Venture 1 Consulting

Strategic Alliances

Venture 1 Consulting works hard to enhance and develop partnerships with leading IT vendors whose technologies we integrate into our solutions. Each of the following relationships adds value and scope to our service offering.

Microsoft	Since the company was founded, Venture 1 Consulting has been a Microsoft Partner. We currently hold the "Advanced Infrastructure Solutions" competency. This demonstrates our expertise in building, designing, deploying and supporting Windows Server, Windows Server-based applications and the Microsoft server infrastructure. Through this we are better positioned to help support your business strategy. We have early exposure to the latest infrastructure technologies and can provide expert guidance on their use. We apply the lessons learned from new technologies before you decide to adopt it.
Compellent	Occasionally a piece of technology appears that moves the goal posts in a mature market: the Compellent Storage Center is one such technology. Traditional Storage Area Networks (SAN) have underlying disk arrangements with architectural limitation that create great inflexibility and inefficiency. The Compellent Storage Center is different. It has a disk architecture that, from the ground-up, is designed for performance, flexibility and efficiency. These are exactly the benefits that translate directly into lowering the cost of a solution to the business whilst giving us great scope to develop class leading solutions. Venture 1 Consulting is a Compellent partner, and is able to specify, resell and install Compellent Storage Systems.
Fenestrae	Fenestrae, founded in 1990, is a leading provider of fax server software and unified communications solutions. The company's flagship product, Fenestrae Communication Server, is a unified communications solution that is used by more than 10,000 organizations worldwide to send and receive fax, sms and mms messages just like sending or receiving emails. Venture 1 Consulting is a Fenestrae reseller and implementation partner. We have found that Fenestrae solutions offer flexible and robust messaging connectivity for systems such as Microsoft Exchange, where the out-of-the-box capability is just not sufficient. Unified communications allow businesses to better communicate, improve responsiveness and save on more labour intensive communication.
Veeam	Veeam Software, a premier-level VMware Technology Alliance partner, develops innovative products for virtual infrastructure management and data protection. Customers can reduce costs, minimize risks, and fully realize the promise of virtualization with Veeam. Venture 1 Consulting is a Veeam partner and reseller.
Civica Services	Civica Services is one of the foremost software solutions and licensing organisations in the UK. Civica specialises in software and licensing expertise. These services include holding major licensing contract for large organisations, such as Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, and assisting organisations in efficiently operating their license estate through Software Asset Management (SAM). Civica Services has a long heritage in supplying to the public sector, and is accredited under the Buying Solutions umbrella. Venture 1 Consulting has partnered with Civica Services and the Civica Group, in providing infrastructure solutions. We have become an implementation partner, often defining and leading the technical architecture component of joint projects. An example of this is that Venture 1 Consulting was the technical lead and architect of the Essex Schools Collaborative Infrastructure (ESCI).
Steria	Steria is primarily an IT outsourcing organisation. Steria operates a unique delivery model, seamlessly delivering IT and outsourcing services through onshore, nearshore and offshore centres. Steria offer end-to-end transformational and ongoing operations services, with core capabilities in IT and Business Process Outsourcing. Steria has engaged with Venture 1 Consulting to assist in the technical transformation and support of Steria's managed services customers. This has included investigating and fixing architectural challenges that Steria customers have faced, and advising on migration strategy and paths.