Latest Wins

 
Below are the latest wins from PTS Consulting:

September 2010, EMEA: PTS has been engaged by a European financial services company to conduct independent witness testing for a new turret system to support its trading operations in London
September 2010, EMEA: PTS is assisting Moody’s with its relocation to a new office in DIFC by providing design consultancy and project management services
September 2010, EMEA: PTS has been awarded the design consultancy package for ADIB’s upcoming state-of-the-art Data Centre facility that is part of ADIB’s strategic expansion plan for the next 15 years
August 2010, EMEA: PTS is providing analysis, design and implementation support to an investment banking organisation to help improve its meeting technology, worker collaboration and conference facilities.
August 2010, EMEA: PTS is providing data centre project management expertise to a global banking organisation to enable the set up of a new regional data centre site in the UK
August 2010, EMEA: A Global Financial Services Company has retained PTS to deliver a print strategy covering EMEA and APAC for the supply and support of printing technology.
August 2010, EMEA: PTS is providing the University of Sussex with procurement and project support for the implementation of a new Data Centre
July 2010, EMEA: PTS has been engaged by Cushman and Wakefield to deliver project management expertise to enable the migration of the Data Centre to a new co-location facility
July 2010, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been engaged by Virtus Data Centres to conduct a due diligence analysis of the M&E design for its new data centre facility
June 2010, Americas: A major international bank has engaged PTS to conduct an independent assessment of its  NY area datacenter facilities with regard to the current and future planned capacity, availability and reliability requirements. Additionally, a high level risk assessment of natural and/or man-made disasters potentially affecting all area facilities will be conducted.
May 2010, EMEA: Having previously delivered a STARS Data Centre review for Northamptonshire County Council, the client has again engaged PTS Consulting to help produce a Data Centre strategy that is aligned with the Council's business plan.
May 2010, EMEA: PTS Consulting will assist with the IT relocation for a UK private banking group from the City to the West end of London. PTS will provide IT design and project management assistance to ensure that the IT requirements of all 400 staff members are accounted for as part of the overall construction and refurbishment programme.
May 2010, EMEA: The City of Westminster College has retained PTS Consulting to deliver project management assistance to enable to rollout of a new Storage Area Network. PTS is also assisting the College with IT procurement consultancy to ensure that it is able to source the most suitable desktop technology for the needs of its users.
May 2010, EMEA: University College London has retained PTS Consulting in a contract to deliver ongoing ICT consultancy advice and guidance as required by the client.
May 2010, EMEA: PTS Consulting is providing telecoms procurement and project management assistance to the University of Reading to help upgrade the University's telecommunications system.
May 2010, EMEA: One of the leading French Financial Services providers has employed PTS Consulting to conduct a trading floor technology benchmarking analysis. This will assist the Client to select the most appropriate technology solutions for one of the largest trading floors in Europe.
May 2010, EMEA: PTS Consulting is assisting a European Banking Organisation to implement IP telephony as it moves to new premises in the City of London
May 2010, Americas: PTS has been retained by a US based managed hosting provider to perform energy optimization services for its portfolio of high-density data centers. PTS will first review energy use quantification and PUE visibility of the data centers, in order to make strategic recommendations on achieving improved energy conservation and high-density performance 
May 2010, Americas: A global investment banking organisation has employed PTS to provide data center migration project management assistance to ensure all the critical IT infrastructure is moved to its new location. PTS will remove the equipment from the existing racks, package it, transport it to the new location, unpack it and install it in new racks.
May 2010, Americas: A global banking organisation has engaged PTS to deliver IT deployment, quality assurance and user support for the rollout of new desktop technology on the trading floor in its New York City headquarters.
May 2010, Americas: PTS has been engaged by a global banking organisation to conduct an IT due diligence study at ten different locations across the Americas. PTS will review desktop technology, cabling, equipment rooms, server and voice infrastructure, cabinet layout and condition, mechanical and electrical infrastructure and fire protection. PTS will conduct a gap analysis, comparing the existing infrastructure to the client's global standards and then make recommendations for future alignment with the business' needs.
April 2010, EMEA: PTS Consulting will provide Programme Management expertise and guidance to assist an international banking organisation to rollout new IP telephony infrastructure with 250,000 extensions across 50 countries and 2500 offices.
April 2010, EMEA: PTS will deliver consultancy advice to a leading international legal practice for a global IPT procurement assignment; this will include IPT design validation as well as the specification and procurement of support services.
April 2010, EMEA: PTS is compiling a data centre business case and outline budgetary costing to enable a UK Investment Management Company to take a decision on the establishment of a new data centre facility
March 2010, Americas: PTS Consulting has been engaged by one of the world's largest futures and options exchanges to provide project management and technical engineering support to achieve the consolidation of digital access cross connect infrastructure at its headquarter premises.
March 2010, Americas: PTS has been retained to conduct third party due diligence on a data centre expansion project for managed service data centre provider Care Factor.
February 2010, Americas: PTS is assisting a global marketing services company to integrate the IT operations of two of its market research businesses as they relocate across New York from separate sites to new centralised office accommodation. PTS will provide project planning expertise to devise a detailed schedule and budget for the IT relocation.
February 2010, Americas: An IT colocation and managed services hosting firm has engaged PTS to undertake an initiative to help optimize energy usage for its portfolio of high-density data centers. PTS will initially identify energy and capacity recapture opportunities, quantify energy use effectiveness and then help develop subsequent stages and energy conservative performance strategies.
February 2010, EMEA: PTS Consulting is delivering consultancy to a world leading investment banking organisation surrounding the design and implementation of new Intelligent Infrastructure Management Systems. PTS will advise on business process re engineering to simplify existing systems and services, achieve closer integration between IT and Building services, and enable new ways of working in the business. 
January 2010, EMEA: The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has engaged PTS Consulting to facilitate and guide the Trust's Information Management and Technology (IM&T) team with the development of its IM&T Business Continuity Plan.
January 2010, EMEA: A global financial services group has retained PTS Consulting to project manage the procurement and testing of new IP Telephony technology, to ensure that it is able to find and implement the best solution on the market for its current and future business needs.
January 2010, EMEA: A leading global asset management and securities services company has employed PTS Consulting to deliver a strategy for future delivery of printing services. The strategy will give consideration to the client's business needs and objectives and make best practice recommendations on the available options as a basis on which to proceed with an implementation programme.
January 2010, Americas: PTS Consulting will deliver an independent review and recommendations for a major American Financial Services Company on the total cost of ownership of deploying blade technology on the users' desktops in its New York City operations.
January 2010, Americas: PTS is assisting a global banking organisation with a programme to reclaim desktop technology from its New York City campus.
January 2010, Americas: A Global Advertising and Marketing Services Provider has retained PTS Consulting to assist with cabling infrastructure design, RFP execution and document management as it undergoes a large-scale relocation to new headquarter premises.
January 2010, Americas: PTS is assisting two global financial services organisations with a joint venture initiative. PTS will provide voice engineering and project support under the joint venture programme.
January 2010, EMEA: PTS has been engaged by a world leading investment management organisation in the UK to provide consultancy advice and guidance in relation to procurement of a new structured cabling system.
January 2010, EMEA: A Japanese banking organisation has engaged PTS Consulting to conduct an independent review and audit of its IT change control process. Following the analysis and review, PTS will make recommendations on future management of change control procedures.
January 2010, EMEA: PTS Consulting is assisting a Japanese banking organisation with project management assistance for the implementation of new Audio Visual systems at its London headquarters.
January 2010, EMEA: PTS Consulting is providing market data consultancy advice and guidance to assist a global financial services group.
January 2010, EMEA: PTS Managed Services has been asked to expand its service to deliver onsite IT support for a large US hedge fund organisation in the UK
January 2010, EMEA: PTS Managed Services has been engaged by an international banking organisation to provide business analysis consultancy for its London operations. PTS will conduct an IT audit and document all IT equipment in the relocation of 1,000 users to new London headquarters. Additionally PTS will establish and manage the change management process throughout the relocation programme.
January 2010, EMEA: PTS Consulting is delivering professional project management services to an international banking organisation to enable the implementation of a new IT network infrastructure for its London-based operations.
December 2009, EMEA: PTS Managed Services is advising a leading data centre supplier in connection with its long term database strategy and is also providing technical assurance for a new global, customer facing SharePoint portal.
December 2009, EMEA: PTS Managed Services is supporting an online payment gateway organisation with its IT strategic planning by conducting a review of its IT infrastructure, with a view to making recommendations for future improvements. PTS will assist with the deployment of the chosen technologies in Bulgaria and London.
December 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been retained as IT Consultancy partner as part of the project team for a new £6.5m Future School development in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
December 2009, EMEA: The Carbon Trust has engaged PTS Consulting to assist in the design of a new UK Data Centre in Scotland which will incorporate the latest energy efficiency technologies and techniques
December 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will conduct an independent Data Centre review for COLT Telecommunications at seven of its key site locations in EMEA. Following the review, PTS will make a series of recommendations in relation to achieving best performance and energy efficiency from Data Centre cooling and air control techniques
December 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been retained by the University of Liverpool in a contract to deliver ongoing ICT consultancy advice and guidance as required by the client
December 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting is delivering IT Consultancy to a UK Constabulary to review its existing computer suite and make recommendations to improve the resiliency, performance and future return on investment
December 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting is offering consultancy advice to a global financial services firm in relation to Business Continuity Planning for voice services
November 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting is assisting a major US Data Centre provider with the implementation of new power generators and chiller technology at its Nashville Data Centre location
November 2009, Americas: PTS is conducting due diligence for a major US Data Centre provider to enable it to make an informed decision on the acquisition of a new Data Centre site
November 2009, Americas: A US private equity investment firm has engaged PTS Consulting to conduct pre-purchase due diligence with relation to physical infrastructure and operational risk 
November 2009, Americas: PTS has been retained by a US co-location Data Centre provider to review and make recommendations surrounding energy usage and power resiliency options
November 2009, Americas: PTS has been engaged by an international energy organisation to assist with a design programme to improve the seismic resiliency of its Data Centre environment
November 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been retained by one of the world's largest market research firms to provide Relocation Consultancy advice and help consolidate its business operations into a more centralised campus of buildings in New York City
November 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting will assist a major American financial services company with the implementation of a new trading floor
November 2009, APAC: In connection with a trading floor relocation, PTS has been retained by a global retail bank to provide a detailed regional review and analysis of trader voice requirements by business line in order to recommend the most appropriate telephony solution for each business unit
November 2009, APAC: PTS has been engaged by a global retail bank to produce an industry insight report to highlight trading floor technology market trends and to peer review technology design packages associated with the Bank’s trading floor relocation
November 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been selected by Lockton Insurance Group to offer consultancy advice and guidance surrounding procurement of a new IP Telephony solution
November 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been engaged by an international banking organisation to conduct a Critical Systems Engineering review for one of its city-based Data Centre locations
November 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been retained by Woking Borough Council in a contract to deliver ongoing ICT consultancy advice and guidance as required by the client
November 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been retained by Dundee City Council in a contract to deliver ongoing ICT consultancy advice and guidance as required by the client
November 2009, APAC: Aozora Bank renewed its engagement contract with PTS Managed Services for another 6 months to retain the current PTS team who responsibilities encompass all aspects of Facility Management and Corporate Services, from strategy to vendor and contract management, including building operations
November 2009, APAC: RBS has engaged PTS Consulting (Singapore) to assist the Business Continuity Management team with the integration of the RBS/ABN and divestment of the retail and commercial sections of the business to ANZ Bank
October 2009, Americas: A large regional Data Centre colocation firm has engaged PTS to perform commissioning and power protection on its generators and the UPS system
October 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been retained by a US collocation organisation to design and commission a 'Green' Data Centre complex consisting of three 12,000 sq ft TIER 3 cells
October 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been engaged to conduct an Intelligent Infrastructure Management System review for one of the world's leading investment banking organisations
October 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting will deliver support to an international corporate and investment bank to enable the implementation of a new in-house CLSA integrated Outlook and CLI hook to client accounts
October 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting will assist a leading Global Financial Services firm with the re-engineering of its Firmwide Sourcing Operations Silo
October 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been engaged by an international corporate and investment bank to deliver procurement consultancy advice and guidance to oversee the development of a request for proposal specification for a new co-location Data Centre solution
October 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been engaged by a leading Data Centre co-location provider to deliver consultancy advise and recommendations surrounding the power protection plan for one of its regional Data Centres
October 2009, EMEA: Cheshire East Council has employed PTS Consulting to provide consultancy advice surrounding the procurement of replacement PSTN and mobile services
September 2009, APAC: PTS Managed Services is extending the appointment of a Finance and Administration resource within the Corporate Services and Real Estate department of a global investment bank. This position has now been running continuously for the past 30 months and is expected to continue into 2010
September 2009, APAC: PTS Managed Services was awarded a 12 month extension of the currently engaged MAC team working within Morgan Stanley to assist with Corporate Real Estate services department with their daily moves and layout changes within the main Tokyo office
September 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been engaged to deliver IT Infrastructure Consultancy to support the construction of North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System Women's Center
September 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting will provide IT Consultancy for a global investment banking organisation to project manage the implementation of a new call accounting system
September 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been retained by a global investment banking organisation to provide IT Consultancy to project manage the consolidation and expansion of its Data Centre in New Jersey
September 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been retained by a multi-national petrochemical company to compile a working inventory for its Data Centre operations based at the HQ location
September 2009, APAC: Deutsche Bank has engaged PTS Managed Services for additional resource to add to the current PTS Team embedded within the Client’s Corporate Real Estate Services department, to assist with the increase of layout change projects following a real estate reduction
August 2009, APAC: BNP Paribas is extending its contract with PTS Consulting for the provision of Critical Systems and Engineering support delivered by the Tokyo Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) engineering team
July 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will develop a Telephony Strategy for Cheshire East Council
June 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will assist a UK-based office fit-out and refurbishment company by producing design documentation for the structured cabling in its new building.
June 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting is conducting an independent IT System and Services contracts review for a US Stock Exchange to enable ongoing cost recovery within its London operations.
June 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been retained by a Major Financial Institution to advise on its Market Data cost management in the UK
June 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting is assisting Man Group PLC with the Design of a Structured Cabling System for its new HQ at Riverbank House 
June 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will deliver IT Consultancy services to assist an Emergency Services organisation with a strategic review and options appraisal for its Data Centre requirements.
June 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will provide project management assistance to a UK financial services provider to oversee the replacement of its PABX systems in London and Liverpool.
June 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will deliver Technical Consultancy and Project Management for the integration of 2 Way Traffic into Sony Pictures Entertainment.
June 2009, APAC: PTS has been engaged by a global retail bank based in Hong Kong to provide trading floor technical consulting and up to date market trends data in support of the relocation of the trading floor within the Bank’s Asia-Pacific headquarter building.
May 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting is supplying Data Centre Consultancy services to assist Sussex Health Informatics Service to develop an Outline Business Case with respect to IT Service Consolidation.
May 2009, APAC: PTS Consulting will provide a global management consultancy firm with space planning, design and construction PM and reinstatement negotiation services for a restack and floor release project.
May 2009, APAC: On behalf of a global household luxury brand, PTS will provide procurement services to conduct a detailed tender evaluation to select a vendor capable of providing a regional virtual private network across the company’s offices in 8 countries in Asia, including boutique stores and Data Centres.
April 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting is assisting Standard Bank to optimise its Market Data services 
April 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been selected by a leading telecommunications, media and entertainment company to provide consulting services associated with developing the specification of infrastructure cabling for copper-voice and data, fibre-backbone, coax-TV, the design of a new equipment room and a separate IDF for the IT equipment being housed at the new facility.
April 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been retained by one of the world’s largest financial service companies to assist with the implementation of its new turret system.
April 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been assigned by a global financial transaction company to assist in the design of its Data Centre facility.
April 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been assigned by an international energy company to develop Power Protection Plans across its headquarter campus.
April 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been selected by an accounting firm to provide Infrastructure design and project management support during its headquarter relocation.
April 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been selected by a leading telecommunications, media and entertainment company to assist with the cable and infrastructure design and project management of its relocation project.
April 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been assigned by an international investment bank to assist with desktop engineering support in order to bolster the desktop checkout process which occurs in support of its campus-wide restack.
April 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been selected by a leading internet based retail commerce company to provide assistance in optimising its current Data Centre environments which included numerous Data Centres across America. 
March 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been selected by a leading telecommunications, media and entertainment company to provide infrastructure design, coordination of the RFP and project management of a new network operations centre.
March 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been retained by a leading telecommunications, media and entertainment company to provide infrastructure design, coordination of the RFP and the project management of an office expansion to accommodate an additional 125 staff.
March 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been assigned by an international investment bank to provide IT Consultancy support to project manage the installation of voice recording systems.
March 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been engaged by a leading Data Centre services provider to assist in a series of Data Centre assessments and power plant reviews, including power protection plans which are a requirement of the US heath and safety regulatory body, OSHA.
March 2009, Americas: A leading internet services provider has assigned PTS Consulting to benchmark existing installations, assess capacities and vulnerabilities, evaluate load profile, determine required infrastructures and prescribe optimised ‘go forward’ strategies for its Data Centre facility.
March 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been assigned by a global financial transaction company to serve as the owner’s representative for commissioning and field acceptance of a new building for its offices in Costa Rica.
March 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been assigned by an international investment bank to assist in the decommissioning of a PBX system and support in the migration of all remaining telephones, analogue lines and carrier circuits to a new call manager platform.
March 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been retained by one of the world’s largest financial service companies to continue to provide a staff augmentation role as the IT Operations Support Manager on its trading floor.
March 2009, APAC: On behalf of a leading global investment bank, PTS Consulting will project manage a 600 seat restack and building to building move from two existing offices to a new flagship office in Tokyo.
February 2009, Americas: An international investment Bank has assigned PTS Consulting to provide IT Consultancy support during the design and implementation phases of its trading floor restack.
February 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been assigned by a world leading provider of communications solutions and services to provide user support on a newly installed turret system.
February 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been assigned by an international investment Bank to support data network infrastructure work streams in selected offices and Data Centre locations.
February 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting will provide a large media conglomerate with consulting services associated with the development of its telecommunications, cable plant and the physical access control infrastructure equipment and cabling.
February 2009, APAC: The German School in Tokyo has engaged PTS Consulting to conduct the overall Project Management for a 1bn JPY project to add a new floor on top of the existing school building in Yokohama.
February 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting  has been assigned by Brighton and Sussex University Hospital (BSUH)  to assist with the development of an ICT Technical Strategy and relocation approach and methodology for the 3Ts hospital development project.
February 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will conduct a global review of IT spend for a leading Financial Exchange. This will involve re-alignment of global contracts to the business needs of today and known future, to achieve savings and service improvement.
February 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will oversee the co-location Data Centre layout, cabling design and implementation for a European Bank.
January 2009, EMEA: PTS has been retained by the City of Westminster College to provide Enterprise Consulting services in relation to the College’s Virtual Desktop Environment programme.
January 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will assist with the Data Centre design and strategy for a major UK Insurance company. The latest Data Centre technologies will be reviewed.
January 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will advise the Rugby Football League (RFL) with its Information Management System procurement which will help the RFL achieve its business vision of becoming the leading sports governing body in the world.
January 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting will provide a Managed Telecoms Expense Management service for a major German Investment Bank to improve inventory, spend and capacity management.
January 2009, EMEA: PTS Consulting is advising on the contract negotiation for a European bank acquiring co-location Data Centre space.
January 2009, Americas: PTS has been assigned by a large corporate and investment bank to review its wireless carrier invoices, identify potential areas of cost savings via RFP renegotiations and develop and distribute RFPs to secure renegotiated costs.
January 2009, Americas: PTS will assist a global commercial real estate company with a 10,000 sq ft Data Centre migration to a new co-location facility.
January 2009, Americas: On the behalf of a leading global insurance broker, PTS Consulting has been assigned to assist a 10 branch national consolidation/integration project that encompasses cable infrastructure, project management and voice systems elements.
January 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been assigned to assist a global financial services company with tracing usage on private lines, evaluating past usage on private lines and a further review of invoices.
January 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been retained by a world leading financial management and advisory company to assist with the ongoing turret refresh project encompassing the installation of a new enterprise solution and the decommissioning of the end of life touch screen systems.
January 2009, Americas: PTS Consulting has been awarded the contract to assist a leading specialty retailer with project management support for the de-commissioning and relocation of production servers. 
December 2008, EMEA: Anglia Ruskin University has retained PTS to undertake an initial feasibility study assessing the suitability of a proposed site for its Data Centre.
December 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been retained by Durham University to assist with the Procurement and Programme Management of the converged infrastructure upgrade over the next three years.
December 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been selected by Lockton to provide IT Relocation Consultancy and Project Management services for its 84,000sq. ft move to St. Botolphs. 
December 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been providing ongoing IT infrastructure consultancy to Oliver Wyman (a business unit of Marsh & McLennan) as part of its new London Office project.
November 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting will assist the Isle of Man Government with the re-procurement of its IT infrastructure
November 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been awarded the contract to assist City University with the design of its new Data Centre
November 2008, EMEA: A UK-based Legal organisation has chosen PTS Consulting to manage procurement of a new IPT solution
November 2008, EMEA: Worthing Borough Council will use PTS Consulting to conduct an independent voice services review
November 2008, EMEA: Following a strategic review of the Data Centre, PTS Consulting is further assisting Durham University with the review of a potential new Data Centre location
November 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been selected by a Global Banking Organisation to further assist with its Relocation
October 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been retained by Charles Russell LLP to provide IT Relocation Services assisting with the fit out of its new offices at Ludgate West.
October 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting will provide consultancy to Curzon Global Partners to provide assistance for a business continuity process
October 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been appointed by Newcastle City Council to compile a set of requirements for its voice and data services
October 2008, EMEA: A Major Japanese Investment Bank has retained PTS Consulting to produce a Global Data Centre Strategy
October 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been selected by a Hedge Fund Organisation to provide IT consultancy to assist a new IPT rollout
October 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been retained to provide an independent review for Intelligent Infrastructure Management Systems for an International Bank
October 2008, EMEA: PTS has been employed by a Canadian Bank to develop an IT budget for its corporate relocation project
October 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been appointed to assist in the IT Relocation for UNICEF's new Headquarters
September 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting has been appointed by City University to conduct a Data Centre review
June 2008, EMEA: PTS Consulting will conduct a strategic review and make recommendations surrounding Durham University's Computing Machine Rooms