Application performance is critical to business competitiveness, that's why Computacenter and Sun work with leading Independent Software Vendors and niche partners to develop fully integrated solutions that meet the needs of your business.

Computacenter has enhanced the offering of the Solutions Centre by taking part in Sun's Application Provider Resource Programme which helps ISVs deliver proven, high performance end-to-end solutions for business success, together with offering assistance in go-to-market plans and marketing.

For application developers the Solutions Centre provides an ideal environment for fully testing and benchmarking applications. Equipped with the latest Sun solutions and cutting edge technologies from multiple vendors, it ensures that applications are fully functional, robust and highly scaleable prior to deployment.

For customers, this multi-vendor, application-rich environment means they can work with Computacenter to produce a bespoke IT solution specific to their individual requirements. By working closely with Application Partners, Computacenter can reduce the complexity and risk for customers and offer an integrated approach for a customer's technology requirements in a safe, risk free environment before going live on their actual site.

Current partnerships include: -

AttentiV Systems is a leading developer of software solutions for the financial services sector, with over 25 years' experience in the design and implementation of specialist business systems for banks, building societies, mortgage lenders, finance houses, leasing companies and debt collection agencies throughout the UK and Europe.

AttentiV Systems is part of TietoEnator, the largest IT services company in the Nordic countries. TietoEnator's mission is 'Building the Information Society' across a worldwide digital economy.

AXS-One provides a high performance corporate-wide archiving solution. The AXS-One Compliance Platform enables organisations to implement secure, scalable and enforceable policies that address records management for not just corporate governance, legal discovery and industry regulations but also for storage optimisation, operational efficiencies and knowledge exploitation. The software solution delivers digital archiving, business process management, electronic document delivery and integrated records disposition and discovery for email, instant messaging, documents, images, SAP and over 250 content types.

By combining performance management software from BMC, the reliability of Sun's Solaris and consultancy, and installation and support services from Computacenter, we can give the customer an integrated single point solution to keep mission-critical applications online and performing optimally.

Business Objects is the world’s leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organisations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimise enterprise performance. The company’s business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects™ XI, offers the BI industry’s most advanced and complete platform for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports®, the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has also built the industry’s strongest and most diverse partner community, and also offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects.

Care Business Solutions is a highly experienced author and supplier of a suite of CRM software to professional institutes, government, educational institutes, large charities and marketing & membership bodies. The CARE Suite consists of CRM, Campaign, Events, Financial and Membership Management Modules supported by flexible, intuitive and in-depth analytical capabilities.

Care have specialised for almost twenty years specifically in the design, installation and management of such projects and is a UK independently financed, actively growing & profitable company within an ongoing
development programme.

Citrix server based computing solutions provide broader access to UNIX and Java applications, from any device, without requiring an extra software tier or terminal emulation. Users gain the benefits of improved performance over low-bandwidth connections and tighter security, while robust systems management tools provide enterprise-wide scalability, reliability and security. Rapid deployment and management of applications gives you control over user desktops.

Computer Systems for Distribution (CSFD) specialises in innovative, flexible management solutions that help Wholesale and Distribution organisations to achieve the highest levels of efficiency and introduce new services. Established in 1990, CSFD's devotion to his market has brought considerable success, significant growth and an enviable reputation for delivering real business benefits to the distribution industry.

DataMirror a leading provider of real-time data integration, protection and java database solutions, improves the integrity and reliability of information across all of the systems that create and store data. DataMirror’s flexible and affordable integration solutions allow customers to easily and continuously detect, translate, and communicate all information changes throughout the enterprise. DataMirror helps customers make better decisions by providing access to the continuous, accurate information they need to take timely action and move forward faster.
Over 2,000 companies have gained tangible competitive advantage from DataMirror software. DataMirror is headquartered in Markham, Canada and has offices around the globe.

High-Availability.Com produces high availability clustering solutions for UNIX and Linux platforms. Our flagship product, RSF-1, is installed in more than 600 customers worldwide. Customers buy RSF-1 because it is cost-effective, quick to install and simple to manage. It is supported on all three operating systems supported by Sun, namely Solaris , Red Hat and SuSE.

Informatica is the leading provider of business analytics software that helps Global 2000 companies monitor and manage the performance of key business operations across the enterprise. Informatica business analytics products span the entire "build to buy" spectrum, enabling customers to buy packaged analytic applications or build their own best-of-breed data warehousing solutions - whichever approach best suits their requirements and resources. More than 1,500 companies worldwide are using Informatica data integration software to build and manage data warehouses. And, leading technology innovators, including Motorola, ConAgra, Brunswick, Brocade, Hewlett-Packard and GE, are using Informatica packaged analytic applications to successfully monitor and optimise business performance

Mediasurface has been designed to help enterprises to rapidly publish and effectively manage content for both internal and online B2B and B2C business strategies. By separating design and navigation from content, Mediasurface allows a wide range of users to monitor, update and administer prescribed areas of business content.

Mobius solutions deliver and support a broad range of business applications including CRM, ERP and Electronic Bill Presentment. Flexibility of the solution benefits EDM, EBPP, CRM, ERP and call centre activities. Mobius can capture, index and store information from any source and make the information available to users through thick or thin clients.

Design and deployment of Oracle database and application server into large corporate environments. Our project management and support services ensure customers receive highly reliable and scalable Oracle solutions to enable them to manipulate data quickly and effectively.

Remedy provide Information technology service management and eProcurement solutions. Remedys fast deployment programs and adaptibility accelerate an organisations move to ebusiness environments. By focusing on internal and external service, customers can improve both customer interaction and international operations to raise satisfaction whilst decreasing costs.

A cross-platform solution for instantly web-enabling Windows., mainframe, Linux., UNIX. and AS/400. applications. Users can now access server-based applications from anywhere. Tarantella software requires no modifications to your applications, scales to support thousands of users, offers high availability and security, and dynamically optimises network bandwidth usage.

Tertio Service Management Solutions Limited, specialises in incorporating industry leading software applications with consultancy and support expertise to create real business benefits. Focusing on Customer Relationship Management and Service Assurance solutions, Tertio delivers a rapid, flexible and innovative approach to the integration of first class applications across organisations. With an inherent understanding of IT service requirements and an enviable track record of successful customer implementations, Tertio is at the forefront of empowering customers to deliver excellence in service

Design, consultation and implementation of Veritas back-up and restoration solutions in corporate environments. Our back-up solutions deliver piece of mind to customers by assuring data availability with the minimum of network disruption.

Computacenter is interested in extending its portfolio of application partners. For further information please contact Andy McCormick on andy_mccormick@computacenter.com