Ladbrokes Racing web applications

Information Systems managed, developed and implemented the applications for Ladbrokes' first Internet betting site. This involved the complex integration of back end systems that support the product definition, pricing, account management and transaction needs of Ladbrokes' existing betting services.

The web site uses java servlets to interrogate a SQL Server database and mainframe systems. A suite of Visual Basic applications allows users and automated data-feeds to provide content to the database. We managed the large project team which included both our own and client resources.

The Internet offered an opportunity to reach new audiences and to provide new products to existing audiences. But it also created a low cost market entry opportunity for new competitors. So Ladbrokes had to move fast. Having been close working partners with Ladbrokes for a number of years on wide range of projects, we were able to respond quickly. ..

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LeasePlan
by Andy Paterson, Technical Director

" I need this business critical system yesterday. It’s a huge new client opportunity for us and they've just sacked one of our major competitors who couldn't deliver……."

That was more or less the situation when Lease Plan called Information Systems with an urgent request. Could we build them a non standard company car lease scheme tailored to their client's needs, including full tax calculations and a unique document set? In four weeks flat! Oh, and by the way some of the tax calculations have still to be finalised between our client and the Inland Revenue.

What Lease Plan needed was a system that would take the basic vehicle cost calculations generated from their mainframe and add additional tax calculations and then produce these within the document set their client had specified. They wanted a throw away quick fix solution while a longer term web based solution was being developed.

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