About us - Accreditations


To become a recognized specialist or partner of the organisations below requires the Octree team to have completed intensive training.
This means when Octree implements a solution using one of the technolgies provided by these partner companies you can be assured we will get it right "first time and every time".

Octree has invested well over £30,000 in the training and development of its team and will continue to do so as its ongoing commitment to offer the best possible service to its clients.

Microsoft Corporation - Small Business Specialist

Small Business Specialists are Microsoft partners who specialise in helping small to medium businesses tackle their business challenges with the best use of IT. To become a Small Business Specialist, Octree have had to achieve a level of understanding and qualification that demonstrates we can fulfil the needs of our customers and prospective clients.

In Microsoft's own words - "Microsoft Small Business Specialist status is awarded by Microsoft only to technology suppliers who have proven skills in supporting the technology needs of smaller companies. Those suppliers who display the Small Business Specialist badge can be trusted to provide the best quality of service and support to smaller companies."

Symantec Corporation – SMB Advantage Partner

Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help businesses and consumers secure and manage their information.  Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries.

Symantec’s Endpoint Security and Management Solutions enable organizations to protect critical network endpoints such as desktops, servers, laptops, and mobile devices against known and unknown threats using technologies such as behaviour-based protection, antivirus, antispyware, firewall, intrusion prevention, network access control, advanced management and monitoring, all in a single agent. This prevents security outbreaks thus reducing administrative overhead, and lowers total cost of ownership for endpoint security.

Symantec’s market leading Data Protection Solutions ensure successful backup and recovery of information and systems for organizations across all market segments, from small and medium-sized businesses to large enterprises, using the latest disk, tape, deduplication, indexing and virtual technologies.

Barracuda Networks – Certified Partner

Barracuda Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of network security appliances for comprehensive email, Internet and IM protection, as well as application server load balancing. Winner of numerous industry honours, their flagship products protect more than 50,000 customers globally, including Adaptec, Caltrans, CBS, Georgia Institute of Technology, IBM, Pizza Hut, Union Pacific Railroad Company and the U.S. Treasury Department. Barracuda Networks has offices in eight international locations and distributors in more than 80 countries worldwide. As a global technology provider, Barracuda Networks has been recognized as the no. 1 supplier of email protection in the U.S.A., Japan, China, Canada and the U.K.

Barracuda Networks' mission is to provide powerful solutions that are suitable for the largest of businesses, yet have the ease of use and affordability that smaller businesses demand. With this combination of power, ease of use and affordability, Barracuda Networks’ products – the Barracuda Spam Firewall, Barracuda Web Filter, Barracuda IM Firewall and Barracuda Load Balancer – continue to win wide acclaim from customers as well as within media and analyst circles.

Webroot Software – Authorised Partner

Webroot provide award winning online email Security and web content security Software as a Service (SaaS).

Email Security - E-mail spam currently accounts for between 65 and 90 percent of a company’s daily e-mail traffic. Viruses transported through unsolicited e-mails represent the number one security concern for SMB and Enterprise technology decision makers. Managing these concerns translates into a significant investment in time and money for IT departments.
 
Webroot E-mail Security SaaS alleviates these concerns by providing Enterprise class e-mail protection without the Enterprise class cost or management headache.

Web Security - 85% of malware is now distributed through the Web. With more than half of all companies reporting misuse of Internet resources at work, such as access to inappropriate Web sites and excessive Web surfing, the necessity to deploy a Web security solution is critical.

Webroot Web Security Software as a Service (SaaS) provides a powerful alternative to traditional on-premise hardware and software solutions. The benefits of using Web security SaaS include:

Proactive Web Threat Protection - Protection against virus and spyware attacks; Categorized URL filtering includes customized ‘allow and deny’ lists

Flexible Web Security Policy Management - Group and user level settings automatically enforce corporate Internet Use policy; Seamless protection for on-site and mobile users

Reduced Total Cost of Ownership - No hardware or software to purchase or maintain; Lower administration overhead

Watchguard Technologies – Authorised Partner

Since 1996, WatchGuard Technologies has provided reliable, easy-to-manage security appliances to hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. Their  Firebox® X family of firewalls and unified threat management (UTM) solutions provides the best combination of strong, reliable, multi-layered security with the best ease of use in its class. All products are backed by LiveSecurity® Service, a ground-breaking support and maintenance program. WatchGuard is a privately owned company, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

Coms.Com Limited – VoIP solutions authorised reseller

Voice over Internet Protocol, also called VoIP, IP Telephony, Internet telephony, broadband telephony, Broadband Phone and Voice over Broadband is the technology used to transmit voice conversations over a data network using the Internet Protocol. 

Coms.Com gives you a real personal telephone number that is connected to the Internet, so that you can make and receive low-cost calls and manage your messages where ever you have an  IP connection..

Ubiquitous broadband internet access in homes, offices and WiFi hotspots is rapidly changing the telecommunications industry, and millions of businesses and individuals are now making calls across the Internet with a broadband phone service to save money and utilise new features such as advanced messaging and location independence that quite literally lets you take your landline with you wherever you go.

Please visit the Octree services page for more details.