IT HAS become well recognised by the IT user community of Merseyside that Gardner Systems has fulfilled its’ ambition to connect them with key global IT manufacturers and service providers.

Household names such as IBM, HP, Microsoft, Sage, NetApp, Lenovo, Axis and Avaya are all using the Gardner Specialist Briefing Centre to bring local users up to date as to how they can get the best out of their IT based business systems.

“It’s most important to appreciate that many users do not have the resources in the present economic climate to purchase much in the way of new hardware or software, they really want to understand how they can squeeze their existing assets.

“We also have a great many clients whom are able to plan expansion – despite obvious difficulties – but who fully realise that any investment must produce an acceptable and agreed level of return,” says Alan Huyton, Gardner’s Sales Manager.

Microsoft is one key partner whom has been very active in offering key solutions to users who are coping with ever increasing demands in the midd le of a downturn.

To that end, Gardner and Microsoft are offering free workshop events to explain ways to reduce costs by careful examination of licensing and usage of Microsoft operating systems and applications.

Most customers welcome an opportunity to review their usage, check their purchasing is optimised and update their compliance records.

This frequently releases revenue to allow clients to consider enhancing an existing activity or introduce a new and business changing one.

Traditionally, IT advisers would consider one aspect of a client business at a time. These days, the position is far more complex.

Users leveraging software assessment will want to assess other technologies such as virtualisation, back-up and recovery, data management and messaging. That is where global experts such as NetApp can add their knowledge and experience – in the same Liverpool briefing centre.

Cost is therefore key to all of these changes and who better to offer the most energy and process efficient hardware platforms than IBM.

Additionally, their global finance division (IGF) is a Tier 2 bank with considerable resources. In days when many enterprises are struggling to secure financial support, it is encouraging to know that IBM is willing and able to help out locally.

Call 0151 220 5552, visit: www.gardnersystems.co.uk, email: CEO@gardsys.co.uk