After 6 months of analysing and reviewing various content management systems; Submarine has selected Alterian as their preferred CMS provider for high-end content distribution.

Weighing up the benefits and disadvantages of proprietary software versus open-source has been no mean feat. Open Source offers ‘free’ installation but potentially expensive development; whereas Alterian offers a turn-key solution for a licence fee and with development costs.

Alterian, a .Net platform, by far surpassed all other product offerings and we are pleased to announce this newly formed Associate Partnership. Submarine Limited is the only Guernsey company to offer Alterian at Partnership level and we are looking forward to deploying one of the world’s leading CMS platforms to old and new clients alike.

www.alterian.com

Alderney, the third largest of the Channel Islands invites you to travel to and discover one of the few unspoiled, peaceful, natural and totally relaxing British Isles.

Imagine a little island - just one and a half miles wide and three and a half miles long with just over two thousand friendly and welcoming inhabitants. Like Guernsey and Jersey, the island enjoys a mild climate and independence, with its own government and a fledgling off-shore finance and E-commerce sector.

Discover our Northern Isles things to do and see via the Alderney Tourism interactive map.

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What a strange phenomenon. Out of the blue wends this quirky little book set in Guernsey. American, Mary Ann Shaffer visited Guernsey in 1976 and was fascinated by the stories of the German Occupation.

One of the community projects we are most proud of is the setting up of the Submarine Charitable Trust.

The concept was born in November 2004 after a brainstorming session at Submarine. A quick investigation on search engines showed us that none of the charity organizations were using their websites for donation collection. Investigating Guernsey charities gave us the same result.  No charities in Guernsey had the ability to collect donations via their websites. 

Submarine Charitable Trust is acting as a facilitation service and, in effect, a Master Merchant passing the savings to the Guernsey charity industry.

Donate to Guernsey Charities at www.appeal.gg

Guernsey is well known as a destination for fresh sea food and top notch eateries.

For a small island in the middle of the English Channel it may be a surprise to most at the standard of restaurants and eateries. The following Guernsey Restaurants map illustrates the establishments from beach kiosks through to formal retaurants.

If you want to buy some chips and watch the sun go down over Cobo, the chippie serves some of the Island's best take out food.

If you are a businessman wanting a formal and quiet meal then the island has a myriad of decent restaurants for you to entertain. Discover the Guernsey restaurants through the Guernsey restaurants Google map

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What would Guernsey be without Herm? If you want to know the answer, then just look at Jersey.

There's no doubt that there is a symbiotic relation between the Bailiwick Islands of Guernsey and Jersey; by the grace of each other they go. Herm situated approximately 3 miles East of St Peter Port is the summer playground of Guernsey residents. White coral and shell beaches, family friendly, great food a welcoming staff and team and only 20 minutes by boat from the larger isle. There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that Herm is probably Northern Europe’s prettiest island and, strangely, best kept secret.

A summer’s day or evening in Herm is equivalent to any Mediterranean destination – trust us, this is not marketing spiel; there simply isn’t a better island destination anywhere in Northern Europe.

Google maps can be a bit quirky, so the development of this map was a bit more…er…..challenging! No roads to snap to – Herm doesn’t have any. The postcode doesn’t appear to exist within Google – I think there’s only one anyway.

So we have done our best to give you a taster of what’s on, in and around the island.

Printed brochures are yesterday's news. The inexorable rise of the broadband across the UK has finally allowed the development of the digital brochure to be integrated into websites:

• Convert your PDFs quickly into e-brochures
• Reduce your print costs by using our flash brochure component
• Reduce your postage costs by encouraging visitors to view e-brochures
• Reduce your staffing and internal organisation resources
• Give your visitors control at point of decision on your products
• Link your digital brochures directly to the promoted product
• Link your digital brochure information directly to the sales team

Submarine has developed its own proprietary software that allows PDFs to be converted quickly into online digital brochures. Conversion time is in as little as 7 days.

Finally there is an online brochure solution that your customers will instantly recognise and is far more intuitive and user friendly than the traditional PDF.

If you would like to view our range of digital brochure services please visit our dedicated website.

http://ebrochure.submarine.gg

Dr Peter Harris, Guernsey's Data Protection Commissioner may walk softly but he certainly carries a big stick!

A recent survey, conducted by Guernsey's Data Protection Commission, indicated that many websites do not comply with the Data Protection Commission Law. Websites that collect data on individuals must have a clear Privacy Statement on every published page and, each site owner should be (if not exempt) be Notified with the Data Protection Commission.

Although Dr Peter Harris has given businesses in Guernsey a period of grace to adjust to the new law be under no illusion that the full weight can be applied at any time.

Anyone out there fancy being the test case?

The rules are reasonably simple. If you collect personal data then your company probably needs to be Notified. If you collect personal data then your site needs a Privacy Statement.

Submarine have built a number of e-commerce sites and advise all clients that Notification and inclusion of Privacy Statement are part of the process. As we all know paying advocates vast amounts of money for something they are not generally aux fait with or getting our clients' Compliance Departments to agree to anything can prove, for the former, annoying and for the latter, mind numbing.

To assist Guernsey companies to comply with the Data Protection Law we've produced a Privacy Statement to assist in the process. This document is free of charge and requires no accreditation to Submarine Limited. Contact us and we'll forward one to you.

Submarine Sharepoint is the new brand of Submarine Limited. The company’s core skills of Microsoft based programming, along with our Sharepoint Consultant John Guilbert, put us in prime position to offer Sharepoint Development Solutions under the new brand.

Service Review - Sharepoint
Submarine Sharepoint provides an investigation/feasibility study on a consultancy basis. The size of an installation is dependent on the size of the organisation and its requirements which we determine by an initial review of an organisation’s infrastructure.

Document Management - Sharepoint
Submarine Sharepoint provides a demonstration of the Document Management and Collaboration system to ensure that the product will meet their business model and specifications.

CRM - Sharepoint
Submarine Sharepoint can provide a demonstration of a CRM system.

Business Processes - Sharepoint
Workflows help people to collaborate on items/documents and to manage project tasks by implementing business processes. Sharepoint workflows help organisations adhere to consistent business processes and improve organisational efficiency.

Custom Web Parts - Sharepoint
Submarine develops custom web parts that can be plugged into Sharepoint. These web parts can be used for something as simple as a calendar or clock to a full blown web application in its own right.

Reporting - Sharepoint
Submarine provide reporting services for:
Management Reporting
Audit Information
Project Management
Standard Letter Generation
Housekeeping – Accounts outstanding, “Know your Client” outstanding requirements
Compliance
General Reporting

Please contact Submarine Sharepoint to discover how we can assist you, your IT team and your business processes.

Contact us on 01481 711296 or nemo@submarine.gg

A website that is promoting information on Guernsey’s diverse business community is witnessing a remarkable level of online traffic.

IFCfeed.com is in its 3rd years and is a collaboration between local businesses recognising the value of working together to report the facts about Guernsey’s diverse offshore business community.

“The site is attracting 30,000 unique users a month and we’re ranking with some of the most common terms used for searching information about international finance. For example, IFCfeed.com is ranking right up there with the likes of Reuters.com and eubankers.net, two of the world’s busiest finance related websites, with search terms such as ‘international finance news’ on Google. This can only be positive news for Guernsey as it tries to differentiate itself from those less well regulated offshore centres” said Submarine Director Neil Inder.

Before the site launched the IFCfeed.com concept was presented to various organisations and associations throughout Guernsey’s business community in order for the team behind the website to gauge opinion and gather support for the project. One such organisation was the Guernsey International Business Association (GIBA).

“It is a changing world in the international offshore finance arena. We are facing greater challenges in the form of EU Savings Directive, the UK Treasury, and the G8 working groups. At the same time, the world continues to internationalise, with companies, business professionals and high net worth individuals increasingly more mobile. Therefore, it is imperative that local government, local regulator and the broad business community work together to educate the island’s detractors and communicate that we are in fact a sophisticated and well regulated international finance centre. IFCfeed.com is a key component in promoting these key messages” said GIBA vice chairman Paul Meader.

Although the concept has been extremely well received in other offshore centres, the site’s editor Jon Taylor, says they have planned its development very carefully.

“It would be easy to launch in every offshore destination but the key to this site is how government, business, industry and regulator working together to present the facts about the jurisdiction. This collaborative approach will not work in every offshore location and we must be careful to select those offshore centres that have similar values and reputation as our own” said Mr Taylor.

www.ifcfeed.com incorporates Guernsey News, Jersey News and Isle of Man News