Welcome to our November update. Meridian upgrades have been completed with BHP, Viva Energy, and NRG. Upgrades are in progress with Curtin University, Capral, Evoenergy, and Icon Water.

Accruent has advised us that the major Meridian release will be pushed back to mid-year to allow it to include support for the annual Autodesk release. So, with Meridian 2021 R2 well established, it's a good time to start planning and scheduling this year's upgrade, so please contact us if you'd like to start the discussion.

Our offices will be closed with all staff on leave between Friday 17 December (last day) and Tuesday 04 January (first day back). During this period we will respond to high-priority issues (outages) via our 1300 phone number and our support email address.

Accruent has published some new blog posts to bring you up to date:

When it comes to document management tools, there are many “free” content management solutions out there, including SharePoint, Box, share drives, and even USB drives. Today, many businesses continue to rely on these tools for their document management needs - either because “it’s what they’ve always used,” or because they believe they’re saving money by avoiding the costs associated with a robust engineering document management system (EDMS).

The Life Science industries are changing. The world is more remote than ever, and organizations in Life Sciences feel the increasing strain of maintaining compliance with regulatory bodies – like the FDA and ISO – while ensuring patient safety and conducting regular business.

The right FDA regulatory compliance software can help. In this modern context, that system is likely a cloud-based engineering document management system and QMS software. Meridian Cloud for Life Sciences, in particular, can help simplify compliance, streamline validation, resolve remote access challenges, and more.

The Lunr blog shares a number of recent publications. Here are some that may be of interest.

There's a wealth of information online, or contact us to get started with a 10-user plan to manage all of your engineering content in one cloud-based repository, all hosted within Australia.

Meridian Mobile release 6 is now available in the Google, Apple, and Windows App stores. The new release of Meridian Mobile has improved search and filter capabilities. In addition, the property search order and property sorting are incorporated from the advanced search form and the thumbnail list view is extended to contain the name, title, and revision of the document.

Meridian Mobile also includes several key improvements for regulated environments. Meridian Cloud users can download Meridian Mobile from the landing page, with a direct link to the App stores. Meridian Server users need to contact the Meridian Administrator to implement the new Meridian Mobile API to setup the new Meridian Mobile features. The Meridian Mobile Release Notes are available on Meridian Online Help.

Introducing our senior business consultant, Damien Flux.

Name: Damien Flux

Role: Senior Business Consultant

Grew up in: Brisbane

Specialist topic: Scuba diving

Guilty pleasure: Excellent coffee before noon, excellent beer after

What people wouldn't know about you: I'm a qualified skipper and have "another life" in the maritime field, specialising in search and rescue, education, and film and television production.

Podcast/Book/Movie: Podcasts could be anything from Brews News to WTF with Marc Maron. Ask me anything about Harry Bosch, Jack Ryan, or any series written by Aaron Sorkin.

What you love about working at Onset: The flexibility of the workday and the constant new challenges because Meridian is such a customisable application, meaning every site is very different.