June 30th, 2021

Working from home increased dramatically in 2020, forcing workers worldwide into a steep learning curve of behavioural change. While increasing workplace accessibility and eliminating commutes, remote working can bore employees to tears at times. Without the proper practices, working from home feels more like sleeping at the office, as professionalism invades privacy and productivity becomes […]

March 30th, 2021

The 1960s changed the world in many ways, including a revolution in the practice of time management. In 1961, the late great Richard Matessich pioneered the computerised spreadsheet. This invention spelt the end of generations of physical attendance management. It made papers and punch cards obsolete, scheduling their doom in neat, digital boxes. Electronic Attendance Management […]

January 30th, 2021

Proximity Readers provide the first line of defence to many secure entryways and rooms. They are smart, programmable, and most importantly, dependable. But how do proximity readers work? As a well-established technology, engineers and researchers honed and innovated card readers over the decades since their inception. They currently play a huge role in modern society, […]

February 13th, 2020

Caunton Engineering’s new £5 million site known as “The Cut Shack” has been officially opened. As one of our long term customers, Caunton Engineering again chose Egress Systems to supply Time & Attendance and Access Control for the new site. “The Cut Shack” features access control on two perimeter gates and three internal doors plus clocking for […]

February 13th, 2020

Hosted Time & Attendance Software We’ve frequently been asked by our customers whether we offer a hosted or cloud-based time & attendance software – well now we do! This solution offers all of the functionality of Focus Enterprise hosted for you off-site at a UK based data centre. All you need is internet access and you can […]

February 13th, 2020

Egress Systems are now pleased to be able to offer integration with the Tachomaster web service as part of the Focus Time & Attendance solution. Originally implemented for Arla Foods, the interface automatically collects and processes raw Tachomaster Digi card information and uses it to populate the Focus timesheet. Using Tachomaster to feed Focus with […]

February 13th, 2020

Are you looking for time and attendance software that’s suitable for running on your Apple Mac? Well, look no further. Our hosted time and attendance software is easily accessible from an Apple Mac, not to mention your iPhone or iPad. If you have a mixture of operating systems across Android and Microsoft platforms too then […]

February 13th, 2020

Microsoft update causes Focus error Many of our customers experienced problems using Focus following a Microsoft Windows update in early August. The update affected Windows components that Focus uses and caused an “invalid procedure call” error. The update also affected other applications that use the same components including MS Excel spreadsheets with VBA scripts and […]

February 13th, 2020

New Feature: Prevent a Focus User from editing their own timesheet This useful feature available in Focus Pro/Enterprise version 3.416 can be found in the User Setup screen. Click on Add Link to link the currently selected user with their employee record. New Feature: Mandatory comment on Absence Reason edit This optional absence reason requirement can […]