Companies like Headforwards Software from Pool which develops software solutions for the telecoms industry are growing exponentially. In Redruth we have the Barncoose Gateway centre which hosts other home grown local success stories like Blue Fruit and Netbooster. Earlier this week I visited SCSL at Tolvaddon which is another rapidly emerging company in this new industry. It was founded by Dr Mark Sullivan, a former GP, who spotted the need for better data monitoring to assist doctors in managing the medication of patients in need anticoagulants to reduce their risk of stroke. Over the last twenty years they have been developing sophisticated software for use by the NHS which makes them one of the world's cutting edge technology companies in their field.
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Cornwall is a grouping that now has over sixty members both large and small and
Mike Barritt, the Managing Director of SCSL, is heavily involved in organising
the annual "Agile on the beach" convention which takes place at
Falmouth next week and is now judged to be among the top three such events in
the world. "Agile" is a new management concept which can be applied
to many disciplines including even in financial management but is especially used
in software development. It is about removing rigid processes, targets
and management plans and replacing them with something more flexible, holistic
and iterative so that complex challenges can be overcome by natural adaptation.