IBM’s “New Partnership” to grow High-Tech SMEs

– “Through developing new market opportunities in the public sector and NHS”

Date: July 10th 2013

Time: 9.00 –16.00

Location: Presentation Suite, The Innovation Centre, Sci-Tech Daresbury

Event Objectives

Building on the Sci-Tech Daresbury partnership with IBM, this event aims:

  • To connect ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) and companies with novel device or services in the Sci-Tech Daresbury network with key IBM personnel and software, hardware and solutions providers in the IBM partner network
  • Specifically the event will enable the ISVs/device/services providers to develop new relationships that will help them exploit their technologies intothe public sector (including local government, police forces and fire services) and NHS markets.

Independent Software Vendors are businesses with software applications &/or IP, looking to build new partnerships to accelerate market access and commercial exploitation.

Event Activities

The event will provide ISVs with the following specific opportunities:

  • Hear from IBM experts in the public sector and NHS teams on the key requirements and technology trends in the public sector and NHS, and the IBM solutions that are being developed into these markets
  • Hear from IBM partners on the products and solutions they provide into the public sector and NHS, and areas of need where they are looking for partners
  • Pitch your business, your technology and capabilities and what type of partners you are looking for
  • Have 1:1 discussions with IBM personnel or IBM partners to identify new areas of synergy and collaboration

The IBM personnel and partners confirmed for the event to date are as follows:

IBM Personnel

Steve Peel –Business Development Executive, Local Public Services and Smarter Cities & Communities

Terry Burgess -Healthcare ISV Partner Executive, UKI Mid Market Business

IBM Partners

Presenting:

Advanced Business Solutions ( - Advanced Business Solutions is a leading provider of integrated business applications and services for the public, private and third sectors.

In particular they have a portfolio of solutions for the public sector and NHS in areas such as financial accounting, document management, procurement & sourcing, HR & payroll, business intelligence and corporate performance.

Aimes Grid Services ( - AIMES has been providing commercial data centre services including co-location, hosting, data backup and managed services since 2005 and has been providing business continuity services since 2009. AIMES is an award winning technology business which invests significantly in R&D activities to improve the efficiency, reliability and security of our data centre infrastructure. In the past 2 years alone the company has been awarded over £1m in research and development funding from the Government’s Technology Strategy Board to improve the performance of the UK data centre industry.

Arkivum () - Arkivum provides a cost effective, highly secure and easy to use archiving solution, which can be purchased through a capital or operating budget. It is the only digital archiving service underwritten by a 100% data integrity guarantee, fully backed by professional indemnity insurance.

Keycom ( - Keycom design, develop, install, maintain, monitor and support best in class high speed broadband and IT/telecommunication solutions for the public sector, education and military markets. This includes wired/wireless, voice and IPTV services.

In attendance:

CMS ( CMS are a Manchester-based service provider providing extensive range of hosted & managed solutions from a newly refurbished Manchester Datacentre. They work with a very broad range of small and medium businesses across UK.

Connexus ( - Connexus is a leading provider of tailored IT services from disaster recovery and remote working, to security and virtualisation. They also provide a range of voice solutions and services including mobile solutions.

Databarracks ( - Established in 2003, Databarracks was one of the UK's first providers of managed backup and disaster recovery services. THey have since grown rapidly to become one of the most technologically advanced innovators in online backup, virtualisation and the cloud, delivering effective disaster recovery and business continuity solutions to companies of all sizes and complexities.

Regify ( - The regify group is an international provider for trusted and binding communication. The company was established) in 2006 and focuses on the secured exchange of documents and messages. The regify services (regimail, regibill, regipay) combine the qualities of registered mail with the time and cost savings and the simplicity of e-mail communication.

regify users send and receive confidential messages with their existing e-mail services. Customers include companies, small and big alike, as well as public service organisations and consumers. regify users register with their regify provider of choice and can immediately exchange regify messages with any other regify user. Regify services have been developed for global use

Event Programme

9.00 – Registration

9.30 – Welcome & introduction – John Leake (Sci-Tech Daresbury)/Colin Smith (IBM)

9.40 – Trends in market needs and opportunities in the public sector and NHS– Steve Peel, IBM

10.00 – 10 minute presentations by IBM partners

11.15 – Drinks break

11.30 – 90 second pitches by ISVs

  • Who you are?
  • What you have to offer?
  • What you are looking for?

12.30 – Lunch

13.00 – 15 minute 1:1 sessions between IBM/IBM partners and ISVs

IBM personnel, IBM partners and ISVs will have an opportunity through the morning to select which companies they would like to talk to in the afternoon.

Where possible companies not located at Sci-Tech Daresbury will be given priority to have their 1:1 meetings earlier in the afternoon.

16.00 - Close

Registration details

Name
Position
Company Name
E-mail address
Website address
Contact phone number
Areas of interest that you would like to discuss with IBM or IBM partners

Places will be limited so please register early using the registration form to avoid disappointment and certainly no later than July 2nd.

Please complete the form and e-mail to Jen Rolfe ()

If you have any questions about the event please contact John Leake () or Paul Treloar (), or call on 01925 607000.