Thank you for attending our education seminars this year and making them such a huge success!

During 2011, over a hundred schools attended our education seminars to learn more about education technology solutions and services, and to understand how Medhurst can improve their ICT functions whilst meeting ever tighter budgets.

Throughout the year, education experts from Medhurst together with technology experts from Microsoft and HP met with local schools and colleges to talk about how they can better manage their physical and virtual IT environments and how their ICT infrastructures can be improved to reduce costs and improve application availability.

We have also been delighted to hear direct from head teachers and ICT staff from a number of local schools who have talked about their experiences of using Microsoft and HP solutions to manage their physical and virtual IT environments and the benefits they have derived from the ICT apprentice scheme.

Copies of any of the presentations from this year are available direct from the Medhurst Education Team on 01489 563000 or via email on education@medhurst-it.com.

We've already started planning our 2012 events programme and the first few events are now available to book direct with the education team at Medhurst:

• 8th February 2012 at HP HQ in Bracknell
• 28th February 2012 at Microsoft, Reading Campus.

We look forward to seeing you all again next year.

Medhurst Education Team

Medhurst's latest education seminar demonstrates strategic role of Microsoft System Center and Unified Communications in schools

Attended by IT and senior business managers from schools throughout the southeast, Medhurst’s latest education seminar held at Microsoft’s Cardinal Place, London, saw presentations from leading ICT education professionals at Microsoft, HP and Training Associates.

• Microsoft specialists gave an overview of the benefits of Microsoft System Center and how it is helping schools to manage their physical and virtual IT environments across datacenters, client computers and devices and how you can optimise your infrastructure to reduce costs, improve application availability and enhance service delivery.

• Microsoft specialists also talked about how Microsoft Lync is providing a unified communications infrastructure for instant messaging (IM), voice and video calling and Web conferencing both within the schools and organisations and externally.

• Leading Members of the HP Networking Team (HPN) presented on the latest HP wireless and technology solutions for schools.

• Jeremy Gilbert from Training Associates introduced the Government funded ICT apprentice scheme and its potential benefit for schools and colleges.

• In addition, guest speakers Lee Setford and Richard Dennett from Brookfield School provided an overview of their positive experiences of using Microsoft’s System Center to manage their physical and virtual IT environments and the benefits they have derived from the ICT apprentice scheme.

Copies of any of the above presentations are available direct from the Medhurst Education Team on 01489 563000 or via email on education@medhurst-it.com.

In the meantime, to learn more about Medhurst’s education solutions visit http://www.medhurst-it.com/education.php

Information about future education seminars will be available soon.

Invitation: Medhurst and Microsoft Education Seminar, Last call for registration

With only a few places remaining, now is your last chance to secure your place at Educational IT specialist Medhurst’s seminar at Microsoft Cardinal Place, London, focused on Microsoft System Centre and Unified Communications with Microsoft Lync.

Date: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Time: 10:00 - 15:30
Venue: Microsoft Cardinal Place, 80-100 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5JL

Why you should attend:

- Learn how Microsoft System Center solutions help you manage your physical and virtual IT environments across datacenters, client computers, and devices and how you can optimise your infrastructure to reduce costs, improve application availability and enhance service delivery

- Understand how Unified Communications can help you to be more productive by enabling you to communicate and collaborate easily with others in different locations or time zones. Microsoft staff will be talking about how Lync provides a unified communications infrastructure for instant messaging (IM), voice and video calling and Web conferencing both within the organisation and externally.

- Members of the HP PSG Business Unit will talk about the latest HP education solutions and the current deals available for education users such as trade-ins and cash-back savings.

- Jeremy Gilbert from Training Associates will also be talking about the Government funded ICT apprentice scheme and its potential benefit for schools and colleges.

- Local schools will also be talking about their experiences of using Microsoft and HP technology solutions and how they have improved the performance and reliability of their school’s IT and communications.

- Free prize draw for HP Laptop and digital camera!

Technical staff from Medhurst, HP and Microsoft will be available during the day to answer any questions.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided free of charge for all delegates in the Microsoft hospitality suite.

To register for the event:

Places are free, but limited, so please register by contacting the Medhurst Education Team
• Via telephone on 01489 563000
• Via email at education@medhurst-it.com
• Via our website at http://www.medhurst-it.com/events.php

In the meantime, to learn more about Medhurst’s education solutions visit http://www.medhurst-it.com/education.php

We look forward to seeing you there,

Medhurst Education Team

Medhurst achieves Gold Certification in Hosting from Microsoft Corporation in the United Kingdom

Wednesday 26th October 2011, Medhurst, a leading IT solutions company in Hampshire, announced today that it has achieved Gold Certification from Microsoft® in Hosting. To earn Gold Certification, Medhurst had to meet rigorous standards for Hosting competency, including revenue, service, support and customer satisfaction requirements set forth by Microsoft.

“This latest Gold accreditation in hosting from Microsoft, follows on from our Gold accreditation in virtualisation technologies awarded in the summer. Now with five Silver and two Gold accreditations, we believe Medhurst is one of the highest Microsoft accredited partners in the South”, said Charlie Baynes, Managing Director of Medhurst. “As well as the promise of efficiency, hosted services enable us to assume responsibility for our client’s IT, relieving the stress and costs of implementation and maintenance, without having to compromise services. We are delighted that our hosting skills and competence have been recognised with this Microsoft accreditation and look forward to working more closely with Microsoft to deliver the most relevant and competitive hosting solution to our clients.”

“Partners with Gold status in competencies represent organisations (and associated individuals) that have demonstrated the highest, most consistent capability and commitment within a targeted business solution area. Gold competencies reward this deep expertise and high commitment with benefits including tailored, competency-specific benefits based on solutions offered and core benefits such as training, channel incentives etc. In addition, Gold competencies entitle the partner to a Microsoft named contact who will support the creation of a business plan to serve customer demand and help with sales efforts. We are committed to supporting our Gold level partners by enabling them with the right set of tools, training and information that will help them delight our customers through leading edge Microsoft based solutions and services offerings that address the customer’s technology requirements”, said Janet Gibbons, director of strategy and programmes, Microsoft UK. “With a Gold competency in Hosting, Medhurst has made an investment in developing their capability to deliver an integrated and customised technology solution to support today’s customer demand.”

The Microsoft Partner Network is committed to serving the needs of Microsoft partners and helping over 160 million mutual customers worldwide realise their potential. By acquiring the Gold level in Hosting competency, Medhurst has demonstrated its ability to meet stringent technology and customer satisfaction requirements set forth by Microsoft in order to provide best in class Microsoft based solutions to our customers.

As a Microsoft Gold Competency Partner in Hosting, Medhurst has met the requirements for attaining the broadest range of expertise across multiple technologies aligned to the competency. Microsoft Gold level status provides Medhurst access to comprehensive marketing, sales, technical and support services, benefits that will enable us to serve the technology needs of joint prospective customers.

About Medhurst
Since 1986, the Medhurst name has been synonymous with making IT work for corporate businesses and the public sector, delivering cost effective and flexible IT solutions and services to meet the individual business needs of our clients.

Medhurst’s mission is simple – to take away the burden of IT management to enable its clients to focus on their core business. Medhurst provides a range of tailored services and scalable solutions, offering clients the flexibility to choose the level of support that best suits their requirements now and into the future. This includes acting as the client's outsourced IT department with full responsibility for daily support or supplementing an existing IT team to provide additional expert project delivery or guidance.

With offices in Hampshire, London, Dorset and Cheshire, Medhurst prides itself on its accountability and first-rate technology services. Further information can be found at www.medhurst-it.com

Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation and the Microsoft logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and certain other countries.

Microsoft Education Seminar Thursday 3rd November 2011

Microsoft and Medhurst would like to invite you to attend our next free Education Seminar focused on Microsoft System Centre and Unified Communications with Microsoft Lync.

Date: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Time: 10:00 - 15:30
Venue: Microsoft Cardinal Place, 80-100 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5JL

Why you should attend:

- Learn how Microsoft System Center solutions help you manage your physical and virtual IT environments across datacenters, client computers, and devices and how you can optimise your infrastructure to reduce costs, improve application availability and enhance service delivery.

- Understand how Unified Communications can help you to be more productive by enabling you to communicate and collaborate easily with others in different locations or time zones. Microsoft staff will be talking about how Lync provides a unified communications infrastructure for instant messaging (IM), voice and video calling and Web conferencing both within the organisation and externally.

- Members of the HP PSG Business Unit will talk about the latest HP education solutions and the current deals available for education users such as trade-ins and cash-back savings.

- Jeremy Gilbert from Training Associates will also be talking about the Government funded ICT apprentice scheme and its potential benefit for schools and colleges.

- Local schools will also be talking about their experiences of using Microsoft and HP technology solutions and how they have improved the performance and reliability of their school's IT and communications.

- Free prize draw for HP Laptop and digital camera!

- Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided for all delegates in the Microsoft hospitality suite.

Technical staff from Medhurst, HP and Microsoft will also be available during the day to answer any questions.

As, with our previous seminar, we expect this event to be heavily oversubscribed, so please register early to avoid disappointment. To register for the event, complete the form at the top of this page or contact the Medhurst Education team on 01489 563000 or via email on education@medhurst-it.com

In the meantime, to learn more about Medhurst's education solutions visit http://www.medhurst-it.com/education.php

We look forward to seeing you there,

Medhurst Education Team

Medhurst opens new offices in London and Wimborne, Dorset

To support its continued growth, Medhurst has expanded its regional sales presence with the opening of new offices in London and Wimborne, Dorset. The new offices will deliver Medhurst’s cost effective and flexible IT solutions and services to clients in the London and Dorset areas.

James Russell is heading up Medhurst London and Nick Fincham takes the helm at Medhurst Communications (Dorset). James brings 10 years educational IT experience, most recently working as a network administrator for Espresso Education. Previous to that he worked on the technical support team for Surrey Schools Support Service (4S).

Nick has over 30 years experience in the IT industry, with positions ranging from field sales to sales director. Nick is extremely well known within the Dorset business community and will bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and most important of all, knowing what Dorset businesses expect from their IT providers. Most recently, Nick headed up the sales team at Innovate for four and a half years.

Charlie Baynes, Managing Director at Medhurst comments, “The new offices underline our commitment to providing our clients with local responsive IT support. Our mission remains the same, to take away the burden of IT management to enable our clients to focus on their core business. Both Nick and James will be great assets to the growing Medhurst team.”

Medhurst Attains Gold Networking Specialisation with Hewlett Packard

Medhurst today announced it has become an HP Gold Unified Networking Specialist. The specialisation was awarded to recognise the company’s specialist skills and continued success with HP networking technology. The accreditation is the next step in a successful partnership with HP and signals that Medhurst has the HP-certified technical capabilities to provide comprehensive design, deployment and management services spanning the entire networking lifecycle.

“We are delighted to be awarded this Gold accreditation from HP. This accolade positions Medhurst as a leading solutions provider in the south, clearly demonstrating that the company can manage the increasing complexity of converged IT solutions and offer outstanding technical leadership in the marketplace. In order to reach this level within HP’s partner program, Medhurst’s team of consultants and engineers completed a series of HP courses, examinations and met with HP’s stringent codes of business conduct,” said Charlie Baynes, Managing Director, Medhurst.

“Medhurst’s Gold Networking Specialisation is a reflection of its commitment to using HP’s market-leading networking technology. Medhurst combines this formal networking accreditation with broader technical expertise and a customer-focused philosophy to best serve its customers’ needs.” Added Clive Allen, Regional Public Sector Sales Manager, HP Networking UK.

This award will continue to build on Medhurst’s current successes, especially within the education and SMB sectors. The Gold Specialisation indicates HP’s trust in Medhurst’s core technological capabilities – recommending the best-suited solutions to prospective customers; demonstrating the skills to expertly deploy them and having the expertise to manage them.

“We are delighted to welcome Medhurst to the Gold Unified Networking Specialist team and look forward to working in an ever-closer partnership with Medhurst, helping the company to continue to deliver class-leading value to its customers.” Said Michael Sweeney, HP Networking Partner Business Manager

Hewlett Packard’s industry-leading channel program recognises the skills and dedication of top partners, the Gold Networking Specialisation simplifies the customer’s search for expertise in the deployment of wired and wireless networks.

Medhurst achieves Gold Certification in Virtualisation from Microsoft Corporation in the UK

Medhurst, a leading IT solutions company in Hampshire, announced today it has achieved Gold Certification from Microsoft® in Virtualisation. To earn Gold Certification, Medhurst had to meet rigorous standards for Virtualisation competency, including revenue, service, support and customer satisfaction requirements set forth by Microsoft.

“We are delighted to have been awarded with Gold accreditation from Microsoft, demonstrating our expertise and competence in Microsoft virtualisation technology and solutions. With six Silver accreditations and one Gold, we believe that makes Medhurst one of the highest Microsoft accredited partners in the South”, said Charlie Baynes, Managing Director of Medhurst. “Our relationship with Microsoft has enabled our team to provide a high-level of support and expertise to our customers and we look forward to working more closely with Microsoft to further enhance the services that we provide, to ensure our clients receive the most competitive and tailored solution for their individual needs.”

“Partners with Gold status in competencies represent organisations (and associated individuals) that have demonstrated the highest, most consistent capability and commitment within a targeted business solution area. Gold competencies reward this deep expertise and high commitment with benefits including tailored, competency-specific benefits based on solutions offered, and core benefits such as training, channel incentives, eligibility for a Microsoft named contact who will support the creation of a business plan to serve customer demand and help with sales efforts and a distinct Microsoft partner gold competency brand to differentiate our company, among other benefits. We are committed to support our Gold level partners by enabling them with the right set of tools, training and information that will help them delight our customers through leading edge Microsoft based solutions and services offerings that address the customer’s technology requirements”, said Janet Gibbons, director of partner strategy and programmes at Microsoft UK. “With advanced specialisation in Virtualisation, Medhurst has made an investment in developing their capability to deliver an integrated and customised technology solution today’s customers demand.”

The Microsoft Partner Network is committed to serving the needs of our partners and helping over 160 million mutual customers worldwide realise their potential. By acquiring the Gold level in virtualisation, Medhurst has demonstrated its ability to meet stringent technology and customer satisfaction requirements set forth by Microsoft in order to provide best in class Microsoft based solutions to our customers.

As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Virtualisation, Medhurst has met the requirements for attaining the broadest range of expertise across multiple technologies aligned to the competency. Microsoft Gold level status provides Medhurst access to comprehensive marketing, sales, technical, and support services benefits that will enable us to serve the technology needs of our prospective customers.

About Medhurst
Since 1986, Medhurst has been making IT work for corporate businesses and the public sector, delivering cost effective and flexible IT solutions and services to meet the individual business needs of our clients.

Medhurst’s mission is simple – to take away the burden of IT management to enable its clients to focus on their core business. Medhurst provides a range of tailored services and scalable solutions, offering clients the flexibility to choose the level of support that best suits their requirements now and into the future. This includes acting as the client's outsourced IT department with full responsibility for daily support or supplementing an existing IT team to provide additional expert project delivery or guidance.

With offices in Fareham, Hampshire and Frodsham, Cheshire, Medhurst prides itself on its accountability and first-rate technology services.

Further information can be found at http://www.medhurst-it.com/

Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation and the Microsoft logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and certain other countries.

A Fond Farewell

Last week, the Medhurst education team was delighted to be invited to attend the leaving BBQ for Headteacher Alex Bostock of Clarendon Juniors School in Tidworth. After 22 years at the school, Alex is now looking forward to a well earned retirement.

Medhurst has had the pleasure of working with Alex and Clarendon School for over 10 years now and we'd like to thank him for his continuous support and wish him all the best for the future.

Happy retirement Alex from all at Medhurst and we look forward to carrying on your ICT visions at Clarendon!

Medhurst to discuss virtualisation at Hampshire IT Manager event

Medhurst, sponsors of next month’s Hampshire Network Managers Meeting, to be held at Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College on Friday 1st July, will also be delivering a presentation on virtualisation.

Medhurst staff will look at the ways in which IT Managers within schools and colleges can use virtualisation to provide cost savings as well as offer greater flexibility and hardware efficiency.

The business case for virtualisation is obvious; by simplifying the way computers handle their workload, they can work faster and for less money. It's a discipline that can be applied to every component of an IT network and offers companies the opportunity to run multiple operating systems on a single server. By also reducing the amount of physical space occupied by hardware, virtualisation can provide multiple opportunities for cost savings.

South Downs College thanks Medhurst for "valuable work experience"

Last week, South Downs College near Portsmouth invited Medhurst to a buffet lunch to thank them for the valuable work experience it has recently provided to the students. Medhurst worked with a number of the students from the college, teaching them how they could be better equipped for the workplace and introducing them to the career options available working at an IT company.

Charlie Baynes, CEO, Medhurst comments, “We were delighted to be involved with the work experience scheme with South Downs College and believe that helping young people to be better prepared for work in later life is very important. As a company we encourage the learning and development of young people and actively work to promote IT as career option. We hope that this work experience has helped these students to understand how IT businesses work and provided them with an ongoing interest in IT.”

Medhurst Education Seminar Recognises Importance of Virtualisation

Attended by over 50 IT and senior business managers from schools throughout the southeast, the latest Medhurst education seminar held at Microsoft’s Reading Campus in June, saw presentations from leading ICT education professionals from Microsoft, HP and Training Associates.

Microsoft education specialists gave an overview of the benefits offered by virtualised IT systems and how they can provide a flexible IT environment for schools, offering greater availability of shared services and applications across the network.

Members of Hewlett Packard's Personal Systems Group (PSG) and Networking Business team showcased the latest HP education solutions, as well as the current deals available for education users such as trade-ins and cash-back savings

Jeremy Gilbert, from Training Associates introduced the Government funded ICT apprentice scheme and its potential benefit for schools and colleges.

In addition, guest speakers Russell Stevens, Deputy Headteacher from Crookhorn College of Technology and Richard Markey, IT Director at Havant Academy provided an overview of their positive experiences of using Medhurst's virtualisation solutions and the cost and resource savings to be made.

Presentations from the event can now be downloaded from the Medhurst website http://medhurst-it.com/events.php

By organising free seminars focused on education technology solutions, Medhurst aims to help schools and colleges save money and meet tighter budgets. Information about future education seminars will be available soon.

For further information about any of the issues discussed at the event or to find out more about Medhurst’s IT solutions, please contact the Medhurst Education team on 01489 563000 or via email on education@medhurst-it.com.

We're recruiting! With an immediate start for First line Helpdesk Support Engineers

Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum
Job type: Permanent

Due to expansion, we need to increase our support team and we’re looking for experienced and service-focused first line helpdesk support engineers to provide excellent IT support to our education and corporate clients, assisting them with hardware and software problems via phone, email or remote control.

You must be extremely attentive and supportive to all our clients and deal with each request professionally and promptly, as in many cases, we act as the organisation’s outsourced IT department responsible for its business-critical IT applications and services.

An excellent telephone manner is essential, alongside a good knowledge of Microsoft servers, MS Exchange, MS SQL etc. In return, we offer an excellent working environment, competitive salary and benefits, and a commitment to training and development for all staff in line with our accreditation as a Microsoft Gold Partner and Preferred partner of HP.

For further information or to apply, please send a covering letter and current CV to HR@medhurst-it.com

Your invitation to our next Microsoft Education Seminar 15th June 2011

In conjunction with Microsoft and Hewlett Packard, Medhurst would like to invite you to attend our next free Education Seminar focused on virtualisation solutions and technology

Date: Wednesday 15 June 2011
Time: 10:00 - 15:30
Venue: Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG1 1WG

Why you should attend:

- Microsoft education specialists will be talking about how a virtualised IT system can provide a highly available and flexible IT environment for schools, offering greater availability of shared services and applications across the network.

- Server and desktop virtualisation are the latest buzz words in ICT for education and it’s easy to see why with benefits such as reduced costs associated with hardware, power usage and heating, and improved data security and secure remote access.

- Members of HP PSG Business Unit will be on hand to talk about the latest HP education solutions and the current deals available for education users such as trade-ins and cash-back savings

- Two education guest speakers, Russell Stevens, Deputy Head of Crookhorn College of Technology and Richard Markey, IT Director at Havant Academy in Hampshire will be talking about their positive experiences of using Medhurst’s virtualisation solutions.

- Enter a draw to win a new HP Mini 100e Education Edition Netbook on the day!

Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided for all delegates in the Microsoft hospitality suite.

As, with our previous seminar, we expect this event to be heavily oversubscribed, so please register early to avoid disappointment.

For further information or to register for the event, complete the form at:

http://www.medhurst-it.com/events.php or contact the Medhurst Education team on 01489 563000 or via email on: education@medhurst-it.com

April Offers on HP Laptops for Schools

In response to Government budget cuts, schools are looking for new ways to save money and improve finances, without having to sacrifice the resources available to staff and students. Replacing your existing machines with HP laptops can help you cut-costs and make energy savings whilst allowing you to update your current systems with a portable, space saving device.

At Medhurst we believe in using ICT to ease the pressure associated with meeting tighter budgets. To help our customers cut costs, we are working with Hewlett-Packard, providing £100 cashback on selected HP laptops.

Buy a HP Probook 4520s Core i3 PRO whilst stocks last and receive £100 cashback and a further £150 discount when you trade-in selected, working PCs and laptops.

As part of the commitment to improving technology at local schools, we are working with Hewlett-Packard to provide huge discounts on selected HP laptops.

Replacing your existing machines with HP laptops can help you cut-costs and make energy savings whilst allowing you to update your current systems with a portable, space saving device.

The HP Probook 4520s Core i3 PRO gives you full functionality without the need to compromise on price, providing;

·         Increased security with HP ProtectTools Security Manager already installed, protecting your data and documents without the need for extra costs

·         Full Volume Encryption, protecting your data and personal documents in the event the machine is lost or stolen

·         HP QuickLook, allowing instant access  to your emails and agenda

·         HP Sanitizer, enabling you to securely wipe files, folders or HDD

To take advantage of this offer and to find out how your school can receive £100 cashback on all purchases, as well as the opportunity to receive a further £150 discount when you trade-in selected, working PCs and laptops, call the Medhurst Education team now on 01489 563000 or contact us via email at education@medhurst-it.com

Simplify your Microsoft Software Licensing with new Education Solutions

Talk to us about how we can help you save money with the new Enrolment for Education Solutions (EES) launched last week by Microsoft.

As both a Microsoft Gold partner and a specialist Microsoft Education reseller, Medhurst can guide you through the changes to enable you to take advantage of the new benefits and cost savings, based on your current situation.

The Campus Enrolment is being retired and you will need to transition to EES in order to continue your subscription license coverage.

EES makes software and services simple, manageable and flexible.

You get:

• An affordable volume-based price and the rights to the latest Microsoft Enterprise software products, including: Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2010, Windows® 7 Enterprise, Microsoft® Core Client Access License (CAL) Suite or Microsoft® Enterprise Client Access License (ECAL) Suite.
  
• The simplicity of counting full time equivalent (FTE) staff just once per year in order to calculate your license
  
• Software Assurance: a powerful combination of benefits that include new version rights, the Home Use Program for staff, tools and training resources
  
• A broad selection of additional Microsoft software products that may be licensed in any quantity
  
• Live @ edu, which provides free email, calendars, document sharing, instant messaging, video chat, and mobile email
  
• Predictable annual payments with a one-year or three-year enrolment option
  

For further information, please contact the Medhurst Education Team on 01489 563000 or email education@medhurst-it.com

Medhurst and Microsoft Education Seminar a Huge Success

Attended by IT Managers from over 30 schools, the Microsoft and Medhurst education seminar held recently at Microsoft’s Reading Campus was a huge success.

Delegates saw presentations from Medhurst’s Managing Director, Charlie Baynes and Microsoft’s Julian Datta and Sean O’Shea, who provided technical overviews of the current virtualisation software and technology available to the education market, as well as delivering an introduction to the newly implemented Enrolment for Education Solutions (EES).

With a focus on Microsoft’s Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and the benefits of cloud technology and the recently launched Windows 7 and Office 2010, delegates were introduced to ways of improving server utilisation whilst reducing costs.

Richard Markey, IT Director at Havant Academy in Hampshire delivered an overview of his experiences of Hyper-V Virtualisation technology. He highlighted how working with Medhurst enabled Havant Academy to improve the performance and reliability of the school’s ICT whilst reducing the costs associated with hardware, power usage and heating.

Question and answer sessions with technical staff at Medhurst and Microsoft provided an opportunity for delegates to discuss obstacles and achievements and receive advice on the issues surrounding ICT in education.

The Education team at Medhurst would like to thank all that attended and details of future events will be available soon.

For further information about any of the issues discussed at the event or to find out more about Medhurst’s IT solutions, please contact the Medhurst Education team on 01489 563000 or via email on education@medhurst-it.com

Medhurst cloud solution saves Dean & Reddyhoff £12,000 a year

As one of the UK’s leading marina operators in the south and host for some of the sailing events for the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, Dean & Reddyhoff needed a very resilient and flexible IT resource across all of its marinas.

The business case for the Medhurst cloud solution for Dean & Reddyhoff was obvious; by simplifying the way computers handle their workload, they can work faster and for less money. It's a discipline that can be applied to every component of an IT network and offers companies the opportunity to run multiple operating systems on a single server. Through ease of access and greater availability of hardware and applications, it enables highly flexible, secure backups and the ability to migrate entire virtual environments with no interruption in service.

Now, Dean & Reddyhoff has a secure off-site back-up with improved security and more flexible IT services for all its marinas. By ensuring all locations worked from a common Microsoft platform, Medhurst resolved previous complications with incompatible versions of Microsoft Office being used across the organisation and cost savings of approximately £12,000 a year were achieved by installing an improved internet access system. Migrating the company’s EPOS system into the cloud has also allowed Dean & Reddyhoff to provide a faster, more reliable and more secure service to its customers.