Our History

2011 - Ocelot generic framework for generating applications for managers and for their professional teams was launched.

2011 - Active Contracts Register (ACR) standalone Active Contracts Register (ACR) module was introduced.

2010 - Launches of both the PL-cms Procurement Life Cycle Management system, and the stand-alone Trust Index.

2009 - Personal Health Budgets collaborative tool was launched. It was designed for Primary Care Trusts who are engaged with the Department of Health's Personal Health Budgets Pilot programme. It enables them to share information with the Department of Health and colleagues to show progress on an on-going basis, areas of positive emerging practice, feedback, issues and barriers.  Hosting of operational systems transferred to Rackspace.

2008 - Personalisation readiness relationship development tool was launched. It helps Local Authorities better understand what is required to transform current social care systems into a model that will support the delivery of the personalisation agenda. It allows them to identify current progress, focus on developmental areas, collaborate and share best practice.

2008 - BS PAS 11000 Support for the emerging BS PAS11000 partnering standard was added to our Matrix Evaluation toolbox. Based on the CRAFT eight-stage model, this standard enables organisations to focus their efforts throughout the collaborative lifecycle. This self-assessment programme provides an easy to use first step for organisational development.

2008 - Public Sector The Procurement Contract Register Service(PCRS) was launched - our solution to Procurement Life-cycle Management. It is an easy-to-use online service which provides both a control and a strategic perspective on the internal procurement processes of Public Sector bodies.

2008 - Public Sector The Public Contracts Register was launched - shares appropriate contract information from the Collaborative Contracts Register on a publicly accessible website.

2007 - Matrix Evaluation a web-based relationship development system was lauched. Based on the CRAFT methodology, this easy to use on-line toolbox captures the collaborative profile of organisations and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of relationships.

2007 - Django framework was adopted as a strategic development platform alongside Python.

2006 - Public Sector Our Expenditure Analysis service was launched - an on-line service within the Contracts Register which allows users to analyse expenditure data from a body's accounting systems.

2005 - Public Sector Contracts Register was launched, a web-based system implemented for the London Boroughs, allowing groups of Public Sector bodies to securely share details of current and proposed contracts.

2002 - Pharms MedInfoSys® was rewritten for the web using Open Source technology and deployed at a number of locations. A validated version became available in 2004. MA Centre™, a web version of NIP's earlier Notes-based Register! system, was launched in 2003.

2001 - Launch of Fulcrum web-based business management system.

2000 - Relationship Development A suite of web based solutions was developed for Waitrose - a Supply Chain and Responsible Sourcing Management system in 2002 and a Market Planning and Business Management system in 2003.

1999 - Clean Language We did some groundbreaking work to bring metaphor and clean language from the therapeutic domain into the business world. In February, the BBC came to NIP's offices to film a module [B822 - Creativity, Innovation and Change] for the Open University MBA programme.  Launch of the Organic Ecology web-based collaborative supply chain system.

1998 - Python scripting language adopted as a strategic development platform.  Launch of the Lotus-Notes based Electronic Laboratory Notebook system.

1996 - New Pharms products launched - ADR Tracker for monitoring adverse events in 1996 and Register!, a pharmaceutical product registration system in 1997, both built in Notes.

1996 - New Relationship Development products launched - Re-write of the FT.com site and beginning the automation of the London Stock Exchange's UK Listings, both built in Notes. The latter went live early in 1998 and later won an Economist publication "Knowledge Capture & Access Award". The LSE Listing system went live in 1999.

1995 - Web-based and Open Source software introduced It became clear that the emerging Internet would dramatically impact the management of unstructured data, so NIP began developing web-based solutions. Initially, these used Lotus Notes as the underlying tool, but alternative Open Source technologies were also explored.

1994 - Worldwide Competitive Intelligence System Capture, filtering and orgainisng and sharing of compeitive intelligence from all F. Hoffmann La Roche specialists worldwide using Lotus Notes and a specialised drag and drop Matrix front end.

1994 - MedInfoSys® The first version of MedInfoSys®, written using Lotus Notes, was launched. This has become our most widely-used and most long-lived solution in the Pharmaceutical sector.

1993 - Vendor Qualification NIP used Notes to deliver a vendor qualification system for National Grid.

1992 - Lotus Notes introduced NIP became a leading technically-focussed Notes development company, joined the fledgling Business Partner programme in 1993, and became a Premium Partner in 1994. Throughout the Nineties NIP used Notes to deliver complex knowledge-based solutions in the areas of Pharmaceuticals, Public Sector and Relationship Development.

1990 - Information Partner launched PC LAN-based Content Management tool that captured, tagged and organised information from predominantly subscription-based information sources. It went on to win a prestigious internal BP innovation award in 1992.