As part of its strategy of dealing with the consumerisation of IT, SCC has become the first UK Apple business partner to secure its ‘Authorised Systems Integrator’ accreditation.
The certification recognises SCC’s expertise in the fields of virtualisation, unified communications and optimisation around the IT infrastructure.
“One of the biggest issues facing business leaders today is how to respond to the fast growing trend for users to bring web enabled gadgets such as laptops, smart phones and iPads into the workplace. It's a movement that's gained real critical mass, and one that made introducing Apple’s powerful range of consumer technologies into the company's customer solutions and services array a natural and obvious step,” says Rhys Sharp, SCC’s CTO.
“The use of Apple devices in a corporate environment is growing parallel to the consumerisation phenomenon and the need for an alternative form factor to the PC is more evident than ever before. As a systems integrator, we needed to ensure that we remain best placed to ensure devices are deployed correctly, securely and appropriately.”
The announcement follows a successful 2010 for SCC, which last year unveiled its Desktop as a Service (DaaS) offering with the first UK demonstration of virtual desktop technology using the iPad. The company capped the year off by winning the Best Demo award at Citrix Synergy 2010, demonstrating how businesses can connect via various devices to a virtual Windows 7 desktop hosted in the firm’s custom built datacentre.
SCC believes that many of the major issues driving the IT industry today are part of a bigger consumerisation picture. SCC’s director of vendor alliances, Andy Wright, says: “Exciting technologies such as those from Apple are part of our everyday life and SCC is committed to working closely with customers to help them create competitive advantage from these emerging new platforms and solutions.”
