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Edexcel Opt for Systems Operation Suite

Date Posted: 07/02/05

Edexcel, part of the worlds largest education services company has opted for Halcyon's Systems Operation Suite and Job Scheduler. Edexcel relies heavily on the use of IT for internal and external communications. By using the Systems Operation Suite potential problems are quickly identified and captured using the inbuilt filters within the software and notification of serious issues can be instantly sent to the IT operators via mobile phone, email or a centralised console. Edexcel also required an advanced and flexible Job Scheduler to cater for the complexity of their job scheduling tasks and one which could also cope with the multi-dependencies of job streams as well as large volumes of jobs processed on a 24/7 basis.

About Edexcel

Edexcel delivers opportunities to help people achieve their potential. They are a learning organisation, constantly innovating to provide a better service.

Edexcel are the UK's largest awarding body and a part of Pearson plc, the world's largest education services company.

In the UK, they work with more than 5,000 secondary schools, 450 further education colleges, 70 higher education institutions and more than 700 employers and training providers. As the company responsible for marking the national Key Stage 2 and 3 tests, they are also now working with 20,000 junior schools. Their head office is in London, but have regional offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester.

Internationally, they operate in 112 countries and every year more than four million people trust their respected learning programmes and qualifications. They have bases in Beijing, Colombo, Delhi, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpar, Dubai and South Africa.