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“First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.”
Steve Martin

“It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic”
Winston Churchill

Flood Database

Posted by Alastair Davies on 29 January 2008

The Midas Computer Solutions Flood Database, first used in Carlisle for the collation of household information for emergency services during the flood in January 2005, has now been made available via the Emergency Planning College for all UK local authorities.  The database was also used during the Doncaster and Gloucester floods of summer 2007.

New Training Room

Posted by Alastair Davies on 26 January 2008

Carlisle City Council opened its new IT training suite at the start of December 2007.  The suite is equipped with 7 state of the art networked PCs, linked to internet and intranet facilities and making use of SmartBoard technologies.

E-learning Materials

Posted by Alastair Davies on 20 December 2008

Midas Computer Solutions has taken on a contract to design a suite of e-learning materials in the areas of Attendance Management, Disciplinary Procedures and Recruitment Appointment Procedures.

Microsoft Office 2007

Posted by Alastair Davies on 02 December 2008

Training courses in all aspects of Microsoft Office 2007 are now available