Exhibitor profiles
4C Strategies
4C Strategies is one of the UK’s leading independent ICT infrastructure consultancies. Our broad area of expertise includes unified communications, networks and IP telephony, storage, virtualisation and backup solutions and green IT. We work with our clients to successfully deliver best value solutions from strategy development, through procurement to implementation and project completion.
Absoft
Absoft specialises in delivering ERP solutions and services that meet the demand from HE and FE institutions for accurate, real time business information to facilitate sound business decisions and support strategy delivery. Advantage Further & Higher Education, our new product, delivers out of the box business processes for finance, procurement and research grant management, rapidly and affordably.
Adobe Systems Europe
Altman Technologies
Altman Technologies has provided leading edge technologies since 1988 ? backed up by excellent, responsive service and support. The solutions deliver significant cost savings through automation of processes, increased productivity and enhanced management control.
Areas of specialisation include email and web protection; auditing and security; directory services management and print and copy management.
Apple Education
Today's students expect constant access to information, in and beyond the classroom. From the Mac and the iPhone to revolutionary services like iTunes U and the App Store, Apple creates innovative tools to enhance learning and facilitate collaboration. Visit Apple Education and discover how your institution can embrace mobile learning.
Blackboard
Brother UK Ltd
Brother is excited to show its commitment to the FE/HE market by exhibiting at UCISA 2010. We’ll be demonstrating our latest printers, multifunction machines and electronic labelling solutions.
Visit Brother, on Stand 32, and learn about our tailored print solutions and our longstanding reputation for environmental and ethical excellence. www.brother.co.uk/education
Bull Information Systems
Bull, the premier European-based IT supplier, operates in over 50 countries worldwide. Bull combines 30 years experience in the Public and Education sectors with market leading High Performance Computing technology and a unique range of technology capabilities to deliver agile and sustainable infrastructures to support the achievement of educational excellence.
CampusIT
COA Solutions
COA Solutions is the largest supplier of business accounting, HR, payroll and business intelligence systems to the UK mid-market service sector. We specialise in the education sector and have over 50 clients in this market. Our customers include University Of Portsmouth, University College Dublin, Nottingham Trent University and Edge Hill University.
Damovo UK Ltd
A leading provider of enterprise Information Communications Technology (ICT) solutions and services, Damovo UK has 30 years' experience in communications, networking, systems and application integration. We have more than 50 clients from the education sector and hold the highest levels of accreditation with leading vendors including Aastra, Cisco Systems, Mitel and Microsoft.
Dataplex Systems Ltd
Dataplex Systems Ltd is the UK’s leading independent company advising commercial and government organisations on practical applications of ICT. We have in house skills to assist our clients to determine where IT investment will deliver maximum benefit and follow this with the ability to take projects from inception to completion.
Data Integration
Data Integration is a private, independent company specialising in the design, implementation, management and optimisation of voice and data networks. Our customers are leading organisations where there is an emphasis on networks being fit for purpose and efficient in terms of both performance and cost. Visit us on Stand 77.
Desire2Learn
Desire2Learn Incorporated is a global provider of secure and scalable VLE and enterprise eLearning solutions. With over 500 customers and 5 million learners worldwide, we understand that technology and customer service are equally important and continually deliver new business models to address the needs of educational institutions.
DTP Group
DTP has a 22 year pedigree of supplying and supporting clients within the higher education sector. Within the National University Printer Contract, we represented 51% contract spend at the last contract review meeting! This share has been achieved through operational excellence and focus and, more recently, by working in partnership with universities to help them consolidate their separate printer, MFD, scanner and fax fleets into a single managed environment across both student and staff areas, saving up to 50% of current costs and charged on a pay as you use basis with no capital outlay. DTP will now also be promoting the same approach to PCs, laptops and workstations after being awarded supplier status in partnership with HP on the NDNA contract.
Eduserv
We are dedicated to developing technology services for education and the public sector. We are a not for profit organisation and registered charity, governed by a board of Trustees. We fulfil our charitable mission by providing products and services for the public benefit, in particular education.
Elluminate
Elluminate goes beyond web conferencing with best in class web, audio, video and social networking solutions. With Elluminate, you can create a 21st century teaching and learning environment that increases student retention and results. Elluminate is the trusted choice for millions of educators and learners globally.
EMMAN
Emos Information Systems
EMOS is a leading supplier and integrator of cashless campus solutions. We offer cardholder management, ID card personalisation and encoding (on-site and bulk off-site), e-payment, transaction management and solutions for printing, copying, catering, vending and library fine payment. Recent developments include encoding cards with Salto Access at point of card issue.
Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks provides converged ethernet networks that support data, voice and video. Extreme’s solutions feature high performance and high availability switching that delivers insight and control enabling clients to solve their real world business communications challenges. Operating in more than 50 countries, Extreme Networks provides wired, wireless secure LANs and data centre infrastructure solutions that are complemented by global 24x7 service and support.
Getech UK Ltd
Getech are pleased to be attending our 16th UCISA conference – please come to see us on Stand 9 to view the latest range of Notebooks and Netbooks available under the National Desktop & Notebook Agreement and Printers via the Higher Education Printer Agreement.
Google UK Ltd
Google Apps Education Edition is a free suite of hosted online communication and collaboration tools designed for schools and universities, including: email, calendar, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, video, and website creation applications. www.google.com/a/edu
Hobsons plc
Hobsons develops and delivers technology products and services that help over 1,400 institutions across three continents manage student enquiry, application and enrolment processes more effectively.Our CRM and online application products – EMT Connect and EMT ApplyYourself – offer institutions the tools they need to communicate with students in a more engaging way while simultaneously streamlining internal procedures and enhancing operational efficiencies. To find out more about our solutions, please visit our website: www.hobsons.com/europe, e-mail us at emt@hobsons.co.uk, or visit us at Stand 60
HP
As the world’s largest computer manufacturer, HP is a one stop shop technology solution provider, helping to facilitate Discovery in Learning for all. HP brings a unique total value proposition to the supply chain; with products and solutions that will help both students and teachers bring to life the anywhere, anytime personalised learning agenda.
IBM Business Analytics
IBM Information Management solutions deliver trusted information throughout your information supply chain and help you analyse your information to gain insights, identify breakdowns, and make better decisions that will optimise your business. With Cognos Business Intelligence and Performance Management you can create and administer reports, scorecards, plans & forecasts with data from multiple sources.
IBM UK – NSSA
IBM has been appointed as vendor partner under the National Servers and Storage Agreement, which offers preferential pricing for educational and research establishments. This national agreement, announced by SUPC, offers customers a single source for all IBM servers, blades and storage products. Members of the agreement will benefit from lowest published academic UK pricing for IBM servers and storage technologies, ability to purchase under a pretendered framework agreement, exclusive product offers and promotions, experienced technical pre and post-sales consultancy, fully comprehensive support and installation services. See www.ibm-nssa.co.uk.
InTechnology plc
InTechnology provides managed data and voice services over JANET – for example, a SIP Trunk Service utilising your existing JANET connection to route external telephone calls to/from a Campus based PBX to the PSTN, replacing expensive ISDN Lines, providing up to a 40% reduction on existing calls and lines costs.
IP Performance
IP Performance is a leading supplier of customised network infrastructure and security solutions, providing innovative and emerging technologies to a large number of universities and colleges, UK wide. Partnered with BlueCoat, Allot, Juniper, Avocent/Cyclades, Bluecat, Logrhythm, Meru, Barracuda, Zeus and Alcatel-Lucent, our delivery of complex network solutions is backed by our 24 hour support technical assistance centre.
Jadu Limited
Jadu is a market leading supplier of content management systems (CMS). Since its first major implementation for BERR in 2002, Jadu is now implemented within hundreds of public and private sector organisations and higher education institutions across the UK. Jadu is the first commercial CMS provider to offer an integrated Twitter module within its CMS software. Further information on Jadu can be found at: www.jadu.co.uk.
JANET(UK)
The JANET network provides uncontended, high speed, highly reliable network connectivity, along with access to an extensive portfolio of computing services. Cloud computing, virtualisation and data centre services offer the promise of reduced costs and improved environmental performance; the JANET network provides a highly cost effective means of exploiting these opportunities.
Jenzabar®
Jenzabar® is a leading provider of enterprise software and services developed exclusively for higher education. With more than 35 years’ experience delivering technology solutions to colleges and universities, Jenzabar is the trusted partner of choice on more than 700 campuses worldwide, dedicated to driving institutional success in three key areas: Enrollment, Retention and Advancement (ERA™).
JISC infoNet
JISC infoNet, a JISC Advance service, aims to be the UK's leading advisory service in post compulsory education. Our resources highlight good practice in effective strategic planning and innovation in the use of ICT to improve institutional efficiency and the support for, and quality of, learning, teaching and research. Visit www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk.
Lenovo
Lenovo is dedicated to building exceptionally engineered personal computers. Our business model is built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high quality, secure and easy to use technology products and services worldwide. Our product portfolio includes the world renowned ThinkPad notebook and ThinkCentre desktop PCs, servers, workstations and a vast range of accessories and upgrades.
Logicalis
Logicalis is a leading provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services to the UK education sector, with a superior breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration, data centre and professional and managed services.
LogMeIn Inc
LogMein provides on demand, remote connectivity and support solutions. Businesses and IT service providers use LogMeIn's solutions to deliver remote end user support and to manage computers and other internet enabled devices more effectively and efficiently. Since our inception, our users have connected over 70 million computers and other internet enabled devices to a LogMeIn service. www.LogMeIn.com
Magna Carta
Magna Carta Chipcard Solutions BV, are a manufacturer and developer of smartcard systems and are best known for its success internationally in the education world, where there are clear advantages in using a powerful, multipurpose smartcard across campus. Managing the complete life cycle of the card and all the applications supported on it, is Magna Carta’s trademark. Contact : Bob Donnelly at bdonnelly@magnacarta.nl
Microsoft Ltd
MTI Technologies Ltd
MTI is the UK’s foremost provider of information management solutions to the education sector. MTI offers expert advice on data storage, virtualisation and networking, cutting through the complexity and confusion and bringing order to all the information assets you’ve accumulated. Visit stand 52 for expert advice and enter our prize draw.
Norman Data Defense Systems (UK) Ltd
NorMan Out of Hours Helpline
The NorMAN Out of Hours Helpline is a unique shared service providing support for IT and library queries to students and staff at times when the main support service is closed. Operating 365 days a year, this expanding resource currently serves 25 universities. Further information at www.outofhourshelp.ac.uk
OLC
OLC (On-Line Computers) is the dedicated academic division of SBL. Our in depth licensing and product knowledge ensures your compliancy and value for money, and as a Microsoft CHEST agreement reseller it is imperative we are always up to date. OLC is proud to be a leading supplier of Information Assurance solutions, so if you’re looking for encryption products, 2 Factor authentication or Data loss prevention then look no further. Our in house CLAS and CAPS approved consultants can advise you on policy management right through to product implementation. Come and visit us on stand 3
oMbiel Ltd
Perceptive Software Ltd
Perceptive Software are dedicated to working with higher education establishments to improve their document processing in areas such as student records management, admissions and enrolment, transcript processing, accounts payable and HR. Our Enterprise Content Management (ECM) products enable faster document access and shorten processing time by removing paper based bottlenecks.
Prolinx Computer Systems Ltd
PTS Consulting
PTS Consulting (PTS) is a world leading IT and project management consultancy with a reputation for innovation and thought leadership. Founded in 1983, PTS has earned a reputation for independence, professionalism and quality of service. Headquartered in the UK, PTS employs 330 staff in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. Visit www.ptsconsulting.com.
RM plc
RM, the global provider of ICT solutions to education is proud to be included on the NDNA contract in partnership with HP. This strategic alliance allows us to offer reliable, secure, cost effective, personal computing solutions to all Universities. Visit stand 20 to discuss your ideas and enter our prize draw.
Salford Software Ltd
Salford Software understands the complexities and challenges faced by many Universities today. Utilising our technical excellence and proven track record we are able to help improve business processes, security compliance and return on investment through Identity and Access Management, Security, Collaborative, Communication and Infrastructure Solutions
Sapient Ltd
SapientNitro is the largest independent customer experience agency in the world. With our signature approach to digital marketing, we’re able to solve your most pressing business problems, and help you build and maintain your online brand presence with an unrivaled measure of value. In Education we are passionate about communicating with students through the web, social media and mobile and in particular through their digital community. We have deployed our services successfully at MIT, Harvard, Yale and Kings College.
SCC
Servo Ltd
From the desktop to the datacentre, Servo will ensure that you stay ahead of your game, from initial review to on-going monitoring and support. Servo offers a first class consultative approach to service and infrastructure solution delivery, understanding the needs of educational establishments and full project lifecycle management.
Stone Group
The Stone Group is the UK’s largest privately owned hardware manufacturer and technology solutions provider, specialising in the supply and support of ICT and audiovisual solutions to the public sector with specific focus on universities. It has recently extended its services portfolio to include managed services, software applications, financial services and recycling.
Sun Microsystems
Guided by a singular vision ? The Network is the Computer ? Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. We enable academic institutions to build the digital campus in which faculty, staff and students can interact and collaborate no matter where they are ? in a seamless, secure, personalised environment for learning. Find Sun on Stand No 15.
Symantec (UK) Ltd
Tandberg
TANDBERG focus on providing high quality videoconferencing solutions. With our partner First Connections, we are dedicated to the specialist demands of the Education Sector. Whether for distance learning or administration, we have the high definition video communication solution. First Connections and TANDBERG, your best and most complete source for Videoconferencing, improving the way you work and communicate.
Telepen
Telepen, a trademark of SB Electronic Systems Ltd, are leading suppliers of student and event attendance monitoring systems, data capture software, access control systems, RFID tagging equipment, barcode labels and plastic cards. Founded in 1971, bespoke solutions and problem solving are our speciality.
TERMINALFOUR
TERMINALFOUR is a leading provider of enterprise web content management systems, e-forms and self service software and associated professional services to universities and colleges with over 54 major projects completed to date. Our software enables organisations to improve the creation, flow and delivery of information through various channels including websites, personalised portals, intranets, extranets and utilising emerging technologies.
The IT Job Board
The IT Job Board launched in 2002. It has now established itself as one of the leading online IT recruitment specialists in the UK. Servicing both permanent and contract IT jobseekers throughout the UK and Europe. We have the largest number of IT jobs in the UK, with a database of over 800,000 quality IT professionals.
THUS
THUS’s education team is the sole focus for education and research customers across the Cable&Wireless Group. As the only national voice, data and internet services experts solely focussed on the UK education sector THUS has considerable expertise and insight into the unique technology challenges of today and tomorrow faced by education.
Toshiba
In these tough times it is more important than ever to get maximum value out of all IT hardware investments. Toshiba laptops not only promote the efficiency savings associated with mobility and flexible working, but add high reliability to the advantageous pricing of the National Agreement. The Toshiba Reliability Refund Guarantee underlines our confidence in our products – if a registered laptop should require a warranty repair during its three year warranty, you retain the repaired laptop and can also claim back the purchase cost. Toshiba laptops were awarded Best Value status on the new National Desktop and Notebook Agreement, so you can buy Toshiba confidently and without further tendering through our NDNA reseller partners. This year we have new NetBooks, laptops and other devices to show you so please visit our stand.
Tribal Education Ltd
Tribal is an experienced and innovative provider of consultancy, professional support and delivery in the UK and internationally. We deliver a wide range of services to improve education provision and raise learning and skills standards to make a positive and lasting difference to the lives of people across the world. www.tribalgroup.com
UNIT4 Business Software
UNIT4 (formally Agresso) is a global business software company that focuses on helping you embrace change and deliver success. We are the leading supplier of future proof business systems to the UK public sector, with over 100 HE institutions in the UK and over 400 worldwide, providing a complete software suite, including finance, student records, HR and payroll, CRM, award management and curriculum management.
Viglen
Appointed to both the NDNA and NSSA agreements, Viglen specialise in the delivery of tailored IT solutions for universities. From the supply of a single PC to a tiered storage array through to a full managed service and anything inbetween, Viglen can design an IT solution specifically to meets your needs.
Xenon Network Services
The Youth Group
The Youth Group is the leading independent media provider within UK Universities and Colleges. Our YouthWire platform is a one stop shop that allows students and institutions to unify, access and personalise educational and digital content on PC desktops. The platform integrates with a growing number of existing systems, resources and with the recent introduction of Chat, can also be a front line service delivery and evaluation tool. Come along to our University Showcase or visit us at Stand 40
