Columba Calendars & T4 Site Manager

at the University of Manchester

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Columba - What do we do?

Founded in 2002 by former Reuter executives Focus on future event solutions

- Calendar technology- Future event data collection service

Primary market is financial services- Major customers include

• Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Nomura

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Financial Event Calendars

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Telegraph Sports Calendar

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Positioning vs. Personal Calendar Tools

- Fixed ‘look and feel’- Limited functionality

• Number of events displayed• Search and filtering• Publishing and security

controls• Integration• Reporting

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Higher Education

We were looking for new markets Approached by University of Southampton in

2007- Enhanced our technology and developed two

distinct modules• Calendar Publisher• Calendar Viewer

Went live with Phase I in July 2007 Met Chris Eccles in July 2008

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University of Manchester

Sponsored by Outreach and Development Ran a number of workshops Made significant enhancements to product

- Cultural Assets- Image Module- Booking System

Went live May 2008

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Product Architecture

Central events calendar:- Optimised for display- Custom user interface- Date navigation- Filters & search- Location geo-mapping

Events in department web pages

Integration:- XML feeds- Web Services API- Extracts Tools- Exchange Integration- iCalendar support

Event publishing system:- Internal calendar view- Structured forms- Permissioning and groups- Highlight events- Flexible data model- Images module- Reference data

Distributed event data entry

Google, Outlook and iCal

synchronisation

Reports

Events displayed on LCD screens outside

venues

Workflow routes events for approval

Calendar Viewer

Calendar Viewer

Event Publisher

Event Publisher

XML feeds

Today’s Events:

12:00 PM - Lunchtime Lecture

14:00 PM - Alumni Committee

Today’s Events:

12:00 PM - Lunchtime Lecture

14:00 PM - Alumni Committee

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Calendar Publisher

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University of Southampton

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University of Southampton

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University College London

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University College London

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Key Features Calendar Technology

- Indexed on time for sub-second response times

- Filter, search & sort events

Workflow for Approvals- Streamline the process for

event submission- Reduced risk of clashes

Integration- Web Services API- iCalendar support

Additional Features- Featured events- Geo-mapping of venues- Support for Images

Columba Calendars & T4 Site Manager

at the University of Manchester