Sequoia Media Clients

Virtual Planit - Landscape Architects
Virtual Planit Group are a Manchester based Landscape Architects, employing 40+ staff. They are split into two separate divisions, one concentrates on the practical aspects of planning and implementation of projects, whilst the other generates digital media representations based on the plans. Sequoia Media was employed to augment the newly proposed Liverpool Anfield Stadium project with more realistic atmosphere, trees , plants and vegetation. Architectural stills and animations had already been completed by the stadium architects, however these concentrated solely on the stadium. As the landscape architects, Virtual Planit wanted to present the stadium in a more realistic environment so that people could see how the stadium would actually look within the context of its locale. Sequoia Media utilised Cinema4D for modeling and EON Software Vue d'Espirit to generate realistic landscapes. More detail can be found on the Anfield Project page.
Sharp Corporation
Sharp are a major corporation based in Japan, with subsidiaries in 50+ countries, employing 60,000 staff worldwide. In the UK they develop Mobile Handsets for the UK and European markets. One department critical to the successful development of handsets is the Product Verification Department (PVD). PVD provides in-house and field testing of all handsets (and software releases) prior to final production and shipment of handsets throughout Europe. During the testing of handsets, a lot of test data is collected and stored, but in many different small systems. There was a need to have all of these separate systems integrated, and accessible through a single interface (preferably through a WEB browser). Sequoia Media were employed to develop this system (see PASS) , which now provides secure data store of test results, with the additional benefit of fast and convenient analysis tools to generate graphical reports of test progress.
An endorsement from the client: Franco Cargius - Sharp Mobile Telecommunications Test Manager "The most difficult part of Software buying is making sure you get what you want. This isn't always what we set out and ordered at the start of the project. So using Sequoia Media has been an easy business decision. Working with Martin and tapping into his experience allowed us to benefit from his extensive software knowledge and valuable end-user appreciation. This made life purchasing proprietary Software a lot easier than it can be." "Oh yes, the SW works well too."
The Edge Cycleworks
Edge Cycleworks are a chain of specialist mountain and sports bicycle retailers in the North West of England. They specialise in bikes for cycling enthusiasts, providing full spec. mountain and racing bikes. In addition they supply many accessories. Until recently The Edge Cycleworks had no visibility on the WEB, so decided to correct this by commissioning a full spec. e-commerce WEB site. The site since launch in June '06 has been a great success, both in online purchases and in-shop custom based on site referrals. Income has increased several times in some outlets due to the new site.
An endorsement from the client: Simon McDonnell, owner of The Edge Cycleworks "Sequoia Media successfully delivered what they promised. They designed and implemented our web site from scratch at a competitive price whilst offering excellent service and professionalism. Sequoia successfully integrated our existing stock system with the new e-commerce web site creating a sophisticated yet simple to use site. "The best thing about our site however has been the increase in sales revenue as a direct result. Feedback from customers has also been excellent. Thanks again to Martin at Sequoia, we would not hesitate in recommending you."
Logos Group (Italy) - Aston Martin & Case New Holland
Logos are a major player in the world of language translation services, including DTP services and publishing. The company provide single solutions to client requirements for translation of such things as books, brochures, technical manuals and other documentation. Sequoia Media has provided sub-contract services to manage and automate DTP work in preparation for translation. This has involved managing the DTP re-work of large automotive service manuals. Also additional scripting of Adobe applications to extract text from complex circuits has been completed. The clients of Logos for the above work are Aston Martin and Case New Holland. Aston Martin required translation and extensive specialist DTP work for their DB9 and Vantage service manuals. Case New Holland required extraction of text and re-work of large circuit diagrams for their farming vehicles.
Logos Group (Italy) - Honda Motors Europe
Working through Logos, as a freelance Flash specialist, Sequoia Media provided Honda Motor Europe with a semi-automated solution to translate a large (50+ slides) FLASH presentation into 28 languages. With Logos providing the translation services, Sequoia Media was employed to solve the problem of extracting text objects from the Flash files. Sequoia Media has extensive experience of handling Flash text import and export. Existing Flash scripts were updated and enhanced to collect the strings into XML files, which could be used by Logos, to translate into the 28 languages. The resulting files were then re-imported into the Flash files, followed by some DTP work to compensate for language differences etc.