Virgin Holidays and their Red Squirrel receive a standing ovation
Virgin Holidays recently presented the status of their Content Management Portal code named Red Squirrel within the company and the slides are now available online.
The project was launched last year and Virgin is now reaping the benefits of having all the hotel content and images accessible and managed in one place. Red Squirrel stores content for over 1300 hotels and more than 14.000 digital assets.
This content is then pushed to the website and used for the brochure creation process.
Like with all of our clients, there is never a dull moment and Virgin has plans for the subsequent phases including more quality content on the website, automated brochure production, roll out to call center and overseas staff and management of Video content.
Red Squirrel is a perfect example of how you can use Unify for Product Information Management.
View the presentation on Yudu and check out the case study on our site.
Posted by Finnur Pálmi P Magnússon @ 17.07.2008 14:59
Winner announced of VYRE / SOLT Prize Draw @ Online Marketing 08
We ran another prize draw at Online Marketing and Media 2008 last week. The prize draw was for a chance to win £100 of Theatre Tokens. And we would like to thank VYRE client The Society of London Theatre again for sponsoring this fantastic prize.
We chose the winner at random earlier today out of all the entries and we would like to say:
Congratulations to Michael Daventry who is the lucky winner of the £100 of Theatre Tokens. Michael is a Website Operations Manager at Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Posted by Conny Lutz @ 30.06.2008 16:51
Diageo BAM presentation from Henry Stewart now available to download
We have now uploaded the presentation from Nic Lund, Programme Manager at premium drinks manufacturer Diageo PLC. Nic gave a keynote presentation at the Henry Stewart DAM and MOM Symposium last week about Diageo's Brand Asset Management Portal called SmartBrand and the benefits the company has seen since implementing the portal.
Posted by Conny Lutz @ 30.06.2008 11:30
Our SOLT case study presentation from Online Marketing is now available
Steve and Philippa Salvoni, who is Head of Publishing at The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) presented this case study seminar at Online Marketing and Media 2008 earlier this week. The seminar was very well attended and is specifically designed for marketing managers, web managers, and content managers, who are interested in using their content management system to improve SEO for and accessibility to their sites.
Posted by Conny Lutz @ 26.06.2008 15:19
Diageo Brand Asset Management article
There is a great interview with Nic Lund in the latest edition of Print Media Management magazine.
It covers the project history from start to finish and gives a good overview of the benefits delivered.
Read the whole article on the Print Media Management site.
Posted by Finnur Pálmi P Magnússon @ 18.06.2008 11:54
Spring cleaning on VYRE.com
We just hit the big green launch button for the new VYRE.com website.
It has been in the making for a while now and represents our new branding and product focus.
New features include an improved client section, integration with SalesForce, a lot of new content and screen shots.
Posted by Finnur Pálmi P Magnússon @ 16.05.2008 13:37
Three new sites powered by Unify
Last Friday the Society of London Theatre launched their new site for the Official London Theater Guide. This is the number one site for theater listings and tickets in London. The site was designed and implemented by our in house team.
Today we also have an addition to our travel portfolio. Our partners at Portal Technology just launched two new sites for Thistle Hotels and Guoman. This project involved implementing a new brand and portlet development for their new hotel booking engine
Posted by Finnur Pálmi P Magnússon @ 28.04.2008 16:45
TFM&A 08 show video now available...
The crew from VidPR.com visited our stand at the Technology for Marketing and Advertising show in February and did a video interview with Ruth. They interviewed several exhibitors and visitors and the TFM&A 2008 show video is now avilable to watch on the TFM&A website.
Ruth appears twice about half way through the video and then again about three quarters through commenting on the show and its seminar programme etc. So have a look at the video.
Posted by Conny Lutz @ 02.04.2008 11:30
My slides from the essentials of metadata and taxonomy conference
Today we have been at the first Henry Stewart conference which is all about taxonomy and metadata. I gave a talk on examples of applications driven by taxonomy and here are the slides:
Posted by Finnur Pálmi P Magnússon @ 10.03.2008 16:24
TFM&A 08 Lowe & Partners and Icelandair seminars presentations now available to download
Our seminars at TFM&A this week were so popular that people had to be turned away at the door. However, we have now uploaded The Lowe and Partners and Icelandair seminar presentations for you to download if you missed them at TFM&A.
- Lowe & Partners Case Study Seminar - How knowledge management and collaborative community portals can add substantial business value
Icelandair Case Study Seminar - How SEO and Content Management can help increase online sales
Posted by Conny Lutz @ 15.02.2008 11:36
VYRE and the Icelandic Web Awards
The Icelanders are at it again.
The Society of Icelandic Internet Professionals (guess which CMS system they use :) have their annual awards ceremony next Friday.
We have got three Unify clients in the finals. Icelandair and Glitnir are nominated for best in sales and services and then we have Siminn and Glitnir nominated for best corporate site.
These are all projects managed by our partner TM Software in Iceland.
Posted by Finnur Pálmi P Magnússon @ 30.01.2008 14:34
New IMG Media Case Study available at Broadcast Live and Video Forum
Our new case study on the IMG Media deployment of VYRE Unify will be exclusively available at Broadcast Live and Video Forum this week. The case study will also be available to download from our website next week.
IMG Media invested in VYRE Unify to move their image and video catalouge and archive online.
Posted by Conny Lutz @ 29.01.2008 12:43
VYRE User Conference
We have now uploaded the presentations from our first UK User Conference. So if you were unable to make it on Tuesday, or if you would like to have another look, you can download them all now.
Gauti & Stefan presented the product roadmap for 2008, and highlights from our latest product releases. Soffia who works for VYRE partner TM Software in Iceland gave an overview on developing for VYRE as partners as well as case study presentations on VYRE clients Icelandair and Glitnir Bank. And last but not least Finnur and Joshua Gavin from Woolworths gave a nice overview of the Woolworths implementation of VYRE Unify for their product and digital asset management.
Posted by Conny Lutz @ 24.01.2008 16:40
Launch of the VYRE Wiki
At the social event last Tuesday we launched wiki.vyre.com, where we aim to cover everything you need to know about Unify with traditional help content as well as code examples and best practice guides.
We do encourage partners and clients to chip in and share their experience.
Sign up on the Wiki today and take part in shaping it with us.
Posted by Finnur Pálmi P Magnússon @ 24.01.2008 11:57
VYRE London social event
Later today we are inviting our clients and partners in the UK to a meetup. The main idea here is to get all the Unify users in a room and exchange ideas. We do have a presentations regarding the Unify roadmap and a couple of case studies, but later on we have the real knowledge sharing session where a local connoisseur will take us through some wine tasting.
This is something we are going to do twice a year so if you miss this one don´t worry.
We are also launching a new service at the event but you will have to stay tuned for the announcement.
