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Update: "Project Smart" Online court booking
By Julian Wellings, Project Manager

To recap:
We told you previously that we had put on hold our plans to use the provider we presented to you at last year's AGM - Globus Data. Although they are a credible provider with many successful implementations a major issue which came to light after the AGM was the product's inability to interface with our existing membership database and associated business processes.
At the same time our existing database provider Club Systems told us they were developing an online booking product of their own. This would be a much easier and less risky implementation requiring no work rounds.

Update:
Club Systems (CS) have been beta testing the product with some of their golf club customers. The beta testing has taken longer than expected although the results look promising. CS have now told us when the beta testing is complete they will launch the product initially with golf club customers which account for the majority of their client base. This is something we were not made aware of previously.
CS were unable to give me a best case scenario on when they expect to launch with rackets club customers.
After numerous emails and phone calls to CS I finally made contact with their managing director who said he expects they will be able to launch the product by September at the latest although he did end his email with the words "but don't hold me to that".
At that point we hope to be able to evaluate the product and carry out due diligence. We have provided CS with a required specifications list which they say their product can meet, but clearly we must evaluate the actual product before committing further.
We still believe this is ther best option because of the integration concerns with the Globus product and the degree of workrounds we would need to instigate. Apologies for these further delays.

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