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This years conference offers a strong line up of professional organisations that can offer advice and support as well as deliver real solutions for your business.
 Computer Assets
Computer Assets are market leaders in the field of remote team enablement. We provide consultancy and innovative, effective solutions for all organisations wishing to achieve the many benefits of remote team working. We have experts available to discuss your requirements and warmly welcome you to our stand today.
The Environment Centre
 The Environment Centre (tEC) is a registered charity based in Southampton and working across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and the wider Southern region for the development of sustainable businesses and lifestyles. Comprising home energy advisors, community specialists and business experts the Environment Centre is able work proactively in the creation of truly sustainable business and living communities. Consultancy, seminars and training for businesses can be provided on a bespoke basis or as part of larger projects. Free business advice is also available via our free Helpline on 023 8033 6199
Rugged Systems
 Rugged Systems Limited are Europe’s leading supplier of rugged computing solutions. In recent times Rugged Systems have undertaken a number of projects for local authorities, both directly and through Private Finance Initiatives.
The Drive towards eGoverment has seen the growth of computing requirements in areas such as street lighting, environmental services and highway maintenance. The commercial market is broader still encompassing farming, surveying, manufacturing and all manner of inspectors. Rugged Systems are able to source, supply and install a broad array of mobile solutions. These range from a simple hand held device, Tablet PC’s, Notebooks and complex vehicle fits, all supported by Rugged Systems own engineers.
Solution Builders
 Solution Builders Limited (SBL) specialises in providing collaborative meeting solutions for organisations seeking to reduce operating costs and boost employee productivity.
We can provide either an on-site or hosted solution comprising Microsoft Live Meeting with integrated voice and video through the desktop from Arel Anyware. This enables colleagues to work seamlessly together from their computers – sharing files and documents whilst simultaneously communicating in real time (and for free) via easy to install webcams.
This is truly a “seeing is believing” application that can dramatically reduce travelling expenses whilst facilitating a genuine and inclusive home-working environment to the benefit of all participants.
Winchester City Council
 Winchester City Council is keen to promote the advantages of stepping up the e-ladder to businesses and communities throughout the district. The Council is committed to developing a vibrant urban and rural economy which builds on local strengths and offers opportunities for all.
The e-Hampshire project is essential for Winchester based businesses, especially with 65% of the district being considered to be a rural area. Being online can allow a business to achieve great things without the need to travel all over the countryside. Moving up the e-ladder can make any business more attractive to its customers, and Winchester City Council wants Winchester businesses to be the best.
This project is just one of many initiatives the economic development unit is involved in to ensure Winchester is a great place to do business. Other projects range from helping market towns to plan for their economic future, to support for creative industries, not to mention city centre initiatives such as the Winchester Business Centre and Business Improvement District.
If you are interested in the benefits of moving up the e-ladder, this event will provide an opportunity to hear what strategic partners are doing to support your e-future. Get inspired and get connected!
Contact the Economic Development team on 01962 848563 or email kcrawford@winchester.gov.uk, or log on to www.winchester.gov.uk for more information.
Business Link
 Business Link provides local businesses with a single point of access to local business support services. We are dedicated to improving the competitiveness of your business, enabling you to meet the challenges of a changing business world.
We provide the information, advice and support needed to start, maintain and grow your business. Business Link is primarily funded by the DTI, supported by a number of Government Departments, Agencies and Local Authorities. Quality and delivery of the Business Link service is the responsibility of SEEDA in your region.
To find out more call Business Link – the impartial route to business advice – for answers to all your business questions on 0845 600 9 006 or visit us at
www.businesslinkhampshireiow.co.uk to get your share of the help we provide.
Don't Buy Software
 You drive your business – let us drive the technology
Why spend money on technology when what you need is information?
Since the arrival of the personal computer, technology and information have become inseparable. However, with the latest stage in the development of the internet it has at long last become possible to eradicate this interdependence, creating opportunities for you to:
drive out costs
improve business focus
increase operating efficiency
To use our flexible on-line business information systems, the only technology you need is a web browser and a connection to the internet.
You can concentrate on cultivating the information your business needs and we will drive the technology to process, store, analyse, monitor and report on it to make sure that you have the information you want, when you want it to add value to your business.
The Really Helpful IT Company Ltd (TRHITC)
Our Vision
 The Really Helpful IT Company Ltd (TRHITC) is a Social Enterprise whose aim is to offer quality IT support, consultancy and training services to the voluntary and community sectors at an affordable rate.
We offer the same IT services and level of service to the voluntary sector that we do to the public and private sector by cross-subsidising voluntary sector work with private sector surpluses.
Our vision is that within a period of 3 years from establishment, The Really Helpful IT Company Ltd will become recognised in the region as a first class provider of IT services to all 3 sectors.
Although based in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, we have clients throughout Southern England.
Structure
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harbourside Social Enterprises Ltd (HSE) whose Board represents interests of the 6 local voluntary and community sector organisations
Staffing and Services
As a Microsoft Certified Partner and Cisco reseller, our on-site support staff are trained to support and install PCs, Office applications, networks, Internet connections and Servers.
We also offer bespoke training services, web design, database design and consultancy services.
portIT
 portIT is a network of local, professional business and technology specialists that can design supply install, maintain and support Information & Communications Technology (ICT).
We have come together as a result of the City Growth Portsmouth initiative and we are now collaborating to bring you the best in advice, design and implementation of ICT.
Members of portIT work together as small teams or individually to provide the right expertise for your business. We know how technology can be used to improve business efficiency and will recommend a solution that is appropriate to you.
Call 08458 737373 for details.
Hampshire County Council
Hampshire County Council is proud to be the organisation which, with help from key partners, was selected to lead and facilitate the delivery of the ‘Mobile and Teleworking Initiative for a Smarter South East’ (MATISSE) project. The County Council is part of the pioneering eHampshire Partnership and also a major employer, so we believe flexible working practices have clear economic, social and environmental benefits. The Council wants to see congestion cut, quality of life improved and business productivity increased in Hampshire, as well as the wider South East in general, and believe broadband-enabled flexible working is the way forward.
Hampshire County Council’s Economic Development Office is a small team of professionals dedicated to ensuring that economic policy in Hampshire supports business growth and investment, and that communities remain economically viable.
We are also major contributors to other Hampshire-based business support organisations, such as Hampshire Economic Partnership, the Chambers of Commerce & Industry, the Enterprise Agencies and eHampshire.
Our services include information and advice for business:
• Land and property
• Local suppliers (Business Directory)
• International trade
• Waste processing and minimisation
• Help for rural producers (Farmers Markets, Hampshire Fare)
• Film Hampshire
• Conference Hampshire
• Business Awards programme
• Hampshire Ambassadors
As well as community support through
• Regeneration schemes
• Market Towns – health checks and grants
• Village shop grants
• Project e.VOLve for the voluntary and community sector
We are committed to the development of Information and Communications Technology for businesses and communities as it contributes to the competitiveness of our economy and helps individuals achieve personal development and lifelong learning. We have also led the homeworking MATISSE project.
BT plc
BT is working in partnership to make a difference to people, businesses and communities. Directly employing over 11,600 people in the South East, with a financial impact of over £7.7 billion a year and spending over £3.2 billion with local suppliers.
BT also works with local partners, such as Hampshire County Council, SEEDA and Business Link to create projects like MATISSE
Hotspots South East is a BT county wide campaign to increase access to and awareness of wireless broadband via BT Openzone wi-fi hotspots, helping businesses connect to broadband and extend the services they offer to customers.
BT’s network transformation project - 21CN - is set to have a significant impact on the South East with the migration of over 3.7 million customer lines, with a capital investment of over £740 million plus; replacing equipment at more than 650 exchanges by 2011.
More than 99% of premises across the South East now have access to broadband.
BT Local Business
BT Local Business Portsmouth is represented by Wave Business Solutions Ltd, an independent company formed 4 years ago in direct response to BT's Local Business initiative. Wave Business Solutions Ltd is headed by Nigel Powell, who has extensive experience in the telecoms industry. Nigel understands what SMEs require on a local level and, with the products and services of the BT group, wants to "reconnect your business with a local BT sales team".
As the owner of a small or medium sized enterprise (SME), you know that the right information and communications technology solution could save money and precious time, but who do you turn to for advice on what would be most effective for your business?
In a trail-blazing approach, BT has decided to get closer to local business communities by bringing products and services to your doorstep.
BT have opened a network of 74 small, independent BT Local Businesses across the UK - fellow SMEs who understand your needs. This network has the flexibility and personal touch that only small local businesses can deliver. Contact your BT Local Business today for all your business needs:
call and line packages
internet and e-business solutions
mobile phones and tariffs
phone and data solutions.
Web Feet
Firmly established in the South as a leader in web design and development, Web-Feet has specialist knowledge in all areas of the web. With the Internet now the primary medium for finding products and information for business, leisure and commerce, an online presence has never been more important. Now in our eighth year of trading and with offices in Chandlers Ford we are a company you can trust to be with you every step of the way.
Their specialist knowledge allows us to produce dynamic and engaging designs for all our customers along with cutting edge functionality enabling them to get the most from their site. We can plan your web marketing strategy to keep you a step ahead, thereby maximising the return on your investment.
Their depth of skill and understanding is best demonstrated by the fact that we have designed over 700 sites in the last 7 years, currently host nearly 300 websites and manage in excess of 540 domain names for our customers.
They we're also the company that produced the eHampshire website!
www.web-feet.co.uk
023 8027 0787
Uniworld
Uniworld, a communications provider, supplying a range of voice, data and IP services to over 8000 SME end users across the UK. Wholly owned by Gamma Telecom, the UK’s fastest growing alternative network operator and application provider.
We pride ourselves on 3 core ideals;
Providing excellent Value for Money
Being a Trusted and Superior Supplier of Telecoms services
Selling products and services that are competitively priced
Meet us at the Conference and we’ll show you how you can make substantial cost savings and increase productivity using one of our new IP Telephony services, namely FeaturePlus.
http://www.uniworld.co.uk
0845 458 4510
PPvote
PPvote Limited was founded in 1992 by two directors with over ten years experience in keypad based voting technology.
The company has its own conference design team, which has been involved in the design process of PPvote to ensure that the entire portfolio is easy to install, set up and use.
What’s more they have focused on total flexibility and adaptability to allow you the freedom to create exciting, inter-reactive presentations that deliver results – the way you want to.
Our principal activity is to support you in the best practice deployment of our software tools and keypad voting systems. We offer hot-line support by phone, fax or e-mail at a modest annual charge, which also provides you with advice on meeting and presentation design.
PPvote also offers a rental service for our keypad systems which is the basis for the PP Vote contribution to the eHampshire Conference. Rental can be by the day, week or month and we also offer our systems for outright purchase. We will be happy to provide you with a specific quotation for your exact needs if you send details of your requirements to the address below:
PPvote Limited
Albert Hall, 161 Albert Street,
Fleet, GU51 3RP, UK
Tel: +44 (0)700 4 PPVOTE (778683)
Tel: +44 (0)1252 699699
Fax: +44 (0)1252 699698
Website www.ppvote.com
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