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April 2008: 3 year hosting contract awarded by major mental health care organisation
This April, Partnerships In Care; the UK’s leading provider of medium-secure mental health care, confirmed their satisfaction with Paradise providing centralised hosting facilities to their 20 hospital units based all over the UK. With a new three-year contract to commence in May 2008 there is a solid foundation on which to expand and enhance the facilities provided by Paradise’s hosting centre in Althorp.
In addition to Hosting, Paradise also develop and support the organisations sophisticated intranet – PartnerNet, their clustered Exchange email system and their Sage based accounting systems.
March 2008: Paradise accepted as Northamptonshire’s first MCAS centre
Microsofts new MCAS (Microsoft Business Certification credential) recognises the business skills needed to get the most out of the improved features and functionality of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Whether an organisation wants to improve its use of Microsoft Office or empower students to enter the workforce, the Microsoft Business Certification demonstrates proven expertise that businesses will depend on.
Paradise are the first training delivery organisation in the county to offer both the courses and examinations in this exciting new area.
February 2008: Paradise achieve Microsoft Data Management Solutions Competency
The Microsoft Data Management Solutions competency is designed to provide additional benefits and support to Microsoft Certified and Gold Certified Partners with proven competency in implementing solutions in the following specialisations:
- The Business Intelligence specialisation delivering services, tools, and application business intelligence using SQL Server technology.
- The Database Management specialisation delivering migration tools and services, database administration tools and services and performance tools using SQL Server technology.
November 2007: Paradise Successfully Launch Sage Hosting at Visions 07
Paradise proudly launched its Sage Hosting product this week when it attended the prestigious Sage Visions Conference. This product provides customers with the capability to access their Sage software and files from anywhere in the world. The response from Sage Business Partners was overwhelming, MD Jonathon Berg says:
“This leading edge product provides further confirmation of Paradise’s ability to lead the way with innovative and customer focused solutions. It is an outstanding addition to our existing product range"
November 2007: Paradise are making headlines
Having celebrated their 20th anniversary last month, Paradise Computing is launching a new and exciting service: Sage Hosting will allow Sage software (and any other software) to be accessed securely using the Internet. The new service is well timed, with Microsoft announcing their “Software and Services” initiative at the World-wide Partner Conference this July.
Paradise staff at the conference were excited that Microsoft recognised that the future of computing will involve Hosted applications and services.
September 2007: Paradise to launch Hosting Sage on 1st November 2007
Paradise will be adding a new and unique service to its impressive range of Sage solutions and services by providing a secure environment inside an ISO27001 security envelope. Our customers Sage products can be installed here and accessed from anywhere on the internet, with the reassurance of the data being more secure than it would be on their own systems. This launch will attract both Customers and Sage Business Partners.
Watch for further information closer to launch. One day, all software will be delivered like this. Get ahead of the game!!
September 2007: Commissioning our first Microsoft 2008 Enterprise Servers
Paradise has commissioned Microsoft Windows 2008 onto new Dell PowerEdge 1950 units.
MD Jonathon Berg says:
“Although still in Beta, our confidence in it has prompted us to use this platform for our Hosted Sage demonstration systems, and leverage the tremendous advantages offered by the new core Virtual Server in Microsoft’s revised flagship product”.
March 2007: Paradise qualifies as Small Business Specialist
Following several staff passing the required examinations and the company fulfilling the criteria set down, Paradise qualified as a Microsoft Small Business Specialist in March.
This prestigious accolade recognises the skills Paradise has to deliver Small Business Server to small companies or remote locations in larger organisations. The Microsoft product has recently won a number of awards in it’s revised form as “SBS R2” and has established itself even more firmly as the most popular route by which small groups of computers are networked to give the advantages of a server based network with centralised file storage, printing and email.
Paradise is developing a business unit to deliver this product as a new service aimed at the smaller business during 2007.
January 2007: Microsoft Gold Partner
Paradise's committment to leading edge business practice and technologies led to Microsoft awarding the company the prestigious 'Gold Partnership' certification. This is a remarkable achievement for a company the size of Paradise, and is a reflection of the dedication, ability and professionalism of the staff. The benefits for Paradise customers include access to Microsoft technical support, training licensing and consultative resources.
June 2006: ISO 27001
After a focused project commencing in July 2005, Paradise attempted and achieved the ISO 27001 data security standard. Although aimed predominantly at larger data centres and corporate organisations, Paradise proved that with enthusiasm and determination this standard can be earned by smaller companies as well. The audits were carried out throughout the spring by BSI and Paradise passed each stage on the first attempt – a credit to the company and the staff working there. Paradise is now officially recognised as a safe-pair-of-hands for data hosting.
