News
18/07/2008
2e2 welcomes its latest executive board members – two students from Newbury
2e2, a leading provider of mission-critical IT services, has today announced the winners of its 2e2 Newbury Apprentice 2008 – Gemma Phillips, 19 from Peter Simmons College, and Jamie King, 19 from Newbury College
18th July 2008, Newbury, UK – 2e2, a leading provider of mission-critical IT services, has today announced the winners of its 2e2 Newbury Apprentice 2008 – Gemma Phillips, 19 from Peter Simmons College, and Jamie King, 19 from Newbury College. The lucky winners will now embark upon a summer of work experience at 2e2, attending regular board meetings with its top executives, and giving the £256million turnover IT company a different perspective on how we can use technology within the workplace.
The competition was designed so that 2e2 could gain a valuable insight into the workforce of the future and how it operates. This age group, Generation Y*, is the first to grow up using IT and the internet to communicate with its peers and is therefore more experienced in the technologies that are associated with this – including real-time collaboration, social networking, IM, texting. 2e2 wanted to harvest this knowledge, using it to gain an understanding into how businesses can improve their processes and procedures in order to gain a competitive advantage.
“We were originally planning to have just one winner for the competition. However, we were so impressed with the high quality of the entrants we found it difficult to choose just one, hence why both Jamie and Gemma have been appointed. We are really looking forward to hearing their thoughts and opinions on our approach to this kind of technology during our board meetings,” said Nathan Marke, CTO, 2e2. “This is the first time we have had somebody not directly involved with 2e2 present at board meetings, never mind from this age group, but we truly believe that a new way of thinking will help us as we develop these new and cutting-edge business technologies. Watch this space!”
*Generation Y refers to those born between 1989 and 1994.*
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About 2e2
2e2 is an IT managed services and solutions provider. 2e2’s vision is to be a company whose integrity, performance, quality and care for its customers and employees is second to none. Its expertise, passion, innovation and agility will differentiate it and ensure it is the partner of choice.
2e2 was established in 2002 and has grown into one of the most respected and high-quality IT services providers in the UK and the Netherlands.
2e2 is uniquely placed in the industry with demonstrable skills and experience in both Unified Communication (UC) technologies, business applications from Oracle, PeopleSoft and Microsoft and the integration between these two traditionally disparate environments. With the support of Duke Street Capital, the mid-market private equity fund manager, and Bank of Scotland, 2e2’s mission is to be a major IT services partner in the UK and selected European markets.
2e2 provides an extensive portfolio aligned across five principal areas of business:
• Managed services: remote, on-site and co-sourced managed support
• Business application services: around Oracle, PeopleSoft and Microsoft Dynamics
• Unified communications: IP Telephony, video, messaging & collaboration
• Technology solutions: Data management, security, resilience & virtualisation
• Service and asset management: ITIL consulting & service management solutions
2e2 has £256m of annual run-rate revenues and more than 1,500 staff in the UK and the Netherlands.
For more information please see www.2e2.com
ENQUIRIES:
2e2 UK Limited:
Natalie Bruins, Marketing Manager. Tel: 01635 568000.
Natalie.Bruins@2e2.com
Éclat Marketing:
Rebecca Marwood/Melanie Johnson. Tel: 01276 486 000
Rebecca@eclat.co.uk / Melanie@eclat.co.uk
