Solidsoft is a services provider focussing on the provision of enterprise architecture, business process and integration services within the Microsoft technology space using BizTalk and SharePoint. We're the leaders in helping large companies and public sector organisations integrate, optimise and manage their applications and entire business processes. Our technical credentials and superlative track record set us apart. Combined with our passion for success and over 15 years' experience, we've got the expertise and the insight to unlock the true potential of every stakeholder in your organisation.

"By eliminating the configuration required for adding new suppliers on our existing proprietary EDI systems we have achieved significant savings. Solidsoft's solution has delivered a return on our investment within 6 months, additionally substantial revenue streams have been realised" - Andrew Bond, Development Services Manager, House of Fraser. "Solidsoft helped us to put in place a standard technology 'highway' based on a recognised industry product. BizTalk simplifies the interface between our legacy systems and newer systems that are based on different technologies" - Declan Hunt, Head of Systems Strategy, Securicor Cash Services. "I tend to manage by exception. If I need to get involved in any project it's usually because there is a problem. But I haven't needed to; Solidsoft has kept me regularly informed and it's run very smoothly" - Jason Ollivent, Head of Information Systems, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.

Solidsoft Counted Among Top Finalists for the 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Business Process and Integration Solutions

Basingstoke, UK – 16 June 2008 Today Solidsoft announced it has been selected as a finalist for the Microsoft Partner of the Year award in Business Process and Integration Solutions.

“I am delighted to see the great work that Solidsoft consultants have done for our clients continues to be recognised by Microsoft as amongst the very best in the world”, says Garth Pickup, CEO of Solidsoft. “To be in the top three companies out of several hundred thousand partners is a great achievement that our staff can be very proud of”.

The Microsoft Partner Program Awards recognise Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the past year. The Business Process and Integration Solutions Partner of the Year award recognises partners with best practices for selling and deploying business process management (BPM) and integration solutions that concentrate on service oriented architectures (SOA), enterprise application integration (EAI), business-to-business (B2B) application integration, business process management (BPM), and adapter development using Microsoft BizTalk Server.

“Partners are critical to delivering rich business solutions and innovative excellence to customers,” says Allison Watson, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft.

To read more, please click HERE

Solidsoft and SOA Software Announce Partnership

Solidsoft, the UK’s premier SOA and BPM consultancy for the Microsoft platform and SOA Software, a leading integrated SOA governance automation vendor, today announced the appointment of Solidsoft as Consulting Partner and Value Added Reseller for SOA Software’s suite of products. Read more HERE (01/05/08)

Computacenter Reduces Business-to-Business Order Processing by up to 40% with Solidsoft

Computacenter, one of the largest IT infrastructure service providers in Europe, wanted to streamline its supply chain management by encouraging more suppliers to accept orders online. Computacenter chose Solidsoft to design and implement an order processing system using Microsoft ASP.NET and IIS with Microsoft BizTalk® Server 2006 as the integration tool and Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 as the database.
As a result, many systems within Computacenter have been integrated with its suppliers with BizTalk Server as the electronic hub. Computacenter has cut the number of orders previously handled manually by up to 40% and minimised the risk of errors in working with small and medium-sized suppliers.
To find out more click HERE to read the full case study. (28/04/08)

Solidsoft, K2 blackpearl™ and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 in Local Government Webinar on 22 May at 11.00am

Microsoft BizTalk server helps organisations build business processes that span and integrate disparate systems and applications. These types of processes are known as system-to-system or application-to-application. By leveraging the extensive integration that the K2 platform has with Microsoft BizTalk server, organisations that require human involvement in these processes can build human-to-system solutions. Additionally, organisations will be able to take advantage of any existing Microsoft BizTalk server delivered processes currently being used expanding system-to-system processes to include system-to-human processes.

Building successful applications and processes is often a matter of having the right tool for the right job. Register for our webinar on 22 May at 11.00am to hear from K2 and Solidsoft how using Microsoft BizTalk server 2006 R2 and K2 blackpearl™ delivered in an integrated fashion can bring human and system processes together for local government authorities. Furthermore these processes will be delivered in a stable and manageable environment, reducing costs while improving system connectedness and effectiveness.

To register for the K2 and Solidsoft Webinar on 22 May at 11.00am click HERE

To download copies of K2’s white papers on BPM and blackpearl™ please click HERE

Solidsoft Awarded Specialist ICT Supplier Status to the Cabinet Office Electronic Delivery Team (EDT)

Mark Usher, Head of Public Sector Services being congratulated by Roger Burke-Hamilton, EDT’s Head of Finance and Commercials on the award of preferred supplier status to the Cabinet Office.

Solidsoft is delighted to announce that in recognition of its track record as agile, technical innovators it has just been awarded specialist ICT supplier status to the Cabinet Office Electronic Delivery Team (EDT) who are responsible for the Government Gateway. The EDT has put in place a framework agreement for access to niche ICT specialists who will support EDT’s response to the changing role of the Government Gateway and support the Transformational Government agenda. The Framework will operate for four years, until 4 November 2010 and will enable Solidsoft and a select group of suppliers to support the Cabinet Office EDT with proof of concepts and prototypes as it considers the role of the Government Gateway and similar cross government applications in the Transformational Government Agenda. "The new framework agreement will be available for the use of all other public sector organisations to simplify the process of engagement which is great news says Mark Usher - Solidsoft’s Head of Public Sector Services". (16/01/2008)

Announcing 'OSLO'

On 30 October 2007, Robert Wabhe, the Corporate Vice President  of Microsoft Server & Tools Business, announced the roadmap for key major technology investment priorities. Microsoft is investing some of the top engineering talent at the company to make two key investments:

• To deliver a world class SOA platform across client, server and cloud. Microsoft has been a thought leader in Web services and SOA technologies since the very beginning and has delivered industry leading technologies such as the Windows Communication Foundation and BizTalk Server.


• To deliver a world class and mainstream modelling platform that helps the roles of IT collaborate and enables better integration between IT and the business. The modelling platform enables higher level descriptions, so called declarative descriptions, of the application.

This set of technical investments will unify Microsoft’s services and modelling platforms, by moving from a world where models describe the application to a world where models are the application.

The technology for these capabilities will be delivered through BizTalk Server 'V6', System Centre 'V5', Visual Studio 'V10', BizTalk Services 'V1' and .NET Framework 'V4'. The code name for this effort is 'Oslo'.

For additional comment and information please visit the Solidsoft blogs of Charles Young (BizTalk MVP) and Andy James (Solidsoft CTO). (31/10/2007)

Getting in on the Act - The Times - Tuesday 3 July 2007

The Times newspaper has recently featured an article which reported on central government's growing interest in using Government Connect. Solidsoft's Director of Public Strategy, Liam Kelly was asked to contribute. For the full article please click HERE. (10/07/2007)

Solidsoft Becomes a Full Government Gateway Partner

Solidsoft is the first company to be awarded Full Government Gateway Partner status within the Government e-Delivery team’s (EDT) Government Gateway Alliance Programme (GGAP). GGAP’s objective is to establish and formalise key partnerships with IT and business suppliers to allow them to: integrate with and deliver our common infrastructure products and any supporting solutions direct to their new and existing customer base within Government, and assist the EDT in the innovative delivery of the Transformational Government Agenda.

The EDT acknowledges the added value that Solidsoft is able to contribute working alongside the EDT to deliver Government Gateway services to the EDT’s customers. Solidsoft will help enable the EDT to gain additional channels to drive the take-up of the EDT products and services to a greater number of government departments.

The GGAP is designed to provide a formal structure for the interaction between the EDT and all of its partners to ensure mutually beneficial outcomes. EDT’s work with partners has focused specifically on technical deliverables. The GGAP will now take a more holistic approach to partnering, providing professionalism to all partnering work encompassing both the traditional Government Gateway core function but also looking at the delivery of innovation within the context of the Transformational Government Agenda.

EDT describes its partnership with Solidsoft as “A relationship in which both parties seek out mutual benefits by working together within an agreed and structured approach, beyond that of a normal commercial nature”.

Click HERE for the full article. (08/06/2007)

Microsoft Architect Insight Conference: Interview with Andy James

Solidsoft was a key sponsor of this year’s Microsoft Architect Insight Conference. Architects and senior IT executives gathered to share their thoughts and listen to Microsoft and its key partners’ thought leaders on all aspects of software architecture and development. In this webcast, which was recorded at the event, Andy James, Solidsoft’s Chief Technology Officer was asked by Microsoft’s Ron Jacobs to share his thoughts and experiences on the world of BizTalk, Service Oriented Architectures and Business Process Management. To hear what Andy had to say click HERE. (04/06/2007)

Solidsoft’s AIM Software Offers More Autonomy for Liverpool City Council Residents

Liverpool City Council’s Revenues and Benefits department is using Solidsoft's AIM solution with the new GC Register. Provide Registration and Enrolment Services with the Government Gateway to improve internal efficiencies and resident services. For more information browse to our Case Studies page. (03/05/2007)

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