Tessella’s David Whittle will be speaking about Inertial Navigation Systems for Spacecraft Guidance at Space Tech 2010, taking place on March 10th 2010 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, UK.

To find out more or to register online visit http://www.stfc.ac.uk/KE/Events/spacetech.aspx

Tessella successfully delivers software development, modelling and consulting services to world leaders in R&D, science and engineering. Through the application of scientific methods and rigorous quality procedures, we enable clients in space, defence, life sciences, energy, the public sector, and consumer industries to achieve a wide range of objectives. These include: enhancing military sensor capability, forecasting floods, developing fusion power, improving drug discovery and development efficiency, and reducing risk to health and the environment in the extraction and production of oil and gas. With offices in Europe and North America, global companies rely on Tessella for business-critical assignments.

Our ambitious growth plans mean we are currently recruiting mathematical modellers into our Stevenage branch. This is a great opportunity for high-calibre graduates with a scientific and engineering background to join our consultancy. You will take responsibility for systems design and development, mathematical modelling and algorithm development within a team of skilled engineers on a variety of stimulating projects in space, defence, life sciences and other scientific and engineering sectors.

This is a challenging role where technical understanding and an analytical approach is the key. You will need to apply mathematical concepts to physical systems, so you will need an excellent degree (class 2.1 or above), MSc or PhD in mathematics, physics or engineering. Experience in one or more of the following would be an advantage:

• Design, analysis, and mathematical modelling of dynamic systems
• Satellite guidance systems/attitude and orbit control
• Tracking systems
• Mission Analysis/flight dynamics
• Defence systems/guidance, navigation & control
• Mathematical & statistical analysis
• MATLAB, C++

You must be able to demonstrate the ability to assimilate new applications / technologies quickly and efficiently and work on multiple projects concurrently. You should also possess good problem solving and client facing skills. Due to the sensitive nature of some of our work, candidates must be eligible for, and be willing to have security clearance.

You will get the opportunity to work with some of the most highly qualified people in the UK, Europe and US. Our diverse range of clients and technologies will give you the chance to work in new domains, learn new skills and get great job satisfaction. We’ll also give you 20 days training a year to ensure that you can keep learning. All of this is in an environment where you can have a flexible career path, either staying technically focused or working towards a Project Management role – the choice is yours.

The Austrian Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellery) addresses the challenges of digital archiving and preservation for the Austrian public sector by using the latest version of Tessella’s Safety Deposit Box (SDB) delivered by Siemens.

Oxford, UK | 9 March 2010. Tessella, the information technology and consulting services company selected by R&D, science and engineering leaders for business-critical assignments is pleased to announce that the Austrian Federal Chancellery has selected Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SISS) and Tessella’s Safety Deposit Box (SDB) to develop the Austrian State e-government Archives.

The Austrian Federal Chancellery is funding the provision of a central platform plus a general license allowing all Austrian public bodies to benefit from the technology for archiving and preservation. The Austrian State Archives will be the first to use this system.

Manfred Fink, Director of Archives for the Republic Vice Director General, Austrian State Archives, said; “Long-term digital preservation is a future-oriented building block for the Austrian State Archives. The project of digital preservation through the possible involvement of other archives of our country has a considerable influence in shaping the future landscape of the Austria archives.”

Siemens chose the latest version of Tessella’s Safety Deposit Box (SDB4) as the perfect solution to manage the ingest process of the Austrian State e-government Archives. SDB4 has been designed to help memory institutions (including libraries and archives), who are already skilled at preserving paper material, but face the problems posed by preserving material stored in digital formats.

Dr Robert Sharpe, Tessella’s Head of Archiving Solutions commented: “I am extremely pleased that Siemens chose Tessella as the best solution for the Austrian Federal Chancellery digital preservation solution. We are delighted to be extending SDB to provide multi-tenant facilities across the many public sector organisations and to be adding the Austrian users to the international SDB community.”

Jon Tilbury, Tessella’s Director responsible for archiving technology, added “We are very pleased to be working with such a professional and prestigious partner as Siemens and look forward to a highly successful project”.

Alexander Leiningen-Westerburg of Siemens was delighted to win this project. “Siemens always picks best of breed solutions and Tessella’s SDB was the perfect choice. We will be looking for other opportunities to work together on complex archiving solutions”.

Tessella’s Safety Deposit Box (SDB) was developed out of work done in partnership with The National Archives of the UK to help confront the problem of digital preservation. The software, which has already been in use at The National Archives for over six years as the basis of their award-winning Digital Archive system, has been significantly enhanced as part of The National Archives’ Seamless Flow programme.

SDB4 builds on the successful SDB3 technology adopted by several major innovators. Enhancements in SDB4 include the open access API and DROOLS workflow allowing customers and third parties to develop their own archiving solutions. These add to the advanced Active Preservation technology incorporating PRONOM and PLANETS tools already deployed.

The Austrian State Archives joins other members of the SDB community such as the UK, Swiss, Malaysian and Dutch National Archives, Rotterdam Regional Archives, the British and Wellcome Trust Libraries and more recently the Estonian National Archives.

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About Siemens

Siemens has pooled its worldwide IT and software know-how within Siemens IT Solutions and Services. Being itself represented in more than 40 countries and able to draw on the global presence of the parent company in 190 countries worldwide, Siemens IT Solutions and Services is in an excellent position when it comes to conducting projects at national and international level and providing end-to-end operation service around the clock. The Siemens IT offering ranges from an analysis of the status quo, consulting, design and software development to system integration, operation and maintenance of the respective solution to taking over entire business processes.

Acting as a central hub for the economic region of Eastern Europe, Siemens IT Solutions and Services CEE, located in Vienna, is responsible for the business development of the local Siemens companies in the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine. With some 6,800 IT experts and software developers in Austria and South-Eastern Europe, the Siemens IT unit can draw on an unrivaled network of specialists.

About Tessella

Tessella is a world leader in the provision of Digital Archiving technologies, working with major governments worldwide. For more information about digital archiving solutions, visit www.tessella.com/ solutions-technologies/solutions/archiving-digital-preservation

For decades, Tessella has been successfully delivering IT and consulting services to world leaders in R&D, science and engineering. We enable our clients in life sciences, energy, the public sector, and consumer industries to achieve a wide range of objectives, including, forecasting floods, developing fusion power, enhancing military sensor capability, improving drug discovery and development efficiency, and reducing risk to health and the environment in the extraction and production of oil and gas. With offices in Europe and North America, global companies rely on Tessella for business critical assignments.

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Tessella are proudly sponsoring the Defence Research 2010 annual conference and exhibition taking place at the Birmingham International Conference Centre, UK, on March 23-24th 2010.

Defence Research 2010 is the only official UK MOD event to present the whole of the MOD’s £450 million annual research investment to the industry, academia and other suppliers, alongside key members of the MOD and Armed Services.  To find out more or to register as a delegate, visit http://www.defenceresearch.co.uk/

For more about Tessella and the defence sector, visit http://www.tessella.com/markets-clients/public-sector/defence/

Tessella are proud sponsors of the 2010 SPE Intelligent Energy conference and exhibition taking place on March 23-25th 2010, in Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

SPE Intelligent Energy 2010 is a unique opportunity for companies targeting the intelligent oilfield market to showcase current solutions, the Return on Investment, and progress towards fully integrated operations in a collaborative conference and exhibition environment.

To find out more about this event or to register as a delegate, visit www.intelligentenergyevent.com.  For more information on the work Tessella undertakes in the Oil and Gas sector, visit http://www.tessella.com/markets-clients/energy/oil-gas/

Tessella’s Dr James Carr, senior architect, will be giving a talk on Active Preservation and addressing the need to capture the essential characteristics of digital records that have been identified for long term retention.

Join James at the Jim Potter Room, Old Physics, Melbourne University, Australia on Tuesday 23rd March 2010 at 1.30pm.

To find out more information or to register online, visit https://www.versi.edu.au/event/conference/active-preservation-practical-approach-long-term-digital-preservation

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Tessella and Physics World are holding a free webinar on the current state of scientific research software.

In the 60 years since the invention of the digital computer, millions of lines of code have been developed to support scientific research. Although an increasingly important part of almost all research projects, most research software is barely fit for purpose compared to equivalent systems in the commercial world. The code is hard to understand or maintain, lacking documentation and version control, and is continually ‘re-invented’ as the code writers move on to new jobs. This represents a tremendous waste of the already inadequate resources that are put into its development. We will investigate how this situation has come about, why it is important to the future of research, and what can be done about it.

Robert McGreevy will draw on his extensive experience at the STFC ISIS Facility, and explain how these issues are being addressed for the benefit of research science globally. Nicholas Draper, consultant at Tessella, will then expand on this, using the example of the Mantid project at ISIS.

To register for this free webinar click here