Glyn Heath, Founder of Centiq Ltd, speaks to IT Advisor.

The benefits of IT monitoring and the early warning of system issues.

monitoring, managing and mitigating risk

Centiq have been awarded the IBM System x specialty.

As one of only 3 in the UK with this Speciality mark, we have joined an elite group of IBM Premier Business Partners who have invested in developing skills to achieve a high level of performance in System x technology and solutions. It's great testament to the Centiq team in the work done through all activities with IBM System x. These marks allow Centiq to display this mark throughout our marketing material.

The IT services industry is seen as a good long-term career opportunity for recent graduates as we begin to move out of a period of economic turmoil.

While youngsters are put off computer science degrees due to high graduate unemployment levels in that field, students from a variety of academic backgrounds are entering the IT services sector to begin careers in sales.

IT services firm Centiq set up a graduate training programme, with the aim of recruiting six graduates to become salespeople.

The company received hundreds of applications, interviewed 46 and put six on a 26-week training programme. The trainees, who were recruited in April, will not be set sales targets until April 2011. Computer Weekly caught up with some of them...

Centiq approved as Buying Solutions sub-contractor

Centiq, an IT consulting and services provider has been approved as a sub-contractor by Buying Solutions, the national procurement partner for the UK's public services. The accreditation will enable public service organisations, for the first time, direct and quick access to specialist IT skills previously only accessible by the time intensive tendering process.

Partnering with Buying Solutions' approved supplier European Electronique, Centiq has been selected because of its 11 years of experience in the public sector market. As an accredited business partner to technology providers, including IBM and HP, Centiq can offer local government bodies, NHS Trusts and other public service organisations a quicker route to solving IT problems or procurement of new IT systems specific to the public sector.

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Sunday Times Tech Track 100

Nottingham, UK, 1^st October 2007 – Centiq, a leading IT services provider that focuses on premium-level IT consulting, architecture, design and implementation services, has been rated as one of the UK’s fastest growing private technology companies in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 listing.  The Nottingham-based start-up achieved 88^th position in the national ranking – entering the table for the first time - with an outstanding sales growth of 57 per cent over the past two years.