news and events
Prospects for September 2011
Targeted achievement of Main Pyrus BIENE Edition, Release status 1.
Prospects for August 2011
Starting in August, our team will be supported be two one-year trainees. Besides creating the help function for our new software Main Pyrus BIENE Edition, they will plan and implement an online demo version.
01.07.2011
In a keynote presentation entitled "Main Pyrus - Social sustainability as a unique selling proposition", CEO Torsten Brinkmann demonstrated our project in the course of the knowledge balance report 2011 from Think Tank3 of the regional association FrankfurtRheinMain. Participants in the event gained insights into the new ways of market introduction of our product as well as in methods of software engineering. The project and its implementation received enormously positive acceptance. The material to the presentation is available for download in PDF format here.
01.07.2011
Article on accessible (barrier-free) enterprise software published
An article entitled "Dismantling barriers" has been published in the July issue of the "IHK-Wirtschaftsforum" business magazine for FrankfurtRheinMain. The article deals with the question of how accessible software in enterprises can create potential of qualified employees and in which areas companies can benefit from software that is equally accessible for all employees. Technical aspects are covered as well as the satisfaction of older employees. The author, Torsten Brinkmann places special emphasis on blind and visually impaired qualified employees and describes by which measures companies can activate the potential of especially this group of persons. Many of them have an academic degree, but only 28 percent of the persons concerned have an employment contract.
If you are interested, feel free to download the article in pdf format here.
26.05.2011
During a meeting of the plenary assembly members of the IHK Frankfurt from both Districts, we were able to present our project and the idea to organize information events on the subject of accessible (barrier-free) software. Both subject and idea, were received very positively and a corresponding preparatory working group is planned to be established.
26.05.2011
The meeting with the District Administrator of the Hoch-Taunus-Kreis, Mr. Krebs, and members of the human resources and IT department has taken place. The project was received very positively and common starting points were evaluated. Further exchanges and the presentation of the software upon its completion were agreed.
13.05.2011
Meeting with the Commissioner for the Disabled of the City of Frankfurt, Mrs. Friederike Schlegel. The conversation was very pleasant and interesting. A close cooperation in the area accessible IT systems in Frankfurt has been planned. Further meetings will follow.
10.-11.05.2011
Gedys Intraware partner conference in Friedewald.
At the partner conference the new version GI8 was presented. Besides the Lotus Notes based CRM Suite, a web and mobile version is now being offered. Further information can be found here.
During the meeting, comprehensive talks with other partners were held which will result in closer cooperation. This includes accessible (barrier-free) adaptations and the integration of our accessible DMS Main Pyrus BIENE Edition into the Gedys Intraware solution.
04.05.2011
We welcome our new colleague, Mrs. Bianca Heid. She will support our administrative section.
29.04.2011
The meeting with the future District Administrator of the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Mr. Michael Cyriax, has taken place. The subject was given a very positive reception and was discussed together with Mr. Minnert, vice head official for organisation, IT and procurement. Specific considerations were carried out concerning a project planned for 2013, which will eventually lead to the creation of a position for a blind archivist by the use of our software. Further talks and approaches have been planned.
21.04.2011
Application for the Innovation Award Hessen-Champions 2011
We applied for the Hessen-Champions 2011 Innovation Award with our project Main Pyrus BIENE Edition. If you are interested, feel free to download the two-page project description here.
14.04.2011
Presentation of the Main Pyrus BIENE Edition project at the MTK/HTK committee
The project presentation attracted great interest, so that a working group on the subject is planned to be established.
The idea is to organise events with decision makers from business, public administrations and charitable institutions on this topic. This will involve presenting practical examples and revealing potential. For those who are interested, please feel free to contact Mr. Brinkmann (Main IT) or Mrs. Scheu (head of branch office of IHK Frankfurt in Bad Homburg).
07.04.2011
Plenary assembly of the IHK Frankfurt
Mr. Brinkmann managed to achieve that the activation of blind qualified employees will become one of the economic-political goals of the DIHK. After all, 70% of the 1.6 million blind and visually impaired in Germany are unemployed. Likewise, the DIHKs key issue paper on matters concerning the digital world will inform about the prevention of barriers in governmental web sites (e-Government), as this problem also affects elderly people.
15.01.2011
A new blind developer works in our team.
He will support our team in the Frontend section. As a result, our companies disabled persons quota rises to approx. 43%. Also in this staff recruitment we were supported significantly by the ZAV.
31.12.2010
Annual accounts
We are delighted about a highly successful business year and we thank our customers for their trust. In 2010, we were able to double our revenue.
01.11.2010
Two new developers will strengthen our team
Thanks to the excellent cooperation with the ZAV (Central department for employment services of the German Federal Employment Agency, Placement services for disabled academics), we were able to hire two new disabled developers who will take over important tasks in our project "Main Pyrus BIENE edition".
19.10.2010
Taunus Sparkasse is a new partner
The Taunus Sparkasse (Savings bank) supports our project and sees great potential in its marketing. In particularly the socio-political and the social responsibility regarding the integration of blind qualified employees were a key factor for the decision to participate in the project.
11.10.2010
Meeting with Mrs. Fehler, Chief Administration Director of the City of Frankfurt
Mr. Brinkmann had the opportunity to present the project in a personal talk with Mrs. Fehler and the vice director. Both dialogue partners were very interested. As the city of Frankfurt is planning a request for proposals for a DMS in 2011, the aspect of accessibilty will now be part of the requirements. Another presentation appointment will most likely take place in summer 2011.
15.08.2010
New position for a blind requirement manager at Frankfurts University of Applied Sciences
As a result of our joint venture, a new full-time position for a blind requirement manager could be established at Frankfurts University of Applied Sciences. Since August 15th 2010, this position is successfully staffed.
03.06.2010
Start of our project Main Pyrus BIENE edition, an accessible (barrier-free) open source document management system
Our project was handed in as a Hessen pilot project at the HA Hessen Agentur and will be funded within the third funding line of the LOEWE project by the state of Hessen. Aim of our project is the development of an accessible (barrier-free) Document Management System containing a scan client (a brief description is available for download here).
Project partners are the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences with its course of studies in Barrier-free Systems and the scan service renderer Skanilo GmbH (a subsidiary of the disabled persons institution Main-Kinzig e.V.). The project will run until September 2011 and ends when reaching release status 1 of the software.
16.04.2010
Appointment as commercial jugdge
Yesterday, Mr. Brinkmann was appointed as honorary commercial judge at the district court of Frankfurt am Main.
16.04.2010
Main Pyrus Biene Edition as Hessenmodell (funding model of the state of Hessen)
Our accessible (barrier-free) DMS project will probably be funded by the state of Hessen. Remarkable social interest and positive feedback have encouraged us to make an application to the Hessenagentur. As a result, the start of the project will be delayed until June, but will speed up the project as a whole. Besides, the scan service renderer Skanilo GmbH, a subsidiary of the disabled persons institution Main-Kinzig e.V., will participate in the project. Due to their long-term experience in the integration and employment of people with disabilities, the project will gain considerably more social relevance. A future cooperation of both partners has already been agreed.
January 2010
Eventmanagement
First contact with a church-related non-profit association ended in planning a possible future project kick-off. It is about implementing and future support of an event-managing solution based on Lotus Notes..
January 2010
Realization of an enterprise appearance
To at the end of January the completion of the new web page of the Normag Labor- und Glastechnik GmbH with approx. 240 sides is planned..
September 2009
Certified partner of Syncsort
The Main IT GmbH & CO. Kg becomes certified partner of Syncsort. The product Backup express BEX is a company-wide software solution for back whole servers and all the dataset. By the block level technology resources and time are saved, which lead to enormous cost savings...
August 2009Employee
Our team was strengthened by a new trainee (IT Consultant)..
June 2009
Implementation of scrum
In order to manage the work on projects and the software development more efficiently, we implemented scrum in our company. The responsibility lies with the team, which provides for less project management expense, faster reaching of customer use and for a significant higher productivity...
March 2009
Certified partner of Gedys Intraware
The Main IT GmbH & CO. Kg becomes certified partner of Gedys Intraware. The product Gedys Intraware 7, based on Lotus Notes, combines two core businesses. Now the customers profit from complete possibility of integrateion of customer relationship management and project management within your Lotus Notes groupware...
January 2009
Plenum member of the IHK-Frankfurt
Mr. Torsten Brinkmann was selected for the next 5 years into the plenary assembly of the IHK Frankfurt. Furthermore, he is active in two committees of the IHK..
January 2009Mitarbeiter
Wir übernehmen unseren ersten Auszubildenden (Informatikkaufmann) und verstärken somit unser Team nachhaltig.
21. January -17. February 2009
Election for a position in the IHK plenum.
Torsten Brinkmann runs for the office in the section 10 media, information and communication. He wants to champion himself for support of the middle class, the sensible use of IHK contributions as well as the modernisation of IHK structures. His Motto: “Wenn schon Zwangsmitgliedschaft, dann muss der Nutzen auch fühlbar bei den Mitgliedern ankommen. Das Ansehen der IHK bei ihren Mitgliedern muss einfach viel besser werden." (“If, until now, obligation membership, than it must come to sensible use for the members. The appearance of the IHK has to simply get better by its members.”)
5. December 2008
Completion of the new version of Main Pyrus, completely revised design and many new features are targeted for end of May 2009. The most important reforms are a complete workflow integration and support of all common databases. Interested in more in information? Please send us a mail or give us a ring.
November 2008
Partnership with Gedys Intraware. Due to some awards of honours of CRM solutions from Gedys Intraware 7, we are now able to offer our customers a customer management system based on Lotus Notes.
June 2008
Partnership with VMWare – this enables us to offer in the sections safety concepts and the high availability of servers a wide range of solutions.
26.-27 June 2007
Exploratory exam - successful process management
A two day event regarding process management network together with HLP Management Connex GmbH. More information about this event is available here.
Middle of May 2007
Exploratory exam regarding the theme Open Source company software. The target group are responsible persons of middle class companies, who can exchange information about this theme. Aim is to show how Open Source alternatives are applicable. Once a date is appointed you can find more detailed information about the event and the possibility to enrol here.
30. April 2007
Completion of the Hungarian version of Main Pyrus planned.
15. March 2007
Completion of Main Pyrus DMS 1.1
Many new features of improvements are the internationalisation, exhibitions and flobal search
15. December 2006
Completion of Main Pyrus DMS 1.0
Contained in this version 1.0 of Main Pyrus DMS are new Officer and Officer Scan, which are now platform independent.
