At the heart of any successful team, or business, lies a good communication structure.

IT can reinforce this using local area networks and the Internet to allow sharing of information both in house and with suppliers vital throughout a project from the concept stage to the realisation and running.

An in house IT department enables us to communicate problems efficiently both internally and with suppliers and therefore leads to quicker solutions. The importance of IT within the company is recognised by the continual updating of peoples' skills such as CAD training. The IT department assist in the design and running of the car by developing software for specific use by the designers and engineers. At the track, in the order of 15 computers are used to run three cars. These are networked together using the latest technologies such as wireless networking to allow information to be instantly available creating a complete office like environment for a weekend.

Our VPN enabled satellite broadband system allows data to be accessed at our Greatworth base from anywhere in the world.

Both at the track and the office the IT department is responsible for the smooth running, design and maintenance of the company website, www.tripleeight.co.uk, which is constantly being updated to allow the public access to the very latest news and information.