June/July 2015's monthly update to Alpha Tracker is now publicly available. This is update SVN1500 with 100 new features and bug fixes! Many of these updates will be of particular interest to asbestos surveyors and asbestos consultants using Alpha Tracker to run their asbestos consultancy.
Here is a YouTube video which runs through 5 of the most useful improvements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9dzp4HyjJU
The June/July combined update has 100 new features, improvements and bug fixes to the software since the April/May update.
All new features are fully documented in both the release notes and updated User Guides.
In the video above you can see 5 of the most useful or important changes we have made. For full details, see the release notes at the bottom of the Alpha Tracker product page.
The update is ready to download and install through the Setup|System|Software Updates button. If you need help to run the update, please do contact the support desk.
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Livedrive from Start Software
Working with our partners at Livedrive, we can now a secure, professionally managed cloud backup service for PCs and servers for just £10/month(+vat) per PC or server.
Livedrive are one of the world's biggest cloud backup providers and their backup systems offer automatic cloud backup and unlimited storage with backed-up files available from any Internet connected device including PC, Android smartphone, tablet, iPad and iPhone. You can even retrieve old versions of files (as well as deleted files) for up to 30 days.
Our new backup service is ideal for Tracker Lo-Start asbestos consultancies and other smaller businesses concerned about the security of their data.
For more information, click here http://start-software.com/support/backups-livedrive/.
AWAS Consulting (UK asbestos consultancy) goes live on Alpha Tracker
AWAS Consulting have received their Alpha Tracker training today becoming the latest asbestos consultancy now live on the UK's leading asbestos surveying system, Alpha Tracker.
AWAS are dynamic asbestos and energy management consultants, working across the UK with clients looking for quality asbestos survey reports and other asbestos services. They have been working with other asbestos software but have now chosen Alpha Tracker and its companion handheld solution Tracker Mobile to be their in-house asbestos surveying system.
One of the strengths of the Tracker family is that it can be customised to produce asbestos reports in virtually any format and we have worked with AWAS to configure the system to produce reports automatically and which are virtually identical to those they have produced previously and via other software.
Tracker Mobile is the only asbestos surveying system available on iPhone, iPad, Android smartphone, Android tablet and Windows Mobile device (or any combination!). AWAS are making use of this flexibility running Tracker Mobile on iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy Note smartphones.
For more information about the range of asbestos surveying and consultancy services provided by AWAS, contact AWAS Consulting on +44 (0)1564 739367 or visit their website http://awasconsulting.com/. For more information on Alpha Tracker and Tracker Mobile, contact Start Software on 0845 612 2402 or via their website http://start-software.com.
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| Andy from AWAS Consulting practising with Tracker Mobile |
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| AWAS website - click to visit |
Tracker Mobile is the only asbestos surveying system available on iPhone, iPad, Android smartphone, Android tablet and Windows Mobile device (or any combination!). AWAS are making use of this flexibility running Tracker Mobile on iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy Note smartphones.
For more information about the range of asbestos surveying and consultancy services provided by AWAS, contact AWAS Consulting on +44 (0)1564 739367 or visit their website http://awasconsulting.com/. For more information on Alpha Tracker and Tracker Mobile, contact Start Software on 0845 612 2402 or via their website http://start-software.com.
Encompassed receive their Alpha Tracker training
Chris Donne and his colleagues from asbestos surveying consultancy Encompassed (www.encompassed.co.uk) have received their Alpha Tracker training today at our training facility in Telford.
Alpha Tracker is our state-of-the-art project management, scheduling, on-site data capture and automated asbestos reporting system which is the product of more than a decade of experience in asbestos software in the UK.
With his surveyors already familiar with Tracker Mobile after working with the system elsewhere in the industry, the training session was refreshing brief, only needing a half day session to become competent in use of the web-based administration system (Alpha Tracker runs "in the cloud") and on-site data capture and transmission.
Chris and his colleagues are using a mixture of iPhones, iPads, Android smartphones and Android tablets - flexibility which is a real strength of Tracker Mobile and unique in the asbestos surveying market.
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| Encompassed's staff complete their Alpha Tracker training |
With his surveyors already familiar with Tracker Mobile after working with the system elsewhere in the industry, the training session was refreshing brief, only needing a half day session to become competent in use of the web-based administration system (Alpha Tracker runs "in the cloud") and on-site data capture and transmission.
Chris and his colleagues are using a mixture of iPhones, iPads, Android smartphones and Android tablets - flexibility which is a real strength of Tracker Mobile and unique in the asbestos surveying market.
Huge interest in Alpha Tracker - the cloud-based version of Tracker for asbestos consultancies
We've had 3 calls today from UK asbestos consultancies who have heard about Alpha Tracker and want to see it in action.
This is really good news - we've spent nearly 12 months developing the cloud version of Tracker making use of our experience working with and for the UK's leading asbestos surveying consultancies.
Are you an asbestos surveying consultancy looking to work with the leading software provider in the UK and the UK's most technologically advanced system for automated asbestos surveying? Call us on 0845 612 2402 to see Alpha Tracker in action.
This is really good news - we've spent nearly 12 months developing the cloud version of Tracker making use of our experience working with and for the UK's leading asbestos surveying consultancies.
Are you an asbestos surveying consultancy looking to work with the leading software provider in the UK and the UK's most technologically advanced system for automated asbestos surveying? Call us on 0845 612 2402 to see Alpha Tracker in action.
Asbestos surveyors AMS-NW go live with Alpha Tracker
Asbestos surveyors AMS-NW have received their training today for Alpha Tracker, our web-based system for asbestos surveying consultancies.
AMS-NW provide all aspects of asbestos management planning, surveying and asbestos removal services throughout the UK from their base in the North West. By switching from a paperwork system to surveying on iPad Mini handhelds and accessing Alpha Tracker through a web browser from any Internet-connected PC, they will save hundreds of hours of admin each year.
Alpha Tracker runs completely within a web browser, enabling the AMS-NW admin staff to:
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| AMS-NW's web site at ams-nw.co.uk |
Alpha Tracker runs completely within a web browser, enabling the AMS-NW admin staff to:
- access their client database
- create quotations and process orders
- book in survey projects and other jobs
- schedule work in the integrated diary
- check the data and photos transmitted from Tracker Mobile
- enter the lab results
- produce the report in Word - with one click!
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| Brett and Becky from AMS-NW receive their training |
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| AMS-NW check Alpha Tracker online |