Pro2col’s UK Support team received the first batch of new 1U StingRay file transfer servers today. As you can see Pete, who works in the Support and Customer Service team is thrilled to be modelling the server for our blog

Pro2col receives first 1U StingRay file transfer server at the Support department

Existing StingRay users are able to upgrade their servers up until 30th July at significantly discounted rates. Prospective StingRay customers aren’t left out as for the same period offers exist. For further information contact Pro2col Sales on 0870 250 2220 or email sales @ pro2col.com

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I’ve previously talked about file transfer becoming more integrated into business processes but ensuring that a company’s branding can be extended through a managed file transfer solution is a hot topic too.

We’re finding it more and more critical for customers to be able to replicate their brand at any point at which a customer may have contact.  With that in mind we’ve been busy customising many of our customers log-in’s which you might like to have a look at for inspiration.  Some have even decided to remove all branding so that they can use it across a group of companies.

Clicks Digital Print

Red Central

Start Creative

Pro2col default branding

We’re working on a number of additional customisation options, including CSS, email templates and more as we strive to provide what our customers are asking for.  Its going to be an exciting 2009 with all the new updates and features planned.

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Well we’ve been promising ourselves that we’d start a company blog for some time now so today’s the day to kick things off. I suppose I should start off with telling you a little about the company and us.

Charles and I set up Pro2col in 2003 sat in a pub in Southampton.  It wasn’t that late in the day and we’d had a few beers but we were sure that there was a gap in the market for us.

I’d just been made redundant by Savvis, who had recently bought WAM!NET.  They closed down the 4-Sight division of the WAM!NET business leaving the UK graphic arts industry with no supplier of off-the-shelf file transfer solutions (Hermstedt had pulled out of the UK in 2002).  Charles had been consulting for 4-Sight, worked for several leading Apple Mac resellers and worked with Apple as a consultant.  Together we had a good blend of technical, marketing and sales experience which we thought we’d try to put to good use.

Pro2col started life as a partnership but we soon found that things were going a little better than had been anticipated and Pro2col Limited was set up in February 2004.  Since then we’ve added some fantastic members to the team and been lucky enough to supply solutions to some amazing companies.

Our number one product by a country mile was Hermstedt’s StingRay file transfer server.  We’d installed several hundred in the UK and had many customers that we maintained their servers for so we were surprised to hear that Hermstedt AG (the manufacturer) had gone into administration in early 2007.

We knew the team there very well having worked with them closely for the past three years so Pro2col moved to acquire the products, trademarks, brand and manufacturing rights for the StingRay to ensure initially that production could at least continue.

Since then we’ve set up Pro2col Deutschland based in Mannheim headed by Anette Hermstedt servicing the German marketplace.  Our Development team is based in Germany and we’ve just released the first on many new developments for StingRay.

This blog is going to give you an insight into the team here and hopefully keep you informed on what’s going on with the StingRay and what useful bits of information we think you might find useful along the way.

I’m James by the way. Officially the MD but also general dogsbody and occasional teaboy.

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Welcome to the StingRay web site blog.  I promise we’ll do our best not to make this your typical boring company blog.  I hope you’ll get in touch and give us some constructive feedback and direction on how you’d like us to improve the StingRay file transfer server.

In return we’ll be giving you tips and tricks on how to make better use of StingRay and let you know a bit about the team here.

Thanks for reading.

James

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