Posts by Chris Austin
What is remote IT support and why do you need it?
What exactly is Remote IT Support? Remote IT support provides staff with unlimited access to a technical helpdesk regardless of geographical distance. Support can be provided over the phone, through email and live chat, with technicians then gaining remote access to your computer. For obvious reasons, many support companies have improved how they support clients remotely…
Read MoreRemote working – What Charities need to know
Typically, charities tend to have the majority of their staff based at a head office, with a limited number of people working remotely. However recent events have necessitated the need to embrace new technology. This presents many challenges but do not fret, help is on hand! There’s plenty of research to show that productivity rises…
Read MoreSpirIT and PMD Solutions launches respiratory monitoring system
London based IT providers SpirIT UK and Irish software and Medical Device developers PMD Solutions Ltd are working together to roll out a revolutionary respiratory device into hospitals in Ireland and England. Both organisations have been working around the clock to ensure the RespiraSense pilot sites were successfully set up and hope to quickly launch…
Read MoreAdvice to enable charity & business employees' remote working
Items to consider when enabling charity or business employees’ remote working The current virus is causing worries and concerns for many of us. This blog is intended to guide both business and charity leaders on the items to consider when creating an environment that will enable employees to be able to work from home or…
Read MoreThe Importance of Managed IT Services for SMEs
Here we explore the benefits of Managed IT services for SMEs in more detail. As an SME do you have the time and capabilities in-house to maintain and manage your IT infrastructure? If not this can be a real pain point for you and your business. However, there is a solution in the form of…
Read MoreBenefits of SME companies moving to Cloud IT
A migration to Cloud IT can bring about a wealth of benefits to SME’s, here we explore the key advantages Increased flexibility We now live in an age where mobility is favoured, long gone are the days where we work chained to a desk by a wired connection. With SME cloud computing your employees…
Read More3rd Parties Crucial In Helping Organisations To Use New Technologies
A new report by Capita in partnership with Cisco has examined how businesses perceive some of the latest technological trends in terms of which ones they believe of offer real opportunities and which ones they are willing and able to adopt to help them achieve competitive advantage going forward. The online survey that formed the…
Read MoreSurvey Shows That Most Managers Now Think Cloud By Default
The findings of a recent survey of 1,850 senior managers across four continents has shown that more than half of enterprises would now choose the cloud by default for their for business application rollouts. This marks another important step for the cloud as more businesses embrace its benefits. Shift To Cloud-First Model The survey by…
Read MoreA Growing IoT Means That The Cloud Is Becoming Fog
Our homes and work places and vehicles contain smart / connected devices that use electronics, software sensors and actuators to collect and send data via the Internet to the cloud. In the workplace the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) has created new opportunities, improved efficiency and has shown itself to be a source of competitive advantage.…
Read MoreWho’s Afraid of the Cloud?…. Are Your Cloud Fears Justified?
More businesses are moving more critical applications to the cloud but fears about the security of the cloud are still regularly aired. What are the common cloud security fears and questions, and assumptions, where do they come from and could you be worrying unnecessarily? Fear Itself. Fear of the unknown and the untried and even…
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