Computacenter
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| Company type | Public (LSE: CCC) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology IT Services Consulting |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Philip Hulme and Peter Ogden |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Greg Lock (Chairman) Mike Norris (Chief Executive) Tony Conophy (Finance Director) |
| Products | Supply, implementation, support and management of IT systems |
| Revenue | £3,054.2 million (2015)[1] |
| £87.1 million (2015)[1] | |
| £67.1 million (2015)[1] | |
| Website | Computacenter.com |
Computacenter plc is a European company that provide computer services to public- and private-sector customers. It is a UK company based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
Computacenter was founded in the UK in 1981 by Philip Hulme and Peter Ogden.[2] 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 become the largest privately owned IT company in the UK.[2] Computacenter was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1998.[2] In 2006 the company extended its service facilities to include a new International Service Centre in Barcelona, Spain, and a customer help desk and remote management facility in Cape Town, South Africa.[2]
The following year the company 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 of its Windows datacentre estate by 85%.[3]
Principal activities
The company is engaged in the supply, implementation, support and management of information technology systems.[4]
Computacenter advises customers on their IT strategy, implements appropriate technology from a wide range of vendors and manages their technology infrastructures on their behalf.[5]
Operating countries
Service facilities
Computacenter also runs a partner network that covers 120 countries worldwide.[6]
Clients
Computacenter's customers include:
- Marks & Spencer[7]
- BAA[8]
- Reuters[9]
- Unipart[10]
- Channel 4[11]
- BMW Group[12]
- EDF[13]
- Air Liquide[13]
- The UK Government's Department for Transport ("DfT")[14]
- Oaklands College[15]
- Doncaster College[16]
Careers
Because of the company’s managed services/outsourcing business, many of these people work on customers’ sites. Computacenter employs technical consultants, project managers, field engineers, sales admin and account managers and Service Desk staff.[17]
Computacenter is an Investor in People and in addition to its normal recruitment process, the company has an entry scheme for people it considers to have the most sales potential. Under this ‘Sales Associate Programme’, candidates are given an intensive 18 months training under the direct sponsorship of the company’s CEO. It says the successful candidates’ earnings could exceed £70,000 in their first year as an Account Manager.[17]
Sponsorships
Current Sponsorships
Computacenter is:
- Principal business partner and title sponsor of the Professional Rugby Players' Association's ("PRA") Rugby Players' Awards Dinner,[18] held at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
- Sponsor of Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service's fire investigation dog, one of seventeen such dogs used in England to support accelerant detection in arson investigations, which is a black Labrador Retriever named "CeeCee".[19]
- Platinum sponsor for "Team Storm", a robotic combat team of "roboteers", which won the title of "World Champion" in the seventh series of Mentorn's "Robot Wars" television programme with their "Storm II" robot.[20][21][22]
Past sponsorships
In the past, Computacenter has sponsored:
- Founding sponsor of the Computacenter Cathcart Spring Proms, which is a classical "Variety Performance" of diverse works played by musicians, choristers, soloists and groups in the Royal Albert Hall.[23]
- Sponsor of the "Best Use of Technology" category in the British Legal Awards, 2007.[24]
- Marcos Engineering's GT Le Mans LM500 & LM600 racecars,[25] which won the 1995 BRDC National Sports GT Championship and finished in seventh place in the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hour race.[26]
- The Six Nations Championship rugby union competition, for which it provided match statistics and analysis[27] in 2002.[28]
- The English Challenge Open golf tournament, an event in the European Challenge Tour, in 2004.[29]
Charitable activities
Computacenter’s charity partners are Mind, Alzheimer's Research and Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. The company supports and organises fundraising events such as dress down days, charity races and sponsored staff expeditions, which have included an expedition to Everest base camp.[30] Computacenter donated £87,000 to charity in 2008[31]
Corporate social responsibility
Computacenter is a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index series,[32] which measures the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards;[33] it has retained its membership for 5 years.[34]
During 2007, the Computacenter group committed itself to the 10 core principles of United Nations Global Compact.[35]
The company also works with its customers to help them meet their 'sustainable IT' objectives. 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 [36] of its Windows datacentre estate by 85%.[37] Computacenter says its cost-neutral service to Marks & Spencer has also helped M&S meet its WEEE requirements and its 'Plan A' environmental objectives, sending zero IT waste from M&S head office to landfill in 2008.[38]
The German branch of Computacenter is partner of the White IT, an alliance for children .[39]
Subsidiaries and brands
Computacenter operates subsidiaries and brands that address specific market segments:
Subsidiaries
The following companies were acquired by Computacenter and are now integrated within their business:
- Digica, which provides outsourcing and managed IT services to the corporate mid-market and the Public Sector.[40][41]
- Allnet, which specialises in network integration and structured cabling services[42][43]
Partnerships
Vendor partners
The tables below list a selection of Computacenter's vendor partners and examples of the accreditations held with each:[44]
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External links
References
- ^ a b c "Preliminary Results 2015". Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d Computacenter website, key dates. Retrieved 27 March 2009
- ^ Computacenter plc Annual Report & Accounts, 2007, p24, Computacenter plc Annual Report & Accounts, 31 March 2008. Retrieved: 27 March 2009
- ^ Computacenter plc Annual Report & Accounts, 2007, p40, Computacenter plc Annual Report & Accounts, 31 March 2008. Retrieved: 27 March 2009
- ^ Computacenter plc website Retrieved 27 March 2009
- ^ Computacenter plc website Retrieved 27 March 2009
- ^ Computer Weekly. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ Computacenter plc website. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ ZDNet. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ Yahoo UK News. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ Computacenter plc website. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ computing.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ a b Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ Computacenter cited as the DfT's "IT solutions partner" in Computerweekly (4 July 2008). Retrieved 6 July 2008
- ^ Computacenter cited as assisting the college to form its technology strategy and plan its new IT network (2 July 2008). Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ^ Computacenter cited as designing and implementing the college's "state-of-the-art" IT systems; Doncaster College website. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ a b Computacenter website careers pages
- ^ Professional Rugby Players' Association website. Retrieved: 23 April 2008
- ^ Hertfordshire County Council website, Hertfordshire County Council website. Retrieved: 26 April 2008
- ^ Team Storm's sponsorship webpage, Team Storm website. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
- ^ Article describing Team Storm's ambitions to compete in the USA, from the Evening Star (Ipswich), 13 June 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
- ^ Computacenter website. Retrieved 30 June 2008
- ^ Spring Proms website. Retrieved: 22 April 2008
- ^ British Legal Awards 2007 website, Incisive Media, organisers of the British Legal Awards, website. Retrieved: 26 April 2008
- ^ Image of the Team Marcos-Computacenter LM95-002, which ran in the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours race. Retrieved 10 May 2008
- ^ History of Marcos Cars. Retrieved 10 May 2008
- ^ Image showing Computacenter's credits for match analysis on UK terrestrial broadcasts. Retrieved 10 May 2008
- ^ Computacenter website, Six Nations press release. Retrieved 10 May 2008
- ^ European Tour website. Retrieved 10 May 2008
- ^ Computacenter plc website Retrieved: 27 March 2009
- ^ Computacenter plc website. Retrieved 27 March 2009
- ^ Computacenter Annual report, 2007 (p21). Retrieved 1 July 2008
- ^ FTSE4Good Index Series webpage, FTSE website. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
- ^ List of FTSE4Good constituents, as of September 2002, published by the Co-operative Bank. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
- ^ Computacenter plc Report & Accounts 2007, Corporate Sustainable Development report, page 21
- ^ Supplier Innovation Awards, November 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2008
- ^ Computacenter Corporate Sustainable Development, 2007 (p4). Retrieved 8 July 2008
- ^ computacenter plc website Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ Super User. "White IT - Partner". whiteit.de. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Channel Business Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ Computacenter plc website on retirement of Digica brand Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ Computacenter press release on the acquisition of Allnet from Cable & Wireless. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- ^ Computacenter plc Report & Accounts 2007, page 18, 'Acquisitions' paragraph on integration of Allnet Retrieved 30 March 2009
- ^ Computacenter partners webpage. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
