It has been fashionable for the past few years to market many online systems by adding the as-a-service (aaS) suffix to whatever it is you do. When the I-ntarsia system was first developed in 2003 it was simply an online content management system: convenient and powerful. Soon. however, marketers on similar systems got working and we became an Application Service Provider (ASP) and that was just the start.
We have developed a Drupal website pattern that is specifically designed, supported and costed for Town and Parish Councils. These tier 3 councils (T3 councils) have specific requirements and constraints that fall outside most website solutions.
On June 7th. 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, I-Next turned 25. Celebrations were, understandably, muted. All we did was update our logo and have a special anniversary version created.
Whilst we are proud of our heritage, in the time since the anniversary we had to ask ourselves ... so what? What does that mean for our customers and for a potential new customer?
So What?
We asked suppliers, staff, and customers alike what this means to them and got the following summarised response.