In early July 2020 we will be launching a major upgrade to the Idea Catalog. It will have significant improvements to the layout, navigation, filtering and usability.

Who's Impacted?
All Users.

What are the Changes?
The system has been completely rewritten from the ground up. The new database backend is faster, unrestricted in size and more secure. The new system has been designed for the easier addition of new features that are planned for 2020 and 2021.

The front end has a completely new look and feel. There is a significantly enhanced filtering system to help narrow down potential ideas, two factor authentication for improved security, more extensive insights and a host of other additional features. We will cover the changes made in more detail prior to releasing the upgrade.

What do you need to do?
Longlists, Shortlists and Challenges will not be migrated across. If you want to keep your original lists then you must make a note of the technologies and information you have saved. You will then need to add them into the new system when it is live.

Other than that, users do not have to do anything. All existing content will be migrated across. Further details about logging in will be sent prior to releasing the upgrade.

Rollout
The scheduled roll out for the new system is Saturday 18 July 2020.

Resources
Please email us if you have any queries and we will respond as soon as practicable.