26 March 2008 NDS8 Appoints New Business Development Manager

Leading Novell Platinum Partner, NDS8 has appointed a new Business Development Manager.  Neil Mackenzie joins the company with over 20 years experience in the high technology and consultancy markets.

“This appointment marks a significant step in the development of NDS8,” commented Managing Director Mike Hinton. “Neil brings a lot of experience of developing new business and account management and of supporting customers across all the markets that NDS8 is focused on today and in the future.”

Prior to joining the company Neil built up a reputation with an Edinburgh based business development and sales process consultancy assisting a number of technology companies achieve significant growth through the implementation of sound processes and planning.  Neil has also worked directly for technology companies successfully managing large customer accounts and developing new business.

Away from work Neil has a long held interest in motor sports, where he used to help train aspiring rally drivers and motorcycle sidecar combination riders, as well as a more than passing interest in athletics, football, and rugby.

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7 January 2008 West Lothian College Selects NDS8 For Support

West Lothian College based in Livingston in the Central Belt of Scotland has selected leading Novell Platinum Partner, NDS8, to provide its IT support following an open tender process.

NDS8 will be providing the college with full Novell solutions support to ensure that the college achieves maximum value from its Novell computing assets.  This follows on from an initial IT Healthcheck when NDS8 carried out a full in depth analysis and review of the installed systems and made recommendations as to how maximum benefit could be achieved.

“We selected NDS8 because of their deep technical capability which gave us confidence that they would be able to provide us with the support that a leading academic centre requires.  In addition their bid offered us real value for money,” said Margaret Tierney, Director of Organisational Development at West Lothian College.

West Lothian College uses Novell’s GroupWise, Clustering, Netware and E-directory solutions to provide full e-mail and collaboration capability.  In addition the college has deployed Blackberry’s enterprise server solution to provide staff with a mobile e-mail capability.

With over 8000 enrolments in an academic year studying subjects from business through care, creative industries to management West Lothian College was looking for a consultanc­y able to ensure that its assets functioned to maximum effect and provided a good return on investment.

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About NDS 8

NDS8 (www.nds8.co.uk) is a Novell Platinum Partner. Throughout the UK there are only 11 others whose skills and capabilities have been similarly recognised. NDS8, however, adds another dimension to the equation, it is the only consultancy across the world to employ two Novell SYSOps.  There are only 28 of these experts worldwide all of whom offer advice and support to the Novell technical community using their deep product and business knowledge.  Of the 28 only 14 operate in independent consultancies.

NDS8 specialises in delivering consulting and technology solutions spanning the complex and diverse needs of business.  From first point of contact through day-to-day operations to the most complex eCommerce / infrastructure needs, NDS8 delivers the solution using proven methodology, open architecture, best of breed practices, and a customised approach which has positioned us as a trusted technology partner and advisor to our clients.

23 November 2007 NDS8 win support contract at Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments.

2 September 2007 Novell Adopt NDS8's clustering practices as their best practices.

20 August 2007 NDS8 become authorized MLA and SLA resellers with Novell NDS8 are the only partner based in Scotland authorized to fulfill Novell's Master License agreements and Schools License Agreements.