About Kable
Kable is a leading provider of public sector research, publishing and event services.
The company helps suppliers to understand the government market better and to reach public sector decision-makers. Kable also helps public servants to make informed decisions about transformation and technology.
Kable offers a combination of subscription and bespoke research online and print publications (including GC (Government Computing magazine) and Smart Healthcare), and a series of conferences and exhibitions (including GC Live, Smart Healthcare Live and Procurement Solutions Live). The company also offers customised event, publishing and research services for both public and private sectors customers.
Kable is an accredited Catalist supplier.
The company was founded in 1990 and in 2007 became a business division of Guardian News and Media Ltd.
Kable clients
Clients include most of the world's leading ICT suppliers, including Affiniti, Agresso, AtosOrigin, BT, Cable & Wireless, Capita, Capgemini, Civica, Computacenter, CSC, Dell, EDS, Ericsson, Fujitsu Services, HP, IBM, Lagan, Logica, Microsoft, Network Appliance, ntl:Telewest Business, Oracle, SAP, SAS, Serco, Siemens IT Solutions, Steria, SunGard Public Sector, Thales, Thus and Tribal.
Public sector clients include Citizens Advice, the Department of Health, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Defence, OGCbuying.solutions and the Information Commissioner's Office.
Kable services
Publishing
Kable publishes the leading titles covering key developments for the professionals who are delivering connected e-government:
- GC (Government Computing) magazine, with a circulation of 15,000 and a readership of over 50,000 public servants, half of whom are business service leaders
- SmartHealthcare.com
- GC Weekly, the free news email which succinctly selects the top events of the week and gives original analysis
- GC News/Kable.co.uk, which is Kable's website and also the host of the company's free daily news service
- Bespoke services for suppliers and government
Market intelligence
Kable helps ICT and BPO suppliers to government to understand and to size public sector end user markets. Nine of the top ten suppliers use Kable market intelligence to win public sector business. Kable's knowledge and forecasting is based on over 1,000 in-depth interviews with public sector decision-makers annually as well as other sources and the company's extensive experience and contacts. Market intelligence services include:
- KableDIRECT, the online service which delivers the core data, forecasts, organisation profiles, news, contracts and analysis about your marketplace - both in the UK and across Europe. The service includes on-site briefings and push email alerts as well as a telephone research service and access to the unqiue KableDIRECT database.
- KableDIRECT Tactical provides sales leads, competitor tracking and access to government documents.
- Research and advisory services give clients focused answers from the experts on their particular needs. Specialisms include market research, market sizing and segementation, market training, customer satisfaction, focus groups, benchmarking, and strategy or campaign advice
Events
Government Computing (part of Kable) has been organising conferences and exhibitions since 1988, addressing the information age issues most relevant to public service business leaders and ICT decision-makers. Government Computing events are known for their stimulating and common-sense approach, and provide excellent networking opportunities across the public services. These include:
- The major annual GCExpo, now in its 18th year and very much the key event of the calendar
- A series of themed and regional conferences
- Customised events, conferences or workshops, tailored to suit supplier or government needs
Services to government
Kable provides leading edge services to government in areas such as administration, e-government, ICT, outsourcing, procurement, social and community services and health care.
Kable is an approved Catalist services supplier to government.
Amongst the company's specialisms are:
- Marketing and market research consultancy, focused on helping public servants better understand customer needs and behaviour
- Market research and analysis, particularly to help evidence-based policy-making and assessment
- Event management and creation services, both large and small
- Publishing services, whether online or in print, one-off or ongoing
What they say about Kable
"Government Computing [expo] is well-known as the single most important gathering of technologists and public servants in the country," Hugh Barrett, chief executive of OGCbuying.solutions
"GC magazine and GCExpo are the most influential magazine and exhibition in the public sector IT arena." Intellect
"We found KableDIRECT to be invaluable for our UK market. So much so, that we extended our subscription to cover Europe as well," Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
"The KableDIRECT market intelligence services provide HP with a crucial source data on the UK Public Sector. Our account teams rely heavily on the service to understand trends and developments in the markets they serve." Head of Marketing, HP
"With its GC magazine, conferences, website and bespoke research, Kable is the single most authoritative source of information on the ICT market in the UK public sector." Director of public sector, BT