1. “SMARTENING UP” BRAND LEADERSHIP AND REPUTATION 40 YEARS OF INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION Tracy Westall UK Director and Board Member GB&S LEP

2. Did you know that … 1975ACROSS6,000£25bn £2000 INITIAL INVESTMENT EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA STAFF WORLDWIDE TURNOVER

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4. 1975 First UK Compaq reseller 2013 First UK provider to achieve Pan Government Accreditation for its Secure Multi-Tenanted Cloud (SMTC) services on the G-Cloud 40 Years of Investment and Innovation 40 YEARS AGO40 YEARS TODAY

5. UK – Data Centre & National Service Centre – Birmingham

6. UK – HQ – Birmingham

7. UK – National Recycling Centre – Birmingham

8. No. 1 IBM hardware and software reseller in Europe Success HP’s largest UK Cloud partner Winner of Oracle Server and Storage partner of the year Microsoft’s No. 1 desktop deployment partner 1 st Apple Authorised Systems Integrator in the UK Winner of NetApp European Star Partner of the Year Award 1 st UK provider to achieve Pan Government Accreditation for our secure cloud services CarbonZero Data Centre and Recycling operations EMC becomes our newest partner Lenovo’s biggest UK public sector partner

9. Our Customers

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11. Mallory Court Hotel, Warwickshire

12. The Arden Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon

13. Brockencote Hall Hotel, Worcestershire

14. Affiliated with only the best...

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16. Coventry Airport

17. Our customers

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19. Regional development scheme – 200 acres surrounding Coventry Airport

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21. Philanthropy – Millennium Point

22. Philanthropy – National Cold War Museum

23. Philanthropy – Acorns Hospice

24. Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership: GBSLEP

25. Needed new Technology lead

26. Strategy for Growth BUSINESS PEOPLE PLACE Growing the number of successful businesses Building sector strengths and opportunities Stimulating innovation in products, services & businesses Improving our skills talent pool Improving digital & physical connectivity Optimising physical cultural and environmental assets

27. Smart Cities Building on the work of Birmingham Smart City Commission “Smart City Alliance” formed between key Institutions Alliance members with technology and Business capabilities

28. Summary

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