–Leading provider of UK based serviced offices uses remote monitoring across its 8 servers–

Reading UK, 21st March 2012: The Business Environment Group, a leading provider of UK serviced office space has recently partnered with Centrastage, a leading IT management software provider to improve, regulate and monitor its devices across a portfolio of over 18 serviced office locations.

Prior to The Business Environment Group adopting Centrastage’s remote monitoring service, they were using an alternative provider of device monitoring. Due to restrictions with using this provider, the group had to rely heavily on the end-user granting access to their device. This meant that unnecessary amounts of time was being wasted, in an environment where it was time and delays that created bigger problems.

Graham Hefferman, IT and Communications Director for the group comments on the recent partnership, “The level of support delivered by Centrastage is fantastic and as a result, our response time has been dramatically reduced. Some incidents that we’ve had since working with Centrastage have saved us at least two to three hours from our working day, enabling us to redeploy our IT support’s time more efficiently.”

Hefferman continues, “We looked into a number of alternative service providers, and found that they were all too complicated for the solution we were after. Centrastage’s service offers multiple additions to the system we had in place previously, allowing us to deliver a range of new services including IT audits, PC and server monitoring, remote support, device management and configuration, software licensing and reporting.”

Christian Nagele, CEO of Centrastage comments, “Our technology is built and priced for organisations who want to offer remote monitoring and management, without a huge financial outlay or the need to reinvent their business model.  CentraStage is charged at £1 per device per month, and our ‘pay-as-you-go’ pricing model is designed for today’s financial climate. We pride ourselves on providing a simple, effective technology, and it is a testament to our proposition and offering that we are winning business from established industry leaders such as The Business Environment Group.”

The group has a £100million expansion plan in place over the next three years and will look to implement Centrastage’s monitoring solutions across the additional serviced offices as they add to their portfolio, continuing to provide more effective IT support.

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About CentraStage:

CentraStage is an Information Technology support platform with a difference – affordable, advanced remote computer management. A web-based device management platform designed to improve the management of servers, PCs and laptops, CentraStage can save IT support organisations both time and money. From individual users to sophisticated IT managed service providers, CentraStage is designed to run on any device, computer, server and laptop. Functionality includes audit, monitoring, remote support, deployment and reporting.

About The Business Environment Group:

Formed in 1990, The Business Environment Group is a privately funded and owned company that started off with one serviced office. Now, the group boasts a portfolio of 18 serviced offices covering one million square feet of office space to let. These 18 offices are spread across the South East, mainly located in London.

Since its formation, the group is now a widely recognised leading provider of serviced offices. This has been demonstrated as a result of numerous award wins, including the Sunday Times Top 100 companies to work for (currently ranked 38th). Up until now, the group has invested £45million in new buildings, and there is an expansion plan in place over the next 3 years where a further £100million is to be injected.

by admin l March 21, 2012 l No Comments »

- 2012 begins with 300% Revenue Growth & 150% Customer Increase -

Buckinghamshire, UK, 02 February, 2012: CentraStage (http://www.centrastage.com), the leading IT management software provider, confirms it’s ‘Little British Battler’ nomination by announcing revenue growth of over 300% in the past twelve months as the company’s customer base has grown by almost 150%.

Today CentraStage has:

• An international footprint with clients in 12 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Panama, South Africa and several across Europe
• Over 350 retained customers, up 150% on last year
• Double the team of last year

The news follows a successful start to the year which has seen the company recognised by one of the UKs leading analyst houses, TechMarketView, as a ‘Little British Battler’.  CentraStage has also recently won deals with the likes of the London Grid for Learning (LGfL) (which will see CentraStage technology running in all 2500 London schools), Centrica, Civica, RIM and Bracknell Forest LA.

Commenting on today’s announcement, Christian Nagele, CEO at CentraStage said: “2012 is off to a flying start, further building on our rapid growth in 2011. We’ve always viewed ourselves as a “Little British Battler” so to be recognised for this in our industry is fantastic and builds on our exciting new partnership with the London Grid for Learning.”

Nagele continues, “2011 was a landmark year which saw CentraStage move to Amazon Web Services, introduce 70 new product features and open a US office.  Customer wins across all our target markets confirm that 2012 looks set to be a great year for CentraStage.”

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About CentraStage:

CentraStage is an Information Technology support platform with a difference – affordable, advanced remote computer management. A web-based device management platform designed to improve the management of servers, PCs and laptops, CentraStage can save IT support organisations both time and money. From individual users to sophisticated IT managed service providers, CentraStage is designed to run on any device, computer, server and laptop. Functionality includes audit, monitoring, remote support, deployment and reporting.

About TechMarket View:

TechMarketView LLP (www.techmarketview.com) provides authoritative research and analysis on the UK technology scene. TechMarketView brings you UKHotViews, the source of informed opinion and comment on the events, issues and players that really matter in the UK software and IT services market.

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Leading IT management provider to play key role in London’s new broadband network

BETT Show: London, UK, 11 January, 2012: CentraStage (http://www.centrastage.com) the leading IT management software provider, today announced its partnership with the London Grid for Learning.

CentraStage’s IT management technology is an important addition in the London Grid for Learning’s expansion of services for the 2,500 schools within the LGfL community. The LGfL/CentraStage partnership, delivered via the LGfL’s infrastructure and support partner, Atomwide, will see the essential CentraStage platform offered free to all LGfL 2.0 customers.

Central to this offering is the integration between CentraStage and the LGfL One Time Password solution from Atomwide, ensuring that all remote access into London schools is secured via 2-factor authentication.

Christian Nagele, Managing Director at CentraStage says: “LGfL has brought together an impressive range of services under the new LGfL 2.0 service umbrella, and we are delighted to be joining this community. Not only will all subscribing schools in London be able to take advantage of our leading audit and remote support capability for free, but it will be integrated with the LGfL’s One Time Password solution. This will provide IT support organisations and technicians within London with fully secure remote access into schools, in line with best practice and government guidelines.”

The partnership also means that LGfL customers will be able to easily and cost-effectively upgrade to the full CentraStage IT management suite – audit, monitoring, deployment and device management, remote support and reporting. Already running in over 4000 UK schools, CentraStage delivers huge efficiency savings to people supporting IT.

Brian Durrant, CEO of LGfL, comments: “By including CentraStage’s asset management and remote support technology in our LGfL 2.0 service portfolio free-of-charge, not only are we offering a market-leading IT management solution to our customers, but we are also able to deliver to London schools a truly secure network. By ensuring that all remote access into schools is secure and authenticated, we can address what has in the past been a big security hole in the education sector. In summary this new partnership with CentraStage once again highlights our commitment to deliver market-leading technology solutions to our customers at a competitive price, underpinned by an unswerving commitment to data and network security.”

Nagele concludes: “This is a very exciting partnership with LGfL, which will see CentraStage running on hundreds of thousands of devices across London schools. It is just the environment that we have designed, built and scaled the technology for – to help improve the provision and management of IT in education environments, and they don’t come much larger than London and the LGfL.”

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About: LGfL
The London Grid for Learning Trust exists to provide high quality services and online learning resources to London schools at the lowest possible costs through large scale regional aggregation. The Trust was set up in 2001 and is owned by all 33 London Boroughs. Since the termination of Harnessing Technology Grant in 2011, it has secured individual contracts for the supply of the new ‘LGfL 2.0’ integrated service directly to London maintained schools.

by James Fletcher l January 11, 2012 l 1 Comment »

-ASCII Community Receives Additional Benefits -

Bathesday, Maryland – October 16th, 2011 — The ASCII Group, Inc. (ASCII), the nation’s oldest and most established community of independent managed service providers, system integrators and solution providers welcomes a new edition to their growing Solution Alliance network – CentraStage. This alliance will provide additional benefits and education for the ASCII membership in targeting the growing CentraStage market.

“We continue to add more benefits for the ASCII community at large. CentraStage recognizes the market value of the ASCII community and we are proud to have them join the Solution Alliance network.” said Alan D.Weinberger, Founder, Chairman and CEO of ASCII.

With CentraStage’s remote monitoring and management software, The Solution Alliance network can now exploit the ability to carry out IT audits, PC and system monitoring, remote support, script and software deployment, device management and configuration, licensing and reporting – through one intuitive easy-to-use web interface.

Commenting on the partnership, Christian Nagele, CEO at CentraStage said: “We believe our partnership with The ASCII Group will be a very successful development for CentraStage and a great endorsement of the value and benefits of our services. Our technology is built and priced for IT support companies who want to offer remote monitoring and management, without the need to reinvent their business model. We are looking forward to working with The ASCII Group and enabling them to further support The Solution Alliance.”

The partnership indicates continuous development of the ASCII Group’s focus of providing solution providers with the tools necessary to survive and grow in the competitive technology market.

About the ASCII Group, Inc. (ASCII)
The ASCII Group, Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, was established in 1984, with additional offices in Canada, India, and the UK. ASCII is the largest paying community of independent computer resellers in the world with more than 2,00 members and systems wide end-user sales of approximately $10.5 billion. ASCII provides technology tools, products and services to assist independent information technology resellers increase profits, reduce costs, and grow their respective businesses. The company can be reached at (800) 394 – 2724, or at www.ASCII.com.

About CentraStage
CentraStage is the leading provider of cloud based remote monitoring, management and IT automation tools for IT Professionals. Designed and built to scale to thousands of users and millions of devices CentraStage provides an affordable platform for IT professionals from all industries and verticals to benefit from powerful IT Automation, dramatically improving productivity at a fraction of the cost of traditional IT Management tools. For more information please visit http://www.centrastage.com

by James Fletcher l November 16, 2011 l No Comments »

CentraStage (http://www.centrastage.com), the leading provider of cloud based remote monitoring, management and IT automation software today announced the appointment of Jon Gibbs, ex LANDesk VP to drive CentraStage’s expansion into the US markets.

With over 20 years of high-tech sales and sales management experience, Mr Gibb’s main expertise lies in building global sales channels from the ground up. He has been given the role of Vice President of North America for CentraStage and is responsible for marketing and finance whilst overseeing the business development into the US market.

Commenting on the appointment Christian Nagele, CEO at CentraStage said: ‘We are very pleased to welcome Jon on board, his past experience and skills are exactly what we need to carry out a successful expansion and make our mark on the US markets. Jon is going to play a key role in the success of this expansion and it is an absolute pleasure to have him working with us.’

Prior to CentraStage, Jon was Regional Director of Greater China Sales for LANDesk Software. Based in Beijing, China, Jon managed the sales operations for three offices throughout China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Jon reported directly to the VP of Global Sales and had full P&L and revenue responsibility for the entire region.

Jon Gibbs commented: ‘CentraStage really break the mould when it comes to providing a cloud-based service and I’m very excited about working with such an innovative company and playing a key role in their continued international expansion.’

by James Fletcher l November 7, 2011 l No Comments »