On the 15th September 2010, ICONI Software will once again be sponsoring the NFEA Conference 2010 in Nottingham’s Belfry Hotel. ICONI Software has been a strong supporter of the Enterprise Network and is delighted to be a part of the event.

The conference attracts people from Enterprise Agencies from all over England to discuss issues on the current economic climate and how businesses should be supported.

ICONI Software will be showcasing its Enterprise Manager System which is designed to help organisations fully manage all aspects of support to pre-start individuals, start-up and growth companies. Liam Jordan, Managing Director of ICONI Software, commented “for the past 5 years we have been involved with the NFEA Conference where we are able to engage with the delegates to learn more about the challenges they face in the future and how we can help them, especially to become more efficient in the delivery of their support services.”

Due to the recent growth of the company, ICONI Software wants to hire the next generation of Graduate Software Developers to help strengthen and support its development team.  The company has a history of investing in high caliber graduates and is keen to continue this tradition.

Any Computer Science (or equivalent) graduates interested in applying to ICONI Software can find further information and a job specification by clicking on the link below.

www.iconi.co.uk/about/

The new MIS, designed, developed and implemented by ICONI Software, now manages all activities that the Chamber carries out including:

- Membership management;
- Business support programmes and;
- Export certificate tracking. 

The MIS also directly links with the new website to manage all event bookings and to provide an online directory of member organisations.  Both the website and MIS are built on ICONI Software’s web framework which has been used widely across the UK and Ireland by organisations involved in business support.  ICONI Software worked closely with their web design partners, Eyesparks to create the visual designs required for the new corporate website.

Owner and MD of ICONI Software, Liam Jordan, said: “Having developed a number of Management Information Systems for similar business development and support organisations we were able to use our skills and experience to deliver an effective and easy to use system which would help the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce to support its members. We also worked with experienced and creative web design company, Eyesparks to create a website which appeals to members and provides all the tools required to communicate with a range of users.”

Ann McGregor, CEO of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce, added: “This new system has greatly improved how the Chamber works and is helping us to deliver a quality service to our members across Northern Ireland. With an improved website design our communication will also improve and we hope members will be encouraged to use the new website to look for information, guidance and support.”

For more information on our Chamber Manager software, please contact Michael Cummins on 028 90319300.

The Awards took place on 25th February 2010 in London and Liam Jordan, Managing Director and Donall Burns, Technical Director attended on behalf of ICONI Software.

Liam said, “It is a great privilege to be nominated for this award and it is a reflection on the hard work we’ve been doing over the past year. As a Northern Ireland company which boasts over 70% of our turnover in GB, I can’t think of a better award to be associated with.”

The company has also won significant local business with a contract for the design, development and implementation of a Management Information System (MIS) to service Invest NI’s start up business programme, which is part of Invest NI’s Go For It programme. The system has been introduced by ICONI Software to assist Invest NI and its enterprising partners to deliver and monitor the Enterprise Development Programme, which is part of the Go For It programme that provides support for small business start-ups.
ICONI Software specialises in developing systems that provide sophisticated client tracking applications which can manage and report on all business aspects including meetings, events, training courses, mentoring and also includes a financial management module.

Liam Jordan, Owner and Managing Director of ICONI Software, said: “We have gained substantial experience in this niche area over the last eight years, becoming one of the leading companies in the UK and Ireland. Now due to this experience we are able to service both local and export markets including the needs of Invest NI. It is fitting that having been supported by Invest NI as a start up company ourselves, and going on to develop a successful export business, that we are now providing a service to support their business start up programme.”

“Despite the current climate we have seen our export sales rise significantly as our experience in supporting enterprise agencies has grown and we have won new business in Southern Ireland, Scotland and across England. We hope to develop our export business further and are in discussions with a number of other enterprise agencies in the Republic.”

ICONI Software won the Invest NI tender through the government framework and Central Procurement Directorate and the company now works closely with the Invest NI Entrepreneurship Development Team. Over the last five years the company has seen significant growth in the Management Information System markets, particularly in providing Enterprise Management Solutions.

At the conference we will be showcasing our ICONI Enterprise Manager product, which is a sophisticated CRM system which also includes a built-in Tenancy module for managing business units:

The Tenancy Module has been specifically designed to help manage the tenancy application process and also the services provided (example shown above) to the tenants are tracked on a recurring (rent, utilities etc.) and ad-hoc (telephony, photocopying etc.) basis.  These can then be batched monthly to produce associated invoices.   For further information on our Tenancy Module or our range of products, please contact us.

We will be demonstrating our ICONI Employability Manager product, which has been specifically designed help organisations manage an employability journey, from initial engagement to sustained employment. Please contact us for further details.

ICONI Software is a software development company that specialises in the design and implementation of sophisticated web-based MIS and CRM systems.

Liam Jordan, Managing Director of ICONI Software, receiving the award at the conference from Dawn Whiteley, Chairman of the NFEA.

NFEA is pleased to announce that ICONI Software Limited has pledged its support to the 2009 NFEA Annual Conference – a highly regarded event for key decision makers and influencers within the NFEA network of enterprise support organisations and in the wider enterprise sector.

With offices in Belfast and Cambridge, ICONI Software Limited is a specialist software solutions provider that concentrates on developing and implementing highly sophisticated, yet easy to use, Management Information Systems (MIS) and specialist Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.

As the interactive technology partner at the NFEA Conference, ICONI will be providing voting keypads which will be utilised throughout the event. With a dedicated theme – ‘A Fine Balance: Social Ethos or Commercial Focus’ – the 2009 NFEA Conference will examine the tensions between maintaining a social outlook and also being commercially viable. Through ICONI’s generous support, the provided keypads will gauge audience opinion in a sophisticated manner and also confirm and clarify key points from key interactive conference sessions.

Liam Jordan, Managing Director at ICONI comments: “ICONI is delighted to be sponsoring the 2009 NFEA Annual Conference and to have the opportunity to engage with its members. Being part of the conference further demonstrates our commitment to providing outstanding software solutions through understanding of our clients’ needs. We look forward to meeting all attendees and showing how we can help them work better.”

Speaking about the additional support received for the 2009 NFEA Conference, NFEA Chief Executive George Derbyshire said: “ICONI has long been a supporter of the enterprise sector; it is fantastic to have their involvement as an NFEA Conference sponsor once again this year. We are very excited about the additional of interactive voting sticks for the first time this year and would like to thank ICONI for its support which has allowed this technology to be utilised.”

ICONI Software will also have an exhibition stand at the event in order to showcase its latest products and services. In supporting the 2009 NFEA Annual Conference, ICONI joins headline sponsor Barclays Bank, as well as Regional Development Agency Yorkshire Forward and Sage UK Limited – all of whom are showing their appreciation of and commitment to NFEA and individual agencies within the wider business support arena.