Co-location Enables Collaborations That Deliver New Digital Services

Web design experts, sdesign1, are using their usability and accessibility expertise to create a novel wireframe and ‘skin’ for a complex web application being developed and hosted by AIMES. AIMES specialises in the cost-effective delivery of a portfolio of bespoke software-as-a-service applications that help customers to improve the way they work. These include the new service developed in partnership with sdesign1 which will provide a range of on-line tenant engagement services for Registered Social Landlords.
 
AIMES commitment to excellence is also in evidence at their ISO27001 certified data centre at Liverpool Innovation Park from which server hosting, data-backup and disaster recovery services are delivered.  

Both companies are located in LIP’s Baird House set in the landscaped former Marconi HQ site in Liverpool. Close physical proximity is a critical aspect of this venture because it enables greater flexibility over meetings and face to face discussions. This is one example of a growing internal market of expertise and services developing at the Innovation Park on Edge Lane.

“Locating on the same site allows for the flexibility of convenient impromptu meetings that don’t cut into our day and  speed up the whole process of doing business,” said Director sdesign1 Ltd, Phil Smears.

“Increasingly digital services are created by bringing together a specific group of providers who are needed to meet the project brief – typically design expertise, programming capability, hosting infrastructure and good project management are needed to deliver a successful software-as-a-service project,” added Professor Dennis Kehoe, Chief Executive of AIMES.

“This is just one example of how co-location at LIP is helping knowledge-intensive businesses to collaborate to compete in a highly competitive environment,” commented LIP Innovation Manager, Mark Tock.

For more information regarding sdesign1 visit www.sdesign1.com, about AIMES visit www.aimes.net and for further information about Liverpool Innovation Park call 01512614665 or email Mark.Tock@ashtenne.co.uk