The Governor Christmas Party

Posted by Eva Zafra | Thursday, December 16, 2010 | under Fun category | 3 Comments

The Governor Technology team had a great time at the Christmas Party in lovely surroundings at Royal Hospital Gardens. 2010 has been another great year for Governor Technology and we celebrated in style!

Reprise Media Commission Regional Websites

Posted by Eva Zafra | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | under News category | Leave comment

Reprise Media, the digital marketing agency, has commissioned Governor to build 15 regional websites as Reprise moves to strengthen its brand in local markets. 

The Problems with Pricing Part 3 - A Solution

Posted by Richard Beaumont | Thursday, November 18, 2010 | under Software Business category | Leave comment

In the previous post in this series I talked about why pricing a software development project accurately, and giving a customer a fixed cost, can be a risky business for both parties.  This time I'm going to cover our solution to the problem - the Scoping Phase.

Windows Phone 7 Developer Party

Posted by John Mannix | Friday, October 22, 2010 | under Fun, Mobile categories | Leave comment

I had a great evening at the Windows Phone 7 Developer party yesterday, hosted by Microsoft to celebrate the launch of Windows Phone 7.

The Problems with Pricing Software Development Part 2

Posted by Richard Beaumont | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | under Software Business category | Leave comment

In part 1 of this series of posts on the Problems with Pricing software development, I suggested that people think pricing a software development project should be relatively easy, and that this is a misperception that the industry itself sometimes helps to maintain.

So why is it not so easy?

How Do You Use Google Analytics?

Posted by Sam Simon | Friday, September 24, 2010 | under SEO category | Comments closed

A few ideas for how to get both clients and developers to the Google Analytics information that counts.

MSN Ask Governor to Build Suite of Exciting New Apps for Windows Phone 7

Posted by Eva Zafra | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 | under News, Mobile categories | Leave comment

Windows Phone 7 (WP7) is the smartphone platform from the world's leading software company and is a challenger to the iPhone and Android platforms. Indeed, Microsoft recently announced a deal with Nokia, one of the world's largest mobile phone manufacturers, which will see Windows Phone 7 roll out to new Nokia phones in late 2011.

As a trusted development partner, with proven experience in related technologies, we were initially commissioned by MSN UK to build one of the first apps to be available for launch.

The Problem with Pricing Software Development - Part 1

Posted by Richard Beaumont | Wednesday, August 18, 2010 | under Software Business category | Leave comment

In the first of a series of posts, we introduce a familiar problem in software development circles - putting a price on a piece of work.

The cost of agreeing a wrong price can be high for both supplier and customer and almost always leads to problems and eventually breakdown of the relationship.

Microsoft Launch Governor-Built Apps Gallery

Posted by Eva Zafra | Thursday, July 15, 2010 | under News category | Leave comment

The Microsoft Apps Gallery is a web application built for MSN Germany to promote free downloadable software for Windows Platforms.

We built the Apps Gallery as a significant enhancement of an existing application that we were already providing support for. The new Apps Gallery is highly configurable by site administrators, enabling a great deal of flexibility and responsiveness to the needs of visitors and sponsoring partners.

Optimising T-SQL Search Queries

Posted by John Mannix | Thursday, May 27, 2010 | not categorized | Leave comment