Start-ups get QuickStart boost

Managed service specialist e-know.net has launched a new IT outsourcing offering designed for breakaway and start-up recruitment firms. QuickStart aims to deliver a fully functioning IT infrastructure within a client-led timeframe – the basic per user per month pricing model allows for the hosting and management of Microsoft Office, Exchange and Outlook, and the clientís choice of core recruitment software and management systems. Additional applications can be hosted for a small increase in the monthly charges.

The appeal of QuickStart is that it removes the need for substantial investment in IT at a time when a new business is relatively cash sensitive and also allows it to focus on clients and getting the job done without the stresses of IT staffing and provisioning.

e-know.netís managing director, Nigel Redwood, comments: ìFirms just want to get on with the job in hand, focusing on fee-earning work and client and candidate management, without back-office distractions and worries about escalating overheads. A hosted solution like QuickStart allows them to do exactly that because we become, in effect, their de facto IT department and take on that responsibility ourselves. In return for cashflow-friendly fixed costs, clients get a secure, resilient system; anywhere, anytime access to centralised data; the very latest software; 24/7 support; on-tap IT expertise; and complete peace of mind.î

QuickStart is targeted at firms of between 5 and 20 users with per user per month costs starting at 99 per user. Delivery of the hosted service is over Citrix, with applications and data held at e-know.netís mirrored data centres. e-know.net already has over 1,000 users in the recruitment sector, with a proven track record in the delivery of specialist applications such as Troy, ClientMatch, Matchmaker, Link Recruit and Tracker RMS.

For more information, please contact the sales team on 01952 236 236 or email sales@e-know.net