Contracts & Collaborations ENSEK partners with Dispace to retain best talent in Nottingham


A Nottingham company which is pioneering the flexible working movement has teamed up with a fellow city firm to help support the local economy and attract the very best talent. Dispace, which launched in October, has agreed a multi-seat


deal with Nottingham energy software company ENSEK, which wants to embrace a flexible working culture and manage the capacity challenges that rapid growth creates in its existing office.


Dispace is creating a remote working revolution that isn’t wedded to the tired 9-5 office culture but is an entirely flexible solution that co-exists much better with people’s lives and the power of technology. It is creating co-working space in a variety of venues so that busy professionals can work wherever they need to. As well as opening up productivity to workers, Dispace is also


good news for the venues themselves, helping them to drive footfall and revenue in quieter times and bringing in completely new customers. Dispace is recognising the need for flexible, on the move workspace and the corresponding opportunity with spare capacity in the hospitality sector, to provide a mobile solu- tion and community to addresses the way people work today. The service is aimed at freelancers, contractors, homeworkers, entrepreneurs, small businesses, the ‘on-the-road’ workforce of larger organisations and growing businesses seeking innovative overflow space Dispace has already signed up nine venues across six


UK cities, including the Cross Keys and Bentinck Hotel in Nottingham to its flexible working vision, and now, ENSEK is teaming up with Dispace to bring forward overflow space for its busy team.


Ross Cox, co-founder of Dispace, said: “ENSEK wants to embrace flexible working to attract and retain the best talent – and it wants to give people a remote working solution that supports them on the move. “By working with Dispace, ENSEK is accessing overflow


space in the city and providing its teams with variety in their working surroundings. This will, in turn, support other businesses in the city, by making use of our amazing partner venues in the hospitality sector.” Mark Wright, COO of ENSEK added: “The opportunity for our


team to work with the Dispace concept made immediate sense. Now, more than ever, staff demand flexibility in their working lives and Dispace gives us the opportunity to provide that in an adaptable and cost-effective way. “We see this relationship as a great way of not only encouraging


our current team to work smarter, but also as a way of attracting the best talent to Nottingham. We’re absolutely committed to the city, and want our staff to be too. We’re convinced Dispace will help in achieving this.” “We’re here for anyone who spends time away from permanent premises and teams,” added Ross. “Ultimately, we’re giving them on-demand facilities wherever


they are located, connecting them to potential partners, suppliers and customers within their user peer group and providing access to support and guidance, via expert contributors and tailored content.” Dispace has now launched at venues in Nottingham, Leicester and Birmingham with Leeds and Derby live shortly. Its phase two roll-out during winter 2018 will include: Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, Brighton and Sheffield.


Rivierenland improves security, performance and availability with new VDI platform and support from Proact


Water authority Rivierenland has modernised its VDI platform with support from specialists at Proact. With the new, up-to-date workspace, water authority Rivierenland has improved security, performance and availability enabling business continuity across the organisation. Thanks to new automated workflows, water authority Rivierenland is able to quickly and easily create new workspaces, saving the IT team time and effort. Water authority Rivierenland is responsible for water control


in the River Area of the Netherlands. Its staff complete tasks including managing water levels and water quality, as well as the treatment of waste water. The organisation employs around 1,200 people who are all dependent on having the right IT solutions and support. In 2017, water authority Rivierenland decided to implement


a new financial application to support new business needs. As this new system had high technical requirements, Rivierenland decided to upgrade its existing VDI platform to a new VMware virtualisation solution. This step also helped the organisation improve the performance of other applications that had high CPU capacity requirements. In addition, Water authority Rivierenland wanted to use this opportunity to evaluate its application landscape to see if it could limit the number of applications it needed. Rivierenland selected Proact to complete the project, a decision which was based on the data centre specialist’s knowledge, expertise and


experience. The solution was delivered through ProactVX in the Netherlands which is part of the Proact IT Group. “Proact provided valuable advice and support for moving to


the newer versions of Exchange and Active Directory. And it also helped reduce the number of applications we use,” says Martijn Vlietstra, Project Manager at Rivierenland. “Proact has proven to be a flexible knowledge partner that has helped us migrate to the new solution seamlessly. Working together we’ve created a platform with more automation capabilities than before,” Vlietstra adds. “We are now able to roll out a new workspace very easily


at just the push of a button. In addition, all applications were installed in such a way that our most regular users had their needs supported quickly. We mainly have packaged applications for specific users. This saves time and resources,” Vlietstra continues. Ewout Breen, System Administrator at Rivierenland, notes


that Proact proved to be a flexible and expert partner. “Initially, we planned to take on the project ourselves, but close analysis showed that we would not meet the strict deadlines we needed to meet to implement our new financial system. Thanks to Proact’s efforts and technical input, we were able to get all things done in time. We now have the latest technology in place for both hardware and software, which helps us ensure continuity and security. In addition, the new platform is easier to manage.”


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