Category Archives: People
Blogging is not about the money
Written on May 6, 2013 at 12:30 pm, by Alexis James Brooker
At Snowflake Software we do things a little differently. We give away free software, we give away information, insight and knowledge that others might reuse or sell. Why do we do this? Snowflake is a COTS software company, right? Our approach to enterprise software is to build trust with our customers, stakeholders and partners
MOflakers take on Movember
Written on October 31, 2012 at 8:57 am, by Cat Stormont
Our employees, collectively known as Snowflakers, are brushing up on their moustache styles and becoming MOflakers the month of Movember….
Diary of a Snowflake Intern
Written on July 18, 2012 at 2:31 pm, by Cat Stormont
My name is Henco Appel and I recently completed my first year of Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Back in April I won the Code Off held by Snowflake Software at my university, the prize being a summer internship! I’ve just completed my first week at Snowflake and so far I’m really enjoying myself. I’ve been asked to blog about my internship this Summer and give you an insight to the Snowflake development team so I guess here goes…!
Public Holiday message from Snowflake Software
Written on April 19, 2011 at 3:41 pm, by Cat Stormont
Advanced notice of Public Holidays in the UK Due to a late Easter shortly followed by the Royal Wedding in the UK, we will be enjoying two consecutive, four-day Public Holiday weekends. The office will be closed during these periods. When 22 – 25 April 2011 (inclusive) 29 April – 2 May 2011 (inclusive) During
Congratulations to Peter Woodsford MBE
Written on December 22, 2010 at 2:51 pm, by Cat Stormont
Back in June we announced news that our Chairman, Peter Woodsford, had been awarded an MBE for his services to the Geographic Information Industry in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The award is recognition of his contribution to the growing maturity and importance of the Geographic Information industry. Read the news: Peter Woodsford awarded Order of
Spooky at Snowflake
Written on October 29, 2010 at 11:50 am, by Cat Stormont
You may remember that last year we launched our GO Publisher Halloween Edition? If you didn’t see the release, you can read all about it here: http://blogs.snowflakesoftware.com/news/2009/10/a-trick-or-treat-from-snowflake-software.htm Well, we haven’t released another version this Halloween, but I have managed to find some Spooky photos from the archives that I couldn’t resist sharing with you. Firstly, I
Peter Woodsford awarded Order of Chivalry
Written on June 14, 2010 at 2:45 pm, by Cat Stormont
This weekend, our Chairman, Peter Woodsford received an MBE for his services to the Geographic Information Industry in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The award is recognition of his contribution to the growing maturity and importance of the Geographic Information industry. Member of the British Empire For our overseas friends and colleagues, you might be interested
Festive greetings from Snowflake Software…
Written on December 23, 2009 at 2:53 pm, by Cat Stormont
And here’s just a small selection of what you can expect from Snowflake in the New Year: Our Brand New : INSPIRE training course - starting January 12, 2010 Celebrating the 10 year sucess of EDiNA’s Digimap service using GO Publisher WFS Visit us at DGI 2010: 25 – 27 January, QEII Centre, London - see us
Getting creative with code and a slice of Pizza…
Written on December 11, 2009 at 5:12 pm, by Cat Stormont
I know what you’re thinking. Code and creative in the same sentence? (Well that’s what I thought!). If you read my blog on 27 September: ‘You can’t buy innovation from the innovation shop‘, you’ll remember how I ranted about needing to instill creativity throughout business to drive innovation. Well, the technical team here at Snowflake
A trick or treat from Snowflake Software
Written on October 30, 2009 at 8:40 am, by Cat Stormont
GO Publisher 1.4 - the limited Halloween Edition. Publish your WITCHML straight out of the box into the cauldron. Be INSPIRE compliant – publish your spooky data to INSPIRE data specifications Extend the reach of your data – Publish your WITCHML into consumer mapping applications such as Bing™, Google™ and Yahoo!™. Take our trick or
