Exhibitor profiles

4C Strategies Ltd
4C Strategies is a leading ICT infrastructure consultancy. Our broad areas of expertise include fixed and wireless networks, IP telephony and unified communications including Microsoft LYNC deployments. We work with our clients to successfully deliver best value solutions and have an exemplary track record in successfully project delivery in HE.

Absoft Ltd
In an increasingly challenging market, SAP software can make your university more efficient and agile.  With 10 years’ sector experience, Absoft has developed a range of software solutions and services to help universities of all sizes improve financial performance, enhance operational visibility, support strategic decision making and reduce costs.

Advance Business Solutions
Advanced Business Solutions (ABS), formerly COA Solutions provides leading integrated business applications and services that enable public, private and third sector organisations to retain control, improve visibility and gain efficiencies whilst continually improving corporate performance.  We specialise in the education sector, our customers include the University of Bradford, Nottingham Trent University and Edge Hill University.

Alcatel-Lucent Telecom Ltd 
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted transformation partner of universities and a preferred JANET supplier with a global university footprint.  ALU provides solutions for multi media communication and collaboration, Green IT, Remote Learning with fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking and IP technology applications and services. ALU enables organisations to leverage and enhance existing technology investments and is relied upon by strategic industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and governments worldwide.  

Altman Technologies Ltd
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 print and copy management, email and web security, hosted voice and network auditing and security.

Amor Group
Driving Transformation in Education through Technology
Amor Group works with a number of awarding organisations, regulatory bodies and higher and further education institutions.  Bringing together this track record and domain expertise, we design and deliver innovate IT solutions that support the funding changes and other challenges faced by education institutions whilst meeting the needs of students and staff.

Ardlin Systems Ltd
Ardlin Systems Ltd is a privately owned UK company based in Reading.  We were formed in 2004 as part of a management buyout.  We design and market our Caplum Infrastructure Management System throughout Europe, to many HE, MOD, Council, NHS and corporate customers.  Such as the University of Oxford, DSTL, Addenbrookes, HP/EDS. We have a dedicated team who focus their entire effort on making Caplum a market leader.

Autodesk
Autodesk is a world leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software.  We partner with academic leaders and institutions to help prepare students for successful careers in architecture, engineering, and digital arts.  Autodesk supports the integration of technology and industry trends into education through discipline specific technology suites that encourage multidisciplinary learning.

Blackboard
Join Blackboard at booth 101 (in the Strathblane Hall) to learn about our innovative solutions designed to improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world. Blackboard's solutions allow thousands of organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus security, and communicate more effectively with their communities through Blackboard  Learn, Blackboard Mobile, Blackboard Connect and Blackboard Collaborate.

Brightsolid Online Technology Ltd
Brightsolid is a leading independent provider of hosted IT services,  hosting essential applications such as email, websites and database systems for organisations requiring exceptional up-time and resilience.  Major organisations that rely on us include the University of St Andrews, Fife Council and the General Register Office for Scotland.

Brother UK Ltd
Brother will be exhibiting and demonstrating our latest printers, multifunction’s and labelling machines as well as showing our continued commitment to the HE/FE market.
Visit the Brother stand to learn about our tailored print solutions and our longstanding reputation for environmental and ethical excellence.

CableCom Networking
CableCom Networking is the leading supplier of fully managed Internet services including broadband, IPTV and telephony to providers of student accommodation.  With over 600 sites throughout the UK, and serving almost 200,000 students, CableCom Networking leads the field in delivering services that the university, accommodation provider and student want most.

CommScope
CommScope together with their distributor Mayflex will be showcasing the Uniprise range.  Uniprise offerings are the safe choice for the customer that wants a reliable network infrastructure solution competitively priced to suit their needs.  Knowing Uniprise offerings are backed by CommScope’s R&D and manufacturing excellence, and supported by a 20 year warranty, customers can trust they are investing in reliable solutions with proven technology.

Damovo UK Ltd
A leading provider of enterprise Information Communications Technology (ICT) solutions and services, Damovo UK has 35 years' experience in communications, networking, systems and application integration.  We have more than 50 clients within the education sector and hold the highest levels of accreditation with leading vendors including Cisco Systems and Microsoft.

Data Integration an Xchanging company
Data Integration, an Xchanging company, specialises in the design, implementation, management and optimisation of complex voice and data networks.  By collaborating with our growing educational customer base we have strengthened our product and solution portfolio allowing us to be at the forefront of delivering innovative, value-for-money services.  Now, through our unique Service Delivery Framework we can also help you maximise the value of a growing set of common applications, business processes and services – talk to us to find out how we can help you.

Desire2Learn Inc
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.

Digital IP Ltd
Digital IP are unified communications specialists with have many years of experience in telecommunications and IT, working with public and private sector organisations.  Our best of breed products and services enable us to integrate the latest technologies with legacy voice and implement state of the art solutions that help our customers do more with less.

DTP Group
DTP has a 23 year pedigree of supplying and supporting clients within the higher education sector. At UCISA 2011 we will be showcasing our Managed Print Solution with SafeCom pull printing combined with the very latest in print technology from HP and Samsung, including Samsung’s first ever A3 MFP as well as our latest notebook, desktop and digital signage solutions.

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.

Electric Paper Ltd
Electric Paper is the maker of EvaSys Education Survey Suite, the leading course and module evaluation system for education with over 750 Universities and Colleges worldwide as customers. In delivering solutions to the HE and FE institutions, Electric Paper has partnered exclusively with Fujitsu Imaging to provide state of the art production scanning technology to the UK Market.

EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organisations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information.  EMC solutions span from consultancy (improving the student experience) to reducing the cost of business process, to improving research environments whilst reducing costs.  Information about EMC’s products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

EMMAN
EMMAN designs, builds, deploys and operates shared services for the sector, by the sector.
EMMAN provides the HEFCE funded ESISS service (EMMAN Shared Information Security Services) to the UK HE/FE sector.
EMMAN is the not-for-profit JANET(UK) service provider in the East Midlands owned and run by 8 East Midlands universities

Esteem Systems Ltd
Esteem Systems works with universities and colleges across the UK to help them meet their core education and research objectives through the use of technology.  We have the highest levels of technical accreditation with the world’s leading software and hardware vendors including Oracle and Microsoft.

Google UK Ltd
Google is a company focused on search services and is widely recognized as the world's best search engine because it is fast, accurate and easy to use.  The Company serves corporate clients with cost effective advertising and a wide range of revenue generating search services.  Google Enterprise makes Google technology available to organisations of all sizes and helps businesses find and share information through products such as Google Apps.

HP Ltd
HP is the largest technology company in the world, with a global reach and array of solutions that go well beyond the printers and PCs that we’re famous for. HP technology solutions give the Freedom to Learn in education and are vital to giving students and teachers the tools to succeed.

Hobsons plc
Hobsons supports education professionals in the preparation, recruitment, management and advancement of students.  With secondary school solutions, integrated marketing tools, and enrollment management technology, Hobsons provides innovative solutions that make it easy to help students make the best decisions throughout the entire education lifecycle.
For more information, please visit www.hobsons.com

IBM UK – NSSA
IBM has been appointed as vendor partner under the National Servers and Storage Agreement, offering preferential pricing for educational and research establishments.  This national agreement offers customers a single source for all IBM servers, blades and storage products.  Members of the Agreement benefit from lowest published academic UK pricing for IBM servers and storage technologies, ability to purchase under a pre-tendered framework, exclusive promotional offers, and fully comprehensive support and installation services. Tel: 01635 244305 

ICM
Servo is the UK's leading provider of IT services and solutions for on premises and managed cloud infrastructures. We plan, deliver and optimise IT with solutions that are reliable, cost effective and proven, spanning the entire IT lifecycle from product supply through service desks to hosting, virtualisation and business continuity.

IP Performance Ltd
IP Performance is a leading supplier of customised and complex network infrastructure and security solutions, backed by our 24-hour support technical assistance centre.   Partnered with vendors such as Alcatel-Lucent, we supply and support academic organisations UK-wide with IP address management/DNS/DHCP solutions, network management technology, bandwidth management solutions, URL filtering, virus management, server and application load balancing, anti-spam, wireless LAN, logging/event management solutions plus high performance routers and switches.

JANET(UK)
The JANET network provides uncontended, high speed, highly reliable network connectivity, along with access to an extensive portfolio of network 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 Inc
Jenzabar® is a leading provider of enterprise software and services developed exclusively for higher education.  Our software embraces service oriented architecture that supports the ever changing environment of higher education.  Jenzabar has 35 years’ experience delivering technology solutions to universities, and is the trusted partner for over 700 campuses worldwide.

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. 

Lancaster University Network Services Ltd
LUNS is the innovative team responsible for designing, building and supporting the highly successful CLEO broadband educational network and associated e-Learning services across Lancashire and Cumbria to over 1000 institutions for the last eight years.  The Company is now launching into the wider marketplace.

Logicalis UK Ltd
Logicalis is a leading provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services, with expertise in communications and collaboration; data centre; and professional and managed services.  Logicalis’ high-density data centre is now natively connected to JANET bringing a range of made to measure cloud services to the entire education community. Telephone: 01753 777200 Facsimile: 01753 777203 Email: info@uk.logicalis.com

Meru Networks
Meru Networks has helped over 500 education customers in the UK deploy a virtualised WLAN which offers students, teachers and lecturers a wired like user experience, with a simple architecture that IT departments can deploy and manage with ease.  Visit us at Stand no. 13 for more details of local references near you.

Microsoft Ltd
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realise their full potential.

NorMAN
In its fifth year of operation, the NorMAN Out of Hours Helpline is a shared service providing first line IT and Library support, with major incident escalation, at times when the subscriber’s support service is closed.  Operating 365 days a year, this expanding resource currently has 30 subscribing universities.

OCLC
OCLC is the world’s largest library services organisation, offering a comprehensive range of software solutions spanning library workflow.  OCLC’s presence at UCISA, gives visitors the chance to hear about the cost and resource savings that can be achieved by taking a cloud based approach to critical library operations.

OLC
OLC (On-Line Computers) are a specialist academic reseller for software and hardware solutions.  Our dedicated team is committed to providing in-depth licensing and product knowledge, which ensures both compliancy and value for money for your institution.  We are positioned on multiple Frameworks including CHEST, Buying Solutions and DE&S.

oMbiel Ltd
oMbiel develops innovative mobile applications including the campusM™ mobile platform for the higher education sector.  campusM™ offers universities and colleges everything that is required to deliver a world class personalised mobile experience to the smartphones and tablets of students, visitors, staff, alumni, prospective students and conference delegates

ONI plc
ONI is a communications integrator with over 15 years’ experience of delivering business communications solutions to organisations within the higher education sector.  We are privately owned with a track record of growth and profitability and a reputation of consistently delivering on our promise.  Our goal is to provide the specialist knowledge, expertise and services that allow our customers to benefit from the latest developments that are changing the way we connect, communicate and collaborate. Visit ONI on stand 10 to find out how we can transform your business.

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
Education is one of Oracle’s key strategic industries and is supported by one of the largest strategy and development units, with the most influential independent user groups Oracle supports.  With over 900 applications and 4300 technology education customers worldwide, Oracle has a diverse reference base including 9 out of the top 10 academic universities and 10 out of the top 10 research universities.  Within the UK, 90% of universities run their business on Oracle technology.  

Prolinx Ltd
Prolinx Ltd is an IT systems integrator specialising in the development of IT as a Service (ITaaS) environments for both public and private sector organisations.  Prolinx works in partnership with customers to intelligently provision IT resources, enabling them to reduce costs, enhance growth and mitigate risk.  More information can be found at www.prolinx.co.uk .

PTS Consulting (UK) Ltd
PTS Consulting Group (PTS) is a world class IT consulting and project management company, providing consultancy, managed services and resourcing solutions.  ecognised as the global leader in IT relocation and data centre projects, PTS has delivered over 4,500 engagements across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.   

Q Associates Ltd
Q Associates is one of the UK’s leading academic IT infrastructure and data management solutions specialists with considerable experience in the implementation of high performance IT.  Partnering with key software and technology companies, Q Associates specialise in the design, deployment and management of enterprise computing environments and offer a range of solutions around IT simplification, virtualisation, data management and storage.

Quest Software (UK) Ltd
Quest Software simplifies and reduces the cost of managing IT for more than 100,000 customers worldwide.  Our innovative solutions make solving the toughest IT management problems easier, enabling customers to save time and money across physical, virtual and cloud environments.  For more information about Quest solutions, go to www.quest.com . 

Residential Management Systems Inc
RMS software for university accommodation is a multi-functional, integrated residential management system.  It is completely web based featuring student self-service with self-assignments, mobile integration, conference module, automatic assignments, billing, judicial module and much more.  Integration with SITS, SunGard, PeopleSoft, Agresso and other systems available.

Salford Software Ltd
Are you meeting your students’ expectations?  Empower your students by delivering a unique lifecycle experience.  Our latest developments for academia will improve each step, from enquiry, enrolment, during studies and throughout alumni.  Join Salford Software on stand 38/39 and find out about the latest solutions including The Hub, The Student Centre and Forefront Identity Manager.

Sentel Indepentent Ltd
Telephony management and Business Intelligent software specialists. Sentel is an independent provider of telecommunication management information for all businesses across the spectrum from large financial institutions to local government and smaller enterprises.  Our solutions are off the shelf management software or bespoke business intelligence solutions developed to meet the unique requirements of each customer.

Simpson Associates
Simpson Associates works with universities, helping them to deliver against their information management challenges including: programme and project planning, the fulfilment of regulatory reporting requirements, student progression analysis, student points of contact reporting, student numbers and income planning and departmental financial planning.  
For more information see our website www.simpson-associates.co.uk/highereducation

Stone Group
Stone, with over twenty years experience in the education sector, is one of the UK's leading suppliers of IT hardware and associated services to the UK FE and HE market. With accreditation on multiple lots on the CPC contract, in addition to the Desktop and Notebook lots of the NDNA contract, Stone is perfectly placed to cost effectively help you meet the modern day challenges faced in UK Further and Higher Education.

Symantec (UK) Ltd
Symantec solutions help keep critical information secure, available, and compliant – and help keep public sector organisations up and running, no matter what happens.  By delivering an integrated approach to information and systems management, Symantec helps organisations create a trusted IT environment; one that is free from security breaches, complies with regulations and is available and high performing at every level.

TechnologyOne  
TechnologyOne is a leading enterprise software solutions provider with offices in each State and Territory of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and the United Kingdom.  For more than 20 years we have been providing comprehensive and deeply integrated enterprise software solutions used by business, government, health and community services, education, financial services and the utilities sectors.

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 ID cards. Founded in 1971, academic products and solutions are our speciality.

Tribal
Tribal provides a range of products and services that improve the quality and delivery of higher education around the world.  Our software portfolio includes the UK market leading SITS:Vision student management solution, and most recently, Gradintel our unique solution for graduate recruitment and HEAR management.

Turning Point
Engaging your groups is a piece of cake with TurningPoint®, the award winning student response system.  Get live feedback while gathering opinions or testing knowledge, then use the impressive reporting tools to gain deeper insights in to what they know or how they think.  The point?  Universities just like yours are achieving great benefits with student and parent engagement.  Come and meet us to find out how.

UNIT4 Business Software Ltd
UNIT4 (formally Agresso) is the leading supplier of flexibly delivered business solutions to the HE sector with over 120 HE customers in the UK and over 400 worldwide.  The Agresso Campus platform solution provides a complete solution covering Students, HE, Finance, Research, Estates, Curriculum Management, Business Engagement and Environment Management.

Verizon Business
Verizon Business is a global leader in communications and IT solutions.  We combine professional expertise with one of the world's most connected IP networks to deliver award winning communications, IT, information security and network solutions.  We securely connect today's extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees – enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help preserve the environment.

Viglen Ltd
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 facility through to a fully managed service, Viglen can design an IT solution specifically to meets your needs.

VMWare UK Ltd
VMware UK are enabling YOUR journey to the cloud.  VMware is the virtualisation technology of choice for education in the UK and around the globe.  By increasing agility and lowering costs, VMware are your end to end technology provider for enabling IT on demand. 

Xirrus Inc
Xirrus manufactures the Wi-Fi Array which integrates up to 16 access points into a single device with an onboard multi-gigabit switch, wifi controller, firewall, dedicated wifi threat sensor, and an embedded spectrum analyzer.  The Xirrus Wi-Fi Array delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, throughput and user density than anything else – resulting in 75% fewer devices, cabling, switch ports, power, space and installation time compared with any other offering.