Friday 21 November 2008
The Big Oxford Computer Co. Ltd.

BOCC Professional Partnerships and Memberships

BOCC has professional memberships, partnerships and accreditations with the following organisations. You call also take a look at our web technology partners to find out about the technologies that we have adopted.

Professional Memberships

Adobe Solution Partner (Bronze)

Adobe Solutions Partner LogoAs an Adobe Solution Partner, BOCC keeps up-to-date about the latest updates and upgrades to the programming technologies we utilise everyday, such as ColdFusion, Flex and Flash. Staff attend regular ‘forum’ meetings, so that they can share knowledge and discuss and resolve development issues. These can then be reported back to other staff and utilised to great effect internally.

Member of The British Computer Society

BCS LogoAs a member of the British Computer Society (BCS) BOCC can keep up-to-date on the latest news and standards within the industry. Our staff attend local and national based meetings to share knowledge and discuss related topics and issues with peers.

Member of SOCITM

SOCITM LogoHaving membership of The Society of Information Technology Management (SOCITM) means that our staff can keep up-to-date with the latest standards, best practice guidelines and advice on supplying ICT products and services to the public sector.

Member of the UK Web Design Association

UKWDA LogoThe UK Web Design Association (UKWDA) is the Web Standards Organisation in the UK. The organisation was set-up to encourage and promote industry standards within the British web design and new media sector, which BOCC adheres to.

Full Voting Member of Nominet

Nominet LogoNominet is the official registry for ‘.uk’ Internet names. Nominet is based in the nearby area of Sandford Gate in Oxford. BOCC can directly register ‘.co.uk’ and ‘.org.uk’ domain names and others such as .com and other national registries. BOCC also has specialist knowledge of ‘.ac.uk’ and ‘.gov.uk’ domain name application procedures.

Member of the British Standards Institution

BSI LogoWe are able to keep informed about the latest standards and regulations for our company and its activities.

Microsoft Authorised Educational Reseller

Microsoft Educational ResellerBOCC fulfilled the licensing exam requirements in order to become a Microsoft Authorised Education reseller (AER.) This allows the sale of substantially discounted licensing to organisations, such as registered charities, museums, universities and colleges.

Professional Partners and Suppliers

We can recommend the services of the following organisations:

Foundation Network Limited (FNL)

FNL LogoFNL provide partner management tools to sales and marketing professional to enable them to better manage their channel partner sales, marketing and associated business operations activities.
http://www.foundation-network.com/

Leepeckgroup

Leepeckgroup is an advertising agency offering, design, PR, advertising and eBusiness, based in Hampshire.
http://www.leepeckgroup.co.uk/

Northwood Reid

Northwood Reid is a niche legal practice, based in Oxford on the Magdalen Science Park. The firm specialises in advising the commercial, research and academic sectors. Providing advise on transactions, collaborations, joint ventures, disputes that involve intellectual property, and on a wide-range of contractual and corporate matters.
http://www.northwoodreid.com/

Riverbank IT Management

Riverbank takes responsibility for your IT management and support and provide all the services you would expect of your own IT department. Riverbank can provide guidance, and install and support everything you need.
http://www.riverbank.co.uk/

Watson Hall Ltd

Watson Hall helps organisations with their website information security requirements. They work with your business and information systems staff, partners and suppliers, including professional advisors such as accountants, auditors, insurers and solicitors. Watson Hall guides, assists and builds security and skills to reduce security risk.
http://www.watsonhall.com/

BOCC Staff Accreditations

Members of the BOCC team also belong to the following organisations:

  • Professional members of the British Computer Society
  • Fellowship of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA)
  • Member of the Chartered Society of Designers
  • Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Developers
  • Members of the ColdFusion User Group
These memberships allow our key staff to be kept up-to-date and informed about the latest technologies and discussions around ‘hot topics’ within these arenas. Attendance at various talks and conferences means that we can all benefit from knowledge that can be disseminated throughout the company.