Shuttleworth launches internet MIS data via Vista dashboard

Shuttleworth has launched what it claims is the world’s first real time MIS data application for the Microsoft Vista sidebar which runs independently of the printer’s MIS, thereby enabling business owners to access their key business information in real time from anywhere in the world via the internet.

The last few years have seen the development of many types of ‘digital dashboard’ which are simply a summary of information generated from an MIS and displayed on screen. This type of dashboard is now a thing of the past because Shuttleworth can enable business owners to access their key business information in real time over the internet, and completely independent of the printer’s MIS application. Therefore users no longer need to be logged into the Shuttleworth System to access this key business information. All they require is access to the internet.

Shuttleworth joint managing director Paul Deane said: ’The potential for this is enormous as we make more and more management information in the system available though this method. The software has been designed so that it can be available as a ”gadget” in a Vista Sidebar, in a browser or in its own application. What this means to the user is that through their sidebar they can now be kept up to date with the day to day activity in their business from anywhere in the world provided they have access to the internet. The user is able to custom design what type of output tools they would like to use such as graphs, dials, histograms and so forth and specify criteria parameters around specific data so that they are alerted when these parameters are reached.’

This means that if a press speed falls below a level the user has specified the data can provide alerts such as a pop up warning messages, email notifications, color changes or sound an alarm. The benefit to the user is that this now brings actual real time management information straight to the user’s desktop to enable them to be more proactive in their decision making.

’The issue today is that as everything becomes more dynamic, printers need to be able to automate more of their administration. We can now deliver real time information that is not readily available far more quickly, more easily and in a far more business friendly way, and this development will revolutionize the way that printers can access their management information data,’ concluded Deane.