Smart Thinking Saves Charity Over £2,000
TiGra Networks has been working with Chequers Youth Facility (a charitable youth organisation based in Aberdare) to deliver a new IT suite for the young people of the town. The project consisted of a network server and new PCs, plus a web content management system enabling the young people to create and publish their own web content in a supervised environment.
The server is equipped with Small Business Server 2008 released this month, making this probably one of the first installations of SBS 2008 in Wales. TiGra Networks specialises in providing solutions based on Windows Small Business Server for organisations with 5 to 50 computers. TiGra’s founder Tim Long is designated by Microsoft as a “Most Valuable Professional” (MVP) for his expertise with Windows Small Business Server, only two such awards currently exist in the entire UK. Our strong product focus, demonstrated expertise and relationship with Microsoft makes TiGra Networks the sensible one-stop-shop for small and medium business IT solutions in Wales.
The PCs were custom built by TiGra and loaded with Windows Vista Business and Office 2007 Professional, giving the young people access to the very latest multimedia and office productivity software while enabling the centre staff to keep a tight control over network security and monitor usage of the systems. The project includes a sophisticated web content management system so the young people can produce and publish their own web content – but only after it has been approved by a staff member.
TiGra’s industry knowledge and smart thinking saved Chequers over £2,000 off the normal retail prices of the server and the software, enabling them to have much better facilities than their budget would otherwise have allowed. The staff are delighted with their state-of-the-art new IT suite.