Looking to the future
Our Future
Never wishing to stand-still and knowing that VITES™ currently offers a 2 or 3 year lead in thinking and technology, Connected are striving for even more greatness. In 2009, Connected openly published the 2 year development plan for VITES™ showing a strong commitment to ongoing R&D with a £250k budget and further resources in the form of management, quality control and deployment/release tools.
Quality
2010 is the year of quality for Connected – a number of specific initiatives headed by John Hyde in Q3 2009 will spearhead this drive in 2010 to ensure our clients get the very best service and a VITES™ product they want and can use. Listening intently to the needs of the clients is a cornerstone of our development planning and Connected continue to listen to the needs of it’s clients.
Open Source VITES™?
Yes and yes! Targeted for limited Open Source release in 2010 is a number of the core applications found in VITES™. This will be a limited release to early adopters who show they have the in-house technical, UI and testing skills and Connected are inviting applications to join the Alpha programme.
People
The technical team was substantially strengthened in 2009 with the addition of Charlotte, Aaron and Doug and 2010 will see another 3 technical people joining bringing the team up to a total of 12 people.
Account support has also seen similar growth in 2009 with another 2 slots planned in late 2010. This is raising our account support game and allowing the clients better access to ideas, technology and resources.
Sales & marketing
The current client profile is largely unchanged over the last couple of years and the relatively high entry to market remains the same. Connected are looking to broaden the appeal of VITES™ to both smaller and larger organisations and to do this is developing a lower entry cost and a more flexible deployment model. Watch out for developments in the this area, 2010 is an exciting year.
