Fern ICT Limited - Professional support and consultancy services

		Autumn 2004 - Fern ICT starts providing computer and network support to Cheltenham based Ponderosa - bird and pet centre. Ponderosa provide one of the best selections of pet and aquatic products in the UK from retail premises in Cheltenham and their e-commerce website.
		Summer 2004 - Fern ICT Limited undertakes THE Learning Combination on going computer and network support agreement. Spring 2004 - Fern ICT develops and deploys robust WAN and LAN infrastructure for THE Learning Combination. Linking offices in Bristol, Corsham, Cardiff and Wrexham via a secure internet VPN over ADSL enabled the training and consultancy organisation to centralise their electronic business resources and course materials on their headquarters based server.
		February 2004 - Fern ICT has been awarded 'Adopter' status within the Welsh Development Agency managed Commitment to Innovation programme. Innovation (the profitable exploitation of new ideas) is widely recognised as being one of the key success factors in gaining competitive advantage in the global market place. The CTI programme encourages and promotes innovative organisations in Wales. Such organisations commit themselves to innovation in their corporate strategies, adopt good innovation management principals and implement them in their daily business practice.
		January 2004 - Fern ICT Limited and the University of Glamorgan Commercial Services undertake Product Assessment and Viability Evaluation (PAVE) for a new development initiative. A critical element in the successful launch of a new product is the thorough understanding of the potential marketplace. PAVE provides market expertise from a wide variety of industry and academic professionals and offers a flexible, individually tailored service.
		December 2003 - SMARTCymru Technical Feasibility Study funding award enables Fern ICT Limited to undertake a period of research to ascertain the technical and commercial viability of a new product idea. SMARTCymru has been developed in consultation with industry, with the specific aim of encouraging and supporting innovators to carry out research and development that has real commercial potential.
		May 2003 - Fern ICT Limited becomes a registered member of the United Kingdom Web Designers Association. The UKWDA is a not-for-profit organisation, established to encourage and promote industry standards within the British web design sector.
		December 2002 - Fern ICT Limited incorporated under the Companies Act 1985, Company Number: 4620216, registered in England and Wales. Founding director Adrian Fern is Fern ICT's Principal Consultant and UNIX internals specialist. Since graduating in 1987, he has developed a valuable mix of skills during an unbroken career in computing, science and technology innovation. Fern ICT is based in Chalford, Stroud, Gloucestershire and has office facilities in Cardiff thus extending local coverage to the Westcountry and South Wales.