Northdoor

Northdoor plc

Company type	Public
Industry	Information technology consulting
Founded	November 11, 1987 (1987-11-11) [1]
Founders	Peter Bedells [2] Robert McKenzie
Headquarters	London , United Kingdom
Area served	United Kingdom, Europe, Bermuda
Key people	Peter Bedells [2] (Chairman) David Ballard (CEO) [3] [4] AJ Thompson (Commercial Director of Enterprise Solutions) [5] [6]
Total assets	£3,977,056 (2012) [1]
Number of employees	100 [7]
Subsidiaries	Northdoor (Ireland) Limited [8] Linksfield Technologies Limited [9] Platinum Blue Limited [10]
Website	www.northdoor.co.uk

Northdoor is a London-based IT consultancy company, which was originally established in 1987, under the name Probedial Ltd. ^[11] It provides a broad range of IT services to financial and insurance companies in the City of London and elsewhere.

The company's partners include Microsoft, and IBM. ^{[12] [13]}

History

In 2005, Northdoor was appointed by Oracle Hyperion to resell their portfolio of business performance management software in the UK and Ireland. ^[14]

In 2012, Northdoor became the first UK company to designated by IBM as a Power Systems Specialty Partner. ^[15]

Products and services

Northdoor NDEX

Northdoor NDEX is an insurance administration solution^{[ buzzword ]} which is used by customers such as StarStone Insurance Company (previously Torus Insurance Holdings Ltd), and Ark Syndicate Management, for purposes including policy administration. ^{[16] [17] [18]}

JD Edwards IT Support

Northdoor, in partnership with Quistor, provides management of customers' JD Edwards applications. ^[19]

Data management

Services are provided to assist clients in the areas of data management, data security, and data analysis using related products including those provided by IBM, and Kalido. ^[20]

Data Security Platform

In 2019, Northdoor announced its partnership with cyber security solution^{[ buzzword ]} provider GeoLang, which enables Northdoor to deliver GeoLang's data security platform. ^[21]

Also in 2019, Northdoor partnered with the provider of enterprise data protection SaaS Cobalt Iron. Northdoor will be distributing the company's solutions^{[ buzzword ]} to markets in the U.K. and Ireland.^{[ citation needed ]} The two companies have also worked together to deliver a presentation on Machine Learning and Data Protection at the 2019 IBM Think Summit in London. ^[22]

References

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16. "Torus picks Northdoor IT solution for Lloyd's integration- 07 Aug 2012 - Post Online News". Postonline.co.uk. 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
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21. Mulley-Goodbarne, Elliot (2019-09-24). "Northdoor strike partnership with GeoLang". Technology Business Today. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
22. "Cobalt Iron and Northdoor Ltd. to Present 'Machine Learning Meets Data Protection' at IBM Think Summit London". Broadcasting & Cable. 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2019-12-09.