Sunderland preps vendortender for uks first cityowned. Jill mckinney innovation and delivery manager, digital business. The project sunderland software city has the ambitious aim of developing the people, the infrastructure and the business and enterprise culture to create and sustain a software industry. We sat down to talk to amy watson, communications manager for sunderland software city, to learn about the growing digital sector in the north east. The project sunderland software city has the ambitious aim of developing the people, the infrastructure and the business and enterprise culture to create and sustain a software industry within the north east. The project sunderland software city has the ambitious aim of developing the people, the infrastructure and the business and enterprise culture to create and sustain a. Met office chief launches weather data project in sunderland. The project is being delivered in partnership with sunderland software city, digital catapult north east tees valley and urban foresight.
David dunn chief executive officer sunderland software city. My main project was to work alongside a regional business to assess their staff wellbeing and using service design methods look for ways to improve this. Sunderland software centre has a prime city centre location, and reflects the citys ambition to support the software, game development, digital, tech and creative sectors. Skilled in event and festival development and management, negotiation and customer and stakeholder relations.
The sunderland software city project is part financed by the european regional development fund erdf, managed by the department for communities and. Over the last year we have undertaken brand development for digital skills summit, a new event launched by the client to tackle the skills gap in the tech sector. The project holds the potential to bring huge benefits to the people and city of sunderland, providing ultrafast connectivity, enabling smart city technologies and benefiting businesses. As a key partner of the sunderland software city project, we work alongside the university of sunderland to ensure that students and academic. We sat down to talk to amy watson, communications manager for sunderland software city, to learn about the growing digital sector in the north east and how ssc. Home to 280 311 year olds, hudson road primary school can now access proven download speed of 660mbps a staggering increase of 5,000%. Sunderland software city business consultant city of. During 2010, a project was undertaken to deliver a consolidated single instance for fms and hcm. May 2020 2 april 2020 5 march 2020 5 february 2020 2 january 2020 3 december 2019 3 november 2019 4 october 2019 2 september 2019 1 august 2019 3 july 2019 1 june 2019 4 may 2019 4 april 2019 8 march 2019 4 february 2019 7 january 2019 2 december 2018 3 november 2018 2. Innovation agency sunderland software city has expanded its team. How staff bond over jagermeister at sunderland software centre. Sunderland software city in partnership with digital catapult netv are offering. Sunderland software city ssc supports the growth of the software industry in the north east and works to make the region the place to do business for the international software market. Dunn said the success of the evolve centre proved there was a demand for space.
The project was a total transfer of all configuration and data from hcm erp2004 system onto the fms erp2005 system. Based at sunderland software city, jill is a strong project manager with a proven track record of business engagement, establishing strong working relationships. Request pdf on jul 1, 20, david dunn and others published sunderland software city. Anna, who has been appointed as project manager, currently leads on the new north east social tech fund. We designed the logo using their sunderland software city colours and fonts. Laura kennedy operations manager sunderland software. The active sunderland walking programme is a local version of the national walking for health scheme.
The company has assembled a consortium, including sunderland city council, port of sunderland and sunderland university, to take the marlin modular floating platform project forward and received. We have been brought in by sunderland software city to support their marketing team and providing creative, graphic and printing services. No california, but softwar city has huge potential. Sunderland city councils smart city 5g project is proud to announce that hudson road primary school in sunderland now has 5g superfast wifi connectivity. This project is aimed at developing regional strengths in the manufacturing, automotive and social sectors through the application of emerging technology. Funding to develop innovative approach to social care. Sunderland city council had two instances of sap, one for hcm hr and payroll and another for financial management software fms. This paper presents a collaborative initiative within the north east of england which aims to grow and sustain a software industry, based on the strengths of regional players, including in particular the local university. Last month, we worked collaboratively with nissan n. The sunderland software city project is part financed by the european regional development fund erdf, managed by the department for communities and local government.
The university of sunderland, edinburgh building, city campus, chester road, sunderland, sr1 3sd main switchboard. Four ways that smart councils are using technology to. Ssc is a publicly funded, privately led initiative which has the remit of encouraging economic development through the provision of support to north east based software companies. Councillor graeme miller, leader of sunderland city council, said. The chief executive of the met office will be in sunderland today to launch a unique partnership with sunderland software city which will see never before released weather data opened up to the regions software companies. This project is part funded by the european structural and investment funds. Sunderland software city is enabling the growth of the technology sector in the north east of england. Tech talent is a recruitment event that is ran by sunderland software city. The aim is to bring 150 fledgling or nonnortheastern business to the regions marketplace and there are also plans to build a software village in or around sunderland. Innovation agency sunderland software city has expanded. Microsoft home use software university of sunderland. The companys capabilities mean it is among the best in its field in the world, so it is no surprise that it was selected to help recreate a scene that catapulted. Sunderland, england, a former shipbuilding center with high unemployment, voted overwhelmingly for leaving the european union, though the city benefited from the bloc.
This paper focuses upon the role which the university of sunderland plays within the project, and presents and reflects upon the model of. Sunderland improving the city sunderland renaissance. They asked us if we could redesign their logo to reflect their sunderland software city branding guidelines. Digital catapult, the body responsible for driving the uk economy via digital innovation, has today announced three regional partners to support a new project aiming to establish infrastructure for internet of things iot development. Laura kennedy operations manager at sunderland software city sunderland, united kingdom events services 1 person has recommended laura. The impact of a collaborative project to develop the software industry within the north east of england. Sunderland software city regional innovation, world. Why the chips are up at sunderlands silicon valley uk. Penny day, who has been appointed as innovation officer, provides innovation support to a variety of north east. Sophie craggs programme engagement manager sunderland. Project management and control 30 credits develop the building blocks of successful project management.
The sunderland software city project is part financed by the european regional development fund erdf, managed by the ministry for communities, housing and. You can find out more about this and other projects and opportunities here. Paul callaghan, chairman of leighton group and sunderland software city, says the project remains on track to achieve what it set out to do. Sunderland is the first council to create a project to launch its own 5g network. Sunderland software city provides support and advice to aspiring and established. The sunderland software city project is part financed by the european regional development fund erdf through the digital innovation partnership. This from the sunderland echo,sunderland community welcomes muchneeded investment and development in city as project hopes revealed aspirations to create a new footbridge over the river wear have been praised by some echo readers but others have called for different investment in sunderland to come first. This paper focuses upon the impact of the project, and presents some lessons learned to date. This will be the fifth councilbacked software facility in the city, all part of sunderland software city project, a publicprivate initiative to support technology companies in the region. This scheme is a joint partnership between the ramblers and macmillan cancer support. Having read the council cabinet meeting agenda for the 10th march, its good to report that the city council are proposing to procure, build and operate a new centre of excellence for software based businesses, hoping to provide 140 new jobs. Study topics such as project selection, feasibility, whole life costing and sustainability.
Digital catapult names sunderland as one of three key areas for iot project. With bespoke space for more than 60 businesses, the centre has the connectivity and infrastructure to help them prosper and grow. College students to deliver an art project using recycled tyres from kwik fit sunderland borough road, as part of our ongoing campaign to keep the city centre tidy and looking vibrant over a three week period, different groups of students were involved in litter picking, weeding and finally working with local artist jessica brown to. Digital catapult names sunderland as one of three key. The technology lamasatech developed a gaming application that would encourage event visitors to play an interactive game together on an interactive multitouch table. Sunderland software city wanted to create something that would engage, inspire and encourage people to interact with their brand at events and exhibitions. But despite the informal attitude of many of those working within the centre,sunderland software centre has proved a. We were looking for digital pilots that can advance frontline social care practice, improve systems and enable integration. After consultation with staff and parents we produced an initial masterplan for approval by the school and the project was implemented in two phases. Sunderland software city, tavistock place, city of sunderland. Sunderland city council design services team were commissioned to design and implement the works. Trevor floats new technology business in sunderland. We aim to strengthen the regions economy by helping individual companies to grow, create jobs and attract investment and through collaboration. Probrexit city of sunderland glad to poke establishment.
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