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Carillion IT Services now trading as Capita IT Services
07/07/2009 - Following its recent acquisition by the Capita Group Plc, Carillion IT Services (CITS) today announced that it will now be trading as Capita IT Services with immediate effect. This follows the acquisition of the outsourcing, managed services and netw......
Carillion agrees sale of external IT business and outsources internal IT services functions
09/06/2009 - Carillion has entered into an agreement for the sale of its external IT Services business, an outsourcing, networking and cabling solutions provider that it acquired with Alfred McAlpine, to Capita. In parallel with this transaction, Carillion ha......
Cisco Scottish Partner of the Year award for Carillion IT Services
19/05/2009 - Networking leader Cisco has named Carillion IT Services as their ‘Scottish Partner of the Year’ at its 2009 Scottish Partner Awards, held in Edinburgh on 7th May. Recognising partner excellence across a range of sectors, the award-honoured winner was......
NHS Grampian has the world's largest healthcare wireless network of its kind, delivered by Carillion IT Services
11/05/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced commencement of a five-year, £1.1million contract to create a new unified wireless network infrastructure in partnership with NHS Grampian at its Foresterhill campus in Aberdeen. The campus includes Aberdeen Roya......
BAA’s new Terminal 5C at Heathrow provided with Structured Cabling System by Carillion IT Services
07/05/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has been awarded a major contract for the provision of a Structured Cabling System (SCS) for BAA’s new Terminal 5C (T5C) at Heathrow Airport, the additional satellite building currently under construction at T......
Carillion IT Services achieves Gold re-certification from Cisco for the ninth consecutive year
30/04/2009 - Carillion IT Services announced today it has achieved Gold re-certification in the UK from Cisco®. To earn Gold Certification, Carillion IT Services had to meet rigorous standards for networking competency, service, support and customer satisfaction......
The Northern Lighthouse Board provided with outdoor wireless mesh solution
07/04/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced completed installation of a new outdoor wireless mesh infrastructure (WMI) within the Northern Lighthouse Board’s (NLB) operational base at Oban on the West Coast of Scotland. The WMI covers the Board’s outside p......
Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton Colleges select Carillion IT Services to provide end-to-end ICT managed service
31/03/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced that it has been appointed by Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton Colleges as their new IT managed service provider. The ICT outsourcing contract will see Carillion uniting both colleges’ existing IT systems......
Derbyshire County Council appoints Carillion IT Services to provide ‘Internet access for all’ in pioneering social inclusion project
04/03/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has been appointed by Derbyshire County Council to enable the entire population of Derbyshire to get online via community access points based in libraries, community centres and residential homes for childr......
Hopwood Hall College selects Carillion IT Services as its technology partner for £80 million redevelopment
24/02/2009 - 24 February 2009 Carillion IT Services today announced it has been appointed as the technology partner for Hopwood Hall College’s four year redevelopment programme to transform it into a true 21st century College, involving a state-of-the-art new ......
Derby College provided with new ICT infrastructure for their iconic £43m regeneration project
17/02/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has been appointed by Derby College to install a new fixed and wireless Local Area Network (LAN) infrastructure as part of its pioneering £43 million redevelopment to become a true 21st century College. One of......
Motherwell College provided with unified communications solution
28/01/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has been appointed by Motherwell College to install an integrated data, voice and video infrastructure as well as a wireless network as part of its planned £70million redevelopment to become a 21st century col......
Carlisle College is kept connected by Carillion IT Services during £30 million transformation
11/11/2008 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has been appointed by Carlisle College to install a new integrated IP telephony system and provide technical support as part of its planned £30 million redevelopment to become a 21st century college. The colle......
BAA appoint Carillion IT Services preferred supplier of network infrastructure and cabling services
04/11/2008 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has secured a framework agreement with BAA - the world’s leading airport company, for the provision and maintenance of network infrastructure and cabling. The Agreement will cover all seven BAA airports across......
CITS Shorlisted for 3 awards
16/10/2008 - Carillion IT Services has been selected as a finalist for three sought-after industry awards, including this years Computing Awards for Excellence and British Computer Society (BCS) IT Industry Awards for its work with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, an......
Managed communications solution for SPT
12/09/2008 - Carillion IT Services today announced that it has secured a three year contract with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) to provide a fully managed service for the company’s communications network, including landline phones, mobile devices an......
Delivering Stockport’s ‘College of the Future’
20/08/2008 - Stockport College is set to become the UK’s first 21st Century ‘College of the Future’ with Carillion IT Services commencing work on an innovative £1.4 million contract with the OFSTED ‘Outstanding’ and Beacon status college. The project forms part o......
Carillion IT Services wins £1.1m managed service contract with international design firm BDP
04/06/2008 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has secured a £1.1 million contract to supply a fully managed network service to BDP, Europe's largest international interdisciplinary design practice of architects, engineers and designers. Carillion IT Se......
Carillion IT Services to provide end-to-end IT managed service to ExtraCare Charitable Trust
30/04/2008 - Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services) today announced it has secured a five year contract to provide an end-to-end IT managed service to The ExtraCare Charitable Trust. ExtraCare is a registered Charity providing and managing......
Carillion IT Services works in partnership with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to deliver the first Scottish NHS hospital asset tracking solution
23/04/2008 - Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services) is working in partnership with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to design and install a scaleable, secure Wireless Local Area Network (Wireless – LAN) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFI......
Carillion IT Services provides IT support to UK’s newest University
17/04/2008 - University of Cumbria appoints Carillion IT Services as their technology partner for merger Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services) today announced that it will provide IT support for the newly formed University of Cumbria f......
Carillion IT Services to discuss “intelligent buildings” for further education at AoC Technology Conference 2008
03/04/2008 - Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services) today announced that its presentation and Q&A session at this year’s Association of Colleges (AoC) Annual Technology Conference will be on ‘Intelligent Buildings’ in further education, to......
Carillion IT Services delivers resilient network solution to leading UK law firm Maclay Murray & Spens LLP
26/03/2008 - Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services) has been successful in securing a three year contract with the leading commercial law firm, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS) for the design, installation and 24/7 remote monitoring of a di......
Brand-Rex Blolite+ to be deployed on aircraft carriers of the future by Carillion IT Services
17/03/2008 - Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine - IT Services) and cabling solutions manufacturer and developer Brand-Rex announce that they have been selected to provide the fibre communications infrastructure network for two new aircraft carriers c......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services becomes Carillion IT Services
14/03/2008 - Following the recent acquisition by Carillion plc of Alfred McAlpine plc, Alfred McAlpine – IT Services announces today that it is changing the company name to Carillion IT Services with immediate effect.
Commenting, John McDonough, Carillion ......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services secures a new public sector Catalist framework agreement with OGCbuying.solutions
30/01/2008 - Alfred McAlpine – IT Services is pleased to announce its success in being awarded a new Catalist framework agreement with OGCbuying.solutions. Under the new ‘Telecom Networks’ framework agreement Alfred McAlpine – IT Services will be able to provide ......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services wins tender to provide wireless network for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
22/01/2008 - Alfred McAlpine – IT Services today announced it has been appointed by Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, following a competitive tender involving over 40 companies, to design, install and maintain a new Cisco wireless local area network (WLAN) at Salis......
Alfred McAlpine - IT Services provides an outsourced Managed IT Service Desk for easyJet
12/12/2007 - Alfred McAlpine – IT Services has secured a three year contract with easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, for the provision of an outsourced IT Service Desk facility. The Managed IT Service Desk provided by Alfred McAlpine – IT Services will ......
Alfred McAlpine - IT Services: Leading the way in Customer Service Excellence
04/12/2007 - Alfred McAlpine - IT Services is pleased to announce their recent recognition from Cisco Systems in achieving the ‘Cisco Channel Customer Satisfaction Excellence’ award. The ‘Cisco Customer Satisfaction Excellence’ award is the highest distinction......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services delivers Fortnum and Mason’s new fixed and wireless network
15/11/2007 - Alfred McAlpine – IT Services today announced that it has provided Fortnum and Mason with a state of the art fixed and wireless secure LAN infrastructure as part of the store’s £24m refurbishment. The upgrade and three year maintenance contract will ......
Alfred McAlpine - IT Services to discuss ‘intelligent buildings’ for further education at AOC Conference
14/11/2007 - 6 November 2007 - Alfred McAlpine - IT Services today announced that its presentation and Q&A session at this year’s Association of Colleges 12th Annual Conference in Birmingham will focus on the ability of intelligent buildings to d......
Intelligent Buildings: the need for a different approach - Association of Colleges 12th Annual Conference
02/11/2007 - A significant number of Further Education Colleges are currently in the process of redeveloping their estate. College executives are considering how to plan for and manage the complex challenges involved with delivering a world class 21st century bui......
Alfred McAlpine - IT Services designs education with Stockport College
30/10/2007 - Stockport College appoints technology partner for new build plans Alfred McAlpine - IT Services today announced that it is the technology partner of choice for Stockport College’s five-year new build project to create the ‘college of the ......
Security Threats - Who is reading your confidential data - Briefing Sessions in September 2007
24/08/2007 - Data networks are under increasing pressure -Security threats are evolving and therefore the protection mechanisms necessary to protect your data need to evolve too. Data breaches are undermining consumer confidence and there is an even greater need......
Alfred McAlpine - IT Services moves easyJet into new corporate HQ
13/08/2007 - Alfred McAlpine - IT Services has successfully integrated Europe’s leading low-fares airline easyJet into its new 30,000 sq ft corporate headquarters at Luton Airport (Hanger 89), with a new Local Area Computer Network (LAN) infrastructure and IP tel......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services wins Information Commissioner’s Office IT outsourcing contract
16/07/2007 - Alfred McAlpine – IT Services today announced that it has been selected by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to provide a complete IT services solution to support its business for the next five years. The ICO is the UK's independent authori......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services showcases ‘Learning space of the future’ at Bradford College’s ‘Festival of Futures’
29/06/2007 - 28 June 2007 – Alfred McAlpine – IT Services will showcase the technology behind the ‘Learning space of the future’ at Bradford College’s ‘Festival of Futures’ in Bradford on 29 June 2007. Bradford College is at the forefront of e......
Catalist framework agreement secured for supplying IT services to the public sector
05/06/2006 - Alfred McAlpine is pleased to announce their success in being awarded a Catalist OGCbuying.solutions framework agreement. The framework agreement allows customers throughout the public sector to place orders directly and simply with Alfred McAlpine f......
Alfred McAlpine: Leading the way in customer service excellence
23/05/2006 - Alfred McAlpine is pleased to announce their recent recognition from Cisco Systems - the world leader in networking for the Internet - in achieving the highly esteemed ‘Cisco Channel Customer Satisfaction Excellence’ award. The ‘Cisco Customer Sat......
ATLAS maps the way with Alfred McAlpine
01/07/2005 - Scottish Enterprise has awarded Alfred McAlpine the contract to build its telecoms infrastructure project, ATLAS. The economic development agency’s multimillion telecommunications initiative will provide high quality, cost effective advanced broad......
07/07/2009 - Following its recent acquisition by the Capita Group Plc, Carillion IT Services (CITS) today announced that it will now be trading as Capita IT Services with immediate effect. This follows the acquisition of the outsourcing, managed services and netw......
Carillion agrees sale of external IT business and outsources internal IT services functions
09/06/2009 - Carillion has entered into an agreement for the sale of its external IT Services business, an outsourcing, networking and cabling solutions provider that it acquired with Alfred McAlpine, to Capita. In parallel with this transaction, Carillion ha......
Cisco Scottish Partner of the Year award for Carillion IT Services
19/05/2009 - Networking leader Cisco has named Carillion IT Services as their ‘Scottish Partner of the Year’ at its 2009 Scottish Partner Awards, held in Edinburgh on 7th May. Recognising partner excellence across a range of sectors, the award-honoured winner was......
NHS Grampian has the world's largest healthcare wireless network of its kind, delivered by Carillion IT Services
11/05/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced commencement of a five-year, £1.1million contract to create a new unified wireless network infrastructure in partnership with NHS Grampian at its Foresterhill campus in Aberdeen. The campus includes Aberdeen Roya......
BAA’s new Terminal 5C at Heathrow provided with Structured Cabling System by Carillion IT Services
07/05/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has been awarded a major contract for the provision of a Structured Cabling System (SCS) for BAA’s new Terminal 5C (T5C) at Heathrow Airport, the additional satellite building currently under construction at T......
Carillion IT Services achieves Gold re-certification from Cisco for the ninth consecutive year
30/04/2009 - Carillion IT Services announced today it has achieved Gold re-certification in the UK from Cisco®. To earn Gold Certification, Carillion IT Services had to meet rigorous standards for networking competency, service, support and customer satisfaction......
The Northern Lighthouse Board provided with outdoor wireless mesh solution
07/04/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced completed installation of a new outdoor wireless mesh infrastructure (WMI) within the Northern Lighthouse Board’s (NLB) operational base at Oban on the West Coast of Scotland. The WMI covers the Board’s outside p......
Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton Colleges select Carillion IT Services to provide end-to-end ICT managed service
31/03/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced that it has been appointed by Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton Colleges as their new IT managed service provider. The ICT outsourcing contract will see Carillion uniting both colleges’ existing IT systems......
Derbyshire County Council appoints Carillion IT Services to provide ‘Internet access for all’ in pioneering social inclusion project
04/03/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has been appointed by Derbyshire County Council to enable the entire population of Derbyshire to get online via community access points based in libraries, community centres and residential homes for childr......
Hopwood Hall College selects Carillion IT Services as its technology partner for £80 million redevelopment
24/02/2009 - 24 February 2009 Carillion IT Services today announced it has been appointed as the technology partner for Hopwood Hall College’s four year redevelopment programme to transform it into a true 21st century College, involving a state-of-the-art new ......
Derby College provided with new ICT infrastructure for their iconic £43m regeneration project
17/02/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has been appointed by Derby College to install a new fixed and wireless Local Area Network (LAN) infrastructure as part of its pioneering £43 million redevelopment to become a true 21st century College. One of......
Motherwell College provided with unified communications solution
28/01/2009 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has been appointed by Motherwell College to install an integrated data, voice and video infrastructure as well as a wireless network as part of its planned £70million redevelopment to become a 21st century col......
Carlisle College is kept connected by Carillion IT Services during £30 million transformation
11/11/2008 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has been appointed by Carlisle College to install a new integrated IP telephony system and provide technical support as part of its planned £30 million redevelopment to become a 21st century college. The colle......
BAA appoint Carillion IT Services preferred supplier of network infrastructure and cabling services
04/11/2008 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has secured a framework agreement with BAA - the world’s leading airport company, for the provision and maintenance of network infrastructure and cabling. The Agreement will cover all seven BAA airports across......
CITS Shorlisted for 3 awards
16/10/2008 - Carillion IT Services has been selected as a finalist for three sought-after industry awards, including this years Computing Awards for Excellence and British Computer Society (BCS) IT Industry Awards for its work with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, an......
Managed communications solution for SPT
12/09/2008 - Carillion IT Services today announced that it has secured a three year contract with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) to provide a fully managed service for the company’s communications network, including landline phones, mobile devices an......
Delivering Stockport’s ‘College of the Future’
20/08/2008 - Stockport College is set to become the UK’s first 21st Century ‘College of the Future’ with Carillion IT Services commencing work on an innovative £1.4 million contract with the OFSTED ‘Outstanding’ and Beacon status college. The project forms part o......
Carillion IT Services wins £1.1m managed service contract with international design firm BDP
04/06/2008 - Carillion IT Services today announced it has secured a £1.1 million contract to supply a fully managed network service to BDP, Europe's largest international interdisciplinary design practice of architects, engineers and designers. Carillion IT Se......
Carillion IT Services to provide end-to-end IT managed service to ExtraCare Charitable Trust
30/04/2008 - Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services) today announced it has secured a five year contract to provide an end-to-end IT managed service to The ExtraCare Charitable Trust. ExtraCare is a registered Charity providing and managing......
Carillion IT Services works in partnership with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to deliver the first Scottish NHS hospital asset tracking solution
23/04/2008 - Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services) is working in partnership with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to design and install a scaleable, secure Wireless Local Area Network (Wireless – LAN) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFI......
Carillion IT Services provides IT support to UK’s newest University
17/04/2008 - University of Cumbria appoints Carillion IT Services as their technology partner for merger Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services) today announced that it will provide IT support for the newly formed University of Cumbria f......
Carillion IT Services to discuss “intelligent buildings” for further education at AoC Technology Conference 2008
03/04/2008 - Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services) today announced that its presentation and Q&A session at this year’s Association of Colleges (AoC) Annual Technology Conference will be on ‘Intelligent Buildings’ in further education, to......
Carillion IT Services delivers resilient network solution to leading UK law firm Maclay Murray & Spens LLP
26/03/2008 - Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services) has been successful in securing a three year contract with the leading commercial law firm, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS) for the design, installation and 24/7 remote monitoring of a di......
Brand-Rex Blolite+ to be deployed on aircraft carriers of the future by Carillion IT Services
17/03/2008 - Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine - IT Services) and cabling solutions manufacturer and developer Brand-Rex announce that they have been selected to provide the fibre communications infrastructure network for two new aircraft carriers c......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services becomes Carillion IT Services
14/03/2008 - Following the recent acquisition by Carillion plc of Alfred McAlpine plc, Alfred McAlpine – IT Services announces today that it is changing the company name to Carillion IT Services with immediate effect.
Commenting, John McDonough, Carillion ......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services secures a new public sector Catalist framework agreement with OGCbuying.solutions
30/01/2008 - Alfred McAlpine – IT Services is pleased to announce its success in being awarded a new Catalist framework agreement with OGCbuying.solutions. Under the new ‘Telecom Networks’ framework agreement Alfred McAlpine – IT Services will be able to provide ......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services wins tender to provide wireless network for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
22/01/2008 - Alfred McAlpine – IT Services today announced it has been appointed by Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, following a competitive tender involving over 40 companies, to design, install and maintain a new Cisco wireless local area network (WLAN) at Salis......
Alfred McAlpine - IT Services provides an outsourced Managed IT Service Desk for easyJet
12/12/2007 - Alfred McAlpine – IT Services has secured a three year contract with easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, for the provision of an outsourced IT Service Desk facility. The Managed IT Service Desk provided by Alfred McAlpine – IT Services will ......
Alfred McAlpine - IT Services: Leading the way in Customer Service Excellence
04/12/2007 - Alfred McAlpine - IT Services is pleased to announce their recent recognition from Cisco Systems in achieving the ‘Cisco Channel Customer Satisfaction Excellence’ award. The ‘Cisco Customer Satisfaction Excellence’ award is the highest distinction......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services delivers Fortnum and Mason’s new fixed and wireless network
15/11/2007 - Alfred McAlpine – IT Services today announced that it has provided Fortnum and Mason with a state of the art fixed and wireless secure LAN infrastructure as part of the store’s £24m refurbishment. The upgrade and three year maintenance contract will ......
Alfred McAlpine - IT Services to discuss ‘intelligent buildings’ for further education at AOC Conference
14/11/2007 - 6 November 2007 - Alfred McAlpine - IT Services today announced that its presentation and Q&A session at this year’s Association of Colleges 12th Annual Conference in Birmingham will focus on the ability of intelligent buildings to d......
Intelligent Buildings: the need for a different approach - Association of Colleges 12th Annual Conference
02/11/2007 - A significant number of Further Education Colleges are currently in the process of redeveloping their estate. College executives are considering how to plan for and manage the complex challenges involved with delivering a world class 21st century bui......
Alfred McAlpine - IT Services designs education with Stockport College
30/10/2007 - Stockport College appoints technology partner for new build plans Alfred McAlpine - IT Services today announced that it is the technology partner of choice for Stockport College’s five-year new build project to create the ‘college of the ......
Security Threats - Who is reading your confidential data - Briefing Sessions in September 2007
24/08/2007 - Data networks are under increasing pressure -Security threats are evolving and therefore the protection mechanisms necessary to protect your data need to evolve too. Data breaches are undermining consumer confidence and there is an even greater need......
Alfred McAlpine - IT Services moves easyJet into new corporate HQ
13/08/2007 - Alfred McAlpine - IT Services has successfully integrated Europe’s leading low-fares airline easyJet into its new 30,000 sq ft corporate headquarters at Luton Airport (Hanger 89), with a new Local Area Computer Network (LAN) infrastructure and IP tel......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services wins Information Commissioner’s Office IT outsourcing contract
16/07/2007 - Alfred McAlpine – IT Services today announced that it has been selected by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to provide a complete IT services solution to support its business for the next five years. The ICO is the UK's independent authori......
Alfred McAlpine – IT Services showcases ‘Learning space of the future’ at Bradford College’s ‘Festival of Futures’
29/06/2007 - 28 June 2007 – Alfred McAlpine – IT Services will showcase the technology behind the ‘Learning space of the future’ at Bradford College’s ‘Festival of Futures’ in Bradford on 29 June 2007. Bradford College is at the forefront of e......
Catalist framework agreement secured for supplying IT services to the public sector
05/06/2006 - Alfred McAlpine is pleased to announce their success in being awarded a Catalist OGCbuying.solutions framework agreement. The framework agreement allows customers throughout the public sector to place orders directly and simply with Alfred McAlpine f......
Alfred McAlpine: Leading the way in customer service excellence
23/05/2006 - Alfred McAlpine is pleased to announce their recent recognition from Cisco Systems - the world leader in networking for the Internet - in achieving the highly esteemed ‘Cisco Channel Customer Satisfaction Excellence’ award. The ‘Cisco Customer Sat......
ATLAS maps the way with Alfred McAlpine
01/07/2005 - Scottish Enterprise has awarded Alfred McAlpine the contract to build its telecoms infrastructure project, ATLAS. The economic development agency’s multimillion telecommunications initiative will provide high quality, cost effective advanced broad......
