Platinum Solutions Advisor

Intercept has been endorsed with the highest level invitation-only Platinum Solution Advisor partnership award. This level of partnership ensures that we have:

• Experience – Our experienced consultants have deployed some of the largest Citrix implementations in the UK
• Proven Technical Expertise – We have the sales and technical expertise to design, plan, implement and support the entire Citrix product portfolio
• Knowledge – We ensure that all our Citrix consultants are trained to at least CCA level, with the top third trained to CCEA, and ten percent of our consultants have achieved CCIA
• Assurance – We are authorised to provide consultancy, support and design services for Citrix products, and are backed by Citrix's support team to investigate and resolve networking and integration issues for our customers

Preferred Partner

This partnership guarantees an unparalleled combination of expertise, proximity and customised solutions. Simply put, HP Preferred Partners are the best of the best. All HP Preferred Partners place a premium on high-quality customer service, and are backed by HP every step of the way. We bring:

• Expertise – To guarantee your IT investment, HP Preferred Partners are highly trained to design and implement customised IT solutions that fit your business needs
• Credentials – We invest heavily in HP training and maintain high levels of customer service. Rest assured that you will gain access to the best IT experience and will continue to meet HP’s stringent criteria
• Proximity – It’s hard to trust someone you’ve never met. So why would you put your IT in the hands of a stranger? Well, we feel the same way. That’s why we’ve developed close relationships with our vendors. We are their local link and they trust us to be their business ambassadors

Gold Certified Partner

Gold Certified Partner status represents the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, and the closest working relationship with Microsoft Intercept has specialism in the following areas:

• Advanced Infrastructure Solutions – Which includes Windows desktop deployment, Active Directory, Exchange migration and deployment, and Storage Solutions
• Information Worker Solutions – Which includes Portals and Collaboration, Unified Communications, Enterprise Project Management, Office deployment and Hosting
• Networking Infrastructure Solutions – We have proven their proficiency in implementing solutions based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 Operating Systems and Microsoft Small Business Server
• Application Virtualisation – Formerly known as Softricity SoftGrid Application Virtualisation, this is the first Microsoft-branded release of the product since the 2006 acquisition. Intercept was the first UK partner to successfully deploy this solution
• Application Hosting – Through our online services division we are able to offer a complete hosted and managed solution using Microsoft technologies and applications

VMware VIP Enterprise Partner

And Authorised Consultant – Intercept is one of only a handful of VIP Enterprise partners who are authorised consultants in the UK. We have a higher level of expertise in consolidating servers and optimising IT infrastructure, and are authorised to deliver the complete VMware product line.

• Experience – We have the ability to design, plan, implement and support both traditional and virtual infrastructures, and have proven expertise in some of the largest VMware deployments in the UK
• Process Driven – We are process-driven across all virtualisation projects, with proven experience of using the tools, methodologies and knowledge that result in best-in-class virtualisation services
• Solution-oriented approach – We have a dedicated team to engage in complex solution design and can demonstrate advanced skills in areas such as Server, Storage, Applications, Windows and Linux operating systems, Databases and Networking

Select Partner

Intercept is a certified Cisco Select Partner with a specialism in Unified Communications. This ensures that we deliver to you:

• Value – Our certification ensures that we’re delivering value-added services
• Proven Technical Expertise – We’ve the sales and technical expertise in switching, routing, security, and wireless solutions for customers
• Focus on customer satisfaction – You can rest assured that Cisco uses its own online customer satisfaction evaluation tools to evaluate our performance, making sure we meet your needs

Premier Solutions Partner

Now part of Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly known as Softricity SoftGrid), this is the first Microsoft-branded release of the product since the 2006 acquisition.

• First UK Partner – Intercept was the first partner in the UK to deploy a Softricity solution, demonstrating our leadership in the virtualisation space
• Experience – We have the depth and breadth of real-world experience of Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualisation, Microsoft Desktop Optimisation, implementing SoftGrid and Systems Management Server, and using SoftGrid with Terminal Services

Symantec Silver Partnership

Intercept has achieved proven success in the marketplace across a broad range of Symantec solutions. This includes but is not limited to:

• Specialisms – In security, storage, infrastructure operations and business continuity
• Certified – We take our technical training very seriously and have invested in our team to ensure that you get the best possible expertise available

AppSense Gold Certified Solution Partner

We have achieved the highest level of partnership with the industry leader in user environment management solutions.

Our technical consultants are trained to help you decouple, manage and apply the user personality (user personalization plus company policy) in any combination of application delivery mechanisms:

• Accelerate physical to virtual migration
• Reduce image maintenance by personalizing common images
• Enable rapid Vista migration through user data abstraction
• Improve user productivity and reduce support costs
• Increase business agility with granular policy enforcement

PlateSpin Platinum Partners

This highest level is only available to partners who have significant experience of delivering real customer benefits using PlateSpin technology. We have committed to:

• Expert sales and technical staff – We train our internal teams to the highest level including at least 4 trained to Certified Platespin Analyst (CPSA) level
• Advanced knowledge – We conduct joint business planning and regularly carry out joint market development activities in conjunction with PlateSpin
• Customer Deployments – We have experience of customer deployments using Platespin Forge, PowerConvert, and PowerRecon

Vizioncore Gold Partners

Intercept leads the way in helping virtualisation customers solve "real world" problems with Vizioncore’s intelligent software.

• vRanger Pro – We have experience in using Vizioncore’s industry-standard solutions such as vRanger Pro for hot image backup, change control, archival and DR for VMware Infrastructure
• VMware Virtual Infrastructure – We have expertise and experience of Vizioncore’s products to enhance the VMware Virtual Infrastructure, including vCharter, vMigrator, vReplicator, vConverter, vOptimiser, and vPackager
• Gold Partner – As Gold Partners we are accredited to sell the entire range of Vizioncore products and services

FalconStor Elite Solution Partner

We have the highest level of partnership with this world leader in disk-based data protection. FalconStor provides flexible and cost-effective software solutions that easily integrate with any IT infrastructure and application environment.

• Solution provider in storage virtualisation, continuous data protection (CDP), disaster recovery (DR), and virtual tape library (VTL)
• Ensures business continuity to support the explosive data growth of today's business environments

Visionapp Certified Enterprise Solution Partner

Intercept are the only Enterprise solution partner in the UK, so is well-placed to help with:

• Visionapp Platform Management Suite – For fully automated installation and simplified administration of server farms in a terminal server environment. This replaces or supplements a number of different standard tools
• Visionapp Access Portal – This allows for the optimisation of application access in corporate environments by using web technology

Together, these two products provide the Visionapp Enterprise Solution Architecture, delivering substantial benefits to both large and medium-sized companies.

RES Software Gold Partner

As a RES Software Gold Partner, Intercept have the skills and experience to help you with:

• RES PowerFuse user workspace management software enables IT to provide Microsoft Windows users with a consistent user workspace across multiple devices, operating systems and application delivery mechanisms. Whether applications are installed locally, or delivered from the data center (through server-based computing, application virtualization, virtual desktops or streaming technology), RES PowerFuse gives users their own personalized desktop where and when they need it, with their own personalized settings always available. RES PowerFuse delivers a personalized, secure and reliable workspace to any desktop, thus enabling the user to be productive
• RES Wisdom run book automation for Windows allows you to deliver any set of changes to Microsoft Windows workstations and servers and automates provisioning of your IT resources, all from a single console. Complex and unique changes to your Windows computers can be automated into jobs to ensure that your computers are kept in optimal shape. Jobs can also automate the provisioning of resources to end-users; a recurring and daily change. Any combination of RES Wisdom jobs can be combined into run books with the benefit of improved IT productivity and a reduced time to deliver