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February 2008: Lowering the Cost of IT, published UK Fundraising, Charity Times 

To read the full article visit: 
http://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/2008/02/17/lowering-cost-it


October 2007: appiChar director Ian Ryder participates in a roundtable discussion on virtualisation for Charity Times

To read the full article visit: 
http://www.charitytimes.com/pages/ct_features/oct-nov07/text-features/ct_octnov07_feature2_roundtable.htm


October 2007: Published in VNU, Computing and various others

Death knell for the upgraded PC? Article written by appiChar director, Ian Ryder

To read the full article visit: 
    http://www.vnunet.com/crn/analysis/2199784/death-knell-upgraded-pc-3501393
    http://www.computing.co.uk/crn/analysis/2199784/death-knell-upgraded-pc-3501393
    http://greenitdepartment.itweek.co.uk/crn/analysis/2199784/death-knell-upgraded-pc-3501393
    http://www.computeractive.co.uk/crn/analysis/2199784/death-knell-upgraded-pc-3501393
    http://www.itbcomputing.com/pr/14343


Jan - June 2007: Published in the ICT Hub Knowledgebase

appiChar has been providing the ICT Hub Knowledgebase with articles about important IT systems. Click on
the links below to see the articles:

Thin Client Computing:   
What is Windows Vista?:

What is Office 2007?:     

http://www.icthubknowledgebase.org.uk/thinclientnetworks
http://www.icthubknowledgebase.org.uk/windowsvista
http://www.icthubknowledgebase.org.uk/whatisoffice2007


January 2007: Published  in Charity Finance

appiChar provides some of the leading commentary for this year's Charity IT Survey, published in Charity Finance

To read the full survey visit:  http://www.charityfinance.co.uk/it/itsurvey2007.pdf


June 2006: Published in The Register

appiChar announces that it has gone CarbonZero and that all new PCs we sell will be CarbonZero for their first
year of life.

To read the full article visit:  http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/06/12/green_pcs/

Also can be seen on: Fundraising.co.uk : Yahoo : The Scan Engine : NFP Techno


May 2006: Published in Guardian Technology Supplement

Small businesses wanting to cut costs could take heed from drug and alcohol treatment charity Compass, which
has cut its IT budget by an estimated £10,000. "The charity has a number of different sites and the traditional
way of communicating would be installing a server at each site, but that is expensive to buy and maintain," explains
James White, Service Delivery Manager at consultancy appiChar, which has installed Compass' new system with a
central database and servers at head office and Terminal Servers linked to all the charity's other sites.

To read the full article visit:  http://technology.guardian.co.uk/businesssense/story/0,,1782994,00.html


May 2006: NFP Techno

appiChar announces the launch of its new on-line backup service.

To read the full article visit:  http://nfptechno.netxtra.net/archive/view.jsp?ref=269&cmr=553099


February 2005: Published in Computing

With over 50 services operating out of 40 sites across the UK Addaction is the leading UK charity working solely i
n drug and alcohol treatment, and was in need of an overhaul of its IT to improve efficiency.

To read the full article visit:  http://www.computing.co.uk/features/1161129


January 2004: Volresource

An annual prize draw for registered UK charities from IT consultancy and support services provider appiChar this
year has the well respected ISP Claranet involved too. On offer are a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook E series 2010 laptop,
one year each of Claranet ADSL Solo broadband connection and Soho web hosting.

To read the full article visit:  http://www.volresource.org.uk/kcnews/news1,928.htm


June 2003: The Charity Times

TECHNOLOGY HELP AVAILABLE THROUGH FREE GUIDE FOR CHARITIES
A free guide for charities about avoiding problems with common IT systems has been issued by appiChar technology
specialists.

Topics covered include networking, the internet, connecting clients, Windows 2000 administration, Unix, printing and a
variety of miscellaneous issues. The guide can be downloaded either as one complete document, or by individual chapter at www.appichar.co.uk/itguide.htm, and it is intended the guide will continue to evolve.

To read the full article visit: http://www.charitytimes.co.uk


October 2002: Volresource

Riding into town

The US 'circuit rider' model of IT support recently mentioned in the newsletter is being adopted by charity support specialist appiChar. Working closely with Off The Streets and Into Work (OSW), a charity that coordinates training and employment programmes for homeless people, it will be seeking to improve the IT infrastructure of OSW's partner agencies. An IT consultant will work with a number of organisations to help develop IT strategies, policies and procedures, mentor and coach existing staff, and to give advice on areas of best practise. See http://www.appichar.co.uk, or email: ian@appichar.co.uk

To read the full article visit:  http://www.volresource.org.uk/news/nl80.htm


September 2002: Computer Weekly

appiChar demonstrated their general knowledge to go with their undoubted technical knowledge to claim the Computer Weekly Thirst Thursday quiz night prize for the second time running!

To read the full article visit: http://www.computerweekly.com
image of appiChar's wins
Or click the picture to see both wins.


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