e-know.net aims for QuickStart into recruitment

Managed service provider and SaaS specialist e-know.net has focussed much of its recent PR and marcomms effort on the legal market and, I'm pleased to say, they're seeing good results - both in terms of coverage and awareness and, more critically, hard sales and a strengthening pipeline. We're now going to move the narrowcast approach to a new vertical, recruitment. It's already a vibrant sector from a customer point of view, with over a 1000 seats currently being serviced, but we feel it's ripe for a concerted promotional effort - why not turn 1000 into 2000?

We're kicking off with a concept that has previously found favour within legal - no reason to think it won't appeal to a market that is shaking itself down after a tough 12 months and to players who see opportunity in adversity.

Start-ups get QuickStart boost

Managed service specialist e-know.net has launched a new IT outsourcing offering designed for breakaway and start-up recruitment firms. QuickStart aims to deliver a fully functioning IT infrastructure within a client-led timeframe – the basic per user per month pricing model allows for the hosting and management of Microsoft Office, Exchange and Outlook, and the client’s choice of core recruitment software and management systems. Additional applications can be hosted for a small increase in the monthly charges.

The appeal of QuickStart is that it removes the need for substantial investment in IT at a time when a new business is relatively cash sensitive and also allows it to focus on clients and getting the job done without the stresses of IT staffing and provisioning.

e-know.net’s managing director, Nigel Redwood, comments: “Firms just want to get on with the job in hand, focusing on fee-earning work and client and candidate management, without back-office distractions and worries about escalating overheads. A hosted solution like QuickStart allows them to do exactly that because we become, in effect, their de facto IT department and take on that responsibility ourselves. In return for cashflow-friendly fixed costs, clients get a secure, resilient system; anywhere, anytime access to centralised data; the very latest software; 24/7 support; on-tap IT expertise; and complete peace of mind."

QuickStart is targeted at firms of between 5 and 20 users with per user per month costs starting at £99 per user. Delivery of the hosted service is over Citrix, with applications and data held at e-know.net’s mirrored data centres. e-know.net already has over 1,000 users in the recruitment sector, with a proven track record in the delivery of specialist applications such as Troy, ClientMatch, Matchmaker, Link Recruit and Tracker RMS.

For more information, please contact the sales team on 01952 236 236 or email sales@e-know.net