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Computacenter
Company typePublic (LSE: CCC)
IndustryInformation technology <br\>IT Services <br\>Consulting
Founded1981
FounderPhilip Hulme and Peter Ogden
Headquarters
Hatfield
,
UK
Key people
Mike Norris (Chief Executive)
Tony Conophy (Finance Director)
Greg Lock (Chairman)
ProductsSupply, implementation, support and management of IT systems
Revenue£2.38 billion (2007)
£43.1 million (2007)
£28.9 million (2007)
Number of employees
9,903 (2007)
Websitehttp://www.computacenter.com

Computacenter plc is the parent company of a group of European companies engaged in the supply, implementation, support and management of information technology systems[1]. Despite the spelling of the word "center", it is a UK company based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Its main competitors are SCC and Morse Group.

Founded in 1981 by Philip Hulme and Peter Ogden, Computacenter grew rapidly during the 1980s and is one of Britain's largest IT companies, with 2007 revenues of 2.38 billion pounds and a position in the FTSE techMARK 100 share index.

History

Computacenter was founded in the UK in 1981 by Philip Hulme and Peter Ogden. In 1990, it opened Europe's largest PC outlet; in 1991, it was listed by The Independent newspaper as one of the fastest growing independent companies in the UK and, by 1994, it had grown to became the largest privately-owned IT company in the UK. Computacenter was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1998.[2]

Prinicipal activities

Operating Countries

Service Facilities

Computacenter is heavily involved in the IT outsourcing market, and has actively focused on this market over recent years, with signicant successes within their target sectors.[citation needed]

Strategy

Computacenter's strategy to "ensure long-term earnings growth"[3] is to focus on five goals:


Computacenter's mission statement

“Deliver IT services & solutions that enable our customers to achieve their goals"[4]

Partnerships

Training

Computacenter delivers its training services through a partnership with a specialist training company, Xpertise[5][6].

Vendor partners

The table below lists a selection of Computacenter's vendor partners and examples of the accreditations held with each partner:

Partner (A-L) Example accreditation
3Com Silver partner

Enterprise LAN Partner

Government Authorised

Switch 8800 Authorization[7]

3PAR 3PAR Champions Partnership Program member[8]
APC None published
Attachmate Reseller partner[9]
BHOLD Strategic partnership[10]
BMC Software Premier Solution Partner[11]
Cisco Gold Certified Partner

Master Partner

Select Certified Partner[12]

Citrix Platinum Solution Advisor[13]
DeRiskIT None published
Eizo Corporate sales partner[14]
EMC Tier 1 Signature Velocity2 Solution Partner[15]
Epson None published
F5 Gold Advantage Partner[16][17]
Fujitsu Siemens Computers None published
Hewlett-Packard Service Advantage partner[18]
Hypertec Authorised reseller [19]
IBM TotalStorage Solutions Centre Business Partner[20]
Intel vPro Evaluation case study[21]
Intershop None published
Kingston Authorised reseller[22]
Konica Minolta Authorised dealer[23]
Kyocera Authorised supplier[24]
Lexmark Authorised supplier[25]
Logitech None published
Lotus Business partner[26]
Partner (M-Z) Example accreditation
Madge None published
McAfee Elite Reseller partner[27]
Mediasurface None published
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner[28]
Mobius None published
NEC None published
Network Appliance None published
Nokia Authorized Security Partner

Authorized Mobility Partner

Expert Voice Partner[29]

Nortel Gold solution partner[30]
Novell Platinum solution provider[31]
Oki None published
Oracle Certified Advantage Partner[32]
Parallels Gold partner[33]
Philips None published
Psion None published
Red Hat Advanced reseller[34]
Sony None published
Sophos Platinum partner[35]
Sun Executive partner[36]
Symantec Symantec Platinum Partner

Large Account (Corporate) Reseller[37]

Toshiba Freedom partner (Enterprise)[38]
Trend Micro AffinityPLUS partner[39]
Xerox None published
Xsigo Partner for professional, technical and marketing services relating to virtualisation[40]

Sponsorships

Current Sponsorships

Computacenter is:

Past Sponsorships

In the past, Computacenter has sponsored:

Charitable activities

Computacenter supports and organises charitable fundraising events, such as an employee expedition to Everest base camp[54]. Computacenter donated £50,000 to charity in 2007[55].

Clients

Computacenter's customers include:

Corporate culture

Corporate affairs

Computacenter complies with the Combined Code on Corporate Governance[58].

Board Structure

Decision-making

Principal Board Committees

  • Audit
  • Nominations
  • Remuneration

Corporate Social Responsibility

Computacenter is a constituent of the FTSE4Good index series[59], which measures the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards[60]; it has retained its membership for 5 years[61].


Corporate sustainable development

During 2007, the Computacenter group committed itself to the 10 core principles of United Nations Global Compact[62], which illustrates the company's adoption of sustainable and socially responsible policies, especially in relation to human rights, labour rights, the environment and anti-corruption.

  • In November 2007; Computacenter won BT’s inaugural Supplier Innovation Award for its work on virtualising and consolidating a number of their UK datacentres, helping BT reduce the carbon footprint [63] of its Windows datacentre estate by 85%[64].

Subsidiaries and brands

Computacenter operates subsidiaries and brands that address specific market segments:

Subsidiaries

  • RDC, which offers IT equipment disposal, remarketing and redeployment services[65] (for which it received the "Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation" in 2002[66]).
  • CCD, which is a distributor of branded computer systems to IT resellers[67].
  • Digica, which provides outsourcing and managed IT services to the corporate mid-market and the Public Sector.
  • Computacenter Express, which offers IT systems for sale to small and meduim-sized businesses over the web[68].
  • Allnet, which specialises in network integration and structured cabling services[69]

Brands

  • Project

References

  1. ^ Computacenter plc Annual Report & Accounts, 2007, p40, Computacenter plc Annual Report & Accounts, March 31, 2008. Retrieved: April 15, 2008
  2. ^ Computacenter website, key dates. Retrieved June 23, 2008
  3. ^ Computacenter plc Annual Report & Accounts, 2007, p2, Computacenter plc Annual Report & Accounts, March 31, 2008. Retrieved: April 15, 2008
  4. ^ Our Values: Careers with Computacenter, Computacenter Mission Statement. Retrieved: July 08, 2008
  5. ^ Computacenter training webpage, Computacenter website. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  6. ^ Xpertise interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2007 (published August, 2007), pp. 3 & 4. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  7. ^ 3Com Partner Locator results. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  8. ^ 3PAR Channel partner webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  9. ^ Attachmate partner webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  10. ^ BHOLD press release, April 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
  11. ^ BMC Software's Solution Provider Partner webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  12. ^ Cisco's Partner Central webpage; results based on query for France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  13. ^ Citrix's partner webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  14. ^ Eizo partner webpage (in German). Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  15. ^ EMC Partner Profile webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  16. ^ F5 gold partner webpage. Retrieved July 6, 2008.
  17. ^ Partnership announcement article in CRN (Incisive Media). Retrieved July 6, 2008.
  18. ^ Hewlett-Packard partner webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  19. ^ Hypertec partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  20. ^ IBM Storage Solutions webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  21. ^ Intel case study. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  22. ^ Kingston partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  23. ^ Konica Minolta dealer locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  24. ^ Kyocera Mita partner webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  25. ^ Lexmark supplier webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  26. ^ Unipart case study. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  27. ^ McAfee partner webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  28. ^ Microsoft Solution Finder webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  29. ^ Nokia partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  30. ^ Nortel partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  31. ^ Novell partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  32. ^ Oracle's partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  33. ^ Parallels press release. Retrieved September 23, 2008.
  34. ^ Red Hat's partner catalogue webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  35. ^ Sophos' partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  36. ^ Sun's partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  37. ^ Symantec's partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  38. ^ Toshiba's partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  39. ^ Trend Micro's partner locator webpage. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  40. ^ Xsigo press release, February 25, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2008.
  41. ^ Spring Proms website. Retrieved: April 22, 2008
  42. ^ Professional Rubgy Players' Association website. Retrieved: April 23, 2008
  43. ^ British Legal Awards 2007 website, Incisive Media, organisers of the British Legal Awards, website. Retrieved: April 26, 2008
  44. ^ Hertfordshire County Council website, Hertfordshire County Council website. Retrieved: April 26, 2008
  45. ^ Team Storm's sponsorship webpage, Team Storm website. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  46. ^ Article describing Team Storm's ambitions to compete in the USA, from the Evening Star (Ipswich), June 13, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  47. ^ Computacenter website. Retrieved June 30, 2008
  48. ^ London Taxi in Computacenter livery. Retrieved: May 10, 2008
  49. ^ Image of the Team Marcos-Computacenter LM95-002, which ran in the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours race. Retrieved May 10, 2008
  50. ^ History of Marcos Cars. Retrieved May 10, 2008
  51. ^ Image showing Computacenter's credits for match analysis on UK terrestrial broadcasts. Retrieved May 10, 2008
  52. ^ Computacenter website, Six Nations press release. Retrieved May 10, 2008
  53. ^ European Tour website. Retrieved May 10, 2008
  54. ^ Multiple Sclerosis Trust's "Make a Difference" newsletter, Spring/Summer 2008, Multiple Sclerosis Trust website. Retrieved: May 5, 2008
  55. ^ Computacenter plc Annual Report & Accounts, 2007, p42, Computacenter plc Annual Report & Accounts, March 31, 2008. Retrieved: May 5, 2008
  56. ^ Computacenter cited as the DfT's "IT solutions partner" in Computerweekly (July 4, 2008). Retrieved July 6, 2008
  57. ^ Computacenter cited as assisting the college to to form its technology strategy and plan its new IT network (July 2, 2008). Retrieved July 7, 2008.
  58. ^ Computacenter's annual report, 2007 (page 30). Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  59. ^ Computacenter Annual report, 2007 (p21). Retrieved July 1, 2008
  60. ^ FTSE4Good Index Series webpage, FTSE website. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  61. ^ List of FTSE4Good constituents, as of September 2002, published by the Co-operative Bank. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  62. ^ Computacenter Annual report, 2007 (p21). Retrieved July 1, 2008
  63. ^ Supplier Innovation Awards, November 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2008
  64. ^ Computacenter Corporate Sustainable Development, 2007 (p4). Retrieved July 8, 2008
  65. ^ RDC website. RDC website. Retrieved June 22nd, 2008
  66. ^ The Queen's Awards for Enterprise website. The Queen's Awards for Enterprise website. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  67. ^ Operating Partners & Subsidiaries webpage, Computacenter website. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  68. ^ Computacenter Express webpage. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
  69. ^ Computacenter press release on the acquisition of Allnet from Cable & Wireless. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
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