Local technology companies unite to compete nationally

York Data Services, Salamander and Cybula are all specialists in their respective technological fields. Pooling resources enables them to compete at a higher level. Charles Mindenhall, CEO of Agilisys, assembled the group because, as he says, it makes business good sense. ‘We all share a commitment to innovation, and to transforming the way organisations do business, and we offer complementary solutions and services.’

Large technology projects are so complex that they create an uneven playing field where giant multinationals have the competitive advantage. Unfortunately, it makes commercial sense for these global entities to push their one-size-fits-all products, which may not be the most suitable or cost effective. Worse, these companies stifle innovation.

Smaller companies can offer more innovative and customised solutions, ones that often deliver better value for money too. Individually they risk being overshadowed in the marketplace. United, they form a distinctive and competitive offering.

Mark Fordyce, chairman of York Data Services reinforced this, adding, ‘It’s a great way of stimulating the local economy and bringing jobs to York, and an excellent opportunity to showcase local talent.’ York Data Services specialises in the delivery of high performance connectivity, networking and data centre solutions to businesses of all sizes, the company has won the contract to supply and manage IT services including high capacity fibre connectivity and gigabyte Local Area Network to companies within the IT Centre, a 35,000sqf development on York Science Park over 3 years.

Salamander has developed a range of award-winning technologies in the area of business architecture, knowledge mapping and performance management. One of the company’s Managing Partners, Dick Whittington said, ‘We work nationally with a range of public and private organisations deploying our MooD Transformation Toolset to address a range of high-profile business requirements. Partnering is key to our strategy, and we are delighted that Agilisys is now committed to taking our products to market. Participating in such initiatives keeps us innovative.’

Cybula develops high performance pattern recognition solutions and already works in close partnership with the Advanced Computer Architecture Group in the Department of Computer Science at the University as well as other blue chip organisations such as Rolls Royce and Sun Microsystems. ‘We recognise the value that partnerships offer.’ said Professor Jim Austin, Cybula’s Founder and CEO. ‘For smaller organisations, being part of a high quality partnership, and playing on a national stage, helps to raise our profile while maintaining our edge as a responsive and innovative technology company.’

Agilisys
Agilisys is a leading technology and business process service provider for the UK public and private sectors. Agilisys designs, builds and operates innovative, technology-enabled solutions and employs an incremental approach to forging partnerships with clients in local government, central government and the private sector. Agilisys is headquartered in York and employs over 500 people.

Contact: Maria Farrugia
Phone 01904 465 841
Mobile 07793 180563
Maria.Farrugia@agilisys.co.uk
www.agilisys.co.uk

York Data Services
York Data Services specialises in the delivery of high performance connectivity, networking and data centre solutions to businesses of all sizes, positioning itself as a progressive IT supplier often at the cutting edge of technology, with the skills and vision to deliver total solutions in Internet communications, LAN, WAN and Wireless Network technology to business parks, technology centres and individual businesses around the country. York Data Services aim is to build lasting partnerships alongside a strong commitment to customer satisfaction.

Mark Fordyce	York Data Services Limited
Phone 0845 345 1900	Innovation Way
Mobile 07776 143 418	York Science Park
mfordyce@YorkDataServices.com	Heslington York YO10 5DG
www.YorkDataServices.com

Salamander
Salamander has developed a range of award-winning technologies, including Knowledge Map® and the MooD® Transformation Toolset. Together these provide a natural fusion of process, knowledge and performance that can be delivered coherently and extensibly over an organisation’s intranet. The products are currently in live use within a wide range of major organisations, including TNT, Willis, UK MoD, HP, and the General Medical Council.

Dick Whittington	The Salamander Organization Ltd
Phone 0870 161 1700	York Science Park
Mobile	York YO10 5ZF
dick.whittington@tsorg.com
www.tsorg.com

Cybula
The company was formed in 2000 by Professor Jim Austin specifically to develop commercial applications for research in high performance pattern matching undertaken at the University of York.

Mark Dawber, Marketing Director	Cybula Ltd
Phone 01377 236 382	Fimber
Mobile 07801 204 024	Driffield
mld@bybula.com	East Yorkshire YO25 9LY
www.cybula.co.uk

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