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Profile Peripheral Vision was setup by Nick Froome in 1993 as a parallel business to his existing career as a recording engineer and record producer. At that time the Macintosh was becoming a common sight in studios and Peripheral Vision was conceived to fill a niche supplying hardware and software to the recording industry.

From beginnings in Hornsey and Highgate in North London, the company moved in 1997 to share office space with Tomato in Soho. The company expanded during that time to employ three people full-time and others on a freelance basis, but a decision was made in 1998 to move towards a more Internet-centric focus, towards a virtual office and away from selling hardware and software.

This process reached its logical conclusion in early 2000 when the company relocated to Brighton. Links to Tomato and Underworld remain, but business is conducted out of Brighton. A strong network of freelance engineers, programmers and consultants means that the company is now able to solve the majority of IT problems.

Work during 2001 included Filemaker Pro development and Networking for the Byam Shaw School of Art, ADSL Internet connections, Networking, backup and installation work for architects Alan Higgs and Wells Mackereth. Work with Design Consultants Wordsearch included a web-based Contact Manager built on Filemaker Pro

Work with new clients during 2002 included an data and ecommerce consultancy project for D&AD which resulted in their new online Awards system. We also carried out networking and remedial work in London EC1 with architects Fereday Pollard and mixed PC and Macintosh networking, backup and installation work in Brick Lane for New Media company Amass Media

2003 saw us back with some of our longest-established clients, setting up school-wide email accounts for the Byam Shaw School of Art, installing new workstations for Wells Mackereth and continuing a long-term IT project at Wordsearch

In 2004 and 2005 we started working with a new group of clients including Modus Operandi, Devilfish, Michael Wolff and, through long-term client Wordsearch, the London Biennale. We developed a custom Filemaker database to aid with the marketing of the inaugural London Biennale and provided email mailing list setup & management to deliver marketing messages via email. A number of our long-term clients moved offices during 2005 and we provided IT support including network design, phone system specification, security, backup and scheduling

2006 and 2007 saw us doing more infrastructure upgrades for long-term client Wordsearch as the company continues to grow. We worked with Duncan Baird publishers on IT and backup system planning and with graphic design company Mode. Long-term projects included the development and content management of a Filemaker-based website Bolide and other online projects such as W124

In 2008 we are working on projects including IMAP mail servers and Virtual Private Networks to enable staff to work effectively when out of the office and advanced Disc-to-Disc-to-Tape backup systems with replication and backup to tape for offsite storage. We're also doing custom Filemaker development for Dust PR and working on Vintage Seekers, an exciting new online magazine that combines our existing interests in online publishing, ecommerce, databases, classic cars and collectibles

For more information please contact us by email or call our office on 01273 734451. Support line: 07976 299636