Partnerships
Our people know and understand business - this experience
and expertise gives BSG the practical ability to build the
right solutions for our clients. All our offerings are designed
to provide simple technology solutions to complex business
problems, not only on-time and to budget, but also in a way
that meets agreed business objectives. To achieve this, BSG
work with partners who have a track record in excellence,
innovation and performance, which allows us to provide our
clients with the choice of best of breed products and solutions,
across a range of manufacturers to ensure a good return on
their investment.
Accreditations
BSG has a track record for delivering on its promises.
The integration of the skills required to implement solutions
that deliver value requires experience and knowledge both
at a personal and corporate level. BSG is committed to achieving
some of the industry's hardest accreditations, so that
its clients have the best qualified, independent advice across
a network of consultants, technicians, engineers, project
managers and trainers.
Our Partners
HP
BSG is a HP Enterprise Business Partner. BSG have
extensive experience designing, deploying and operating end-to-end
solutions based on HP's complete range of HP servers, storage,
software and services. With accreditations across all HP's
business areas (Business Critical Servers, Industry standard
Servers and Storage), BSG can integrate HP solutions into
any type of computing environment.
BSG is also an HP Authorised Warranty Delivery Partner (AWDP)
and an HP Authorised Service Delivery Partner (ASDP). As an
AWDP, BSG is authorised to provide warranty support on HP
products. BSG obtained ASDP status through its ability to
design, deploy and operate HP based services and solutions.
This includes BSG's expertise in migrating organisations successfully
to new Microsoft back-office tools, such as Windows 2000/2003,
Exchange 2003/2007, SMS and MOM, recognised through its Microsoft
Gold partnership status.
Recognised for its ability to provide HP based wireless mobility
solutions, BSG was one of seven UK, HP partners, invited to
join the HP Mobility Club.
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses
and institutions globally. The company's offerings span
IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing,
and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended
Oct. 31, 2004, HP revenue totalled $79.9 billion. More information
about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com
IBM
BSG is an IBM Premier Business Partner specialising in the delivery of integrated, end-to end solutions based on a range of IBM Technologies and complementary products and services.
As an IBM Premier Partner the company specialises in providing experience and skills around both data centre and distributed architectures based on pSeries, xSeries and IBM System Storage technologies.
www.ibm.com
Microsoft
BSG is a Microsoft Gold Partner with the Security Solutions, Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Business Process and Integration, and Information Worker Solutions Competencies. The relationship with Microsoft dates back over 15 years. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, BSG is recognised for its competency in crafting high-availability infrastructure solutions utilising Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft BizTalk, the Microsoft Windows 2003 Server family (including ISA), Microsoft Exchange 2007, Infrastructure Security and Identity & Secure Access Software. BSG's clients benefit from practical advice on infrastructure designs that maximize investment, whilst reducing operating costs and increasing operational efficiency.
By combining skills and experience in systems integration, application development, mobility, CRM, managed hosting and training, BSG designs, deploys and operates solutions that increase the communication and collaboration capabilities of any organisation by bringing together the Microsoft product family.
www.microsoft.com
Sun Microsystems
BSG is a Sun Partner Advantage member programme member specialising in the Sun server, storage and software product portfolios, with specialist skills in Solaris, Linux and Microsoft environments.
Sun Microsystems provide IT solutions to governments, enterprises and service providers, that enable their customers to profit fully from the networked computing revolution. All Sun products, which include servers, storage, operating systems and infrastructure applications, are developed to conform to industry standards. This enables Sun solutions to be integrated with other IT solutions and to support the broadest range of business applications.
Since its inception in 1982, Sun has maintained a singular vision: "The Network Is The Computer". This has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of systems that "Make the Net Work
www.sun.com
Calvis
BSG is an Authorised Partner of Calvis. Calvis is the UK leader
in IT consultancy, enterprise integration software, enterprise
information management and PISCES solutions for the Real Estate
and Legal communities. As an Authorised Partner, BSG work
with Calvis to provide solutions that enable businesses to
collaborate and act on information wherever and whenever they
need it.
www.calvis.com
Cisco Systems
BSG is a Cisco Premier Partner and is able to design, deploy
and operate Cisco based network infrastructures. BSG is also
accredited for its Cisco Wireless LAN Specialisation, which
recognises partners for their knowledge and expertise in building
and maintaining end-to-end wireless network connections throughout
or between buildings, without the limitations of wires or
cables.
Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking
for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of
business, education, government and home communications, and
Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are
the foundation of these networks. Cisco hardware, software,
and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions
that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase
productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen
competitive advantage.
www.cisco.com
Citrix
As a Citrix Silver CSN (Citrix® Solutions Network™)
partner, BSG is able to design, implement and operate Citrix
"thin client solutions". This partnership also enables
BSG to offer consultancy on maximising the efficiency of Citrix
deployments.
Citrix Systems is the global leader in access infrastructure
for the on-demand enterprise and the most trusted name in
enterprise access. The Citrix family of access products offers
both access to centralised applications through the Citrix
MetaFrame Access Suite and remote access to individual desktop
computers through the products of the Citrix Online Division.
www.citrix.com
ClearCube
ClearCube is the global market leader and pioneer in PC Blade
solutions, providing always-on solutions that deliver secured
computing to every user, every time, everywhere. By centralising
PC computing assets, ClearCube provides a dramatic, measurable
improvement in the security, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness
of managing and supporting PCs.
www.clearcube.com
COINS
Construction Industry Solutions Ltd (COINS) is the industry's choice for construction and house building software. Their clients represent 31% of the top 100 UK construction companies and 33% of the top 30 Irish construction companies, making them the market leader. With offices across the world, COINS is a global software business with an established presence in Australia and growing business in USA and Asia.
BSG is COINS strategic partner in the supply of servers, storage, IT services, managed services and hosting. BSG works closely with COINS to configure and supply systems to individual client needs, and have also built up an understanding of the system requirements of the COINS application. COINS have now extended the relationship to take advantage of BSG's managed service capabilities to offer a solution for construction companies who want to outsource the hosting and running of their COINS systems to a secure, highly technically skilled third party. In partnership with BSG, COINS Software as a Service (SaaS) will offer the opportunity for construction companies to focus on their core business rather than on IT issues and will offer access to an expert technical team whenever needed.
For more information on COINS please visit; www.coins-global.com
Connect Anywhere
BSG is an accredited Connect Anywhere partner. Connect Anywhere
is a range of simple, cost-effective mobile working solutions
from HP, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Orange, O2 and Vodafone, offering real-time remote
access to an organisation's server applications (Microsoft
Outlook - email calendar and contacts, the Internet, Intranet
and all documents) to implement mobility solutions, enabling
employees to access their mail and scheduler, anywhere, anytime.
www.connectanywhere.co.uk
Ektron
Ektron CMS400.NET is the Full-Featured, Affordable Solution
Since its founding in 1998, Ektron has provided affordable Web content management and authoring solutions. With over 20,000 customer integrations worldwide, Ektron understands what a successful Web, intranet or extranet site needs. Ektron CMS400.NET is a single application that addresses all of your business' online needs and grows with you as your online requirements and expertise increase.
www.ektron.com
EVault
Since 1997, EVault's disk-to-disk backup technology has powered software and state-of- the-art online services to automate customers' data protection processes, enabling them to conform to industry-specific compliance and security regulations. EVault's broad offerings, including data backup and recovery, archiving, email compliance, eDiscovery, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery testing, are proof of the company's dedication to provide powerful, flexible, and easy-to-manage solutions that help customers meet their specific data protection requirements. As a Seagate company, EVault leverages the engineering and technology resources of the world's most trusted and reputable name in storage technology to bring customers the most advanced data storage and protection services available.
BSG design, deploy and operate a range of EVault storage and back-up solutions for their customers, and EVault technology is used as the basis for the BSG Managed Back-up service, a core part of the BSG managed services portfolio.
For more information please visit: www.evault.com
Grouptree
GTwebcraft is Grouptree's powerful and intuitive content
management system that enables companies to manage intranets,
extranets and web sites more efficiently. The system uses
an intuitive point and click system allowing documents or
content to be easily managed, published and versioned. Based
on Microsoft's .Net platform, the wide range of modules
provides specific functionality including a “mail-shot
manager” and “questionnaire module” which
actively distribute, collect and decipher information from
targeted audiences.
www.grouptree.com
Iconium
Iconium was formed in 2002 to manufacture governance and security software applications that would help customers minimise operational and legal risk, increase staff efficiency and to improve accountability and cost-savings.
Iconium transforms policy awareness, policy management and compliance reporting by enabling businesses to deliver powerful and consistent policy messages in the most cost efficient manner. The company's Governance, Compliance and Information Security expertise and technical development, means Iconium can provide new flexible solutions that allow clients to dramatically improve corporate best practice and governance.
www.iconium.co.uk
iSpheres
iSpheres is a leading provider of real-time intelligence solutions
that enable enterprises to gain visibility into their operations by
detecting and responding to critical business events as they happen.
The iSpheres Event Server continually collects transaction and high-volume
streaming data in real-time, detects significant events using complex
event processing and responds to these events with alerts or new events.
Global enterprises are using iSpheres to more quickly capitalize on
sales opportunities, respond to adverse events and discover risk exposure.
For more information, contact iSpheres at 00-1-510-302-6700, or visit www.ispheres.com
JBoss
BSG's support and hosting services combine with the
JBoss support model to offer clients anything from initial
training and start-up consultancy services for clients new
to the JBoss platform, through to full-lifecycle development,
support, and hosting services delivered to exacting service
levels.
JBoss Inc. provides Middleware technology that offers the
lowest cost of ownership via open source software licences
that are backed up by expert technical support services delivered
by both JBoss Inc. and authorised service partners. JBoss
Application Server (AS) is the first J2EE 1.4 certified, production-ready,
open-source application server on the market, delivering a
high-performance, reliable platform on which to build enterprise
scale e-business applications.
Support for the application server, which is consistently
rated by developers as better than any of its commercial competitors,
is delivered by a team of full-time JBoss product experts
and certified JBoss partners, making JBoss AS the safe choice
among enterprises for powering their mission-critical applications.
Customers of JBoss AS include: Ameritrade, Aviva, Best Western
Hotels, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Emerald Group Publishing, Lastminute.com
and Travelocity.
www.jboss.com
Level3
Level 3 is an international communications and information
services company and operates one of the world's largest Internet
backbones. The company provides communications services across
a 36,000-kilometer fibre-optic network to carriers, cable
operators, wireless companies, Internet service providers,
and other wholesale customers.
BSG was Level 3 Communication's first fully integrated
partner in Europe. As a Tier 1 ISP datacentre, Level 3 Communications
is the main IP and Network Infrastructure used by BSG.
www.level3.com
Librios
Librios' business process management technology, incorporating
authoring, and content, document and knowledge management,
is cited by the Butler Group as offering “real benefits
to those organisations whose business is knowledge based,
and who also need to publish content to a number of different
media”. Specifically, Librios' integrated control
of the content development, organisation and output aspects
of the process, make it a powerful tool in a commonly neglected
phase of content and knowledge management.
Librios' current clients include Penguin Group, A &
C Black, Cassell, Reader's Digest, Het Spectrum, The
Wine Society, Visiting Arts, Intelligent Energy Ltd and Serco
Facilities Management.
www.librios.com
NetApp
BSG are a Platinum Partner - a fully accredited Network Appliance
Partner. Network Appliance, Inc. (NetApp) is a world leader
in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise.
Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has pioneered
technology, product, and partner firsts that continue to drive
the evolution of storage. NetApp® storage solutions include
specialised hardware, software, and services, providing seamless
storage management for open network environments.
www.netapp.com
Novell
As a Novell Silver Solution Provider BSG is able
to handle complex, multivendor environments with an array
of diverse hardware and software distributed across multiple
sites. As a Novell Business Partner, BSG is able to provide
consulting services, full system implementation, and a high
level of after-sale service, support and training.
www.novell.com
Oracle
BSG is an Oracle Member Partner. As a member of the Oracle
Partner Network (OPN), BSG joins a select group of companies
recognised for their commitment to delivering leading edge
Oracle solutions and outstanding service to clients. To achieve
Oracle Member Partner status, BSG is required to demonstrate
its commitment to Oracle customers and Oracle Corporation
in terms of dedicated resources, technological expertise and
successful client engagements.
www.oracle.com
PostX
As a pioneer in secure messaging, PostX provides enterprises
with a secure channel of communication essential to business
and customer relationships. PostX enables enterprises to encrypt
e-mail, create and securely deliver electronic statements,
and provide a secure environment for customers to manage their
online interactions.
www.postx.com
Rocketseed
Rocketseed International plc is an independent vendor of intelligent business email software and services. Rocketseed can provide turnkey solutions for e-marketing - from software, to consultancy, to a fully managed e-marketing service.
Rocketseed is the foremost global supplier of intelligent business email software, systems and services enabling organisations to maximise measurement and effectiveness of 'everyday emails' in the communications, marketing and sales promotion processes. With subsidiaries in the UK, Australia and South Africa, Rocketseed International plc has recently moved its global HQ to the UK and launched Rocketseed (United Kingdom) Ltd.
www.rocketseed.com
Symantec
BSG is a Symantec Gold Partner, with proven experience in designing, deploying and
operating solutions incorporating Symantec software. BSG specialises in a sub-set of
the products offered by Symantec, specifically NetBackup and Enterprise Vault.
In these areas BSG leverages internal expertise, along with that of our partners to ensure
that the client has a positive experience from discussions prior to purchase through to
the implementation of the solution.
Symantec merged with Veritas in 2005. These two leaders in storage software and security
software can now provide enterprise customers with a more effective way to secure and manage
their most valuable asset, their information.
www.symantec.co.uk
Vividas
Vividas Group plc is a developer and provider of video technologies that enable full-screen, high quality video via the internet, networks or on CD without requiring previously installed software. To deliver maximum impact, Vividas Ad TV also handles millions of requests, simultaneously, from all over the globe, and delivers to any type and version of PC or Mac, with no user installation requirements and instant playback.
www.vividas.com
VMware
BSG is a VMware Enterprise VIP Reseller and provide the technical experience to scope, size and design a viable consolidation solution built on all products within the VMware portfolio including VMware ESX Server, VMware VirtualCentre and VMware Server (formerly GSX Server).
VMware was founded in 1998 to bring mainframe-class virtual machine technology to industry-standard computers. VMware delivered its first product, VMware Workstation, in 1999 and entered the server market in 2001 with VMware GSX Server and VMware ESX Server. With the launch of VMware VirtualCenter in 2003, and the groundbreaking VMotion technology, the company established itself as the thought leader in the newly emerging virtual infrastructure marketplace. The world's largest companies use VMware solutions to simplify their IT, fully leverage their existing computing investments and respond faster to changing business demands. VMware is based in Palo Alto, California.
www.vmware.com