History
- December 1967 — The company formed a subsidiary of the French-owned Metra Group of consultancy companies.
- September 1968 — Doors opened for business on a Control Data 6600, the largest and most powerful computer installed in the U.K.
- February 1969 — Installation of first RJE terminal linked by private Post Office telephone line - the beginning of SIA's long experience in remote computing.
- May 1970 — Manchester branch office opened.
- December 1970 — Turnover for the year exceeded £1 Million.
- March 1972 — Introduction of INTERCOM service for users with Teletype-style terminals.
- March 1972 — West End branch office opened.
- May 1973 — Edinburgh branch office opened.
- December 1974 — Second major computer (Cyber-72) installed. Turnover tops £2 Million.
- April 1975 — Launch of Kronos-75 integrated remote computing service, offering users Timesharing, Batch processing (local and remote) or a mixture of the two in one computer installation.
- August 1978 — SIA ordered a CDC Cyber-175, to be installed early 1979.
- May 1979 — Installed a high-speed link to CISI's IBM Network in France.
- 1988? — Installed a DEC VAX 8000, model 8550.
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