HOST... EUROPE'S LEADING SUPPLIER OF COMPUTER HARDWARE TRAINING

About Host Computers

HOST COMPUTER SERVICES was established in 1991 in Stoke on Trent, to provide a training and technical support service to the computer maintenance industry, tracing its history back to the early third-party computer maintenance organisations. In 1996 business was transferred to Haughton Hall residential training venue in rural Shropshire where an experienced team of instructors provide practical hands-on courses on a wide range of computers, storage products, peripherals and networks.

Since Host opened to customers in 1992, it has attracted business from many key players. Cap Gemini, Compaq, Computacenter, Digital, HP, IBM, ICL Fujitsu, Ministry of Defence, Norwich Union, Rolls Royce, SCC, Siemens, Synstar International and Visa International are just a few of those who have used Host to train their own in-house and field service engineering staff.

Training and expertise available from Host covers an ever-evolving range of products from HP, IBM, Sun, SNIA, CompTIA and includes Enterprise Servers and Storage Systems, PCs, Printers, Networking Products and Peripherals. The company is continually updating its skills, equipment and facilities to ensure it keeps abreast of customer needs and industry developments boasting an impressive array of hardware, enabling the student engineer to gain real hands-on experience on desktop to enterprise systems. Because of the wide range of products we cover, we are able to offer a solution to most hardware maintenance training needs in-house.

Host recognises the importance of standards, and provides courses that represent high quality and value for money. BS5750 Part 1, IS09001, EN29001:1987 registration was achieved in November 1992 for the design and presentation of technical training. Since then the company has successfully achieved continuous re-accreditation and is currently certified to BS EN ISO 9001:2008.

Host training courses are aimed at giving the IT professional a sound working knowledge of the product and a principal feature of Host courses is the emphasis on the "Hands-on" element. Any technical training must contain some theory but Host concentrate on that detail which is essential in order to understand the operation of the product, or which has practical application in the workplace. Abstract topics are avoided; allowing more time to be spent on practical matters and hands on sessions. The objective is to equip the delegate with the necessary skills and confidence to maintain and repair the equipment.

Host’s instructors are dedicated full-time training staff, not contractors, only very occasionally are outside trainers employed. This has the benefit of continuity and course cancellations are extremely rare. Classes are kept small, typically to a maximum of six delegates to facilitate a better learning environment.

Host is currently the only independent HP Authorised Technical Training Centre in the UK.

Training can be delivered on customer sites or at a venue of choice, either utilising customer equipment or supplying our own, tailoring delivery to suit individual requirements, both in terms of equipment, content and duration.