WHAT'S NEW

September 2009

DCA attains Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status

DCA has been awarded Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status in recognition of the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies in the following areas:

Networking Infrastructure Solutions	implementation of the Care Manager solution development, maintenance and hosting of the Human Services Directory (HSD) development, deployment and hosting of Alliance Online and STICKS development, deployment and hosting of the HUBS system.
SOA and Business Process	implementation of the Care Manager
Mobility Solutions	implementation of PinForce Civic Compliance Solution.
Additional credit has been awarded forDCA's participation of the Customer Satisfaction Survey, Customer referencing and having trained Microsoft Certified Professionals in our company.

September 2009

DCA launches PinForce City Wide

PinForce City Wide has been launched with the release of PinForce version 4.0.

PinForce City Wide is a new PinForce module that has been designed for Councils or organisations who use manual or partly automated processes in the field for issuing compliance notices or carrying out health, building or planning inspections.

PinForce City Wide is a mobile solution that runs on Tablet PCs and, like PinForce Mobile, is fully integrated with PinForce Manager.

June 2009

Welcome the the new PinForce website

Due to the significant and rapid growth and scope of the PinForce products, PinForce now has it's own dedicated website.

We have made major improvements to the design and navigation to:

make it easier for you to learn about PinForce
help you find the information you need
provide up-to-date information in line with the rapid advances that are continually being made to PinForce.

Previously all PinForce information was held on the DCA website.

June 2009

DCA launches PinForce LPR - a vehicle mounted mobile Licence Plate Recognition system.

As part of the growing PinForce offering, DCA are proud to offer a state-of-the-art mobile License Plate Recognition (LPR) system, called PinForce LPR.

A vehicle-mounted LPR system is the logical progression for integrated infringement management. Mobile LPR systems offer the parking industry a wide range of benefits, especially those with small pockets of high parking problem areas across large geographies.PinForce LPR combined with PinForce Sentinel, DCA’s in ground sensor product, complement and integrate with each other to provide a total solution for organisational needs.

May 2009

DCA welcomes Pittwater City Council as the latest NSW SDRO PinForce client

DCA would like to welcome Pittwater City Council as the latest NSW SDRO PinForce client to select DCA's highly successful PinForce infringement issuing solution. Pittwater will be DCA's first client in NSW to utilise the Bluebird integrated printer device.

Pittwater continues the trend of DCA being selected in NSW with a 96% success rate, with over 45 Local Government Councils representing more than 600 enforcement officers in NSW. Features such as integrated OSR infringements reconciliation, extensive financial reporting, high resolution cameras and user customisable report capabilities are some of the differences many clients select DCA, and now DCA also offer a smart all in one integrated printer PDA device solution.

February 2009

DCA 's state of the art Vehicle Detection System - PinForce Sentinel - released

PinForce Sentinel allows Management and Planners to measure and manage precious parking resources by providing the ability to:

Automatically alert Officers of infringing vehicles
Issue Parking Infringements & Warnings
Measure & manage Parking Utilisation, Turnover, Occupancy, Possible vs Actual PINS
Achieve tangible productivity gains
Provide real data for Parking Policy Development
Address OH&S issues

DCA have seven sites using or trialling our sensors in Australasia, New Zealand and USA, including two capital cities. Furthermore, following a thorough public tender,DCA has won a contract to supply 500 sensors to an Australian Local Government Authority.

These recent announcements, along with DCA’s other new product’s PinForce City Wide and PinForce LPR reinforce DCA's position as the industry leader in supplying innovative, cost efficient technology to the parking industry. It also demonstrates client satisfaction withDCA's strong customer support programme an DCA’s continual delivery of new innovation into the industry.

January 2009

DCA and City of Greater Dandenong collaborate to design PinForce City Wide

DCA is proud to announce a partnership with the City of Greater Dandenong in Victoria to assist in designing PinForce City Wide, a mobile software solution that services and manages virtually all of the field enforcement/compliance functions of local government.