Category Archives: Public Sector
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Public sector workers keenest on cloud apps
Well over half of employees in the UK (62%) want to see the day-to-day software they use at work transferred to the cloud, according to a study carried out with 5,000 businesses by Virgin Media Business. Public sector organisations came out as amongst the keenest with 61 per cent saying they would like to access all their software for work through the cloud. One in ten public sector staff already use cloudbased software on a daily basis and in the private sector, 16% of firms use the technology, with over a quarter (27%) looking to add cloud computing to their existing business model in 2012.
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ZyXEL plans to help partners drive education sales
ZyXEL, which is making strong inroads into the switching, WiFi and security market, is running a programme aimed at supporting reseller sales into the public sector market throughout 2012. This is the height of the buying season for education and with schools and colleges looking to make the most of their budget this year, now is the time to make them aware of what you have to offer.
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How investing in IT can make a difference
All schools can benefit in many different ways from investment in IT. An example of this appeared on our own doorstep recently when a local Junior school was recognised for its success in using computers. Following an external assessment, Four Lanes Community Junior School in Chineham, near to our offices in Basingstoke, has now been presented with the ICT Mark, which is given to schools which make good use of computers that are used across the whole curriculum.
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Get a little extra help from your vendor partner – selling print and supplies into the Public Sector
In the third and concluding part of our series on selling print and peripherals to the Public Sector, we find out about the additional help you can get from vendors in meeting the needs of customers that have ever-tightening purse strings.
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Public Sector Focus – Toshiba Tablet PCs benchmark a new era for school starters’ education
Here is a great example of how effective IT can be in the classroom. Pupils at Henleaze Infant School in Bristol have been using Toshiba’s state-of-the arttablet notebook PCs to help children aged between four and six, to learn to write.
The teachers at the school knew the children loved learning through technology as they all showed a great deal of enthusiasm when using the school’s IT suite. However the suite also threw in a number of restrictions, such as time-table clashes and immobility. Toshiba’s new tablet PCs provided the mobility and flexibility needed by the school, but more importantly; it brought on a whole new dimension to learning.
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Public Sector Opportunities
Are you involved in the public sector? ate McIntrye speaks to Joe Breen, Sales Director for Azlan about the opportunities available in the Public Sector, even when the media would have us believe that it’s all doom and gloom. The good news is that if you can demonstrate to your customers that you can save them money, then they’ll have no problem spending some with you. Joe talks about the increasingly important areas of virtualisation and collaboration. Basic network infrastructure is changing too, and Joe tells Kate how Computer 2000 can help with both technical and sales support.
Finally , Joe announces the launch of a Public Sector Portal within the Computer 2000 website. It’s a One-Stop-Shop, giving you an instant overview on all the latest Public Sector promotions.
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Investing in the future – Why schools still need to spend on IT in 2011 – Part 1 – Digital signage growth
In this 3 part blog series we look at how and why IT still has an important role to play in education and why we can expect schools and colleges to keep spending on technology – and how to market and sell to them with Computer 2000’s help.
In part 1 we will docus on digital signage growth, part 2 on tablet take-up and the final part will focus on ready to sell.
First a bit of background. In August last year, Gartner forecast that IT spending in education would grow by 2.5 percent to more than $64 million worldwide in 2010. While a regional
breakdown was not provided, a later Gartner forecast for enterprise spending noted that budgets in some vertical markets – education included – would decline in 2011 due to budget cuts. The priority instead would be to maintain spending on teaching.
But this is precisely the reason why many schools and colleges will continue to spend on IT in 2011; the added value that new technologies bring to teaching today and the opportunity to enhance the learning experience means that IT is now a more important and integral part of the classroom than ever.
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Facing up to reality
In the second part of our series on selling print and peripherals to the public sector, we look at the approach resellers need to take when addressing opportunities now that belts are being tightened.
The attitude in the public sector towards printing is changing. For some time now, concern over the future and how much budget they would have to spend has led to a stasis in the market. Schools, health trusts, local government, have simply stood still and waited to see what happened. As a result, their costs have been edging slowly but surely upwards. But that’s not going to be good enough anymore.
