Advanced 365
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Advanced 365 rebranded from Business Systems Group Ltd (BSG) in November 2010 and provides outsourced IT managed services, software development and business intelligence services to the commercial, not for profit, health and public sector markets.
. Incorporated in 1987 and acquired by Advanced Computer Software Plc (Advanced) in 2009 BSG has approximately 120 employees and as part of Advanced, BSG have substantial cash reserves and the group contracts with over 7000 customers and has over 50% contracted annuity revenue. BSG customers include: Association of Accounting Technicians
, Cazenove Capital Markets, Charles Stanley Stock Brokers, Enrich Reward Ltd, High Speed 1, Morgan Sindall Plc, Newspaper Licensing Association, and Vail Williams LLP. After its rebrand it continues to operate from its City Road location
Business Systems Group formed by Phil Buckingham and Nick Gerard.
2000
Purchased Webgenerics Ltd, a provider of hosting and ASP software.
Floated on the London Stock Exchange as Business Systems Group Holdings Plc July as a constituent of the TechMark Index, raising £15m to finance the ongoing development of the group. Nick Gerard becomes CEO of the new Plc.
2001
Purchased the Experience Design team of Atomic Tangerine to extend user experience capabilities of the consulting practice.
2004
Acquisition of the managed hosting and IT maintenance services of GNS Europe Ltd.
2008
Appoint Vin Murria as Non Executive Chairman
2009
BSG acquired by Advanced Computer Software Plc to focus on managed services, application development and SaaS
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Neil Cross announced as Managing Director, Nick Gerard becomes Executive Chairman.
2010
BSG rebranded to Advanced 365 taking on the branding of its parent company
Operations
BSG was based on City Road in LondonLondon
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. Incorporated in 1987 and acquired by Advanced Computer Software Plc (Advanced) in 2009 BSG has approximately 120 employees and as part of Advanced, BSG have substantial cash reserves and the group contracts with over 7000 customers and has over 50% contracted annuity revenue. BSG customers include: Association of Accounting Technicians
Association of Accounting Technicians
The Association of Accounting Technicians, or AAT, is an accountancy organisation with over 120,000 members worldwide. The AAT is a technician level qualification which entitles those who have completed the exams and obtained relevant supervised work experience to call themselves associate...
, Cazenove Capital Markets, Charles Stanley Stock Brokers, Enrich Reward Ltd, High Speed 1, Morgan Sindall Plc, Newspaper Licensing Association, and Vail Williams LLP. After its rebrand it continues to operate from its City Road location
History
1987Business Systems Group formed by Phil Buckingham and Nick Gerard.
2000
Purchased Webgenerics Ltd, a provider of hosting and ASP software.
Floated on the London Stock Exchange as Business Systems Group Holdings Plc July as a constituent of the TechMark Index, raising £15m to finance the ongoing development of the group. Nick Gerard becomes CEO of the new Plc.
2001
Purchased the Experience Design team of Atomic Tangerine to extend user experience capabilities of the consulting practice.
2004
Acquisition of the managed hosting and IT maintenance services of GNS Europe Ltd.
2008
Appoint Vin Murria as Non Executive Chairman
2009
BSG acquired by Advanced Computer Software Plc to focus on managed services, application development and SaaS
Saas
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Neil Cross announced as Managing Director, Nick Gerard becomes Executive Chairman.
2010
BSG rebranded to Advanced 365 taking on the branding of its parent company
Awards, accreditations and memberships
- Finalists for the 2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Exchange Migration and Deployment.
- ISO27001, Information Security Management System accredited.
- ISO 14001, Environmental Management System accredited.
- ISO9001, Quality Assurance accredited.
- TickITTickITTickIT is a quality-management certification program for software development, supported primarily by the United Kingdom and Swedish software industries through UKAS and SWEDAC respectively....
, quality-management certification program for software development accredited. - Member of the National Outsourcing Association
- Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with 6 Competencies across their two main focus areas of application development solutions and core IT systems infrastructure.
- HP Gold Certified Partner with the HP Authorised Service Partner (ASP) specialisation, focussing on commercial clients, servers and storage.
See also
- Managed ServicesManaged servicesManaged services is the practice of transferring day-to-day related management responsibility as a strategic method for improved effective and efficient operations inclusive of Production Support and lifecycle build/maintenance activities...
- IT Outsourcing
- Software as a ServiceSoftware as a ServiceSoftware as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
(SaaS) - Cloud computingCloud computingCloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
- Software DevelopmentSoftware developmentSoftware development is the development of a software product...
- Business IntelligenceBusiness intelligenceBusiness intelligence mainly refers to computer-based techniques used in identifying, extracting, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products and/or departments, or by associated costs and incomes....
- Advanced Business Solutions
- Advanced Health & Care
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