Exhibitors at IP EXPO 2011

Ultima is a leading IT infrastructure, security and management company focusing on the provision of tailored infrastructure solutions to corporate customers. These include designing, developing and deploying a large number of complex infrastructure solutions based on leading technologies including Greenfield deployments, migrations, upgrades and rollouts.

These solutions are delivered by Ultima's extensive team of technical services personnel that includes Solutions Architects, Consultants, Engineers and Project Managers. With over 21 years’ experience in providing cutting edge IT solutions, our team of over 250 full-time employees focuses on a consistent record of delivery. This, in conjunction with longstanding relationships and tier one accreditations with vendors such as Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, Symantec, Check Point and Cisco, ensures we are one of only a few certified partners in the UK qualified to truly offer end-to-end services, backed up by comprehensive lifecycle support. We maintain dedicated technology practices within our Services Division, ensuring that our consultants have the necessary support required to become experts in their chosen field. Our team of certified professionals have years of real-world technical experience, spanning multiple generations of core products and solutions such as those listed below.

• Microsoft Infrastructure – Microsoft Windows Desktop and Server, SCOM, SCCM and SQL

• Messaging and Collaboration – Vast experience in the design and deployment of Exchange, OCS and SharePoint

• Server Virtualisation – A leader in the delivery of VMware ESX and VSphere, Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V

• Application Delivery – Enabler of Server Based Computing (Citrix XenApp, Microsoft App-V) and Virtual Desktop (Citrix XenDesktop, VMware View) solutions

• Storage and Backup – We can provide enterprise level products ranging from HP, EqualLogic and EMC SAN’s to Symantec’s Enterprise Vault and NetBackup

To enhance the Professional Services portfolio, Ultima offers end-to-end fulfilment services ranging from product acquisition, configuration and stock-holding, shipment throughout the UK and EMEA, asset tracking and decommissioning. These services can be managed through our Interact Portal, a fully integrated Client Relationship Management system available 24x7. Provision of IT hardware and software, configurations services, Asset Management and Maintenance make up our one-stop offering in this area.

Finally Ultima has over 11 years’ experience in delivering proactive Managed Services and co-sourced Support Desks. Our qualified on-site team currently supports in excess of 20,000 network devices and provides 24x7 technical support across a range technologies including Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, Check Point and Cisco. Services delivered from our purpose built, ISO27001 accredited Telephone Support Centre (TSC) include:

• Unified Telephone Support
• Hosted Managed Services
• Helpdesks
• Network & Unified Comms
• Managed Security

Ultima and Microsoft

Over the last 21 years, Ultima has grown to become a Large Account Reseller (LAR), Microsoft Gold Partner and an official Microsoft Authorised Support Centre. We have also been recognised as the number one Microsoft Licensing Partner for Operational Excellence and offer a wide range of services to complement the Microsoft stack of products. Our Gold accreditations include Server Platform, Desktop, Virtualisation, Systems Management, Licensing and Unified Comms. Ultima also focuses of a number of joint initiatives such as the Microsoft and Citrix vAlliance, the Windows7® jumpstart program and the EDPS and DDPS programs for deployment and planning services.