Clarity is pleased to announce it now supports the REDCap platform. This is a flexible architecture used in the academic research community and Clarity can support custom project and module development. We can develop modules to support a variety of project specific features. In most cases, we can create a custom module in days to give your studies unprecedented power. We can also help you with mobile and eResearch strategies, best practices and pitfalls, backend...
Read More »An automatic vehicle locator (AVL) is a device that makes use of the Global Positioning System ( GPS ) to enable a business or agency to remotely track the location of its vehicle fleet by using the Internet. These devices combine GPS technology, cellular communications, street-level mapping, and an intuitive user interface, with the ostensible goal of improving fleet management and customer service. For example, a company using an AVL system is able to pinpoint...
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Introduction The purpose of this tutorial is to give a reasonably experienced PHP developer a quick tour of the PHP Framework Symphony2. There is plenty of information available to delve deeper into areas and/or solve particular problems you may encounter. It focuses on typical steps you would need to take in creating an application. What do I need? You probably already have a PHP development environment? At a minimum, you need a web server (Apache, for instance), a database...
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Clarity can provide technology training – at home, at work, individual or small group. We can train you in almost any area of technology, at home or in your office with training options to suit a beginner through to the tech-savvy executive who has limited time. Here are some examples of technology areas we cover: Internet – security, email, on-line banking and eGovernment, search, Google, eBooks. eBay, PayPal Software Packages – Microsoft Office – Word...
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Infrastructure and staff are expensive so it’s no wonder small and medium sized businesses (SMB’s) are slow in adopting new services and often pay little or no attention to existing or long term needs and maintenance. After a few years systems are legacy but staff are too busy with day to day operations and in any-case managing infrastructure is not their main job anyway. On the other side of town large enterprises with impressive budgets, massive resources and large...
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#QantasLuxury: a Qantas social media disaster in pyjamas A fun competition, an angry public – what could possibly go wrong? Qantas via Twitter By now, most people will have heard of the social media disaster which even provided its own hashtag: #QantasLuxury. Ironically, this was everything but a luxury for Qantas. What it did illustrate was a marketing department that was totally out of touch with what the company was doing and what it really needs to do to overcome...
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