Toshiba Australia Application Development

Client Introduction

Toshiba’s Information Systems Division (ISD) is a division of Toshiba (Australia) Pty Limited which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, the seventh biggest electronics company in the world with annual revenues exceeding US$43.5 billion in 2001. With revenues of $437 million and a notebook market share of 26%, Toshiba ISD is comfortably the Australian market share leader.

Project Overview

Switch I.T. was approached to develop one application and one installer to be pre-installed on all new Toshiba notebooks in the country. The software was developed in conjunction with Switch I.T. partner Tolemy Communications, who supplied all artwork and system requirements.

The project required the development of two separate applications as well as an intuitive installer allowing the software to be installed manually or in an automated batch mode. The two applications included:

1. Toshiba Flying Start Toolbar
   The Toshiba Flying Start Toolbar provides users with fast access to a number of useful Microsoft Office templates, screensavers and other information such as how to connect to the Internet. The application is configured to load on system startup allowing new users to intuitively access a range of tools and information without sufficient knowledge of the system itself.
   
   
2. Toshca Care Exercises
   The Toshca Care Exercises Application displays useful exercise routines at pre-selected intervals and times of the day to ensure all Toshiba users do as much as possible to avoid any injury related to the long-term use of their Toshiba notebook. The application allows a user to set the time range they would like to be reminded to exercise, as well as the frequency of reminders within this range.
   
   

Technologies
Development Environment	Visual Basic
Installer	Inno Setup
Operating System	Windows XP