News
May 2024: SPBUG: Swiss User Group
At OCS, we love getting together with our colleagues and our community. In May 2024, some of our team had a great day at the Swiss PowerBuilder Users Group meeting. During this event, our colleague, Matthew Green gave a short presentation titled "Can OpenAI be useful in my PowerBuilder Application?" It was an original idea that generated a lot of interest and highlighted the versatility of PowerBuilder!
If you’re curious about our presentation or want to know more about the Swiss PowerBuilder Users Group, feel free to reach out to James Widdowson or visit www.spbug.ch
March 2024: OCS and Oracle Corporation
We're pleased to announce that OCS is an official Oracle partner! Since our founding in 1984, providing Oracle Database services has always been an integral part of our business. Over the past few years we have seen an increase in demands for our dedicated Oracle team, with the below services of particular interest to our clients:
- Oracle Cloud Services
- Oracle DBA Support
- Oracle Database Project Services
- Oracle Data Migration and ODI
- Oracle Managed Services.
If you'd like to find out more about our Oracle services and how OCS can help your business, please contact James Widdowson.
February 2024: OCS and Zeenyx
We're proud to announce OCS's partnership with Zeenyx Ascential Test.
As part of any application development or enhancement project, testing plays a pivotal role, whether it's executed manually or through automation testing tools like Ascential Test. At OCS we have experience of several automated testing tools, but in a recent project we utilised Ascential Test and were thrilled with the results, so a partnership seemed like a must!
If you're interested in hearing more about our projects using automated testing tools or any other technology services we offer, please do get in touch with James Widdowson to arrange a call.
January 2024: OCS and Appeon
We’re proud to announce OCS is now an Appeon Consulting Partner. Since the 1990s, PowerBuilder has been a substantial part of OCS’ business. Over the years, we have worked on millions of lines of code, across hundreds of projects. We’ve participated in several conferences, lead user groups, and established ourselves as experts in the PowerBuilder arena; our partnership with Appeon is yet another exciting milestone for us.
If you require any PowerBuilder support or want to understand how the latest versions of Appeon can help you, please get in touch with James Widdowson.
November 2023: Elevate
The latest Appeon Elevate Conference was a 1 day digital conference hosted online on the 20th November. It was great to be in virtual attendance for another year, although we do miss the in person days! It was useful to hear more about the capability of the latest 2022 R2 version, get a sneak peak of what is expected in PowerBuilder 2025, and understand more about the roadmap for the future.
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August 2023: PowerBuilder
Appeon announced the general availability of PowerBuilder 2022 R2. Incorporating enhancements providing tabbed MDI (Multiple Document Interface) windows, autocomplete provision for drop down DataWindows, the ability to dynamically build PDFs, and a native SMTP client to send E-Mails. An updated version of PowerServer has also been developed, providing enhanced deployment of PowerBuilder applications via the Cloud.
More info: Click here
July 2023
Employee-Owned Excellence
OCS Consulting is proud to announce on the 26th July 2023 we became an employee-owned organisation.
This important milestone in OCS’ history signifies our commitment to fostering a culture of shared responsibility, innovation and long-term sustainability. As employee-owners, every team member will have a direct stake in the success of OCS, creating an environment where collaboration and excellence thrive.
We believe that employee-ownership will bring increased benefits to all our stakeholders, our clients, employees and partners. By empowering our employees with a vested interest in the organisation’s future, we aim to foster even greater engagement, accountability and creativity. Clients can expect a team even more deeply invested in delivering exceptional solutions and building enduring relationships. Our collective focus will ensure that we continue to adapt, innovate and provide the highest levels of service.
For OCS, employee-ownership will strengthen and secure our independence and desire to be a business committed to long-term growth and shared success. We believe it will enhance our ability to attract and retain experienced professionals. Throughout our 40 year history, OCS has always maintained a set of core values and we are delighted that this transition to employee ownership will secure that for years to come.
