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	Acqsys Acqsys is an asset management specialist skilled in releasing working capital for its customers while servicing the assets themselves to create process efficiency. Established in Reading in 2006, Acqsys is a global asset management solutions organisation servicing asset-intensive customers in the food, beverage and transportation sectors. C8 provides marketing and public relations support on a project basis.

	BDO Barometer The BDO Thames Valley Business Barometer is a collaboration between BDO LLP and business network The Twenties Club, providing a quarterly snapshot of business and economic confidence in the Thames Valley. The results offer a compelling street-level view of business sentiment, helping to inform decisions on growth, investment and employment in the region. For further information or to complete this quarter’s Barometer visit: http://www.c8consulting.co.uk/twenties_club/

	Compliance Spectrum Compliance Spectrum has a professional services team which brings executive-level IT and compliance domain expertise from organisations such as the U.S. Securities and Commission as well as other organisations in critical infrastructure sectors.

	Computer Weekly Computer Weekly is a leading IT magazine featuring the latest IT news and jobs from ComputerWeekly.com. The magazine specialises in industry news, articles and features on IT management and technology plus case studies, jobs, whitepapers and videos. C8 runs high-profile webinars for Computer Weekly.

	CyberGuard Europe CyberGuard is one of the world's leading providers of network security solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and governments worldwide. We worked with CyberGuard to provide business-led white paper content that would support the sales process.

	DataDirect Technologies Ltd DataDirect Technologies is the world leader in data connectivity and mainframe integration. We work with DataDirect on a lead generation programme to help forge closer relationships with System Integrators. This involves writing a number of eshots and distributing these through our online sales support tool, C8CAST™, which is specifically designed to solve the challenge of introducing a low-cost, yet fully managed service for online marketing communications.

	DESLock Data Encryption Systems (DES) is an IS0 9001 approved Information Security Company offering software copyright protection, data encryption and bespoke development work. We help DES to promote its software, DESLock+, to the IT market. This entails running a product review programme, getting involved in product launches and managing a Press Office on behalf of DES.

	DAV Management Dav Management offer comprehensive solutions designed to help companies take full advantage of the benefits that effective IT can deliver to a business.

	Digital Surface Research (SolaVeil) Digital Surface Research is the only provider of a groundbreaking technology (SolaVeil) that creates a productive environment by naturally illuminating interiors whilst significantly reducing energy consumption. C8 developed SolaVeil’s initial corporate positioning, key and secondary messaging material, and continues to work with Digital Surface Research on an ongoing basis with all marketing activities, including the development of client case studies and press releases.

	Doxense Doxense is a European leader in print management solutions and its flagship product Watchdoc was launched in the UK earlier this year. It allows companies to monitor, track and report on their print estate usage, and is designed to help organisations take responsibility for their inefficient printing habits, lessen the impact it has on energy and water consumption, and reduce the overall carbon footprint of the organisation. C8 manages Doxenses’ marketing and public relations programme which has included the development of key messaging, features and press tracking, and drafting and distributing press releases and white papers.

	ENGL ENGL is a specialist software consultancy working with global multi-site organisations and channel partners. We helped ENGL develop a strategic marketing framework through a series of half-day workshops. We are currently creating sales and marketing collateral to help raise ENGL’s profile and speed the growth of its software consultancy revenue stream.

	FAST Ltd Set up in 1984 by the British Computer Society's Copyright Committee, the Federation Against Software Theft was the first software copyright organisation. Its first action was to raise the awareness of software piracy and to lobby Parliament for changes in the Copyright Act 1956 to reflect the needs of software authors and publishers. Today FAST has 2,700 corporate members. We have worked with FAST over the last three years developing marketing messages and content for distribution to the organisation’s membership. We also edit and manage the Federation’s membership magazine FASTtalk.

	Haslams Haslams is a leading independent Property Services company. We were appointed to develop Haslams' marketing strategy. Activities included: consolidating the marketing objectives of Haslams' four departments, developing a customer segmentation roadmap and planning launch activities for a number of strategic business projects.

	Henley Business School Henley Business School – With the honour of being the UK’s first business school, Henley continues to expand and is a top UK Business School, European Business School & International Business School. They are of the few business schools globally to hold triple accredited status.

	IBM IBM – A global business and technology leader, innovating in research and development to shape the future of society at large. IBM's prized research, development and technical talent around the world partner with governments, corporations, thinkers and doers on ground breaking real world problems to help make the world work better and build a smarter planet. C8’s Corporate Media Bureau works IBM on roundtables and webinars.

	ITAMS IT Asset Management Solutions Ltd. (ITAMS) is a vendor independent specialist consulting company which assists corporate, government and managed service provider (MSP) organisations to better manage IT estates in order to reduce cost and risk. ITAMS provides full service consulting, implementation and support services in the ITSM, ITAM and SAM services disciplines. C8 provides marketing support on a project basis which includes the development of case studies, press releases and white papers.

	Kilrock Kilrock Products Ltd, an established manufacturer and distributor of highly effective DIY and household cleaning products, has launched a new series of products known as aquo. Aquo powers through household cleaning, leaving a fresh aroma, while also enabling individuals to do their bit for the environment.

	Kodit Kodit are a market leading UK based organisation providing specialised and innovative Asset & Inventory Management solutions across multiple industries. C8 works on a project basis and develops press material and white papers for Kodit.

	Net Media Europe NetMediaEurope is a leading European B2B publishing house, with 30 sites across the region, 15 million unique readers and 5000 stories per month. Its websites include TechWeekEurope and ChannelBiz in the UK, and are aimed towards IT professionals and end-users.

	Numara Software Founded in 1991, Numara Software, Inc. is a global provider of service desk management solutions for IT help desk and customer support professionals. We have helped Numara to successfully launch Track-It 8 across seven territories in Europe, as well as providing copywriting expertise and creating pan-European content, including case studies, articles and whitepapers.

	Nortel Networks Nortel Networks is a global Internet and communications leader. We carried out a programme of qualitative evaluation for the company’s Carrier Data division to enable the business to quantify its PR successes, confirm whether full potential had been extracted from PR investment and guide future line-of-business communications spend.

	Reading College Reading College is the Thames Valley’s leading Further and Higher Education College located at the edge of Reading town centre. With over 6,000 students on over 900 courses, the College offers a wide choice of full-time, part-time, higher education and work-based courses for people in Reading and the surrounding areas. Reading College is committed to raising skills levels in the region and to developing highly employable students who will go further in any sector. For more information about Reading College and the courses on offer visit: www.reading-college.ac.uk

	Robert Walters Global recruitment consultancy Robert Walters is one of the most influential names in the international recruitment market. We ran an issues-led communications programme for the Technology Division to reinforce the company's IT credentials to potential candidates and clients. We also worked with Robert Walters' HR business to develop marketing content explaining how HR strategy can unlock business profits.


	Scalable Software When Scalable Software LLC, a market leading software publisher, needed to set up in the UK it turned to us to help with its marketing activities. We are now actively involved in a number of sales support campaigns to help drive leads for its usage metering product, Survey.

	Softlayer SoftLayer is the cloud infrastructure provider of choice for companies building for Internet Scale, and the largest privately owned hosting company in the world. It provides global, on-demand data centre and hosting services from world-class data centres in Amsterdam, Dallas, Houston, San Jose, Seattle, Singapore, and Washington D.C., with network Points of Presence nationwide.

	Sourcefire Sourcefire (founded in 2001) is a world leader in intrusion prevention, transforming the way organisations manage and minimise network security risks and threats. C8 runs press roundtables for Sourcefire and facilitates the global company’s UK industry award entries. We also support Sourcefire at events such as InfoSec.

	Splunk Splunk Inc is the leading provider of software for real-time operational intelligence. Its software collects, indexes and harnesses the machine-generated big data coming from devices that power business and enables organisations to monitor, search, analyse, visualise and act on massive streams of real-time and historical machine data.

	Staff&Line UK Limited Staff&Line is a specialist in the IT management market. The company has developed its range of EasyVista applications for organisations of all sizes, covering the entire life cycle of IT assets. We are working with Staff&Line in the UK and France helping to establish a presence and to build profile for the UK operation. Staff&Line has outsourced its marketing activities to us, which involves: lead generation, hosting seminars, copywriting and PR.

	Team Ultra TeamUltra is a leader in IT Service Management Consultancy using ITIL best practice as the cornerstone of their approach. TeamUltra implement Service Management Solutions and are an HP accredited partner.

	Touchline Video Ltd Touchline Video is a well-known distributor for video conferencing equipment, a market which is now really starting to take off with issues such as the environment, remote working and constant pressure to keep costs to a minimum. To this end, we were bought in to help promote some of these pertinent issues to the media and to run a comprehensive PR Campaign.

	Trustmarque Solutions Trustmarque Solutions is an expert in Software and Software licensing. It provides a one-stop solution to Software licensing needs with a highly trained team and accredited specialists.

	Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (TVB LEP) TVB LEP is business led and made up of key leaders across the business, education, the voluntary and community sector and six unitary authority areas the region. Its central initiatives to maintain and grow the status of the region as the engine of the UK economy and to further attract inward investment are: to improve transport and infrastructure through the Western Rail Access to Heathrow (WRAtH) programme; widen access to superfast broadband throughout the Thames Valley and ensure a work-ready population through the development of skills and education opportunities. For more details of the membership of TVB LEP please visit the website http://www.thamesvalleyberkshire.co.uk

	Ultima Business Solutions Ultima Business Solutions is one of the UK's leading providers of IT infrastructure and security solutions. Our work with Ultima has included: providing sales generation project support; creating e-Government seminar materials; developing a series of customer references for use as sales tools in new business meetings and a PR programme to raise awareness of Ultima's managed security services.

	Unified Software Unified Software is an innovative global web services technology company. Unified Software utilises Web services technology to provide a range of bank validation services which are essential to any online monetary transaction whether it is from customer to business, business to business or employee payments. C8 Consulting worked on the company’s messaging and developed a press release to launch the company to the media as well as setting up a number of press briefings.

	Use Your Noggin Use Your Noggin (developed in 2005) combines commercial knowledge and expertise with applied psychological techniques to effect lasting personal development for individuals, teams and organisations quickly.

	Venson One of the UK’s largest fleet management providers, Venson works with the Emergency Services and Private / Not-for-profit sector organisations. We are providing copywriting expertise for Venson’s website and a range of sales and marketing collateral.

	Viva Reading! Viva Reading! is a corporate sponsorship programme run by Reading Cultural Services, the cultural arm of Reading Borough Council. The newly reenergised programme unites the two original programmes - The Reading Museum Service and Reading Arts and Venues Schemes bringing all of Reading’s venues (The Hexagon, Reading Museum, The Town Hall, The Concert Hall and South Street) under one roof.

	VRL VRL is a publishing company with a portfolio of publications boasting objective, credible content about the world’s evolving financial and professional services markets. Delivered online, in-print and face-to-face, VRL information is valued by over 12,000 leading blue chip companies in more than 70 countries worldwide. Key titles within the portfolio include: Retail Banker International, Cards International, Private Banker International, International Accounting Bulletin, The Accountant, Life Insurance International, Electronics Payments International, Motor Finance and Leasing Life. 2009 was a landmark year for C8 and VRL as C8 pioneered a programme of roundtables for various publications both in London and Internationally. The roundtables are invitation only and are always fully subscribed attracting top executives from across participating businesses. 2010 will see C8 organise and run a series of high-profile roundtables in the Middle East, Asia and Europe attracting top industry influencers and leaders.