The work of its creative team is unique to Viva and largely irreplaceable and therefore, Viva is reliant on having a robust and fully functioning IT system.

"The whole idea of the Warehouse Project was to bring something fresh and exciting to the Manchester scene. We are not a club and we only operate between September and New Year's Day but that said we still have to communicate our marketing activity to people. Our IT is crucial to that part of the operation," says Director Sacha Lord.

Reich is a growing business — 5 years ago they had 25 staff, today they have 52 - so they need an IT system that is scalable, robust and able to handle that level of growth.

After deciding to relocate to a bigger office in a better location, Orbis decided to install a new IT system, that was more reliable and would assist in dealing with the influx of new clients efficiently.

It was vital that the system was put in place so it could be used straight away, despite the chaos of moving. The firm turned to Think 4, its existing IT providers to install the new system.

About 4 years ago the association was looking for a company to manage their network IT services.

The operation is relatively straightforward but the association was looking for someone they could trust and had the experience, knowledge and skills to manage the network remotely but importantly they also wanted to work with an IT service provider who would not baffle them with technical jargon.