| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | | | | As well as providing the underlying CQCS software, |
| Government ICT Project Goes Live Early and On | | | | Cyberscience provided consultancy, certain project |
| Budget | | | | management elements and the configuration and |
| HODDESDON, London, UK, - January 26, 2006 | | | | provision of appropriate Dell hardware including a hot |
| (Cyberscience plc) | | | | standby server and replication facility. |
| The Public Guardianship Office (PGO) based in North | | | | The online response time has exceeded all of the |
| London, a part of the Department for Constitutional | | | | PGO's expectations with 350 concurrent users against |
| Affairs (DCA) in England and Wales, manages the | | | | the previous limit of 50. Overnight batch processing |
| assets and income of over 25,000 citizens who are | | | | and reporting which previously took up to 4 hours on |
| unable through mental or other incapacity to manage | | | | the old system is now completed in less than 5 |
| their own affairs. | | | | minutes! This includes batch updates to the database, |
| The PGO recently conducted an upgrade of their | | | | the extraction of a large amount of data to interface |
| computer systems with Liberata, the DCA's IT PFI | | | | with other systems and the production of all the |
| partner. As part of this programme, Cyberscience | | | | CASREC reports. |
| were asked in late 2004 to provide the smoothest | | | | By leveraging their existing investment in |
| upgrade path for the Case Records (CASREC) | | | | Cyberscience technology, the PGO is able to provide |
| system running on soon to be obsolete Data General | | | | a superior solution with an enhanced GUI user |
| hardware first installed in 1987 with applications | | | | interface, and offer a better service to its users and |
| developed in-house, to a modern system running on | | | | ultimately its clients. |
| Dell servers. | | | | To learn more call +44 (0) 1992 441111 or e-mail |
| The original CASREC system was written by DCA | | | | About Cyberscience |
| staff, using CQCS from Cyberscience and had grown | | | | Cyberscience Corporation is a privately held software |
| into a complex mission critical system supporting | | | | developer focused on delivering reporting, business |
| nearly 350 civil servants handling a very large case | | | | intelligence, dashboard and rapid application |
| load. The new system had to be implemented | | | | development solutions to over 4,000 customers |
| without any interruption and minimum change to the | | | | worldwide. Since 1977, our solutions have addressed |
| working practices followed by the staff at the PGO. | | | | the needs of all information users, from business |
| Cyberscience CQCS has been continuously developed | | | | analysts to senior executives; from power users to |
| over the last 25 years to be platform and database | | | | application developers. |
| independent, and to offer superior speed of | | | | Cyberscience is a global solutions provider, with |
| development with exceptional performance and | | | | offices in North America, Europe, and Australia. |
| scalability. CQCS consists of two closely related | | | | For further information see Cyberscience Report |
| applications - Cyberscreen the rapid application | | | | Writing and Business Intelligence |
| development language and Cyberquery the most | | | | About Liberata |
| advanced Reporting and Business Intelligence solution | | | | Liberata plc ( is one of the UK's leading providers of |
| for any application database. | | | | outsourced business processes, liberating clients and |
| Rather than develop a completely new system from | | | | employees, creating exceptional opportunities both |
| scratch with all the attendant delays and problems | | | | for them and shareholders. |
| associated with large projects, the PGO took | | | | Through its driven leadership and intense |
| advantage of the benefits of the application | | | | performance environment, Liberata transforms |
| portability that is a fundamental part of the | | | | operations, reducing the cost of in-house services |
| Cyberscience CQCS product. The implementation was | | | | and delivering greater efficiency and effectiveness |
| achieved ahead of time, on budget and included as a | | | | through its six-sigma methodology, allowing clients to |
| bonus, the automation of several back office | | | | focus on their core activities. |
| processes to provide a turnkey solution. | | | | Liberata is a Sunday Times Top Track 250 Company. |