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IDEA On The Horizon – November 2024

Welcome to ‘IDEA On The Horizon’, where we take a look at what is on the development roadmap for the IDEA Universe over the coming month, and what to look forward to in the latest release. Here’s what is on the horizon at IDEA Data Solutions for November 2024 . See some of these features at […]

IDEA On The Horizon – October 2024

Welcome to ‘IDEA On The Horizon’, where we take a look at what is on the development roadmap for the IDEA Universe over the coming month, and what to look forward to in the latest release. Here’s what is on the horizon at IDEA Data Solutions for October 2024 as we build towards our 2024.4 […]

January 2024 Newsletter

Newsletter January 24

The latest news from IDEA Data Solutions in one easy to digest post. Includes; METSTRADE preview, Direct Order and 2023.3 IDEA YACHT release updates.

November 2023 Newsletter

IDEA Newsletter November 23

The latest news from IDEA Data Solutions in one easy to digest post. Includes; METSTRADE preview, Direct Order and 2023.3 IDEA YACHT release updates.

August 2023 Newsletter

The latest news from IDEA Data Solutions in one easy to digest post. Includes; 2023.2 IDEA YACHT release updates.

July 2023 Newsletter

Idea Newsletter-July 23

The latest news from IDEA Data Solutions in one easy to digest post. Includes; 2023.2 IDEA YACHT release updates.

June 2023 Newsletter

IDEA Data Solutions Newsletter

The latest news from IDEA Data Solutions in one easy to digest post. Includes; 2023.1 release updates, how to stay crew complaint

May 2023 Newsletter

IDEA Newsletter May 23

The latest news from IDEA Data Solutions in one easy to digest post. Includes; 2023.1 release updates, how to stay crew complaint

April 2023 Newsletter

Idea Newsletter April 2023

The latest news from IDEA Data Solutions in one easy to digest post. Includes; 2023.1 release updates, how to stay crew complaint

February Newsletter

Idea Yacht Management Newsletter Feb 23

Release 2022-04 out now! Our latest release is packed full of features to make life onboard even easier. Use the crew check-in/check-out for easy up-to-date crew lists, we’ve improved performance for our Hours of Rest and crew certificate page, customize your purchasing overview, and much more. Read the full release One touch Crew check in […]

January Newsletter

IDEA Superyacht Managment Software: Thank you for your Feedback Happy New Year 2023 and best wishes from your IDEA TEAM. As one of the most diverse superycht managemnt software packages for superyachts and related assets, IDEA YACHT can be used on all common software platforms. Native apps on iOS and Android allow you to stay […]

December Newsletter

2022 Highlights As the year draws to a close, we’d like to share some of our highlights from this year. Thank you for choosing IDEA as your yacht software provider again for 2022! We look forward to working with you into 2023 and beyond. Have a wonderful Christmas! The team at IDEA. January IDEA YACHT […]

November Newsletter

IDEA at METSTRADE  Earlier this month we exhibited at METSTRADE, the world’s largest trade exhibition of marine equipment, materials, and systems, at RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre. The event was very well attended and a huge success, it was great to see some familiar faces and meet many new ones! It was also a brilliant opportunity […]

October Newsletter

Key changes IDEA YACHT 2022.3 focuses on accessibility and ease of use. Both the web portal and the companion apps for Android or iOS got an extensive set of new features. Below you can find a high-level overview of all included changes: • New active crew list widget for your custom dashboard.• Improved layout drawing […]

September Newsletter

MONACO YACHT SHOW 2022 – JUST TWO DAYS TO GO! We are busy making final preparations for the world-renowned Monaco Yacht Show, which kicks off in just two days’ time. Read our blog post from last year’s show here, to find out what we got up to! We’re excited to see many familiar faces and […]

August Newsletter

TRADE SHOW SEASON IS HERE We are excited to announce that we will be attending the following upcoming trade shows across Europe and would love to see you there! SMM Hamburg: 6th – 9th September 2022 SMM Hamburg is the leading international maritime trade fair, taking place between 6th – 9th September, 2022. This year […]

July Newsletter

Join us at Monaco Yacht Show 2022 We will once again be exhibiting at Monaco Yacht Show from 28th September – 1st October 2022. The Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) has announced new developments in its themed exhibition areas, once again proving its will to immerse visitors in the world of superyachting. The 2022 edition is […]

June Newsletter – 2022

2022.2 Key changes IDEA YACHT 2022.2 is a milestone update, introducing major changes to both front and back-end systems. Below youcan find a bullet point list of changes introduced in this release: • New layout drawing widget for your dashboard, handle stock updates, rounds and maintenance directly from your dashboard. • Further updates for the new […]

May Newsletter – 2022

IDEA YACHT 2022.1 introduces major changes to both front and back-end systems Key changes and improvements introduced in this release include: • New IDEA YACHT back-end, performance improvements and preparation for further planned changes.• Complete new IDEA YACHT Shell! The IDEA YACHT Shell now supports different menu modes, shortcuts and adds a fresh new look […]

April Newsletter -2022

Welcome,We hope you have enjoyed the Easter holiday period and have some exciting developments to share this month, including our very first live webinar for IDEA Online Academy.IDEA’s Tobias and Felix are attending our first trade show of the year in Palma and hope to see some of you there! The next version of IDEA […]

March Newsletter – 2022

Hello!As we approach the summer yachting season, we’d like to share some useful features from our exciting new look dashboard.Have you seen our new interface? You can move the slider here to see how IDEA Yacht’s dashboard has improved. Our skilled product development team have taken all of your feedback to ensure our software makes […]

February Newsletter – 2022

Hello! We’ve got lots of exciting projects and improvements kicking off this month at IDEA, here is a round-up of February’s news… IDEA Online Academy – your questions answered by our experts! We are excited to announce the launch of IDEA Online Academy, following the success of our previous virtual academy programme, we’d love you […]

January Newsletter – 2022

Let us talk about some numbers & why data quality requires specialists Experienced captains, officers and engineers know how important quality work is. And this of course applies to data as well. Running a superyacht is not an easy job and requires skill and dedication. But to smoothly operate such a high-value asset and provide […]

December Newsletter – 2021

Festive period – limited availability for support Please note that over the Christmas period, our support team will be unavailable on the24th and 31st December. Top changes in our Q4 release: • Spectro / Jet Care integration into IDEA YACHT.• ISM Forms and checklist for IDEA YACHT mobile.• New widgets for your custom dashboard.• Reminders […]

November Newsletter – 2021

As we approach the festive season, we’d like to share a round-up of news from across the business over the past month. Did you see our recent press release announcing our partnership with Spectro | Jet-Care? You can view it here if you missed it. We’re excited to announce that Spectro Oil Integration is now included in […]

October Newsletter – 2021

Join us for the METSTRADE Show – 16 – 18 November 2021 We’ll be back exhibiting at the METSTRADE Show this year and would love for you to join us for free, as our valued guest! METSTRADE is the world’s largest B2B trade exhibition of marine equipment, materials and systems. What you can expect from […]

September Newsletter – 2021

Monaco Yacht Show 2021 – the highlights We were thrilled to once again be exhibiting at The Monaco Yacht Show (MYS), the world’s benchmark yacht show. The MYS exhibits a selection of companies linked to the yachting and luxury markets and visitors come here to meet the best experts on the market to discuss their […]

August Newsletter – join us for a day in the life of an IDEA vessel!

Hello there! We’d like to share a round up of our latest news and developments. Read on to find out about how we listened to customer feedback to add a new function for COVID-19 vaccination status of crew, why our annual fees are so important and join us for a day in the life of […]

Newsletter July 2021 – Celebrating 20 years of IDEA yacht management software!

See a larger PDF version of the timeline here. Our latest release In case you missed it, you can find key highlights of our latest release below: • IDEA YACHT Mobile – check out our redesigned and improved IDEA app.• Database analytics – read more about the integrated database analytics tool.• Hours of Rest update – […]

June Newsletter 2021

Attending our first post COVID-19 event; The Palma Superyacht Show 2021 We felt so grateful to be back at an actual, in-person event this month. Our Executive Director, Tobias Allebrodt, attended the 2021 edition of the Palma Superyacht Show, which took place between 3rd -6th June. It is the first show that IDEA Data Solutions […]

May Newsletter – 2021

Join us at the Palma Superyacht Show from 3rd – 6th June! We are delighted to announce that we will be exhibiting at the Palma Superyacht Show this year, from 3rd – 6th June. Come and meet IDEA’s Managing Director, Tobias, and receive a live demonstration of our software, to see first-hand how our solutions […]

April Newsletter – 2021

Hello from the team at IDEA Data Solutions! We hope that you are keeping safe and well during these challenging times. Our team at IDEA HQ are certainly enjoying the lighter days and warmer weather, what a difference it makes! This month we’d like to share details of improvements to our IDEA YACHT Leave and Rest […]

Newsletter April 2020

IDEA YACHT 2020.1 comes with a full bag of supportive functionalities As already announced in our last newsletter we would like to introduce our first major update of IDEA YACHT for 2020. Version 2020.1. is packed with a lot of new functions and features that improve the usability and the security of our software.As one […]

March Newsletter – 2021

System integration for efficient yacht management Connect your AMCS to IDEA software solutions. Did you know? Your yacht’s Alarm Monitoring and Control System (AMCS) can be integrated with IDEA Software Solutions, to maximise vessel automation in the field. Users can import data from the AMCS via a secure one-way interface, to trigger reminders for Operators […]

Newsletter February 2021

  New IDEA gifts in 2021!   IDEA grows more and more over the years. We are realizing daily how many things we initiated and how much we have outgrown our small start-up over the course of 20 years now.  It is time to say thank you to our most important asset: You. With more […]

Release Newsletter 2020.4

Changes – Overview Below is a list of changes picked from the complete changelog, changes are grouped by type to provide you a quick overview: Customer success  Logs and rounds generates new barcodes when an entry point gets copied Inform user that a task he wants to complete will consume spare parts If a task template […]

Newsletter January 2021

IDEA 2021.1 is here!   Again a lots of improvements, features and nice to have found it’s way into the first IDEA Yacht release 2020:  Online backup for databases  Hours of rest Replication management page in IDEA YACHT See status of replication Allow to pause and resume Trigger instant replication Various new filters, sorting for […]

Newsletter December 2020

Seasons Greetings The year is coming to an end. Our team would like to thank you for your confidence in us and the good cooperation in the past year. We hope you had a good 2020 despite the challenges and obstacles that year brought. Nonetheless we hope to see you all in 2021 again and […]

SuperyachtNews.com – Cost-saving, ease and continuity

IDEA Data Solutions management software can vastly improve the efficiency of superyacht operations… BY RORY JACKSON – 13 NOV 2020 In recent years, superyachts have grown both in terms of their size and complexity. Typically, when one considers the growing complexity of vessels, there is a tendency to think about advanced and novel technologies, however, not […]

Newsletter November 2020

Quality Management – the bits and pieces you do not expect With the build-up of more than 400 super yacht databases, IDEA is the biggest supplier for super yacht intelligence within this niche service market. For 20 years we’ve been helping our customers with our industry knowledge, consultancy and tailored solutions to easily manage the […]

Newsletter October 2020

1st IDEA Virtual Academy ended With more than 80 registered users we have exceeded our expectations by far. Interesting discussions and questions for several of the presentations showed us your appreciation and our vital community. For sure we also received several emails where attendees informed us that appointments got in their way, therefore we decided […]

Newsletter September 2020

SAVE THE DATE: 1st IDEA Virtual Academy – Be part of it The dates for the 1st IDEA Virtual Academy are now confirmed! From the 6th to the 8th October 2020 we will have 18 in-depth, technical and administration related IDEA training sessions, from how to use the software to advanced cyber security guides for […]

Newsletter August 2020

SAVE THE DATE: 1st IDEA Virtual Academy – Be part of it With more and more yachting events being cancelled due to the pandemic, IDEA decided to seize the opportunity to host our first ever virtual event: The Virtual Academy for all our valued clients and friends. We are planning a diverse online event spanning […]

Newsletter June / July 2020

MONACO YACHT SHOW cancelled – Luckily we have a solution! Currently planned for September or October we have decided to hold the 1st IDEA Academy, Key note speakers, dedicated training sessions, meet the programmer and various other things are on the Agenda, but much more important for us: What are you interested in? Give us […]

Newsletter May 2020

COVID-19 Special Offer Improved Database Service at 20% Discount During the current global pandemic a lot of people are stuck at home or on the yacht; this could be the perfect time to ramp-up your maintenance management? For you as a professional crew member, a well-populated database with on point maintenance schedules is crucial. Normally you could expect […]

Newsletter March 2020

Newsletter March 2020 Are you aware what’s really on board of your yacht? Findings from more than 15 years in the industry: The weeks before the extensive voyage of a vessel usually is a very busy time for all parties involved in the planning process. All departments need to check their equipment and see to […]

Newsletter February 2020

Data consistency – underrated or truly important?New IDEA Yacht release Imagine, after spending many hours of adding maintenance tasks to your system, you realize your hour-based tasks never show up. Simply because you forgot to link the correct hour-counter to the task. Mistakes like that can lead to serious equipment failures endangering your vessel and […]

Newsletter January 2020

We wish you all a happy and prosperous Year 2020. We hope you had a relaxing Christmas season and a great start in this year. New IDEA Yacht release To move on as ambitious as last year we started this year with a new release of IDEA Yacht.IDEA YACHT 2019.4 comes again with a variety […]

Newsletter December 2019

The year 2019 is coming to an end… And it feels like it has passed far too quickly. Let’s take the opportunity to remember some of the ups and downs in 2019. Record-breaking shows and filled order books Most boat shows announced record-breaking figures for their events. Starting with the Boot in January to the […]

Newsletter November 2019

Exiting times came to an end – Show season is over It is always a pleasure to attend the outstanding trade shows of the Yachting Industry.Of course, this time of the year is always a hectic one and times come with a packed calendar and nearly unmanageable meeting lists but besides that, it is always […]

Newsletter October 2019

What’s new in our latest version 2019.3? We used the Monaco Yacht Show as a special occasion to gather a lot of client feedback and to improve our current version. Therefore, we would just like to give you a short overview of what’s new in IDEA YACHT’s latest version, which has been launched by the […]

Newsletter September 2019

IDEA introduces new products and features at the MYS 2019 This year’s Monaco Yacht is about to start next week. From 25th September to 28th September, more than 580 exhibitors will present their newest product and development to the interested visitor. And IDEA will be no exception.On our stand DS88 in Darse Sud, we will unveil some […]

Newsletter August 2019

Paper manuals in digital times In most industries you can observe a trend towards digitization. There is no global player who has not started strategic projects to transform their company to meet the requirements of the digital age. This trend is also true for the yachting industry. More and more of the documentation comes in […]

Newsletter July 2019

Summer season 2019 is in full swing and like all of our clients we are working hard to get things done and keep our valued customers happy. As planned at the beginning of this year we are delivering our second major update in 2019. We used the past quarter to improve one of our core […]

Newsletter June 2019

IDEA YACHT – new functions and features – release of 2019.2 by beginning of July We are constantly working on new functions and features to stay ahead of the industry rules and regulations mentioned in the third article below, which shall help our customers to prevent from any imponderability’s and to manage their daily tasks […]

Newsletter April 2019

New IDEA Yacht update 2019.1 In the past months we received a lot of feedback from our clients. This feedback is very valuable to us as a company as it shows what we do well and where we have to improve. For our first update in 2019, we decided making it “your version” by concentrating […]

Newsletter March 2019

Release Update 2019 is still young but we are already working hard on the announcement of our first update of the year. To achieve this, we gathered a lot of feedback over the last few months and tried to integrate as many improvements as possible, including suggestions and feature requests from our clients. Consequently, you […]

Newsletter February 2019

In our first newsletter in 2019 we would like to give you an outlook on our plans for 2019 and introduce our latest software release for IDEA Yacht. The roadmap 2019 During the last years we saw a much faster development on all aspects of software, especially with regards to browsers and operating systems. That […]

Düsseldorf Boot Show 2019

We cordially would like to invite you to the German Boot Show from the 19th till the 27th of January in our hometown Düsseldorf. Please feel free to pass by anytime at our booth 27G in Hall 7a to discover our latest developments of IDEA Yacht, like – Updated reports framework– New IDEA forms editor with forms– Overview page and filter […]

Newsletter November 2018

We are proud to announce that on 5th November we have released our biggest update for IDEA YACHT since its initial release in 2012.Version 2018.3 is a major milestone in the lifecycle of our product and brings a bunch of new features. The most significant change is the look and feel of IDEA YACHT. With […]

SBA at WorkBoat Show

Hey, It is said that everyone from the marine industry is there – and by “there” we mean the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans from the 29th of November – 1st of December 2017.As SpecTec IDEA is also part of the marine industry you can find us at booth #221 in the Maintenance & Repair Pavillon. Up for […]

Two exhibitions, one mission

Messe Kalkar or “Wonderland Kalkar” is a very special place: its center of attention is a never used nuclear power plant and since 1995 the location is used for leisure activities and also as an exhibition centre. So, be our guest – at the “Shipping-Technics-Logistics” Show on the 26th and 27th of September.Join us at our stand […]