Parabola joins Intellect
Parabola became a member of the Intellect technology industry group in May 2011. Intellect is the leading UK trade association which serves to represent its members in the UK technology industry. Intellect was formed in 2002 as merger of trade associations in the sector.
Membership has a number of benefits for Parabola and its customers including:
•Access to a library of valuable technology and business resources
•Access to various technology industry events and training
•Representation at a government level for the IT industry. Intellect engages in consultations, consensus building and lobbying for the IT sector
•Use of event and meeting room facilities at the Intellect HQ in Russell Square
•Legal and HR support for SMEs
•Speaking Opportunities for Parabola on its areas of expertise such as SharePoint
•Use of a Software Escrow service
As a part of joining Intellect Parabola has signed up to the following code of conduct. Parabola will:
•Always act in a proper manner in their relationship with customers, employees, other companies and the public
•provide clear and precise agreements for the supply of products and services, and honour them
•Honestly represent the functionality of their products and employees and contractors skills, experience and status
•Offer to customers only those people, products and services for which they have appropriate rights and capabilities
•Provide employees with opportunities to improve their skills and professional competence
•Not disparage other companies, their products or services- continuously improve the quality of their products and services
•Keep safe confidential information from customers and other parties - ensure that no employee is encouraged to act in breach of any existing or previous contract with another company
•Promote the effective use of technology as an instrument for social and economic good - be good corporate citizens and respect the environment - ensure that their employees and contractors comply with the code, behave professionally and provide a high standard of service to customers
Richard Gray, Managing Director at Parabola Software commented; "Intellect represents IT businesses of maturity, integrity and quality. Parabola can benefit from collaborating with other IT businesses that share our values and this distinguishes us from the many others in the fast moving world of technology."