News Archive
May 2009
UKCMG EuroTEC 2009, Oxford Belfry Hotel, Oxford
Capacitas consultants Danny Quilton and Thomas Barns presented "Testing and Modelling - A two-pronged approach to risk mitigation" at the EuroTEC event in Oxford. The topic consisted of discussion regarding relative merits and weaknesses of each approach, and the tools, people and processes required to deliver them. Capacitas's integrated testing and modelling process for cost-effective risk mitigation of the www.easyjet.com service was covered.February 2009
Whitepaper: Meeting the Challenges of Capacity Management in Virtualised Environments
Capacitas, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) capacity and performance specialist issued a white paper describing the possible solutions to some of the challenges that may be encountered when conducting capacity management of services based on server virtualisation technologies. The paper also reveals a number of important areas where virtualisation is not able to deliver the magnitude of cost savings that many organisations initially expect.The whitepaper is available for download here.
January 2009
Capacitas Financial Results: 2007-2008
Another successful year for Capacitas, including headline revenue growth percentage.December 2008
CMG Annual Conference, Paris Hotel, Las Vegas
Neil McMenemy of Capacitas presented "Low Cost Accurate Batch Modelling - A Case Study" at the 34th CMG Annual Conference. This case study demonstrated how a model of a relatively complex batch system was built using Microsoft Excel. Click here to download the presentation.TestExpo, Plaisterers Hall, London
Paul Seaton-Smith presented "Experience in Agile Performance Testing". Capacitas has delivered performance testing as a managed service for some years. In 2007, a well-known low-cost airline adopted an Agile software development approach. This presentation described Capacitas's experience in conducting performance testing for this customer and how we overcame the challenges brought about by this change in development strategy. The presentation is available here.UKCMG North West Region, Barclays, Knutsford
Andy Bolton presented the topic "Service Management Service Oriented Architecture and Agile Development - A Governance Framework". This presentation covered the performance and capacity issues that can arise due to the increasing use of Service Oriented Architecture and Agile Development approaches. Andy also proposed a governance framework that can be used to maximise the investment in these two approaches whilst maintaining good risk management techniques. The presentation can be downloaded here.Capacitas Strategy Briefing, Capacitas Training Centre, London
Capacitas hosted a Strategy Briefing Event on "Reducing the Cost and Environmental Impact of IT". Capacitas consultants presented sessions to highlight the key issues and propose solutions surrounding this topic. Click here for more information.November 2008
itSMF Annual Conference, Hilton Metropole, Birmingham
Danny Quilton of Capacitas presented, "Ensuring End to End Service Performance: A Practical Approach" at 14:40 on Monday 10th November in the Pavillion room. Capacitas is a vendor member of itSMF.January 2008
Capacitas Accreditation
The Capacitas Foundation Certificate in Capacity & Performance Management has been launched. Further information on the Capacitas Accreditation Programme is available here.Capacitas Financial Results: 2006-2007
Another successful year for Capacitas. A summary of the financial results can be found below.November 2006
Capacitas 2007 Seminar Programme Announced
Capacitas announced a full programme of seminars for 2007. The programme consists of 9 seminars designed to provide the Performance and Capacity Analyst with an understanding of important current issues they face. The seminars will run in London and Edinburgh.See ourTraining Calendars for more details.
February 2007
Whitepaper: Sizing the UK Identity Card System
Capacitas, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) capacity and performance specialist has issued a white paper which, for the first time, quantifies the expected business demand for the UK Identity Card service. The expected demand is 1.2 billion business processes per annum, which is comparable to the NHS National Programme for IT (currently the largest non-military ICT project in Europe). The scale of this demand presents a significant risk to the project as system performance issues are more likely to occur when attempting to meet demand of this magnitude.The whitepaper is available for download here.
January 2007
Capacitas Financial Results: 2005-2006
Another successful year for Capacitas. A summary of the financial results can be found below:July 2005
Capacitas Microsoft Excel Add-In
Capacitas have released a Microsoft Excel Add-In to support capacity and performance modelling of ICT systems using Excel worksheet functions.Further details are available here.
March 2005
Updated Training Calendar
Capacitas have released an updated training calendar through to year end 2005. Details of the training calendar can be found here.January 2005
Capacitas Financial Results: 2003 - 2004
Another successful year for Capacitas. A summary of the financial results can be found below.October 2004
Capacitas Belfast Office
Capacitas announce further expansion with the opening of its new office in Belfast.Danny Quilton, Chief Operating Officer of Capacitas said of the expansion "This will enable Capacitas to offer its unrivalled training and consultancy services to our existing and new customers in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Capacitas recognises the growth in successful companies, and their reliance on ICT services, that has occurred in both regions during recent years and is uniquely placed to support these growing organisations."
For more information on how Capacitas can help you please contact us.
May 2004
Capacitas Launches New Training Course Catalogue
Capacitas has launched a new training course catalogue for release at the UKCMG Conference. To download the Training Catalogue visit our updated Training page.February 2004
Capacitas has now added several new training courses to our portfolio, including a new training stream covering Information Technology such as UNIX and Windows 2000.The brochure can be downloaded here.