In this issue

• SIS User Conference 2009 approaches!
• New employees have joined the SIS staff
• SIS strengthens relationship with MirTac BV
• Star IPS 3.20 is now available
• New Star IPS module available
• Meet SIS Representatives at the following conferences

SIS User Conference 2009 approaches!

The 2009 SIS User Conference at the Meliã Madrid Princesa Hotel in Madrid approaches and the SIS staff is both excited and proud of what will be presented at this year's conference. 

This year's conference program aims to be both informative and inspiring. The main focus for the SIS User Conference is of course to provide our customers with valuable information about the Star systems and services, and to open for feed-back and comments on how we can best meet our customers' needs. However, we would also like the conference to be inspiring and new-thinking.

During the recent year we have seen many rig companies choosing the Star systems. Due to this we have in this year's program tried to cover issues concerning both shipping and offshore customers, opening an arena where the two industries can meet and learn from each other.

In the Maintenance program we have the option to split workshops into shipping and offshore groups, but we might as well choose to stay as one group to learn from each other's experiences.
In the Fleet Supply & Logistics program we have set up various workshops, such as Warehousing and Managing Dangerous Goods, which should be of interest to both shipping and offshore customers.

In addition to many interesting presentations and workshops, we have also invited external guest speakers to "enlighten" us through their knowledge and experiences. Issues such as electronic material catalogues, lean purchasing and logistics, and consequences to mismanaging dangerous goods are some of this year's presentations not to be missed.

All over, the annual SIS User Conference represents an excellent opportunity to expand your overall knowledge of the Star systems, engaging in learning sessions, discussions and workshops. In addition it brings you available networking opportunities and the possibility of participating in social activities.

For those of you who have not registered for this year's conference we still have some places left. Registration closes at Friday October 9th at 8:pm CET.

We wish you a safe trip to Madrid and look forward to seeing you at the conference!

Trude Bolstad
Project Manager
SIS User Conference 2009

New employees have joined SIS!

The SIS staff continues to grow, and we are proud to announce that new colleagues has joined us and will contribute to strengthen our team.

Trine Merete Johnsen has joined the SIS team in Trondheim

Trine is working in the Software Development department in Trondheim, where she's part of the Star Fleet Dashboard project team. At present Trine is engaged in implementing the Marintek Shipping KPI standard into the dashboard, commenting that "generating KPI's for the Fleet Dashboard is demanding, but also very interesting as I learn a lot about our customers' operations".

Trine holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science and has experience from report design, support, consulting, testing, functional writing, and test specifications.

Adam Peter Butt has returned to the Trondheim Office

We are pleased to announce that Adam Peter Butt has returned to the Trondheim Office and will be part of the Software Development team. "I will focus primarily on the development of standard and tailor-made reports and will continue to work closely with our customers to ensure you have the necessary information and statistics to improve your decision making process", Adam says.

During the past 2 1/2 years Adam has been working as a Senior Consultant at our Singapore Office, Star Information Systems Pte Ltd. In Singapore, Adam played an important role in expanding the business and also implementing systems for both new and existing customers. 

For tailor-made reporting requests please email support@sismarine.com for a quote and estimated delivery time.

Sergii Chemerys has joined the SIS team in Trondheim

Sergii is part of the Software Development department in Trondheim, where his main task is to support the existing Star IPS system as well as working on new functionality for the system. In addition he works on various projects for our customers.

Before starting his job in SIS, Sergii worked as a .NET software developer for the innovative Danish IT outsourcing company Ciklum. Prior to this he has also worked as a web developer for the outsourcing company GlobalLogic.

Sergii holds a Specialist Degree in Applied Mathematics from the National Technical University of Ukraine.

Jannicke Jensen has joined the SIS team in Trondheim

Jannicke is working as a support consultant which main task is to establish a good system for customer support. “Our new e-support system allows us to log all customer inquiries so that they can be easily followed up by both SIS and the customer. My job will be to follow up inquiries assigned to our consultants and improve the response time for support inquiries”, she says. Jannicke has taken over the first line support for SISCommerce, and will also handle other support inquiries directly as she gains competence in the Star systems.

Prior to her job in SIS, Jannicke worked as a support consultant for students at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and in the past two years as a consultant/project manager at WiSE Online Services, a company that supplies online solutions for small and medium sized organizations.

Jannicke holds a Masters Degree in Media, Communication and IT, focusing on communication in distributed organizations, not to mention she used Star Information Systems as a case in her studies...

For questions regarding our support center please contact support@sismarine.com

Michael Ydegaard has joined the SIS team in Denmark

Michael has started as Implementation Consultant at the SIS Office in Svendborg, Denmark. "My responsibilities will be customer training and support from the Danish office", Michaels says, looking forward to get to know the SIS customer better.

Michael has previously been working as an engineer at sea, and several years as project engineer in the ship building business on the electrical and computer based documentation side. Prior to employment at SIS, Michael was working with fire protection systems, both as sales and project manager.

Michael is educated Marine Engineer, and also holds an Academy Foundation (AF) Degree in Database systems.

SIS strengthens relationship with MirTac BV

MirTac is located in Hank, close by Rotterdam and Antwerp, an area where many major ship-owner and ship management companies are represented.

 "In order to effectively deliver fleet management solutions, it is essential to be located close to our clients. Setting up a representative in the Netherlands was therefore the next logical step in our global network strategy", says Per Anders Koien, Managing Director of Star Information Systems.

With a current workforce of 7 staff members, MirTac is part of the SIS Global Network of representative offices that, in addition to selling Star products, can also offer services from dedicated and experienced technical personnel.

MirTac is specialized in consulting services, software, and implementations for the shipping market. All MirTac employees have more than 10 years of experience within the shipping industry, and hence are qualified to assist customers in choosing and implementing the right software solutions for their business.

MirTac can assist in analyzing, designing, and implementing significant change processes, implementations, and automation in the areas of strategy, structure, and information-architecture focusing on fleet management systems. For this MirTac provides specialized software such as the Star Information and Planning System, Star Central Purchasing System, and the Star eCommerce solution SISCommerce.

For further information, please contact:

MirTac BV
Kerkstraat 13
4273 CA Hank
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)162 406460
Fax: +31 (0)162 404816
Email: Info@MirTac.nl

Star IPS 3.20 is now available

A new version of Star IPS is now available. Star IPS 3.20 will be thoroughly presented at the SIS User Conference in Madrid 19th - 22nd of October.

The new version comes with a 33 page change log, but the main changes can be summarized in 5 points:

• Star Asset Management: New module for managing asset deployments throughout your fleet of ships, relevant to all classes of ships & easy-to-use for sailing crew.
• Star Audit & Inspection: Extensive module upgrade
• Star Project: Extensive module upgrade
• General upgrade: Extended options for configuration and customization
• General upgrade: Windows Authentication

If you would like to attend the presentation in Madrid but have not registered for the conference, please note that registration closes Friday October 9th at 8:pm CET.

For more information about Star IPS 3.20, please contact sales@sismarine.com

New Star IPS module available

We are please to present a new Star IPS module: Star Vessel Administrator

The new Star IPS module, Star Vessel Administrator (Star VA), has been developed together with our agent MirTac BV, and is already tested and installed at several of our Dutch customers.

The Star VA is an integrated module for administration onboard such as:

Star Vessel Administration Main Menu:

For more information about Star Vessel Administrator, please contact sales@sismarine.com

Meet SIS Representatives at the following conferences

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