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Salford Software selected as a supplier for the Government's G Cloud Programme
Submitted by Lisa on 15 May, 2013 - 12:39
Salford Software has been selected as a supplier of cloud-based solutions for public sector organisations in line with the Government’s G-Cloud programme. The company provides its Identity Management solutions to public sector organisations without the need for the traditional time consuming procurement process.
Government departments are being directed to look at cloud options first before opting to use other technologies under a new 'public cloud-first' strategy unveiled this month by the Cabinet Office. When procuring new or existing services, public sector organisations have to consider and fully evaluate potential Cloud solutions first – before they consider any other option.
“Having passed the rigorous assessment process, Salford Software has been added to the G-Cloud iii listings and joins Cloud Store, an impressive roster of exceptional cloud based providers from which public sector organisations can choose to work. G Cloud iii will create more opportunities for SMEs like Salford Software and provide a more cost effective way for the public sector to purchase” said Tom Eggleston, chief technology officer, Salford Software.
“Salford Software has made a name for itself delivering secure identity and access management solutions and has long worked with public sector organisations such as NHS Trusts, universities, colleges and councils to make sure that their users; both permanent and temporary staff can have secure access to the information they require at the touch of a button based upon their role within that organisation.
“We very much look forward to working with the G-Cloud community.”
For more information or to find out what services and products are available from Salford Software visit the Cloud Store here
Yes, we're on G-Cloud!
Submitted by TomE on 10 May, 2013 - 17:09
Some exciting news for us today - Salford Software has been accepted onto the Government's G-Cloud framework. The G-Cloud initiative is intended to encourage the adoption of cloud computing and services within the public sector, and to provide a more efficient model for the procurement of ICT services.
The headline for our public sector customers is that you can purchase our products and services from the G-Cloud framework without needing to run your own tender process. This is because we have already been through a tender process in order for our products and services to be accepted onto the G-Cloud framework - essentially the government has done the hard work so you don't have to.
All of our products and services are listed, including our consultancy, support and managed services as well as our key products such as ARMS and Calsync. You can find a full list of our services available from the G-Cloud Cloudstore here.
There is also a great FAQ page on the G-CLoud website here which explains how you can buy from the framework.
We're really excited about this, as we think this will deliver real benefits and cost savings for our customers, and will lead to lots of new business for us! If you have any questions about this then please feel free to contact me or my colleague Lisa Drakonaki, and we'll be happy to help.
Cloud Services for Education Agreements
Submitted by Lisa on 27 February, 2013 - 15:02
With so many universities and colleges moving to Cloud solutions like Microsoft Office 365, it is worth taking a look at Janet's Cloud Services for Education Agreement
Janet's work on the Microsoft contracts has already helped five universities move to Office 365 providing savings and easing the transition as institutions take the decision to move to the cloud.
The Agreement offers a number of benefits including
- Due diligence on almost 100 pages contractual documents saving time and money
- Legal advice applied
- Additional reviews when EU directives change
- Addtional reviews when key Microsoft documents change
- Collating sector feedback and negotiating improvements to Ts and Cs
For more information about the agreement please contact one of the team or Janet directly
London Metropolitan University ARMS
Submitted by Lisa on 10 February, 2013 - 13:20
LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY ‘A.R.M.S’ ITSELF FOR INCREASED DATA SECURITY
London Metropolitan University has increased the security of its data by installing an Affiliate Record Management System (ARMS) with Salford Software to provide the institution with personalised access to online resources for non- permanent staff and visitors to its campuses. ARMS will work alongside the existing identity management solution.
“We have 27,000 students and 3,000 staff across our campuses, and from time to time we require non-permanent contract workers to be able to access the information and resources that they need to fulfil their part-time role whilst they are here – that can be around 200 affiliate accounts in use at any one time,” explains Raghu Vydyanath, director of information systems & services, London Metropolitan University.
“ARMS allows us to provision personalised access to resources for visiting lecturers or professors, librarians or contractors for example, but importantly it also means we can deprovision access just as quickly when they leave – tightening our data security and removing redundant records from our system.”
The implementation will help the university to move towards a Role Based Access Control (RBAC) model where staff and students will be able to gain access to their own desktop applications from any PC. As roles change, access can be granted or withdrawn on the basis of the users identity.
“ARMS will be linked directly to our smart card system, the university’s IT network, library services and applications,” explains Raghu Vydyanath.
“Salford Software has a strong background in identity management within education and I was very confident of the team’s ability to implement ARMS. Undoubtedly, the new solution will make the university’s data more secure whilst allowing even those who are temporarily with us, the best user experience.”
“We are delighted to be working with London Metropolitan University to deliver this project,” said Paul Beaumont, chief executive, Salford Software.
“Security is at the top of the list when it comes to IT decision making. ARMS will enable London Metropolitan University to reduce the risk of potential security breaches and improve the way that they manage the user accounts ensuring that only those who are still working for the university are provisioned and have access.”
Read more Salford Software news here
Using Live@edu?
Submitted by Lisa on 1 February, 2013 - 11:42
If you are currently using Live@edu then you will be aware of the situation in terms of moving to Microsoft Office 365.
Briefly... as the Live@edu service comes to a close all existing tenancies will automatically be upgraded to Office 365. Microsoft has committed to moving all Live@edu tenancies to Office 365 by the end of September 2013. Many organisations are choosing to work with a Microsoft partner with the knowledge and experience required to make the transition a smooth and successful one.
You can read more about how Salford Software can help here
Salford Software to deliver Microsoft Office 365 to Lancashire Colleges
Submitted by Lisa on 28 January, 2013 - 10:20
Four Lancashire based further education colleges are working with Salford Software to deliver Microsoft Office 365 across the student population. The four Lancashire based further education colleges; Accrington & Rossendale, Hopwood Hall, Morecambe & Lancaster and Nelson & Colne have come together as the ‘Lancashire Colleges Shared Services Partnership’ to create a shared virtual environment between colleges via the creation of a private cloud. The colleges will save £90,000 during the first 12 months.
You can read the full story here For further information on Microsoft Office 365 please contact one of the team on 0161 906 2233 or email the team here
Salford Software to provide IDM Managed Service to Mazars
Submitted by Lisa on 20 December, 2012 - 12:41
Mazars, the global accountancy firm, has selected Salford Software to provide their IDM managed service. The new contract will provide Mazars with a managed service which will see the accountancy practice save significant costs across six countries and 6,000 of its 13,000 global employees. Salford Software will be responsible for managing, monitoring and maintaining the system from the UK. You can read the full story here
Microsoft Azure IT Pro Camp
Submitted by Lisa on 3 December, 2012 - 10:01
Join Microsoft for a technical hands on introduction to some of the IaaS Cloud Services that Microsoft is now offering to Academic organisations.Places at this Azure event are free but limited. The camp will be led by an Azure specialist and is aimed at the IT Professional. On it you will build and deploy an entire SharePoint infrastructure with a dual-machine server-farm, Active Directory Domain Controller and SQL Server. On the road to that infrastructure you will create a dual-server, load-balanced IIS website, a WIndows Azure Virtual Network in to which you will deploy the Active Directory Domain plus all the member servers (SQL and SharePoint) and you’ll also learn how to generalise your images and add them to your library of images to make future deployment simpler.All running in the Cloud!You will walk away with a complete – Cloud based – service that you will be able to continue to use, further develop and show colleagues following the camp.Register your place here
