During 2007, all customers running TriSys ASP Version 6 were migrated to TriSys ASP Version 7.

To assist understanding of this migration programme, this document describes the additional benefits to customers currently on ASP Version 6 in moving to Version 7.0

The key benefits of TriSys ASP Version 7 over Version 6 are:

·         TriSys Version 7.0 is a new stable version of TriSys released in 2006 with much greater functionality

·         TriSys ASP Version 7 is hosted at a multi-million pound data centre in England

·         Windows profiles utilise more modern technology so are more robust

·         Each ASP server has dedicated bandwidth resulting in a much faster user experience

·         Exchange e-mail can be synchronised with TriSys 7 so that all incoming and outgoing e-mails are saved in the SQL database and tagged against the correct contact

·         SQL Server 2005 can take advantage of faster computers

·         Web Services Connectivity and Hybrid Delivery

·         Antigen Anti-Spam

·         Improved technical support

Each key benefit is described in more detail below.

TriSys Version 7.0

TriSys Version 7.0 was released in 2006 and is the most powerful release ever of TriSys. The full list of features is described here and there are also multimedia presentations of the functionality.

Version 7.0 has an integrated back office for timesheet and invoicing, a new temps booking sheet for fast paced temporary recruitment, together with a host of new and improved functionality and user interface enhancements. The new TriSys Web provides web browser access to the database for clients and candidates e.g. web jobs.

Multi-Million Pound Data Centre

TriSys ASP Version 6.0 was originally hosted entirely at our HQ in Cambridge. Whilst this is a completely secure and professionally managed data centre, it has reached the limits of expansion. As the costs of telecommunications and hardware have fallen significantly within the last few years, the concept of the TriSys Geo-Cluster was born. The TriSys Geo-Cluster will be a network of TriSys ASP server farms located within a wide-geographically-dispersed global network. This provides resiliency and redundancy to mitigate threats such as global warming, terrorism, power shortages, telecommunication outages and human error.

The primary Geo-Cluster data centre is hosted with DediPower.

The data centre is a world-class professionally managed, fully secure environment with backup power generators, redundant telecommunications. TriSys manages the entire TriSys ASP via secure communications ensuring that data remains secure and confidential only to TriSys and its customers. Our Geo-Cluster partners provide infrastructure only – TriSys manages and supports the applications and data.

Windows Profiles

Microsoft Windows 2003 provides the base operating system of TriSys ASP. The Active Directory manages all security, permissions etc.. TriSys ASP Version 6.0 utilised the roaming profile features of Windows 2003 and these have been known to become corrupt under certain circumstances. The TriSys ASP Version 7.0 environment has removed the reliance upon these profiles and therefore the V7 ASP system does not suffer any corruption.

Dedicated ASP Server Bandwidth

The telecommunications at the TriSys ASP V6 Cambridge data centre are shared between all ASP servers, e-mail servers and web servers. This can have the effect of causing a slow down in performance when high-data/high-bandwidth applications or users are fully utilising the systems. The TriSys V7 ASP environment provides dedicated multi-megabit telecommunications Per Server so that each server is isolated from the demands of other servers in the cluster. This provides faster performance at all times.

Exchange Synchronisation

One of the key benefits of TriSys V7 over V6, is the exchange synchronisation utility which assigns all incoming and outgoing e-mail to the associated TriSys contact records. This is done automatically so that every single e-mail transaction, even if carried out on a wireless PDA or remote terminal, will be recorded in the database and searchable. TriSys V7 can also synchronise Microsoft Outlook Calendar and Contacts to provide full PDA support for recruitment activities.

SQL Server 2005

The TriSys ASP V7 cluster utilises only Microsoft SQL Server 2005. This database server is more powerful and scalable than SQL Server 2000 and can operate on dedicated 64-bit Windows 2003 to take advantage of high performance intel processors and large amounts of memory.

TriSys Web Services Connectivity

The recent innovations with respect to the publication of secure web services allow TriSys ASP V7 customers to make use of the hybrid model to access the ASP system. This allows customers with ultra-fast computers to take advantage of the local processor and the new Vista release of windows and Office 2007, whilst enjoying the benefits of a centrally managed data service. Please read this article which described how TriSys V7 can be utilised in this way.

Antigen Anti-Spam Filtering

TriSys ASP V7 utilises the latest anti-spam technology from Microsoft. Please read this article to understand the benefits of this technology.

Improved Technical Support

Because the TriSys ASP V7 cluster has been designed and built by our network engineers using state of the art tried and tested technology, we are able to provide a much higher level of support than to the older legacy ASP environment of V6. Also, because the hardware can be replaced immediately as part of the service agreement with our new partners, the potential downtime is almost zero.

TriSys V7 is also a more generic product which, because of the very high level of default functionality, there is much less bespoke customisations which improve the support of the product to customers. TriSys V7 also comes with more documentation in particular F1 help to allow users to obtain help directly from the application.