Thursday, October 27, 2005

How secure is my data?

Customers of OPMcreator enjoy the protection and peace of mind that only our state-of-the-art hosting facility and security management can provide.

Our Security and Monitoring Measures include;

  • Physical Security - Our servers are located in Park Royal Data Centre (London, UK) . The server type is Cobalt RAQ4
  • Data Centre Features - All our data centres are protected by stringent security precautions to control access, environmental controls to maintain peak hardware performance and emergency power supplies to ensure that our service to you is not affected by network power outages.
  • Access Controls - Our data centres can only be accessed through magnetically locked doors that can only be unlocked with a special swipe card. All centres are manned 24/7, and are fully protected by CCTV. Customer access is heavily restricted and permissible only by prior appointment.
  • Environmental Controls - Our servers are protected against fire outbreaks using a suppressions system designed to extinguish a fire within seconds without leaving a residue.Centres are equipped with sophisticated air conditioning systems set at 20 degrees C and 50% relative humidity to ensure the system operates as efficiently as possible.
  • Power - All data centres are equipped with Uninterruptible Power Supplies to ensure a smooth, uninterrupted delivery of power to all machines at all times.In addition, every centre has backup diesel generators to keep our service to you up and running even in the event of a major power grid failure.
  • System Redundancy- As part of the PIPEX Group, we control a powerful Tier 1 network with over 100 points of presence (PoPs) across the UK, and have data centres in London, Leeds, Manchester and Nottingham. We manage a Tier 1 multi-layer national network based on optical fibre and microwave and designed to be: Scalable - providing the ability to increase capacity and extend geographical reach Resilient - so you can trust us to deliver mission critical data safely utilising carrier class equipment and redundancy to maintain service.
  • Perimeter Defence - PIPEX Communications monitor the entire network and will perform constant checks.
  • Backups - Backups of files and data are performed nightly at 4AM (GMT). The backups are then moved to a specified backup server.
  • Data Security - All customer data entered into their OPMcreator system is owned by the customer. OPMcreator's employees do not have direct access to any customer’s data or systems.No one can gain access to your OPMcreator system unless you or another administration user for your system grant them access.Users authorised to gain access to your OPMcreator system can only view projects they are added to.
  • Operating System Security - The security of the operating system is based on installation of patches; these are implemented as and when they are available or released.
  • User Authentication - A valid username and password are required to access any OPMcreator system. You can view a detailed list of all users logging into your system via the "user log" in your Administration area.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Duplicate projects

We have just added the facility to duplicate projects to OPMcreator!

This exciting new feature allows you to quickly and easily duplicate any existing project.

The facility will automatically duplicate the project including all folder structures, files, tasks, users, emails etc..

This facility is ideal for creating and duplicating project templates, simply create any number of standard template projects, setup any standard folder structures you require, upload standard documents, set standard tasks etc.. then simply duplicate the project template you require and edit the details whenever you wish to set-up a new project based on the template.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

We welcome your feedback!

Hello and welcome to our new Blog!

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OPMcreator

New features!

We have been hard at work over the last few weeks upgrading OPMcreator with a host of new and exciting features;

OPMcreator is updated on a regular basis in line with customer feedback, all changes happen automatically, customers do not need to download or install any software and these changes are free of charge.

The latest changes include...

Add your login page to your favourites/bookmarks
Users of your OPMcreator system can now add your unique login page to their favourites/bookmarks by simply clicking on the link on your login page

Track time and costs on tasks and projects
We have now added the ability to track estimated against actual costs and hours for tasks and projects, simply add a rate per hour to tasks if required and the system will now track costs in a simple but effective format.

Sub categorise your projects
You can now add a "sub category" to your projects, this is completely customisable by you and could be typically used to categorise projects into groups for example by client, programme etc..
This new feature will allow you to view your project lists far more effectively in the "projects" section of your system providing a filter to allow you to display projects by group and status.

Print project lists
In the "Projects" section of your OPMcreator system you can now print lists of projects, simply select the "Print list" link.
This system prints the projects that are displayed on the screen so you can print lists of projects filtered by status or sub category if required.

Duplicate projects - Coming soon!
Over the next few weeks we will be adding the facility to "duplicate" projects.
This new feature will allow you to duplicate any existing project in your system, the duplicated project will include all details included in the original project including, files and folder structures, tasks, users, emails and forum topics and replies. This facility will be ideal for creating a basic template model for standard projects that could include standard folder layouts, files, tasks etc..

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