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Quadsys sprints to Sophos Gold Solutions status
IT security expert Quadsys has been named the first company in the UK to earn the distinction of being a Sophos Gold Solution Partner. The new status means the Oxfordshire-based company is certified to provide both Sophos’ range of award-winning security products, and offer consultancy, design, installation and support services for all Sophos solutions to customers throughout the UK.
Based at Oxford Office Village in Kidlington, Quadsys is a leading supplier of IT security software, anti-virus products, hardware, infrastructure and associated services to businesses, The company has grown rapidly to service customers throughout the UK and has earned a reputation as a key ICT partner for its comprehensive range of IT security and infrastructure solutions. With its new Sophos Gold Partner status, Quadsys is now even better equipped to deliver value-added services for customers, with Sophos trained and certified solutions experts.
“To be awarded the first UK Sophos Gold Solutions Partner status is a fantastic achievement,” said Quadsys managing director Paul Cox. “It reflects not only the professionalism of our sales and technical staff, but also the commitment and support that we have come to expect from Sophos.
“Sophos’ partner programme empowers proactive and enthusiastic partners like ourselves to achieve the levels of technical and sales accreditation required to represent Sophos at the highest level. Our combined drive to offer the perfect solution for any size company’s security will ensure that we continue to provide the highest quality service for many years to come.”
Quadsys has grown its business substantially in the past few years, offering consultancy and professional services to its business partners, including a full range of Sophos products. This includes Sophos’ award-
Satellite Applications Catapult and James Cowper to reach for the stars
Thames Valley and South Coast accountancy firm James Cowper has been appointed auditors to the recently-launched Satellite Applications Catapult, a technology and innovation centre dedicated to the development and commercial exploitation of space and satellite- based technology.
The Satellite Applications Catapult is one of a seven-strong network of Catapult centres created and funded by the Government’s Technology Strategy Board, with others dedicated to high- value manufacturing, cell therapy, offshore renewable energy, the digital economy, future cities and transport systems.
The Catapult was officially launched earlier this month merging with the International Space Innovation Centre and is based in Harwell, Oxfordshire.
Stuart Martin, CEO of Satellite Applications Catapult, said: “The space and satellite industry is currently worth an estimated £9 billion to the UK economy and this is predicted to increase to over £400b by 2030. This new centre will bring
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invaluable resources to enable the best businesses, researchers and end-users to work together and develop new satellite-based products, services and applications.
“James Cowper was able to demonstrate a keen understanding of this sector and will be an essential part of the team.”
The James Cowper team is lead by partner and head of its technology practice Sue Staunton. She said: “James Cowper has considerable expertise in advising businesses in the space technology sector and already acts for a number of companies based at Harwell.
“We are delighted to have been appointed auditors to the Satellite Applications Catapult and look forward to working alongside Martin and his team.”
The Satellite Applications Catapult is already working with businesses of all sizes and complexities, academia and end-users, providing an accessible collaborative environment to help realise the UK space sector’s recognised growth potential.
winning unified threat management (UTM), encryption, endpoint security, web, email, mobile and network security solutions, all backed by SophosLabs – a global network of threat intelligence centers.
Sophos, with its global headquarters in Abingdon, is one of the world’s leading IT security providers, offering complete IT security solutions to protect businesses in more than 150 countries around the world.
“We are very proud of our partner program and continued commitment to a channel first strategy, so we are delighted to recognise Quadsys as the first partner to achieve the Gold standard for both products and solutions,” said James Vyvyan, regional vice president for Sophos UK and Ireland.
“We believe that by taking the time to understand our partners’ business models, we can work together with dynamic companies like Quadsys to provide the solutions that best suit their customers’ IT security needs, while developing true partnerships which help drive the partners’ business forward.”
Details:
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Creating a new leadership paradigm for women executives
A new leadership programme for women 'Women Transforming Leadership' has been developed at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, to enable women to unleash their talents as natural leaders. As programme director Gayle Peterson explains,: “The programme title says it all. The world is becoming more complex and women have the talent to successfully address these 'wickedly' difficult challenges and create a new global leadership paradigm. Women Transforming Leadership is asset-based, building on the skills and attributes in which women are known to excel – creating a compelling vision for their organizations, building effective, collaborative cross-disciplinary teams, and valuing honesty and candour to find and scale innovations.”
Women Transforming Leadership will take participants through a transformational learning journey on individual, organizational, and societal levels. The programme uses live cases, draws on psychometric profiling, and offers coaching, and peer tutoring as well as networking. It is built around a variety of different types of learning experience.
The programme is global and cross-disciplinary, and will generate powerful networks among private, public, civil society, and philanthropic sectors. Current course registrants come from the UK, Nigeria, and Tanzania. It runs from September 29 - October 4.
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – JUNE 2013
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