Independent and impartial research

The National Computing Centre has been providing independent, impartial and expert research services for over four decades. Our aim is it equip IT decision makers with the relevant information and insight they need to tackle the challenges and issues they face.

NCC research allows you to gain valuable insights and metrics whilst assessing your strategic thinking and IT effectiveness against your peers through our annual Benchmarks and regular Rapid Survey research programme.

Our research isn't just focused on technology, we take a rounded perspective and carry out research on the people, strategic and processes that all contribute to effective IT service delivery.

• NCC Members' Questions and Answers
• Ovum Butler Research
• Rapid Surveys
• NCC Vendor Partners

Current activities

• ICT Supplier Standards
• Interoperability (e-GIF and OSIAF)
• Open Source and standards
• Information Assurance (Risk, Security, Standards)

Archives

• Easytrade
• Groups Using Media and the Internet (GUMI)
• Escrow Guide
• EPSRC
• Digital Object Identifiers and Metadata for Electronic Documents
• OS Hub
• Desktop Linux Trials
• Social impact of ICT