Why Use Intersect?

Why use Intersect for project work?

Intersect was established to provide ongoing eResearch services that were previously absent.

We have:

• a critical mass of expertise in requirements gathering and elicitation, architectural design, user interface design, engineering, project management and quality assurance;
• broad ranging experience in delivering quality IT projects and services;
• a company culture of engineering excellence;
• an engineering division of 15 permanent staff enabling rapid deployment and ongoing support;
• a focus on and understanding of research needs;
• eResearch analysts on the ground to support project development;
  • access to PfC services;
  • easy formal arrangements - as part of Intersect membership there’s no need for additional contracts.

Engineering economies of scale

Intersect can provide a value and capability that individual research groups may find difficult to achieve internally, by:

• using optimized software and systems engineering and project management processes;
• tracking and identifying IT trends and their application to eResearch;
• finding existing or adaptable solutions from a wide range of research disciplines and industries, avoiding re-inventing the wheel;
• building a portfolio of technologies that can be rapidly deployed to solve problems;
• giving members rights to use, adapt and otherwise maximise the intellectual property (including source code) of work undertaken by Intersect for their own purposes;
• delivering savings on development (‘build once, use often’) that can be spent on project specific elements or research
• providing economic, robust and reliable solutions quickly.