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University of Manchester Conferences Ltd opts for shared service Agresso solution

University of London Computer Centre's Corporate Business Systems department, created recently as part of an IT strategy review at the University of London, is pleased to announce it just signed its first external customer.

Initially tasked to maintain, customise and support Agresso Business World systems across the University of London's divisions with over 400 end-users, a provision as 'shared service' to third parties soon attracted interest within the Higher & Further Education sector.

University of Manchester "In light of the funding challenges facing the HE sector at the moment, we at The University of Manchester consider shared services to be invaluable", says Lee Stott, Head of Information Systems within the Directorate of Sports, Trading and Residential Services. "Accessing Agresso via ULCC allows us to ensure that we receive the specialised systems we need, while reducing the costs significantly - as we do not need to invest in hosting and managing the solution ourselves.UMC Ltd, which consists of the hotel and student bar facilities at the University, uses the Agresso application as their primary financial management system. The hosting of Agresso by ULCC allows UMC Ltd to focus on the delivery of effective financial management. The shared service approach means we can afford to use the best solution on the market, knowing that we have the hosting, maintenance and support expertise of the IT professionals at ULCC."

ULCC's service Hosting and support of Agresso Business World systems by ULCC helps customers realise a range of benefits: Shared use of ULCC's purpose build data centre and complementary infrastructure ULCC's experienced IT professionals will setup, maintain and monitor hardware Full application maintenance testing patches and updates and proactively applying to the 'live' system User support through dedicated in-house help desk Agresso as a Shared Service "UNIT4 are very pleased that ULCC has won its first third party contract and offering Agresso as a shared service within the HE sector" says Nick Gibson, Head of Education and Research Solutions at UNIT4. "We believe that this will be the first of many shared services within the sector delivering cashable savings.

ULCC have a long history of providing system hosting to the sector and are the ideal safe pair of hands for any institution considering a shared service partner." A PDF version of this announcement is available to download. For more information please contact:

Frank Steiner, Marketing & PR Executive, University of London Computer Centre Phone: +44 (0)20 7863 1322