To: Stat Crew Customers & CoSIDA Membership
Fr: Stat Crew / CBS Sports.com
Re: Next Generation update/2012 preview
Stat Crew, CBS and the CoSIDA leadership teams would like to update you on relevant Next Generation developments and provide further insight regarding the 2012 calendar year. We greatly value the support of the Stat Crew Advisory Board, CoSIDA and its members throughout the development of our Next Generation software.
Stat Crew has tested Next Generation software throughout the fall and has worked closely with many SIDs on making corrections, fixing bugs, etc. We appreciate everyone who has actively participated in the beta-testing, offering feedback, suggestions, etc.
Schools, Organizations & Conferences Represented on the Stat Crew Advisory Board
Big 12 Conference
Cincinnati
Creighton
East Carolina
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference
Harding
Missouri
NCAA
Virginia Tech
Wabash
Wake Forest
Whitworth
Wisconsin
2011-12 Schedule
• on-going testing for Basketball, Football & Soccer
Testing finalized by:
• Soccer- mid-March
• Football- mid-April
• Basketball - mid-May
• Beta releases for all other sports in season to ensure proper testing
• 2012 tentative full release schedule:
May: Soccer, Football
June: Basketball, Volleyball
August: Ice Hockey
October: Baseball, Lacrosse
For more details about the beta testing, please contact our office (513/771-4192) or review the feedback we have received so far at our new support site:
http://support.statcrew.com
Development Update
We continue to improve the "ergonomics" or keystrokes efficiency / movement through the in-game program, especially in the areas of substitutions, play editors, and clock management.
We have made revisions to the schedule display in the application for each sport, and continue to solidify the cloud scheduling and reporting functions.
We have recently implemented internal test manager tools to improve testing and verification.
The Cloud
We have over 1000 users registered in the cloud this fall and have logged more than 8,000 games. The Cloud Connector is fully deployed as part of the Next Gen project (roughly 40 ftp sites are registered in the cloud). The Cloud Connector is the solution for ftp'ing live XML data to multiple destinations. If your school is interested in using this tool, download the Cloud Connector from your stats cloud website, or call us for assistance.
We have addressed the FTP relay portion issue. A new recovery system has been installed to prevent this from happening in the future and new monitoring systems have been put in place to alert our operations group should a similar issue arise. The cloud is still in Beta testing but we are committed to keeping it fully operational and production-ready.
Pricing
We do not anticipate any changes to our current pricing structure in 2012.
General Stat Crew News
We welcome Kelby Siler to the Cincinnati location of Stat Crew Software. Kelby is a former SID at Appalachian State and Cincinnati. He will work with the development group in actively testing the Next Gen scoring software, as well as supporting the Legacy Stat Crew software.
Again, we appreciate all feedback from the CoSIDA community, and look forward to hearing from more of you in the coming months as we continue to roll out Next Gen products.
Thank you for your on-going support of Stat Crew. We welcome any constructive feedback or comments.
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season.
Regards,
Stat Crew / CBS Sports.com