Centralis News

Insurance company cuts out PC use to cut costs and save power
French insurance company Groupama is ditching desktops and laptops throughout its UK operations in a bid to cut costs and carbon footprint. 
CloudPro.co.uk, April, 2012

Insurer saves time and energy with Citrix VDI
European insurer Groupama has overhauled its desktops using Citrix virtual desktops, enabling it to become quicker and more consistent at deploying applications and patches.
Computing.co.uk, February, 2012

Rackspace Website, November, 2011

Independent IT consultancy Centralis is partnering with Virtual Computer to offer its clients the intelligent desktop virtualisation suite NxTop.
IT Analysis, November 2011

Centralis Sales & Marketing Director, Rob Greenslade, talks about the benefits of Desktop as a Service and explains how there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to delivering projects.
Enterprise Technology Management, May 2011

Head of information services at Birmingham Airport Wayne Smith talks virtualisation and consolidation.
Silicon, March 2011

Lingerie retailer calls in virtualisation specialist Centralis to improve real-time visibility of stock.
Computer Weekly, January 2011

Ewen Anderson, Managing Director at Centralis talks about why it was important to attend Synergy Berlin 2010.
Citrix TV, October 2010

Ewen Anderson, Managing Director at Centralis and Rob Greenslade, Sales & Marketing Director at Centralis talk about the company including how Centralis was formed, services it provides, its methodology and where they see the company going in the future.
August 2010

Consultancy opens offices in London’s Square Mile to support growth and rising demand for virtualisation. Channel Pro, March, 2010

Centralis slims down KMPT's infrastructure
Centralis has secured a £650,000 contract to supply the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) with a thin-client offering.  Computing.co.uk, February, 2010

Centralis MD Ewen Anderson quoted on the ICOs response to data loss by the Alzheimer's Society. 
SC Magazine, February, 2010

Kent and Medway aim to save £250,000 a year by moving to thin client computers
Mental health and social care trust employs IT consultancy Centralis to design and build a proof of concept based on Citrix's XenApp and AppSense to centralise desktop delivery to staff.  Smarthealthcare.com, January, 2010

Financial Times considers optimisation for the IT department and includes Centralis and its mantra of Simplify, Standardise, Centralise.  FT Digital Business, November, 2009

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Essential Guide to Social Media and Consumerisation in the Enterprise
Centralis MD Ewen Anderson provides comment and analysis in this feature article on how social media and consumerisation are changing the way organisations interact with their users.  Computing.co.uk, March, 2012

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
Cloud computing and virtualisation are transforming corporate networks, but for IT professionals tasked with managing this change, the underlying challenges remain the same as when the personal computing revolution first got underway... Top Consultant, March, 2012

IT Consumerisation - Riding the Wave
How organisations can manage IT consumerisation in an efficient and secure manner, boosting productivity and employee satisfaction while delivering on longer-term strategic objectives  Business Excellence, March, 2012

Centralis’ MD Ewen Anderson explains how organisations can manage consumerisation in an efficient and secure manner, boosting productivity and employee satisfaction. Computer Business Review, October 2011

Rob Greenslade, Sales & Marketing Director at Centralis, discusses how intelligent finance can allow public bodies to benefit now and pay later for an enhanced IT service delivery.
Public Technology.net,, August 2011

Centralis’ MD Ewen Anderson comments on factors organisations need to consider when planning a desktop virtualisation project. The Register, March 2011

Ewen Anderson outlines the risks of outsourcing IT activities and the precautions that can be taken to make sure that standards are maintained and the service continues. Public Technology.net, February 2011

A prediction last year by Centralis’ MD Ewen Anderson is used in support of a report by Ovum into the potential savings available to the UK government from cloud computing. eWeek Europe, January 2011

IT departments often say no when they should be saying yes, according to Ewen Anderson, Managing Director, Centralis. ITNow, January 2011

In an uncertain economy, our instinct is to make the best with what we have, rather than splash out on new products. Centralis takes a look at the options and implications for local government of failing to invest in IT. PublicNet, December 2010

While the financial arguments rage (quite correctly) about the costs and benefits, it is the good old foot soldiers of the IT department who will be rapidly pushed from the trenches into no-man’s land, setting up the new system under fire...
Business Computing World, November 2010

Local governments should be looking to make savings through tactical investment, not by clinging on to old kit, says Centralis’ Ewen Anderson. eWeek Europe, November 2010

Looking forward to a brave new world where IT is seen as a business enabler, not an overhead...
SNS UK, November 2010

Businesses using old PCs as thin clients are struggling to achieve expected carbon savings
Business Green, August 2010

Gary Flood at CBR takes an interesting slant when considering Centralis approach to optimising and virtualising IT operations, with a little help from Sarah Michelle Gellar and Dr Peppers! Computer Business Review June 2010

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