London, UK – 16 February 2010: REDTRAY Ltd, one of Europe’s leading IT Training Outsourcing providers has partnered with Magirus, a major IT Solutions Provider and VMware Authorised Training Centre to deliver the most compelling VMware training in today’s market. As a result of the partnership, Magirus’ highly qualified trainers will deliver a range of VMware courses in REDTRAY’s new state of the art training facilities in Haymarket, London.

With a VCP pass rate that is nearly double the national average, it’s no surprise Magirus is looking to expand its presence regionally in order to address the ongoing demand for VMware training. REDTRAY not only provides a fantastic location and facility, Magirus is actively promoted to the REDTRAY customer base allowing for a much wider customer reach. This partnership allows both REDTRAY and Magirus to maximise their joint training strengths and abilities via the means of first class customer services, specialist trainers and specialist training methods.

Given Magirus’ track record REDTRAY is extremely pleased to announce this partnership. Jon Buttriss begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting, REDTRAY’s Marketing Director outlines, “Magirus’ excellent simulations and training, mixed with our high standards of training delivery create a winning partnership; a partnership delivering above industry pass rates, real equipment practice in city centre locations.”

Denise Bryant, Managing Director of Magirus states, “Magirus is always looking to build on its existing reputation as VMware’s best EMEA Value Added Training Centre (VMware’s Partner Exchange Award 2010). REDTRAY offer a mutually beneficial partnership that supports our ongoing success. Virtualisation continues to drive business opportunity and as a result we continue to see demand for VMware training. As part of our ongoing development as a distribution training company we are pleased to be partnering with REDTRAY to offer customers an ideal location in London to learn from the best.”

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About REDTRAY
REDTRAY is one of Europe’s leading Training Outsourcing providers and the trusted partner of many FTSE 250 organisations. Established in 2001, REDTRAY develops innovative and award-winning workforce performance optimisation programmes and delivers them to tens of thousands of staff each year. Using the latest blended learning approaches REDTRAY enables its clients to develop the skills of its people so they can deliver on their business goals - whilst increasing the value of training and reducing its cost by half.
www.redtray.co.uk

About Magirus
The Magirus group is a leading European supplier of IT solutions. The company’s distribution business is focussed on addressing current trends in the IT sector, enabling business partners to take new technologies to market successfully. As a result, Magirus delivers high-quality software and systems encompassing: data centre, virtualisation, storage, secure networking and Open Source. With its professional services portfolio and knowledge of the IT sector, Magirus is able to support business partners and their end-customers in the planning and implementation of IT projects. Its services span demand generation, pre-sales, consultancy, training, certification, implementation, as well as first- and second-tier support from its pan-European, multi-lingual Support Centre in Strasbourg.

The privately owned company, based in Stuttgart, was established in 1981 and now employs more than 370 people throughout Europe and the Middle East. More information is available at
www.magirus.com

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Fiona Cousins
REDTRAY PR
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London, UK – 1 February 2010: Viv Cole of REDTRAY Ltd chaired the Professional Services e-learning roundtable on 21 January 2010, hosted by Moore Stephens. Learning & Development (L&D) managers from the UK's top law and accountancy firms attended to compare notes and discuss emerging trends.

A need was highlighted by the L&D Managers from various Law and Accountancy firms to break the misconception that learning has to be part of a formalised training course. Viv Cole advocates that a broad range of learning solutions should be applied to achieve optimal business transformation.

The e-learning roundtable is serving as an excellent catalyst for expanding and improving L&D practices. John Squires, L&D Officer of Baker & McKenzie LLP comments, "The Professional Services e-learning roundtable is a wonderful opportunity to meet like minded professionals, from similar organisations. The insight gained from sharing experiences has expanded my way of thinking, which in turn has helped me integrate e-learning into the Firm's training strategy.”

Viv Cole, a well regarded consultant within the Professional Services sector, provides trusted advice to L&D Managers throughout the UK. Viv Cole outlines, “There are a number of positive trends that emerged during the discussion that indicate progress for L&D; 2010 Learning & Development budgets are looking more robust than last year and learning technologies are gaining greater acceptance. REDTRAY’s broad portfolio of learning solutions and cutting edge training technologies means they are perfectly positioned to respond to the sectors changing L&D needs.”

For more insight into L&D within the professional services sector or advice on learning solutions, contact Viv Cole via viv.cole@redtray.co.uk or see his blog at www.coleface.co.uk

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About REDTRAY
REDTRAY is one of Europe’s leading Training Outsourcing providers and the trusted partner of many FTSE 250 organisations. Established in 2001, REDTRAY develops innovative and award-winning workforce performance optimisation programmes and delivers them to tens of thousands of staff each year. Using the latest blended learning approaches REDTRAY enables its clients to develop the skills of its people so they can deliver on their business goals - whilst increasing the value of training and reducing its cost by half.
www.redtray.co.uk

For further information, please contact:
Fiona Cousins
T: +44 (0)1252 850182
E: fiona@osmo.co.uk

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REDTRAY attributes its 999% Revenue Growth to a combination of innovation, customer focus and robust project management

REDTRAY, one of Europe’s leading Training Outsourcing providers, announces that it has been placed number 32 in the 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years. REDTRAY grew 999% during this period.

This is the second year in a row in which REDTRAY has been listed in the Top 50, and was also ranked 5th fastest growing company in the South East region.

REDTRAY’s CEO, Bob Woodland, credits innovation, customer focus and robust project management for the remarkable growth. He says, “We’ve had to innovate at an unprecedented rate both internally and by delivering highly creative solutions for our clients. Our customer focus has always been high, but combined with robust project management and strong team engagement, we’ve been able to deliver outstanding results.”

Congratulating REDTRAY on its success, Rob Knight, Deloitte Technology partner for its South East Region, says; “Achieving sustained revenue growth of 999% over five years is a tremendous accomplishment during challenging times for the technology sector. REDTRAY’s exceptional growth puts it in select company.”

David Halstead, Partner leading the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, adds: “In spite of the challenging financial market conditions, the 2009 Deloitte Fast 50 shows that stellar growth rates are still possible. The Technology Fast 50 awards are an opportunity for businesses to gain recognition for their successes and achievements over the previous 12 months.”

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REDTRAY has been shortlisted for the E-learning Development Company of the Year 2009. The awards, organised by e.learning age magazine, recognise e-learning development companies that have achieved exceptional results for their customers as a direct result of the bespoke e-learning content that they have developed. The awards ceremony takes place on Thursday 12 November 2009 at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in central London.

REDTRAY’s submission highlighted the fact that the company had sustained its expansion by combining organic growth with other corporate activity. It achieved 100% customer satisfaction that resulted in 78% of customers recommending REDTRAY, and 96% of employees agreeing that they are proud to work for the company.

Over the past 12 months REDTRAY has undergone a series of business changes; most significantly, the acquisition of Academy Internet and transitioning the business of Bourne Training (which was acquired in 2007). Whilst this presented both cultural and organisational challenges, customer satisfaction was maintained at a very high level.

Mike Ditchburn, Managing Director of REDTRAY’s e-Learning Division, says, “We have had to innovate at an unprecedented rate to grow and better compete during an economic downturn. Despite the challenges of significant business change, REDTRAY has shown that the combination of innovation, customer focus, robust project management and team engagement has delivered outstanding results. These awards celebrate excellence and inspire everyone in our industry - I’m delighted that our company has been shortlisted.”
Nearly 200 entries from a wide range of organisations across the world entered the awards.

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REDTRAY has achieved Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status as a Learning Solutions/Data Management Solutions provider. In achieving Microsoft’s Gold certification, REDTRAY demonstrated its success in providing high quality learning solutions that support and extend its clients’ business goals as well as evidence of its exceptional skills and experience.

Microsoft’s Gold Certification is the highest level of Microsoft certification. Gold Certified Partners undergo a rigorous assessment and analysis by Microsoft to ensure they are delivering technologies and services that meet Microsoft’s stringent benchmarks. The certification offers organisations the means to identify those companies that are committed to the highest industry standards set by Microsoft in building and maintaining end-user solutions.

“We are delighted that our work has been recognised by the high standards required by Microsoft’s Gold Partner program,” says Bob Woodland, Chairman and CEO of REDTRAY. “Achieving Gold partner status for both our Learning Solutions and Data Management Competencies puts REDTRAY at the forefront of delivering blended learning solutions utilising the most effective technologies and techniques.”

The Microsoft Gold Partner program will also enable REDTRAY to access a wide range of Microsoft resources and continue to improve its client offering.

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REDTRAY, one of Europe’s leading Training Outsourcing providers, has purchased the business of First Stop Training Ltd. The deal adds authorised Microsoft training provision to REDTRAY’s expanding portfolio whilst enhancing First Stop Training’s range of services that it delivers to clients. Terms of the deal are not disclosed.

First Stop Training (FST) has achieved considerable success with its Microsoft training and is a Microsoft Office Specialist Authorised Testing Centre. Amongst it services, FST delivers Microsoft accreditation courses to many of the UK’s Blue Chip organisations and to individual career changers.

“The relationship is a strategic one that we’ve been discussing for some time and it’s a great fit for both organisations,” explains Bob Woodland, CEO of REDTRAY.

Bob continues, “FST clients now gain access to the full breadth of REDTRAY’s blended learning solutions and most specifically, to the dynamic and user-friendly ALTO learning management system (LMS). By drawing on REDTRAY’s considerable bespoke design and technology expertise, our clients will be able to utilise the LMS to ensure they achieve the maximum return on their learning and technology investments.”

Debbie Williams, Sales Manager of FST, comments, “We are pleased to be part of the REDTRAY family. Being a financially strong organisation with a consistent track record bodes well for First Stop clients as they will be able to leverage the strengths of REDTRAY’s relationships and broader solution sets.”

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REDTRAY, one of Europe's leading Training Outsourcing providers, has become the technology partner to the Little House Company. With REDTRAY's technological expertise, the Little House Company will be able to fulfil its vision of becoming the number one private homes sales website.

The Little House Company has been used by private individuals to sell their homes since 2000. Nick Marr, CEO of Marr International Limited (a Global Property Marketing Company) took over the company's leadership in February 2009. Marr International also runs the overseas property website Homesgofast.com which is ranked in the top 20 global property portals.

“Having access to REDTRAY's technology gives us a far more compelling business proposition and will ensure we achieve our goal of becoming the leading private homes portal,” says Nick. “REDTRAY's advanced ALTO learning management system together with their technological expertise will enable us to develop a wide range of new features. Amongst our plans is a series of e-learning courses to teach private individual how to sell their homes without an estate agent — an e-learning capability that will be unique in our market.”

In the UK, 80% of all property buyers use the internet to search for their next home. Nick continues, “We anticipate that private home sales will expand as purchasers become more accustomed to searching both estate agent and private sales web sites when looking for a new home.”

Bob Woodland, CEO of REDTRAY adds, “The Little House Company is a very exciting business and our technology and educational experience will deliver considerable benefits to the business and to its customers. We look forward to a very rewarding relationship.”
The Little House Company is already the most established private property sales website in the UK with thousands of homes listed for private sale. It offers vendors a commission-free way to sell their property without using an estate agent. The website also contains a wealth of information on HIPs, home-staging and valuing a property.

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REDTRAY, the true blended learning company, has jumped two places in the UK’s top 50 IT Training Companies to 28th position with revenues in IT training of £4.4 million in its 2007 financial year. IT training represents just under half of REDTRAY’s revenues alongside its provision of learning solutions for areas such as professional development, compliance and, health and safety.

Jon Shepstone, Managing Director of REDTRAY’s Training Division, says, “Our revenue growth in our IT Training Division has been underpinned by a growing list of agreements both with public and private sector organisations and the more recent expansion into the Telecommunications and WAN optimisation markets.” The IT Training Division now represents 50% of the total revenue of REDTRAY, within just 3 years of being established.

He adds, “We are continuing to expand our portfolio of learning solutions for our IT Training customers, blending solutions with the e-learning division using rapid e-Learning, serious gaming and performance simulations — approaches that will deliver more cost–effective and creative solutions for our customers. This is what excites us as an organisation and will underpin our growth through 2008 and beyond.”

REDTRAY is able to reduce conventional training costs by up to 60% against traditional training methods without any loss of quality or effectiveness.

The top 50 training companies based on revenue was compiled by Pardo Fox/IT Skills Research. The full listing can be found at http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/top-50-training.pdf

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REDTRAY, one of Europe’s leading Training Outsourcing providers, is strengthening its business development team with the appointment of Phil Horton as a Senior Account Manager.

In his new role, Phil will work with REDTRAY’s development team on the delivery of innovative blended learning solutions for both existing and new customers.

Toby White, Sales Director at REDTRAY says, “We’re delighted to have Phil on board. He brings considerable experience and a wealth of knowledge across a wide spectrum of industries such as public sector, financial services and utilities. He joins us at a time when the market is brimming with opportunities.”

Phil leaves Epic where he held the role of Business Development Manager for the past three years. Previously, Phil was Projects Director at Knowledgepool and Head of Delivery at Futuremedia. With a background in risk management and engineering, Phil brings strong project-focused discipline and client focus to his role at REDTRAY.

“REDTRAY is a very dynamic company with a keen view of what its customers want and a strong track record in delivering highly successful solutions,” adds Phil. “It’s a fast growing business and I’m looking forward to utilising REDTRAY’s cutting edge learning technologies to deliver considerable cost savings to clients.”

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REDTRAY, one of Europe's leading Training Outsourcing providers, announces its sponsorship of the E-Learning Awards for the 4th consecutive year.

Bob Woodland, Chief Executive of REDTRAY commented: "We are delighted to continue our association with the E-Learning Awards. We have witnessed an increasing diversity and growth in our profession, and the awards reflect this by maintaining a position at the forefront of the learning and development industry."

"Whilst market conditions are challenging, there are still enormous opportunities for cost effective training providers to demonstrate innovation and excellence. The trend towards blended learning continues as clients strive to make learning more efficient - both in terms of quick delivery to learners and for measuring results. The has led to a broadening of learning into web and mobile environments with an increased use of rapid development."

"We look forward to a stimulating evening and formally recognising excellence in our field."

Amongst its many accolades, REDTRAY has appeared in the Top 50 IT Training Companies for the last four years and has been ranked in the top 10 of Media Momentums 2008 list of the UK's 50 fastest growing digital media companies.

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Chertsey, UK, 16 June 2009 - Ipanema Technologies, a leader in integrated WAN Optimisation and Application Performance Management solutions, has selected Q6 Training to expand its global provision of technical training. Ipanema has increased its training delivery by 40% during the first half of 2009, compounding the 253% growth between 2004 and 2008. Q6, part of the REDTRAY Group, will enable Ipanema to continue to meet the training demands of its growing population of partners and customers from across Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia.

To deliver training on Ipanema's full portfolio across the globe, Q6 has created a complete remote lab environment - a duplicate of Ipanema's existing system in Paris. The lab allows the delivery of classes anywhere in the world without having to ship equipment to the location, but still provides a full hands-on experience. Students access a lab remotely when undertaking their practical training sessions. Delegates can also attend Q6's classroom sessions that are scheduled at training centres in Chertsey or Paris, or they can have a course delivered at their chosen location.

Nigel Pink, Ipanema VP and GM UK and Ireland, says, "Ipanema's business is growing significantly. To support this growth, accessible and high quality training via organisations such as Q6 is key. Q6's technical skills, their deep understanding of the WAN optimisation market and their position as an independent training company made them the perfect choice. Through Q6, we will ensure that our partners and customers can deploy Ipanema systems with greater precision and this in turn will help them to reduce their network costs and guarantee their business critical applications."

As part of the training programme, Q6 will undertake a training needs analysis of Ipanema's key audiences to ensure the training is both effective and appropriate. Training for channel partners is based on building their knowledge of Ipanema's full product range so they can increase sales. Guidance to service providers focuses on how to configure and support the products to achieve the best results for their customers. And end users are shown how to maximise their network infrastructure to deliver cost savings and ROI.
Paul Sibley, Technical Director, Q6 Training adds, "We are delighted to partner with Ipanema and to add their highly prestigious and respected name to the growing list of global partners that we represent. Ipanema's growth, impressive list of existing global customers and potential market penetration makes them an exciting partner. We look forward to assisting them in growing their sales partner base and increasing their market share in this competitive sector."

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REDTRAY, the true blended learning company, has decided to support The Prince's Trust by sponsoring the event 'Kalrav - West meets East'. The event is presented by a team of CSC employees in partnership with IndianLife to raise funds in support of The Prince's Trust. The event is organised on Saturday, the 27th June between 3pm - 9pm at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 4a Castletown Road, West Kensington London.

Veena Ramaswamy -Ph: +44 7801808535/Email: Veena.Ramaswamy@indianlife.co.uk
Kaivalya Vishnu -Ph: +44 7830152354/Email: Kaivalya.Vishnu@indianlife.co.uk
Visit the website www.indianlife.co.uk which has a wealth of information available.

Jon Shepstone, Managing Director of REDTRAY's Training Division said, "I am delighted to support Princes Trust along with CSC for the event Kalrav which will bring the flavour of Indian Life to the UK."

REDTRAY has an agreement with global information technology (IT) services company Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) to provide managed IT education and training services for CSC personnel and clients in the UK.

The Prince's Trust gives practical and financial support, developing key workplaces skills such as confidence and motivation. They work with 14 to 30 year olds who have struggled at school, have been in care, long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. They have helped more than 575,000 young people since 1976 and support 100 more each working day.

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London, UK - 4 December 2008: REDTRAY, the true blended learning company, has risen to 16th position in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 from 23rd in 2007. An expanding client base and an aggressive sales drive have boosted sales 117% a year from £759,000 in 2004 to £7.7m in 2007.

Co-founder and chief executive Bob Woodland has grown the company through a series of acquisitions including, most recently, the training firm Q6 in 2007. “Our clients are achieving considerable value in terms of maximising the skills of staff, streamlining business processes alongside cost savings by adopting new approaches to learning and communications. The benefits of improved learning will become even more important as uncertainty in the economic climate continues,” confirms Bob.

The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 measures firms’ sales growth over their last three financial years and provides a snapshot of some of Britain’s best performing private technology companies. fasttrack.co.uk

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REDTRAY, the true blended learning company, has achieved 12th place in Deloitte’s 2008 Fast 50 ranking of the UK’s fastest-growing technology companies. The position is based on sustained revenue growth over the past five years.

Bob Woodland, CEO of REDTRAY says, “We’re delighted to have achieved such a high ranking in one of the UK’s foremost technology award programmes. We’ve had a hugely successful year and are particularly pleased with the smooth merger with Q6 which tool place earlier in 2008. Q6 has one of the most comprehensive portfolios of technical classroom-based training courses in the UK with customer that include the likes of Accenture, BT, Network Rail, Orange, Siemens, Thales, Unilever, VirginMedia and Yell, to name a few.”

Now in its eleventh year, the Fast 50 programme honours business growth, technological innovation and UK entrepreneurial spirit. The 2008 Deloitte Fast 50 results bear testament to the vibrancy of the UK technology sector, even in challenging market conditions. Overall growth rates have in fact increased in the last 12 months - the average growth rate of the 2008 Fast 50 was 2161 per cent, up from (2318 per cent). Last year’s winner would have been ranked third this year. The average revenue figure for the 2008 Deloitte Fast 50 is £17.3m.

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London, UK - 22 October 2007: Software services company Bytes Technology Group has signed a 3-year agreement with blended learning specialists REDTRAY, giving both organisations the opportunity to work together to deliver a suite of compelling services to their customers. The deal has an estimated revenue value of £2m which will be generated from e-learning content development, Learning and Knowledge Management and associated consultancy.

As one of the UK's largest Microsoft and Xerox resellers, Bytes has established relationship with an extensive list of blue chip and public sector customers. Through the agreement with REDTRAY, Bytes will offer a range of additional high value services to its customers. Bytes will draw on REDTRAY's breadth and depth of e-Learning experience to supplement an already thriving training business, broadening its client engagements and delivering more value to them.

Bob Woodland, CEO of REDTRAY says: "We've been working informally with Bytes for over a year and the venture has been highly successful for us both and for our customers. Bytes and REDTRAY are like-minded organisations and our services are very complimentary. We will continue to offer our expertise and knowledge management and learning platforms to the benefit of Bytes' customers."

Darren Spence, Group Marketing Director at Bytes Technology adds: "We're very excited by the partnership with REDTRAY and the value we can deliver to our customers. REDTRAY has a clear strategy to be the best e-Learning organisation in the UK shown through its business acquisitions and the calibre of its people. The partnership will ensure that as Bytes delivers world-leading software solutions, we can offer the highest calibre of training to ensure a successful implementation."

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