I'm pleased to announce Couraud's new website.

As you can see, it's been distilled, cleaned up and focuses on our key products: 360 degree feedback, online appraisals and other web apps to help make your working life easier.

Five years ago, Couraud set out to bring to the UK simple, effective tools using the software-as-a-service model combined with HR expertise and consultancy. We had to spend a lot of time persuading conservative business leaders that online tools were safe, secure and here to stay. I'm glad to say that now in 2009, we no longer feel the need to do so.

Today's managers are more than aware of consumer-based apps like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Digg, Scribd, Slideshare, Skype and so on. Many of these sites didn't exist 5 years ago. They understand better the vocabulary of RSS, social networking, beta-stage, peer-to-peer and geolocation. IT departments are no longer terrified by jQuery, AJAX, VOIP, agile development and the cloud.

If you'd like to see how your organisation can benefit from cutting edge technology, give us a call.

We're also working on other ideas for development - and looking for collaborators as more and more of our apps are co-developed with clients who have an understanding of what they want, but need an expert to put it into practice. Are you ready for Google Wave? How about micro-360 degree feedback? Or real time sentiment analysis?

Give us a call if you want to join in.