HeadForwards, an outsourced development solutions company,
has just signed NTT Europe, a subsidiary of NTT Communications the
international and long distance arm of NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Corporation) and is in negotiations with another two international brands, just
a few months into the new venture.
NTT is one of the largest telecommunications companies,
ranked 31st in the Fortune global 500 list of 2011, and the contract with NTT
Europe has helped the company secure a position as one of the region’s fastest
growing businesses.
John Salter, Director of Operation Support Systems, NTT
Europe said: “We looked at various outsourcing options and locations around the
world as well as the UK
and found HeadForwards to be a very attractive new alternative. Being located
in the UK
they work in the same timezone, language and country as our internal team.
“We need high quality software developed with the agility to
meet our changing business needs and HeadForwards has enabled us to do just
that. They have seamlessly integrated the new outsourced team with our existing
internal team. This gives us every
confidence that HeadForwards are the right outsourcing option for NTT Europe.”
HeadForwards employs the latest Agile project management
methodologies designed to allow teams to work efficiently without impacting on
the flexibility of the client’s requirements.
With businesses needing to adapt rapidly to change in the
marketplace the Agile approach has provided international clients with an
attractive solution for their ongoing technical development.
Director, Toby Parkins explains how the company has been
able to attract the talent required to deliver the complex projects undertaken:
“We have been able to attract some of the very best software developers working
in the UK
today as a result of our unique location. Not only do we have beaches on our
doorstep, but a state of the art office with 100mbps internet speeds.”
HeadForwards is a partnership between directors Toby Parkins
and Craig Girvan. Toby has been working in web development for 15 years and has
been responsible for a number of world firsts in web development through his
other company, UKNetWeb.
Craig comes directly from in-house teams at Logica and
Tesco.com, bringing with him a wealth of industry experience at the sharp end
of ecommerce web development.
The company has a clear vision for its
future and will undoubtedly continue to attract attention from those interested
in the industry. Speaking on HeadForwards’s business philosophy Craig says: “We
have three core values, happy clients, quality developers and great software.
This combination is key to our offering. There is an integral link between the
three, achieving balance means a great outcome for all involved, and we
wouldn’t accept anything less than that.”
HeadForwards is based within the Pool Innovation Centre,
near Redruth. The state of the art complex benefits from fibre internet
connectivity and was completed in 2010 with the help of the EU Convergence
Fund. Without the internet speeds provided the company would not be able to
prosper within the region.
ENDS
For further information please contact: Ellie Rymer or
Richard Chapman at Grayling on 0117 929 2311 or via email: eleanor.rymer@grayling.com / richard.chapman@grayling.com
Notes To Editors
This activity is being carried out by both UK Trade &
Investment and Invest in Cornwall. InvestinCornwall is a project funded by the
Convergence European Regional Development Fund and Cornwall Council. Invest in Cornwall
is part of Cornwall Development Company (CDC) which operates as Cornwall
Council’s economic development arm. On behalf of Cornwall Council, CDC promotes
Cornwall to the
world; the mission – “to achieve sustainable prosperity with opportunity for
all” by helping to develop and deliver the economic strategies for the county.
About NTT Europe
NTT Europe is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of NTT
Communications which is the global data and IP services arm of the Fortune
Global 500 telecom leader, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (NTT).
NTT Europe is responsible for business in the EMEA market and provides a
world-class Tier-1 Internet backbone, secure closed networks, security, system
integration, network and application management, managed hosting and global
content delivery services with partner companies globally. For additional
information, please visit www.eu.ntt.com.
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