IDIG, the International Data3 Information Group, is not formally constituted in the UK, Ireland and Northern Europe, although there are active IDIG Chapters in France and the USA, where users are more numerous.  Dick Doran of Cemoc is Acting Chair of IDIG North Europe and the group has revitalised its activities over the past two years, culminating in the submission in 2004 of the first set of prioritised KBM enhancement requests from the region for a decade.

 

The principal activities of IDIG are to promote the interests of users of Data3, SIM/400 and KBM, and to facilitate information exchange between users of the software, as well as between users and the software vendor, SSA Global.  Affiliation is open to all companies using the product - not just those on current maintenance contracts with the software vendor, and there is currently no charge, although enthusiastic participation is welcomed.  

 

The group has taken part in two annual conferences in 2003 and 2004 with an increasingly full programme of user experience case studies, training sessions, and product direction briefings.  This has taken place under the umbrella of the Combined User Groups Conference in order to spread costs, attract vendor sponsorship and to secure the active participation of SSA Global top management and product strategists.  Moving forward, the group plans to hold occasional KBM special interest events - possibly also involving members of IDIG France, and a KBM Newsletter is published quarterly.

 

 

 

 

 Mike Greenough, SSA Global President, Chairman, and CEO - addressing the KBM user group.

 

 

 

KBM 2.3 Released

 

Release 2.3 KBM manufacturing is now Generally Available.  For further details, please contact the KBM helpdesk.

An insight into the new version can be found in the following document:
KBM 2.3 Release Announcement (pdf 85kb)

 

For details of the latest KBM Enhancement Requests, please click here.