The Trafford Centre IT division is made up of a large combination of hardware and software utilities that allow The Trafford Centre to function at the leading edge of today’s technology.
The Finance Department uses many products including specific payroll software, which sit comfortably alongside our ‘Time and Attendance’ packages that monitor when staff start and finish their day at the Centre. This system is integrated with a sophisticated Electro Magnetic Proximity System, allowing all Trafford Centre personnel to move freely around The Trafford Centre whether they are direct TTCL employees, contractors, retailers or visitors. Additional software modules support The Trafford Centre and help keep track of the many operational statistics.
Various operational departments work with the more popular software suites found in businesses around the world. The hardware used might typically be a PC with a Pentium 4 Processor, working on a L.A.N. (Local Area Network) basis. As part of this corporate setup our end users utilise network printers, e-mailing facilities, file sharing and file storage areas. Other services provided by the I.T. division include WWW access to the Internet for selected individuals to allow each individual to share and view business related information effectively on a daily basis.
Security is supported by many specialist systems whose bespoke software has been fine-tuned to provide various integrated security based surveillance systems in and around the Centre. This is monitored around the clock by a team of security officers protecting the premises, our tenants and our most valued commodity, our visitors. One of the latest additions to our suite of software is the prestigious (ANPR) Automatic Number Plate Recognition system. This system automatically monitors every vehicle coming on to the site. It can check a number plate and report if the vehicle is stolen or not and acts as a deterrent in keeping undesirables away from the Centre.
There are many highly sophisticated database products used to manipulate the huge amounts of data obtained from around The Trafford Centre. These databases allow our technical management team to transform mathematical and statistical information into data that can be exported to graphical output for at-a-glance viewing.
Our security policy does not allow us to identify the manufacturers of the software and hardware products used in The Trafford Centre.