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Managers beat redundancy by creating new business

A successful new business has emerged from the ruins of a major Flintshire printing firm after it went into receivership. J&K Engineering has risen from the ashes of Graphoprint, which called in...

Date added: 01/05/2008 10:22:45

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Spring 2008 newsletter out now!

Our Spring 2008 newsletter is now available to download. Read about our skydiving Senior Engineer, the benefits of dual broadband and our new customer support portal My Samarind!  As always, we...

Date added: 22/04/2008 09:32:01

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April Special Offers

Throughout April, Samarind are offering this fantastic HP 6720s Notebook at the bargain price of only £399 + VAT!!!! This notebook boasts: » Intel Core 2 Duo T5270 1.4 GHz processor
» 1Gb memory

Date added: 03/04/2008 15:52:56

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A New Front for The Gateway to Wales Hotel

The Gateway to Wales Hotel commissioned Samarind...

Date added: 20/03/2008 13:04:11

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We're hiring! Web designers and developers wanted!

Due to the increasing popularity and success of our web work, we're looking for two web designers / web developers to join our team. If you have a graphical flair and a passion for creating professional,...

Date added: 10/03/2008 11:13:13

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Christmas Competition Winner!

Congratulations to Andrew Stevens of Corbett Holdings.  Andrew answered the competition question correctly ‘The First Noel’ and is now the proud owner of the iPod Touch! ...

Date added: 20/12/2007 09:04:41

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Samarind launches new support portal!

Samarind launches new support site! As one of Wales’s leading IT companies, Samarind is continuously striving to improve the quality of our customer services. As part of our commitment to our customers,...

Date added: 12/12/2007 14:03:53

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Christmas Competition!

Throughout December, we're offering the chance to win a fantastic 8GB iPod Touch!

All you need to do is search our website and find the Samarind Santas!

There...

Date added: 29/11/2007 16:02:49

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Top tips on investing in the web

Samarind gave tips on how to get the most out of a website at an IT Day organised as part of Flintshire County Council’s first Business Week.

‘Invest in the Web’ was the name of a seminar...

Date added: 29/11/2007 15:49:22

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Our Winter 2007 newsletter is out now!

Our new look Winter 2007 newsletter is now available to download.

Please feel free to let us know what you think of the new format!...

Date added: 29/11/2007 15:39:11

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FREE Half day consultancy!

Complimentary IT consultation with a qualified Samarind IT professional:

Too many people in the IT industry speak like a computer, baffling you with terminology and often...

Date added: 06/11/2007 15:19:44

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Samarind's greener newsletter!

Over the past months we have conducted much research about the format of our quarterly newsletter. Whilst it’s still immensely popular in its printed format, the general consensus seems to indicate that...

Date added: 06/11/2007 13:01:26

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Autumn 2007 Newsletter out now!

Our Autumn 2007 newsletter is now available. Click here to view this and our other newsletters....

Date added: 11/09/2007 10:26:38

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Flintshire Celebrates Business

Samarind Limited is supporting the Flintshire Celebrates Business event by providing a workshop at the IT Day on 4th October at Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold.

Samarind’s web development team will...

Date added: 30/08/2007 15:25:10

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Samarind introduces Vista in person!

‘VIP (Vista In Person) gives you the opportunity to see for yourself that the latest version of the Windows operating system is not something to be avoided!

Following the success of our VIP...

Date added: 09/07/2007 10:26:07

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Windows Vista Open Days

Samarind are holding exclusive VIP days in June 2007.

VIP (Vista In Person) gives an opportunity to dispel the urban myth that the latest iteration of the Windows operating system is something...

Date added: 12/06/2007 17:11:02

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Deeside-developed software helps house sales revolution

Deeside IT company Samarind has developed software key to a revolution in the housing market.

From June 1 anyone selling a house will have to provide prospective buyers with a Home Information...

Date added: 12/06/2007 16:59:59

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Summer 2007 newsletter out now!

Our Summer 2007 newsletter is now available. Click here to view this and our other newsletters....

Date added: 07/06/2007 09:20:07

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Samarind achieves Gold Partner status with Zen Internet

Samarind have achieved Gold Partner status with Zen Internet in under 18 months!

Zen Internet, one of the first Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the UK, was born in 1995. As a company...

Date added: 05/06/2007 16:56:08

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Windows Vista Top 10 Tips

Now that we're supplying our new PC's with Windows Vista, below is a list of our Top 10 Tips to help you quickly start...

Date added: 21/05/2007 10:49:15

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Samarind now supply Windows Vista

Now Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 are fully released, Samarind will be quoting and supplying new PCs with Microsoft Windows Vista Business and Office 2007.

For the most part, there won’t...

Date added: 21/05/2007 10:13:50

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Anti Piracy and Windows Vista

The significant anti-piracy technologies built into Windows Vista™ software are designed to make the widespread pirating of Windows Vista more difficult. Now, all customers who deploy Windows Vista must...

Date added: 30/04/2007 09:42:00

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Samarind's a Better Bet for Corbett

Betterbet Corbett is one of the UK’s leading independent bookmakers, with over sixty betting shops throughout north Wales and northern England. Betterbet Corbett also has an established presence at the...

Date added: 17/04/2007 17:09:01

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The Samarind Bowling Tournament

On Wednesday 7th March, we all went to Megabowl on the Cheshire Oaks for the Clash of the Titans!

We split up into 3 teams, under each of our Directors; Sadik, Miranda and Richard, and went...

Date added: 23/03/2007 10:13:01

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Spring 2007 newsletter out now!

Our Spring 2007 newsletter is now available to download.

Read about how Samarind are celebrating our twentieth birthday, and get...

Date added: 02/03/2007 12:37:34

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Samarind's Big Score!

Samarind is celebrating twenty years of success in the IT business by winning a number of prestigious new contracts.

The company was started by Sadik and Miranda Pothiawala in 1987, initially...

Date added: 28/02/2007 13:12:32

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Windows Vista is here!

Windows Vista is Microsoft’s brand new operating system. It has been five years since the release of Windows XP, the longest time between OS releases in Microsoft’s history, and the new system has been...

Date added: 28/02/2007 12:56:50

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PlusNet Passwords

You may or may not yet be aware that Plusnet have sent out an email (please see below) warning of a potential security threat on their website discussion forums and advising you change your internet password....

Date added: 07/02/2007 13:46:08

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Important changes to the Companies Act

As of 1st January 2007 changes in the Companies Act (section 349/351 Companies Act 1985) stipulate a requirement for companies to identify themselves and display information within all electronic media...

Date added: 06/02/2007 10:28:06

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Customer Services Co-ordinator Vacancy

Due to our continued development we have a vacancy for our busy sales office and we are seeking a high calibre individual to perform a range of essential duties.

Offering excellent working...

Date added: 18/01/2007 18:11:29

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Web developer / designer vacancies at Samarind

Due to the increasing popularity and success of our web work, we're looking for two web designers / web developers to join our team.

If you're interested in furthering your career in web design...

Date added: 03/01/2007 10:15:39

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Samarind helps launch the Ultimate Safaris adventure!

Deeside based computer specialists Samarind has developed a new website for start up travel company Ultimate Safaris and Islands who specialize in...

Date added: 02/01/2007 11:26:09

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Customer website is the ‘Apple of our iPOD….

Deeside based computer networks and software specialists Samarind Limited, wanted to encourage its customers to use a new dedicated area of its website, and as an incentive devised a fun Christmas competition!

Date added: 20/12/2006 11:25:18

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Christmas Competition Winner!

Our Christmas Competition closed on Friday 15 December and the lucky winner of the 4Gb iPod Nano is Debra Foden of Meadow Foods (Chester) Ltd. The winning phrase is "we three kings",...

Date added: 18/12/2006 14:51:28

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Get ready for Windows Vista

Windows Vista will be available from early 2007 and introduces a breakthrough user experience that is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to...

Date added: 01/12/2006 17:13:32

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Christmas Competition!

Play 'Find the Santas' on the Samarind website and win yourself a fantastic 4GB iPod Nano!

To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize, log...

Date added: 01/12/2006 15:12:42

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Winter 2006 Newsletter out!

Our Winter 2006 newsletter is now available to download.

Packed full of useful tips and tricks, together with information about...

Date added: 30/11/2006 17:35:19

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Internet Explorer 7 finally released

Microsoft released the long awaited new version of their market leading web browser, Internet Explorer 7 on 18th October, and will be pushing it out to Windows users as a "high priority" update...

Date added: 06/11/2006 09:27:40

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IT Support and Installation Engineer Vacancy

We need an additional IT Support and Installation Engineer to join our team of network engineers.

The post will include installation of a wide variety of hardware, supporting our existing...

Date added: 06/10/2006 09:19:49

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Samarind gives Deeside furniture company an online makeover

A Flintshire furniture company that has been trading from Deeside for 17 years has had an online make-over.

JPH Furniture Retail Warehouse now has an improved online shop window for its range...

Date added: 15/09/2006 16:21:04

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Samarind increases web business for Chester hotel

Following the recent successful WI-FI project at Deeside’s Gateway to Wales Hotel, Samarind has recently completed a redesign and build of the hotel’s...

Date added: 20/07/2006 14:45:37

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Senior VB Database Developer Vacancy

We need a clear thinking, technically expert and experienced VB Database developer who's looking for an interesting and rewarding position in a growing business with excellent prospects.

This...

Date added: 19/07/2006 13:09:22

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Samarind accredited for Avaya IP Phone Systems!

We have expanded our portfolio of services with the Avaya IP telephony range of products. You may remember we were aiming to be fully Avaya accredited within six months? Well, we are!

Now...

Date added: 02/06/2006 11:59:10

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Samarind finds success in the pharmaceutical market

Following the successful release of its CRM (customer relationship management) software last year, Samarind is finding success with its latest software product - Samarind RMS.

Designed specifically...

Date added: 10/05/2006 13:21:20

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Samarind’s Wireless links will click with hotel guests

A Wrexham hotel is connecting to a hi-tech future thanks to IT company Samarind.

Samarind is making Wireless internet access available at the Holt Lodge Hotel. The wireless access points (or...

Date added: 28/04/2006 16:18:25

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IP phone systems - coming soon

Samarind will soon be adding IP telephony to their extensive range of services. We will be selling, installing and supporting the Avaya IP Telephony System and hope to be fully accredited in the next six...

Date added: 15/03/2006 14:54:54

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MicroLink dLAN high speed ethernet

Do you have a network set up at home? Do you want to have high speed internet access but are you reluctant to do so because of the extra cabling it will involve? Do you want a wireless network but the...

Date added: 15/03/2006 14:17:30

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Newsletter out

We launched our quarterly newsletter in March 2005 to coincide with Samarind's 18th bday! We are extremely proud of the fact that we've 'come of age' in this competitive world of IT and we thought it...

Date added: 20/02/2006 16:23:44

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Exhibiting!

Chester hosted their long awaited business exhibition June 2005 at the Northgate Arena Leisure Centre. Samarind had a stand at the exhibition and we used the occasion to officially launch our brand new,...

Date added: 20/02/2006 16:22:40

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