Newport - headquartered IT consultancy Certus IT has appointed former Welsh rugby captain Paul Thorburn as its new business development consultant.

Paul, 50, who lives in Swansea, is a former Neath RFC and Wales full-back, and captained the Wales team in 1989 and 91.

After retiring from professional rugby in 1991, Mr Thorburn worked for the then Welsh Development Agency, helping to attract inward investment to Wales.

He went on to combine his passion for rugby with his business development skills, first as tournament director for the Rugby World Cup in Wales in 1999, then as strategic project manager for the Welsh Rugby Union, helping to bring 2007 Rugby World Cup matches to Wales, as well as fulfilling a commercial role and then for the Ospreys, where he worked to secure income and sponsorship for the club as their Strategic Development Manager. 

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One of Wales’ fastest growing IT consultancies, Certus IT, has announced a new partnership with communications experts Virgin Media Business.

Newport headquartered Certus IT has linked up with Virgin Media Business through its Partner Programme, which aims to maximise opportunities for businesses to grow by providing them with the technical and practical support they need to tap into the expanding business data market.

As part of the partnership deal, Certus will be able to use Virgin Media Business’s fibre optic network to offer clients a super-fast connection to their servers at the Certus Data Centre. They will also be able to access sales and marketing support designed to help both businesses grow.

Nigel Griffiths, commercial director at Certus IT, said: “We are delighted to become partners with Virgin Media Business and to be able to offer our clients the benefits of their enhanced connectivity and super fast fibre optic network to access our data centre.


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Newport based IT Consultancy, Certus IT, is the first company in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East & Africa) to be awarded preferred partner status for Cloud Services from market leader Dell.

Cloud computing allows companies to store, process and access data remotely from any internet-connected device. It offers significant cost savings to businesses, primarily through not having to purchase software or buy and maintain servers and data storage. 

As a Dell preferred partner, Certus IT is now recognised and authorised to sell and support all of Dell’s Cloud products.

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Computer giants Dell & Microsoft team up with Certus IT to address Welsh businesses

Newport headquartered Certus IT is hosting a free seminar designed to help businesses use the latest technology to streamline their operations.  

In partnership with Dell and Microsoft, the half-day seminar will be held at NGD Europe, Next Generation Data Limited’s 750,000 square foot mega data centre in Newport which is also the base for Certus IT’s data centre.

It follows successful events in 2011 and 2012 which attracted business leaders from organisations such as the Centre for Business, Julian Hodge Bank and the Welsh Rugby Union.



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One of the UK’s leading financial price comparison Websites, Gocompare.com, has signed a three-year co-location contract with Newport-based IT consultancy, Certus IT.

The deal sees Gocompare.com’s office IT infrastructure, including its servers and data storage, relocated to Certus’s world-class data centre, where it will benefit from tight security and a robust back-up and disaster recovery service.

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Newport headquartered IT consultancy  and managed service provider Certus IT has made a key addition to its Senior Management Team by appointing Nigel Griffiths as Commercial Director.

Nigel, 47, who lives in Cardiff, brings with him a wealth of consultancy and client side experience. He was previously managing director and co-founder of software provider Fifth Dimension Systems based in Nantgarw where he worked for 14 years.

 

Before that, he worked in commercial and financial managerial positions for the BBC, Catnic and Ernst & Young where he qualified as a chartered accountant. Mr Griffiths is also honorary treasurer of the Institute of Welsh Affairs. 

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The Managed Hosting Directory has today unveiled its ranking of the most popular Managed Hosting Companies in the UK.  Certus DC was recognised in these rankings as the 6th most popular Managed Hosting Company.

With offices near Cardiff and London, Certus DC is conveniently located to service business requirements. 

Nigel Griffiths, Commercial Director at Certus DC explains how Certus DC’s continued vision and focused management team have assisted them in achieving this accolade. “We are very proud to receive this ranking as it represents a significant achievement for Certus DC.  Our continued vision and reinforced strategy has been the key to our success.”

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Ms Fodor’s retirement is part of a long-term succession plan, which saw Mr Brown take the reins in August 2012.

After leaving school at 15 with no qualifications, Ms Fodor worked her way up to a senior position with Sega before leaving to create Certus IT. Together, Ms Fodor and Mr Brown turned over £350,000 in the first year and more than doubled this to £800,000 by the end of the second.

Talking about Ms Fodor’s time at the head of the company, Mr Brown said: “Lynne has been managing director at Certus IT for the last 10 years, and during that time we have worked together to see the business become recognised as the leading provider of IT services in Wales.

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South Wales-based IT consultants, Certus IT, have been engaged by Julian Hodge Bank to undertake a technology refresh of its Windows server environment, which includes consolidating 25 of its servers and storage into a virtualised private cloud environment.

In addition, Julian Hodge Bank will use the Certus Data Centre near Newport to provide secure backup for the private cloud environment.

This will enable the company to recover all the Windows servers and data within an hour in the event of a major systems failure, as opposed to the typical two to three days that it takes with more traditional “re-build and restore” recovery methods.

Certus Data Centre was launched at the end of 2011 in conjunction with Next Generation Data (NGD) in order to provide high-security managed off-site data storage at the 750,000 sq ft NGD Europe in Newport, one of the world’s largest data centres.

The site can provide both co-location and on-demand data storage as well as hosting services, and by utilising virtualised servers and storage, significant savings can also be made...

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Newport based IT Consultancy, Certus IT, has completed a significant upgrade of medical supplies company, Hospital Innovations.

Certus IT, which is head quartered at Celtic Springs near Cardiff, has undertaken a technology refresh at Hospital Innovation’s offices in Cardiff, providing improved performance and the flexibility needed for future growth.

The company, which provides medical and biological devices to specialists in orthopaedic and spinal surgery, was set up by managing director Phil Davies in 2008. Since then it has moved to 490 sq m premises and increased staff members to 22.

The company has also invested in a round-the-clock support service and back-up and disaster recovery system to sustain its busy communications system, which is integral to the success of the business.

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Next Generation Data Limited has formed a new partnership with IT consultancy Certus IT designed to bring next generation technology to businesses.

As part of the partnership, Certus IT – who are headquartered in Newport, will launch a server storage facility, Certus Data Centre, in conjunction with Next Generation Data Limited’s NGD Europe, which provides high-security server housing worldwide.

Certus Data Centre is part of NGD’s existing 750,000 sq ft facility, NGD Europe, near Newport, and provides secure server storage for companies looking to adopt private cloud infrastructure, reducing the costs associated with housing more traditional server infrastructures in their own offices.

The announcement comes just a few days after NGD Europe announced the completion of a new self-contained 140,000 sq ft data floor area at the data centre.

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A start-up Health, Safety and Environmental Training company based near Cardiff has invested in £40,000 worth of IT infrastructure.

Astutis provides accredited training and consultancy to businesses across the UK with its programme of courses which started in May 2011.

Three of the directors have a combined experience of 50 years in delivering health, safety and environmental training with locally based CHSS (Corporate Health and Safety Solutions).

Newport-based Certus IT has provided IT systems, including two servers, new computers and a full communications network for Astutis’ new office space totaling 2,000 sq ft at Charnwood Court, Nantgarw.

In addition, the IT consultancy will supply Astutis with a three-year support and back-up and disaster recovery service.
 

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Neath-Port Talbot based building services and property maintenance company Contract Services has upgraded its IT system...

IT specialist Certus IT, which is situated at Celtic Springs near Cardiff, has provided Contract Services with a new IT infrastructure on a three-year support agreement in a deal worth £50,000.

The new system also provides cutting edge back-up of key business data and systems, which are protected by a disaster recovery solution.

Contract Services work closely with local authorities, housing associations and other large organisations across south Wales.  It is an established name within its sector and is committed to providing excellent customer service and client support.

With the construction sector being depressed over recent years, Contract Services has identified opportunities for growth and is making investments that will give the company a solid platform to capitalise on these opportunities.

The company previously had an ad hoc IT support arrangement in place from its previous provider, but the company had grown beyond the level of support available and needed to identify a partner that was able to support the growing needs of the business.

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Certus IT ensure the WRU are flying high in the Cloud...

Certus IT, the WRU’s IT provider, has supplied a new virtualised infrastructure and provides vital back-up to the internal team at the Welsh Rugby Union.

Thanks to the new platform – Microsoft’s Hyper-V – the Welsh Rugby Union can monitor systems and provide ad-hoc support remotely. “We no longer have to pay for engineers on site,” Mr Phillips says.

System availability and business continuity are a given, he adds. The WRU can back up its IT systems between the two sites every night, exploiting the link between the virtualised infrastructure and the dedicated broadband.

The virtualised environment also ticks the WRU’s green box, Mr Phillips notes. “We’re saving 70% of power usage in the server room after slimming down our hardware.”

The next stage is to move the Millennium Stadium’s ticketing systems into the private cloud environment, giving them additional resilience and allowing external access.

“I’ve been highly impressed with our virtualised IT environment,” Mr Phillips concludes. “It’s yet another example of how we’re moving with the times.”

Website: www.millenniumstadium.com
 

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