Case Studies
Down's Syndrome Association
The DSA is a national charity that exists to
provide information and support for people with Down's syndrome,
their families, carers and those with a professional interest. It
also seeks to improve knowledge and understanding and champion the
rights of people with Down's syndrome. In a year, the DSA responds
to over 24,000 telephone enquiries from 20,000 members,
professionals and the general public, they send out more than
25,000 leaflets and fact-sheets and receive around 11 million hits
on the website. The DSA has over 100 local affiliated groups
throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as offices
in South London, Cardiff and Belfast, plus a team of regional staff
supporting families and professionals throughout most of
England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The DSA relies almost
entirely on voluntary donations to continue operating. The DSA has
an annual operating need of approximately £1.9 million.
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Innocent Drinks
Innocent Drinks, the makers of 100% fresh
fruit smoothies has turned to Cobweb Solutions for an outsourced IT
solution to manage its communication and messaging requirements.
The Microsoft Hosted Exchange service from Cobweb Solutions
delivers an efficient and robust email service to Innocent
employees based in its London, Manchester, Dublin, Amsterdam and
Paris offices.
Bedfordshire Police
The Special Constabulary at Bedfordshire
Police has enlisted Cobweb Solutions to cater for its
communications and messaging needs. The Constabulary has
implemented Cobweb’s Hosted Windows SharePoint Services, a team
working and collaboration tool that gives special Constables within
the force real-time, online access to crucial information.
Belvoir Letting Agents
Belvoir Letting Agents has turned to Cobweb
Solutions for a robust and scalable messaging and collaboration
solution to manage the growing communication requirements of its
residential lettings business. Cobweb’s Microsoft Hosted Exchange
service enables staff within Belvoir offices and franchisees to
have 24*7 access to email, diary, address books and documents
through desktop PCs, laptops and mobile devices. A total of 200
managers and staff currently benefit from the service, including 20
staff situated in Belvoir’s central office in Grantham,
Lincolnshire.
Recruit Retail Services
Recruit Retail Services, a Carlisle Group
Company, has turned to Cobweb Solutions for a robust communications
and workflow system to enhance its retail solutions
offering. The company has implemented Cobweb’s Managed
SharePoint Services, a team working and collaboration solution, to
help track and manage large merchandising and quality control
projects for the likes of B&Q, Homebase, Sainsbury’s and
Tesco.
Bellwether Enterprises
Bellwether specialises in engineering and
technical consulting for the railway industry. Structured as an
officeless company, Bellwether has nine employees—all of whom work
from their homes, connecting to one another using broadband
Internet connections and a secure virtual private network
(VPN).
Compass Group
Compass Group PLC, EMEA Division has turned
to Cobweb Solutions for a robust mobile communications and
messaging solution. Cobweb’s Microsoft Hosted Exchange service
enables 1,750 employees based around the globe to work from diverse
locations ranging from the office to oil exploration sites in the
Nigerian jungle. Teams ranging from accountants to salespeople and
IT consultants now have 24*7 access to email, diary, address books
and documents through mobile devices, laptops or desktop PCs.
Trinity Financial Limited
Imagine running a thriving business,
managing staff and providing a responsive customer service when
over 50 per cent of your time is spent out of the office at
customer sites. This exemplifies a typical daily scenario for the
management team at independent financial adviser Trinity Financial
Limited. Following the installation of a hosted Microsoft Exchange
platform from Hosted Services, the team can access email, diary and
address book functions whilst on the move...
Jugglers
Consistent, reliable communication is central to running a small
business, yet access to the very latest technologies to facilitate
this is often deemed an expensive luxury. To address this issue,
Jugglers, the lifestyle management company, is turning to a Hosted
Services solution for its hosted Exchange 2003 and Windows
SharePoint Services 2003 (WSS) offering...