Key Points: Started In… 20 Minutes Completed In.. 11 Hours Users Assisted… 8 Business Downtime… 30 Minutes Per User Systems Modified.. Server Reduced… Capital Costs Improved… Resiliency “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit” Nabil Assaf @ Urban Front
Key Points: Started In… 1 Hour Completed In.. 9 Hours Users Assisted… 13 Business Downtime… 0 Hours Systems Modified.. Email Improved… Business Efficiency “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit” Velda Sutton @ Kilrock Products Ltd
3, 2, 1 Backup Best Practice Rule What is the best backup practice? Is your current backup procedure your friend or your foe and how does this relate to a random countdown?! If you are a child of the 80’s then the phrase “3, 2, 1” will conjure up images of a smiley faced bin. …
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Are you ready? “Working from home” three words that, prior to recent events, for many meant ‘flexible, relaxed’ and ‘possibly more productive’. Yet now they have a slightly different meaning. Working from home looks like ‘isolation’, ‘necessity’ and ‘do I have enough toilet roll’. There are some unexpected perks to working through a period of …
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Microsoft made a commitment to provide 10 years of product support for Windows 7 when it was released on October 22, 2009. When this 10-year period ends, Microsoft will discontinue Windows 7 support so that we can focus our investment on supporting newer technologies and great new experiences. The specific end of support day for Windows …
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ALCOM IT PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alcom IT becomes 3CX newest partner 25 September 2019 Alcom IT is one of the areas oldest IT Service & Telecoms Companies. Formed in 1998 they have gone from strength to strength through continuous innovation and adapting to market changes. Today Alcom IT are delighted to announce a …
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“Once upon a time there was a local business who were professional, attentive and caring. But behind the scenes they were bursting at the seams with stacks of paper, overflowing filing cabinets and bookcases buckling under the weight of disheveled lever arch folders. They were outgrowing yet another office and were starting to feel the …
Abe’s passion for IT started back in 1988 when he was gifted a Spectrum +2A computer by his parents. Let’s find out more about him… So, Abe, when did you join Alcom? And what is you do there? What’s your day like? It’s fantastic. Every day is different and challenging. What motivates you? Lots of …
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It’s a common paradox we are often tasked with. Stop spam coming in but help me send spam (marketing email). That’s how we see it but it is rarely how businesses see it. So here’s the challenge, many businesses want to send their customers regular email updates. These emails may be about a new product, an event …
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What a way to start the week. The very first call we received on Monday morning was ‘help all our company files are encrypted’! No problem, we have various methods of recovering from Malware including previous versions, image backups and daily disk backups to restore from so this should be a piece of cake. After …
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We are open and COVID-Secure as per government guidelines.
We have some minor operational limitations in place to keep you and our team safe - if you have any questions please call us.
