An Equitable relationship between business and suppliers has become a critical business issue in a tougher economic landscape.

Smart421, specialists in integration and managed services for business critical systems, announced today that its director of Delivery Mr Andy Budd has been selected by research and events group IDC to deliver a presentation on “Equitable Relationship” at 1.50am on Thursday 25 June. This key presentation has been timed to coincide with the IDC’s Managed Services and Outsourcing conference, to be held 25th June 2009 at Hotel Russell, Russell Square London. This event is IDC’s inaugural event discussing trends in managed services and outsourcing, led by Lionel Lamy, Research Director, European Software and Services, IDC.

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About Smart421
Smart421 is an information and communications technology company specialising in systems integration and managed services of business-critical systems. It is best known for its work with FT UK 500 companies, especially among leading financial institutions, power utilities and tier one telcos.

Smart421’s agile business approach is solving business problems for companies more reliably than offshore outsourcing and more cost effectively than many of the big names in IT consulting.

Founded in 1989 as a privately held business, today Smart421 is part of the KCOM Group, a UK public limited company with an annual turnover of over £500M, 2,500 staff and offices in major locations across the UK.

The Group's portfolio of businesses works with both leading private enterprise customers and public sector organisations. Through its Affiniti, Smart421 and JAM IP brands, the Group delivers solutions covering unified communications, contact centre solutions, data management, applications integration and managed services.

Smart421 concentrate on two key specialities:

Architecture and Design Consultancy
Optimisation of your enterprise architecture through design, delivery and management. This means that you benefit from greater alignment of IT with business and the ability to adapt dynamically to change, as well as outstanding return on expenditure.

Managed Services
Maximisation of your system performance and reliability through end-to-end managed services. This means that you benefit from enhanced business continuity and managed risk, as well as improved operational resource and cost efficiencies.

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