BETT is the UK’s largest education technology show. Taking place every 12-months, the show is attended by teachers, school leaders, ICT administrators, local government, suppliers, policy makers and even students. It has in excess of 30,000 visitors during the 4-day event.…
Case studies
2013, Demonstrating HPC thought-leadership
by martine levene • February 5, 2013 • 0 Comments
OCF has been a Mantis client for five years, since November 2006. A traditional PR campaign has helped it establish a real reputation within its field; as a high performance server & storage cluster integrator, cluster services & support team,…
2012, re-engineering a reputation for Blue Solutions
by gavinloader • November 17, 2012 • 0 Comments
In 2011, Blue Solutions held a general reputation with the technology channel community [resellers, value-add resellers, etc.] as a specialist software distributor, mainly for Microsoft and Trend Micro products. Unlike many other distributors in the industry, Blue Solutions maintains a…
2012, building a profile with UK Care Trusts
by gavinloader • October 30, 2012 • 0 Comments
In 2011, our client Simpl UK won a £4m deal with one of the country’s few providers of integrated health and adult social services, Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust, to build a single community care record…
2012, Mantis Checking Out Tech At College Town Junior School
by eleanor giles • October 22, 2012 • 0 Comments
We’re just back from a visit to College Town Junior School in Berkshire; it’s on the outskirts of Sandhurst and the Royal Military Academy. Apart from being the stomping ground of our managing director in his [very young] days, the…
2012, a storming good planning session
by eleanor giles • October 13, 2012 • 0 Comments
Regularly injecting a touch of creativity to an ongoing PR campaign is essential, even the best campaigns can become stale. In late 2012, we needed fresh ideas for our client OCF’s ongoing PR campaign [now entering its 6th year] to…
2012, Debate Reveals Government SME Procurement Progress
by toby gavin • September 20, 2012 • 0 Comments
In February 2012, Francis Maude MP and Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, finally took the wraps off the much anticipated government online ‘app store’, CloudStore. According to specialist public sector analysts, TechMarketView, around 50 per cent of…
2011, Building media credibility with customer stories
by gavinloader • November 16, 2011 • 0 Comments
When Mantis started working with Updata infrastructure in late 2010, it was the first time that the company had invested in a planned Public Relations campaign. Founded in 2003, Updata operates in a highly complex market where large competitors are…
2011, Creating impact through thought leadership events and leveraging influencer networks
by gavinloader • June 17, 2011 • 0 Comments
Our client, Updata Infrastructure, is a key player in the emerging Public Service Networks (PSN) marketplace, providing fast broadband networks optimised to meet public sector needs, meaning that schools, hospitals and public buildings, for example, are on the same, secure,…