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2nd December 2013

With effect from 2nd December 2013, Suddensource is virtualising. We find that we can now do almost everything we need to on the Cloud, so we have given up the office in Sandhurst. The office (and its telecoms services) were becoming a waste of money, and given that the offices were lacking a working alarm and a working boiler, we took the opportunity to move on to the Cloud.

23rd November 2013

The Suddensource web server infrastructure moves to a data centre in Swindon, hosted under the auspices of Elliptical Curves Ltd.

25th September 2012

The first client starts using the beta version of Data Mining 3.

1st December 2011

With effect from 1st December 2011, Suddensource will be moving the former Chapelfield office from Yateley to Sandhurst. Clients and suppliers who need to know the details have been informed.

31st May 2011

In order to concentrate on IT development, Suddensource is no longer acting in the capacity of secretary to the GMTC.

12th March 2010

With effect from 1st April 2010, Suddensource is merging with Chapelfield Systems Ltd, in order to enable expansion, broaden the product portfolio, increase resource availability and provide a better service, from sales through to support.

Chapelfield has been in business since 2002, supporting and developing a CRM system called CRMSoft, as we do with Proactis. We have known the company for many years, and like us, Chapelfield is self-funding and profitable.
Chapelfield works with Microsoft and SQLbase technologies, so the merged company will have an increased skill base as well as more staff.

The merged company will own the rights to two software products which are complementary, and we are looking forward to marketing them together. After the merger we will have three full time and two part time staff, and for the first year after the merger we will also be employing one of the former Directors of Chapelfield to help make the merger as smooth as possible for Chapelfield’s customers.

The merger of the two companies expands the customer base, and enhances the resources and technical skills available to support it. It provides a solid platform to move forward and expand into new areas by integrating CRMsoft and Proactis 2.

The combined business will continue to trade as Suddensource Ltd, and although Suddensource might sometimes be working out of the former Chapelfield office in Yateley, Hampshire, you can continue to call us on our published numbers. Our company registration details, bank details and VAT registration will not change.

1st February 2010

Work started today on Proactis 2.10.2. This new release will feature three important changes:

It will be built on PowerBuilder 11, the newest release of the Sybase development platform. Because of this it will have a more modern look and feel.
The product will connect to the database in a different way, so that (whilst you'll still need a SQL Server CAL) the MS SQL Server client software will no longer be a system requirement. Because of this it will support SQL Server 200, 2005 or 2008. It will be possible to use it on databases set with a compatibility level of 90 (SQL Server 2005).
It will support PS Financials as well as Dream.

1st January 2010

Suddensource acquired the Intellectual Property Rights in Proactis II and its associated programs from the Proactis Group.

21st September 2009

Suddensource stops all involvement with the Proactis 3 User Group.

29th July 2009

Suddensource gets its third order for a Proactis 2 licence, from Adglow plc.

17th June 2009

Our hosting servers move from Inweb in Egham to Fordway Solutions' data centre in Godalming.

22 May 2009

Our first web application went live today. The application is a complaints handling system for a unitary council in South East England. It was supplied in beta form in December and as a final pre-live version at the end of March.

As a bit of follow-up, live didn't mean live and the live data migration was done again at the end of July!

25th September 2008

Suddensource gets its second (proper) order for a Proactis 2 licence, from a very famous concert venue in Kensington.

21st July 2008

Our second and third hosting servers installed at Inweb in Egham.

19th June 2008

Suddensource provides its first VB.NET based application, to control the management of paper for a major UK printing company.

31st May 2008

First hosting client uses our Cloud Computing offering.

30th March 2008

Launch of Proactis Monitoring & Import, to import data from XML files attached to incoming emails into Proactis. This is built using Visual Studio 2005 and Dot Net 2.0.

20th February 2008

Launch of Proactis Extra (as "Proactis CS") the companion to Proactis II, in which all future functionality will be delivered. This is built using Visual Studio 2005 and Dot Net 2.0.

31st January 2007

Suddensource provides its second SQL Server Reporting Services solution, a set of management reports for a housing charity based in London.

1st January 2007

Suddensource takes over running the Dream User Group.

31st December 2006

Suddensource stops doing anything more than web hosting for the Proactis 3 User Group.

31st October 2006

Suddensource provides its first SQL Server Reporting Services solution, a set of Sales reports for a major UK printing group.

26th May 2006

Our first all-new hosting server installed at Inweb in Egham. The second hand one installed in 2000 has given good service (apart from a brief sojourn in Linux plus FrontPage Server Extensions territory) but this is our first proper capital investment.

29th March 2006

Suddensource is 10 today!

1st November 2005

Suddensource starts managing the web presence and some other aspects of the Proactis 3 User Group.

29th September 2005

Suddensource provides its first VB6 based application, to control the flow of lorries arriving with large loads, for a major UK printing company.

29th March 2005

Suddensource gets its first order for a Proactis 2 licence, from the Polestar Groups prestigious new Sheffield plant.

12th September 2004

Suddensource gets its second Proactis order from the fashion industry - but this is also destined never to be paid.

1st June 2004

Suddensource gets its first Proactis order from the fashion industry - but this is destined never to be paid.

29th February 2004

Suddensource ceases managing the Proactis User Group.

15th September 2003

From today Suddensource is supporting Proactis II.

21st July 2003

Suddensource signs an agreement with the Proactis Group to support Proactis II (formerly DreamSuite) under an agency agreement, to start in September.

26th April 2002

Launch of Edition II of the Proactis Data Mining Kit, developed in partnership with the Proactis Group.

10th September 2000

Our first (second hand) web server installed at Inweb in Egham.

1st March 2000

John Walton joins Suddensource as a full time employee, and:

Suddensource starts as an approved implementer of the Proactis II system.
Suddensource helps create the 'Proactis User Group' for users of Proactis II.
Suddensource takes over the secretariat of the Gland Manufacturers Trade Committee.

29th March 1996

Suddensource founded.