eGaming
Specialists in delivering highly-tuned systems for the enterprise
Ardenta is an IT consulting company with a mission to ensure that organisations' enterprise information systems are designed, implemented, maintained and supported at optimum levels. Our aim is to be the UK specialists in delivering highly tuned systems for the enterprise - for companies which depend on high performance data solutions. We ensure this through the use of advanced diagnostics, tuning, specification and supply, and technical support services.
Customer Testimonials
Arena Online
"I have worked with Ardenta in each of my last three companies, and invariably find that their professionalism, far-sightedness and availability, make them an excellent partner in both my support and strategic duties."
Simon Palmer - Database Manager
Arena Online Limited, Guildford, Surrey
Blue Square
"Leading eGaming solutions are only as good as the infrastructure on which they are built. In Ardenta we found a partner who clearly understands this and bring us knowledge of wider infrastructure concerns in the e-gaming sector. In addition, Ardenta's technical expertise has recently helped us make significant savings in the areas of hardware memory and software licensing. I would have no hesitation in recommending them as a value-added partner."
"We were delighted to find a company with leading Informix skills combined with a strong pedigree in eGaming. That's why we have made Ardenta our eGaming partner of choice."
Rob McDonald, CTO
Blue Square
About Blue Square
Blue Square was launched on 5th May 1999 and is one of the largest interactive betting services in the UK. The product suite offered by Blue Square has grown from its traditional bookmaking business to now offer all aspects of the gaming market including casino, slots and poker across many channels including the Internet, Interactive TV, WAP and telephone.
Blue Square is owned by Rank, one of the UK's leading leisure and entertainment companies. Blue Square was integrated with Rank Interactive Gaming to create a major force in on-line gaming with a combined customer base of over 750,000 customers. For more information click Blue Square
Bupa
Bupa is a global health and care company with bases on three continents and more than seven million customers. They are the UK's leading provider of private health care insurance and health care services.
Bupa does not have shareholders and reinvests its surpluses into improved health and care facilities such as medical equipment, the latest technology and buildings. Bupa's business includes Health insurance, Care homes, Health assessments, Health at work services, Cash Plan, Childcare, Sanitas and Travel Services. Click Bupa for further information
Cardinal Health
"Ardenta's professional advice and their guidance and knowledge in purchasing new hardware and storage has had an extremely positive impact on our operating environment. They reduced our "restore" times from 14 hrs to 4 hours, which has meant our database administrators are more productive and able to focus on areas with greater payback for us."
Stephen Glenton - IT Manager
Cardinal Health
About Cardinal Health
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is an $87 billion, global company serving the health care industry with products and services that help hospitals, physician offices and pharmacies reduce costs, improve safety, productivity and profitability, and deliver better care to patients. With a focus on making supply chains more efficient, reducing hospital-acquired infections and breaking the cycle of harmful medication errors, Cardinal Health develops market-leading technologies, including Alaris® IV pumps, Pyxis® automated dispensing systems, MedMined™ electronic infection surveillance service, VIASYS® respiratory care products and the CareFusion™ patient identification system. The company also manufactures medical and surgical products and is one of the largest distributors of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies worldwide. Ranked No. 19 on the Fortune 500, Cardinal Health employs more than 40,000 people on five continents. Click Cardinal Health for further information.
Centrebet
"Effective data management is a growing issue for businesses today. We consider the outsourcing of our data requirements to experts to be a strategic necessity for our business, which runs on highly available data. For this reason we have partnered with Ardenta, calling on their specialist skills and experience, along with 24x7 support all year round"
Shane Paterson
Centrebet
About Centrebet
Centrebet was first licensed as a sports bookmaker in 1992 and has been online since 1996. Centrebet was the first licensed bookmaker in the Southern Hemisphere to offer online sports betting. They have grown to become a leading international online betting and gaming company who currently offer up to 4,000 international sports and horse racing markets per week. In addition, they are part of the largest Poker network in Europe and offer a huge range of Casino and Fixed Odds games. For further information on Centrebet visit:
www.centrebet.com
www.centrebetpoker.com
www.centrebetcasino.com
CIMA
"During our dealings with Ardenta we have always been impressed with their expertise, professionalism, costs and speed of response. We always go to them first, and would recommend that others did too!"
Adam Livingstone
CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)
Clyde and Co
"We needed a strong and reliable partner to provide a total solution and high levels of Informix technical expertise to help us with an upgrade and migration. Based on IBM's endorsement of Ardenta as experienced Informix specialists, we chose Ardenta. It was the right choice and we would make that choice again. Not only were we impressed with Ardenta's ability to get round whatever challenges cropped up during migration, but we also found that Ardenta were flexible, creative and just made our 'problems go away',"
"Our system is mission critical and needs to be up and running 24x7. Ardenta went the extra mile to ensure that this was the case, rapidly organising a local, remote place for our new system which required testing whilst we continued smooth running of our operation. We found that during our project, no problem was too great for Ardenta. We were impressed with the company's attention to detail, commitment and professionalism. Even at off-peak hours when we have asked for assistance with issues not directly the responsibility of Ardenta we have found them to be highly responsive. We regard Ardenta as a partner we can continue to use to meet our future business requirements,"
Andy Wrightson - Head of IT
Clyde and Co.
About Clyde and Co
Clyde & Co is a leading international law firm with particular strengths in trade, shipping, insurance and reinsurance, transport, energy, corporate and commercial law, finance, technology, international arbitration and dispute resolution. The firm has over 400 lawyers and 450 support staff based throughout the world. Click Clyde and Co for further information.
Greenpeace UK
"I am focused on effectiveness and efficiency. I can't afford our database or e-mails to be unavailable, which is why I chose the SAN. The solution Ardenta has implemented gives us the reliability and scalability as our storage needs grow too."
"Ardenta's extensive knowledge of Linux and storage networking made them an ideal partner to help us to address our storage issues. The SAN they recommended shows that they understood our needs well."
Steve Thomson - Finance and IT Director
Greenpeace UK
Read how Greenpeace UK are prepared for future-proof storage. Click here
About Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a global environmental organisation, consisting of Greenpeace International (Stichting Greenpeace Council) in Amsterdam, and 27 national and regional offices around the world, providing a presence in 41 countries. Committed to the principles of non-violence, political and economic independence and internationalism. Click Greenpeace UK for further information.
For more information, read our case study.
08/10/2009
Home Choice
"We were looking to perform a health check on our Informix databases after upgrading versions. Ardenta undertook a thorough review and produced a technical report in sufficient detail for us make improvements. On another occasion, when we needed to call on Ardenta's skills, they were responsive and certainly proved their value. In our experience we have high regard for Ardenta's technical Informix skills, and we call on their professional expertise and knowledge to supplement our own in-house skills," said Marcel Mester, Head of Business Support Infrastructure, Home Choice.
"We're confident in turning to Ardenta as they have extensive knowledge and understanding of IBM Informix and its licensing. When it came to renewing our Informix licences and support, Ardenta's bid was extremely competitive and they offered additional technical advice and support through their own service desk. They were able to demonstrate both technical and business excellence and acumen, and we look forward to building on the very good experience we had previously,"
Marcel Mester - Head of Business Support Infrastructure
Home Choice
About Home Choice
Home Choice, a brand name of Video Networks, is a leading provider of broadband entertainment and communications through its digital TV, video-on-demand (VOD), home phone and Internet services. The company's service is currently available to 1.4 million homes across London and Stevenage and by June 2005, 2.4 million homes will have access to the very best in interactive entertainment. Click Home Choice for further information.
ICC
"We've found Ardenta to be a strong partner for our licence and support requirements as they have the experience and expertise on which we can call as and when we need it."
"Not only do they have an in-depth understanding of Informix from a technical point of view but their commercial savvy with regards to Informix is undeniable too. Ardenta has become important to our business, offering us a critical additional level of security and support to our own in-house specialists,"
Ed Bessant, Database Administrator
ICC
About ICC
Founded in 1969, ICC has grown to become one of the leading business information providers of British and Irish company information. Dedicated to serving the information market, ICC has developed products and services specific to this community. Their flagship products are Juniper web and Juniper XD. In 1991, ICC Information Group Ltd. was acquired by Hoppenstedt Bonnier Information NV - now known as the Bonnier Group - Scandinavia's largest media publisher with a turnover in excess of £1 billion and over 5,000 employees. Click ICC for further information.
ITV
"We needed a health check of our Informix system, so we turned to Ardenta for help and advice. After a consultation process Ardenta highlighted five areas of improvement before reconfiguring the system. We were delighted with the result as we doubled the performance of our system during critical times."
"We now know that when we need specialist Informix skills Ardenta can provide efficient and relevant expertise."
Navjot Wyld - Head of Software Development
ITV Broadcasting
About ITV Broadcasting
ITV is the biggest commercial television network in the UK, broadcasting making a major contribution to the UK's culture, economy and communities. It runs ITV1 and ITV2. ITV1 is the most popular commercial television channel in Britain, watched on average by 45 million people every week. It has the largest programme budget of any commercial channel in Europe, currently at around £1 billion, which is spent on a mixed genre schedule made up of a range of high quality programmes. ITV2 launched on 7 December 1998 and is ITV's younger entertainment channel. It is available on Freeview (digital terrestrial), Sky Digital and Cable (analogue and digital) throughout the UK. Click ITV for further information.
MTL
"It's important to us that we fine tune and maintain our systems such that the user can focus on business application/s and take for granted the underlying platform. In a recent major migration project Ardenta's consultancy proved second to none in enabling us to adopt this demanding approach. It is reassuring to know that with business-critical systems the speed of response and depth of knowledge of Ardenta can be relied on."
Paul Winter
MTL UK
About MTL
MTL Instruments Group plc is an international business headquartered in Luton, England. With a turnover in excess of £60m, the group is a leader in the field of intrinisic safety explosion protection devices, fieldbus technology and surge protection. The group is also committed to developing markets in the field of Open Control Systems for the process control industry. Click MTL for further information.
Musgrave Budgens Londis
"We have to be certain that our business-critical systems have the best data storage solutions available in the industry, backed by in-depth technical expertise available when we need it. In Ardenta, we found the answer to our stringent data storage requirements and a strong partner who we trust in providing industry-leading storage capabilities for back-up to disk and rapid data recovery."
Musgrave Budgens Londis
"Ardenta's strength is their ability to work well with the Customer. The recent establishment of MBL is a case in point, where Ardenta provided strong support and project skills around the key changes both technically and from a business position.. This builds on four years of service delivery for Londis and I am very pleased with Ardenta's responsiveness through a sensitive time of change and their contribution in the early stages of 'Musgrave Budgens Londis'. The organisational change of MBL has allowed Ardenta to shine."
Nicola Duckett - IS Director,
Musgrave Budgens Londis
Critical Data Storage. How to move it and improve it - at the same time.
Read how Musgrave Budgens Londis managed their environment. Click here
About Musgrave Budgens Londis
Londis has over 2200 members, all independent store owners. Membership gives them not only the benefit of volume deals, but access to all the essential marketing, store development, technology and retail expertise to help them drive footfall and turnover. Londis is part of the £3bn turnover Irish-owned multi-national grocery wholesaler Musgrave. Musgrave's vision is to be the largest supporter of branded independent retailers in the UK. Click Musgrave Budgens Londis for further information.
The Royal British Legion
"We urgently needed the services of a competent Informix consultant. Fortunately for us we found Ardenta, who were able to provide a rapid turnaround and a quality service at a fair price"
Richard Lovelock - Head of IT
The Royal British Legion
About the Royal British Legion
Founded in 1921, The Royal British Legion is the UK's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served and are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants. Currently, nearly 11 million people are eligible for our support and we receive around 300,000 calls for help every year. Click The Royal British Legion for further information.
Travel 2 Limited
"As well as providing a thorough, detailed examination and audit of our systems, Ardenta was keen to see us make the most of their findings, offering help with implementation of any aspects of their full systems audit. It is clear that they have a deep knowledge of Informix products and are genuinely keen to see that you get the best from them."
Paul Sanders - Database Administrator
Travel 2 Limited, Manchester
About Travel 2 Limited
Established more that 20 years ago, Travel 2 is one of the UK's largest long haul tour operators and is recognised by many as a market leader for destinations such as Australia , New Zealand , South Pacific, the Far East and Southern Africa as well as for round-the world travel. Click Travel 2 Limited for further information.
If you too want to benefit from our expertise in infrastructure design, sales and implementation, click here or call 0870 765 7560.
If you too want to benefit from our expertise in infrastructure design, sales and implementation
Click Here to contact us or call 0870 765 7560.
"During our dealings with Ardenta we have always been impressed with their expertise, professionalism, costs and speed of response. We always go to them first, and would recommend that others did too!"
Adam Livingstone,
CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)
