We offer a cost effective and professional approach to the delivery of both training and implementation with the specific aim of ensuring that you gain maximum benefit from the solutions we offer. To achieve this we offer a range of professional project management, implementation and training services all aimed at supporting you and being flexible in their delivery to enable the right approach for your organisation. Overall we aim to inform and support thereby minimising long-term supplier dependency and cost through knowledge transfer.

Our consultants have a broad range of skills and practical experience of working within various business sectors, making them fully equipped to aid and manage the business issues that arise during the implementation of any new system - leaving you in a position to ensure the implemented solution delivers the business benefits and efficiencies expected.

Our training packages remain flexible and combine the following:

1. Standard product training both onsite and scheduled
   public training courses
2. Bespoke training packages geared specifically
   to your business needs
3. Seminars targeted on specific topic areas i.e. Year End processing, NROSH, Business Intelligence

We understand that not all organisations have a fully equipped IT department and situations arise that can lead to a shortage of IT skills within an organisation on either a short term, long term or a more permanent basis.

Orchard offers a full range of Managed Services which can take care of an organisation’s IT requirements, either by working as part of a team or by becoming the IT department. Using on-line techniques to supply a range of services offers a flexible, cost-effective alternative to the overheads of a dedicated IT team and administrative staff.

A Managed Service can be provided for both hardware and software supplied by Orchard and other third parties.

Orchard’s Managed Service is fully portable, enabling us to manage the IT infrastructure whether situated locally or remotely.

Orchard’s ICT department consists of a team of highly skilled technicians who travel throughout the UK delivering services to our customers.

These experienced specialists provide consultancy to organisations on all aspects of hardware, operating systems and networks. Services include technical infrastructure audits, backup verification, server upgrade and replacement, thin client deployment and other customer focused ICT solutions including, but not limited to:

1. Citrix and thin client technologies
2. Microsoft Windows
3. All Unix operating system variants
4. Sun Microsystems hardware and software solutions
5. RDBMS software including Progress, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server
6. Virtualisation
7. Virtual Desktop Infrastructures
8. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuance
9. Infrastructure and Application Hosting