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Riverbank partners and approved suppliers
These are the people and manufacturers we know provide great service, helping to make your IT more reliable. Expect us to encourage you to use these suppliers.
Internet service providers
Internet Service Providers cover services such as e-mail, web site hosting and broadband. There is tremendous price competition in this market, leading to unreliable service and poor support if you choose the wrong supplier.CI-Net – www.ci-net.com
CI-Net is a Wide Area Network specialist and local ISP, based in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. We have worked with them for many years. CI-Net provides a good service and responsive technical support.
CI-Net also offer an effective and competitively priced anti-spam service. By filtering out the rubbish at the ISP it doesn’t get near your network and it doesn’t use up your precious bandwidth.
Zen Internet – www.zeninternet.co.uk
An alternative choice for our clients. Zen won the national award ‘Best business ISP, 2006’.They are a reliable and recommended supplier.Anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-spam
Sophos – www.sophos.com
We are a Sophos Gold Partner, and recommend Sophos Anti-Virus software for the following reasons:- Sophos is a global leader in anti-virus and anti-spam software.
- They produce good, reliable software.
- Sophos Anti-Virus software is installed centrally on the network, giving a single control panel showing the status of all computers on the network.
- Remote computers can update direct from Sophos when they are not connected to the office network.
- You have a single annual renewal.
- Sophos provides excellent technical support. As a Sophos Partner we have direct access to their second-level support team.
- Sophos is a UK company, based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Software development
Microsoft CRM
Excitation - www.excitation.co.uk
Excitation is a company that specialises in Microsoft CRM, a heavyweight customer relationship management package. A new challenger in the CRM market, it is great for service companies that need joined-up client management, from prospect through to day-to-day support and client management. Excitation is a leading UK company in this field - they have even been employed by Microsoft to write training and examination materials for the CRM package.
Training
Riverbank can help with individual or small-group tuition, providing training tailored to you needs. Our partner IPS has over 25 years' training experience, specialising in customised training programmes for organisations with business-specific objectives.Telecoms
Ask Riverbank first! With telephone and computer technologies converging, VoIP may be a good solution for your communications needs. Our partner company in telecoms is Epygi.
Cabling
Our partner company for cabling is Alternative Communications, an Oxfordshire-based company.
Web development
Evolving Media - www.evolvingmedia.co.uk
Solve the Web – www.solve-the-web.co.uk
The Big Oxford Computer Company Limited (BOCC), established in 1995, is a privately owned company and is based in Oxford. They specialise in visual and interface web design, interactive web and application development and the integration of back-office and legacy systems with the web. These are all complemented by their web server hosting services backed up by disaster recovery facilities.
HR
We are proud that HR Advantage is both a client of Riverbank and a supplier of solid, reliable HR advice and support.
Marketing
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