Thursday 27 October 2011

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

Wednesday 26 October 2011

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.

Thursday 6 October 2011

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