 Pepys Street London, EC3N 2NR

To book your place please contact Peter Jackling at:

Merlinco Limited  (tel 0870 264 6329),

Tower Bridge Business Centre, 46 East Smithfield,  London E1W 1AW,  or e-mail:

peter@merlinco.co.uk

 

Peter Jackling

1^ST May 2008

 

Report of MERLIN SEMINAR Friday 16^th February 2007

On Friday 16th February, 18 delegates attended the first seminar held in our new offices. This was the most we could hold, so some bookings had to be refused!

In the opening session, Keith Hughes gave a detailed presentation of new features and changes in MERLIN v9.0. The main emphasis in v9.0 is the raising of various limits to enable larger jobs to be processed – but there has also been a significant increase in speed.

John Tebboth then described all the many features in MERLIN and MERLIN Toolkit that enable you to work with CSV (Comma Separated Values) data – the use of which is becoming increasingly common.

After the break, John gave an overview of developments in other Merlinco modules – including web and palmtop interviewing, and MTPP (MERLIN to PowerPoint) – and gave the first public demonstartion of MTC (MERLIN to Charts). This module is now included with MERLINPLUS and FASTAB, but can also be used alongside MERLIN.

The final session was an open one, in which plans for MERLIN v9.1 were discussed. These include the processing of Excel XLS files (as oppoised to CSVs) and the automatic parallel reading of two input streams containing data from the same respondents.

We have received positive feedback from delegates – both about the event, and about our plans to organise regular training seminars at our offices for both MERLIN and MERLINPLUS users. These seminars will be advertised on this events page.