Capventis

Their approach is very business driven.  One area where Capricorn Ventis thrives is in helping businesses make meaningful use of vast amounts of data that they hold – often so big that plain facts and simple analyses which they really need are hidden from view.

Glenn Morrill, the consultancy’s business development director, says: “A lot of companies are data rich but information poor: that is they have access to vast amounts of data but problems in getting it to make commercial sense. What we do is provide systems that give them that ability, meaning that the length of time data analysis projects can take are cut from months or even years to just days and weeks.

“It’s a very powerful tool that can really take costs out of an organisation. We met one client who told us their IT budget for the year had already been assigned, but was busy writing is a cheque before the meeting was over because they realised how important this capability was.”

Capricorn Ventis works with software groups QlikTech and Oracle to provide business information (BI) and Customer Relations Management (CRM On Demand) solutions. Much of the work it offers is through cloud computing systems, where huge amounts of commercial information is stored off-site and accessed online.

Although the business was founded in Ireland the UK operation, based in Birmingham Science Park Aston, already has 5 staff little more than a year after being set up. Glenn Morrill added: “We originally set the UK business up in Leeds, but it quickly became apparent that Birmingham was the right location for the office, both because of its location at the centre of the transport network, and because of the wider ICT infrastructure in the Heart of England, West Midlands region.

“We see the business growing very quickly, partly as more clients realise the benefits of cloud computing, and also the need not only to have data but to use it in ways that make commercial sense.” 

For more information on Capventis, visit www.capventis.co.uk