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Starts (like all the best tech companies) in a garage in the 1980's...

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1984

The Garage

Mike Manisty and two colleagues started Agile Clarity (originally "Dimension Graphics Limited") in a garage in the garden in Buckinghamshire...

1984

Print Screen

From solder smoke and lines of code Mike and his colleagues develop custom printer drivers for PCs and game consoles to enable capture and print of high-quality screen images

1986

Shell International's Photo Library

Agile Clarity successfully designed and built a digital image library for Shell Group exploiting the latest graphics technology

1989-1992

Publishing Cycle Efficiency

Various projects integrating databases with desktop publishing systems to improve speed to market and reduce costs of the publishing/print cycle

1992 - 1994

3D Modeling Design

The main focus of the company moves offshore to implement the latest 3D modelling design systems to help with the redevelopment of the Brent Fields. This work included management of one of the largest engineering CAD suites (120 terminals) in Europe

1995 - 1997

Intelligent Building Design

This pioneering work gave us the capability to influence the next stage of innovation in the emerging field of intelligent building design, working with a number of major construction companies

1998

Paperplace Virtual Library

Completed development of Paperplace Document Management System for use on construction sites. Marketed and sold to over 6 major contractors

1999

Charted Institute of Building

Delivered technology strategy for Chartered Institute of Building, with main emphasis on upgrading their membership system, starting them on the road to online interaction with current and prospective members

2000

Rail Infrastructure Management

Worked with a major contractor to help improve the use of technology in rail infrastructure management, with a special emphasis on provision of a resilient infrastructure to support remote working

2002

British Parking Association

Working closely with their CEO AC delivered a strategy report for the British Parking Association, which formed the basis of a long-term partnership spanning the last 22 years

2003

Global ERP System

Interim management contract to manage implementation of a global manufacturing ERP system for a mobile phone mast manufacturer

2004 - 2009

Public Sector Technology

A period dedicated to the delivery of public sector technology projects within Home Office and Ministry of Justice , including:

  • Implementation of Oracle Financials for Prison Service
  • Implementation of case management system to handle offender risks across prison and probation services
  • Let new 5 yr outsourcing contract for Probation Service worth £350M

2010

National Audit Office

Assisted National Audit Office in review of UK Government's Technology Strategy

2011 - 2013

DHL

Interim management of European IT Department for subsidiary of DHL

2014

Trading Utilities

Development of a suite of java-based trading utilities for spread-betting platform

2015

Sale Sync Awarded

Sales Sync Pipeline Software is given the Gold Award by ExxonMobil at their 2015 EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) Circle of Excellence Awards (for trailblazing Lubricant's Distributors). The Sales Sync Brand is exposed to over 5000 potential customers in the Mobil family

2016

Ben Joins

Ben Joins as a Director of the company - bringing a large code-base, numerous products and a wealth of project management and software architecture experience to the Team

2016

Application Testing

Managed testing phase as part of development team for a commercial smartphone application

2017

Infrastructure Upgrade

Upgrade of infrastructure for large voluntary organisation, including migration to Office 365 and shift of application hosting to Microsoft Azure. Managed contract specification and selection of supplier for outsourcing a full managed service

2018

Team Expands

Jen, Robin, Charlotte join the team

2019

Senior Consultant Joins

Isabelle joins the team

2020

Re-branding

Dimension Graphics is re-branded "Agile Clarity" to reflect the companies current focus, methodology and expertise