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by Amanda Dahl, Director at AWIC
Quite often, business continuity planning is thought to be the domain of very large enterprises, like large financial institutions, who need to continue trading even in the event of major global disaster. But as we mentioned in our article on the impact of snow-related transport issues on businesses, “Small companies, especially ones without dedicated IT staff are the most vulnerable to loss of productivity due to weather-related staff shortages. According to the Federation of Small Businesses, this could translate to an estimated 1.2 billion pounds lost in a day because of the disruption, with one-fifth of the UK workforce unable to make it into work.”
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Tags: best practice, business continuity, colocation, disaster recovery, service improvement, strategy
Posted in AWIC Desktop, Charity and education, Film/TV, Media, Financial Services, Hospitality, IT Strategy, Oil and gas, Pharmaceutical and biotech, ProStream, Resourcing and recruiting, SMB | No Comments »
AWIC is pleased to announce the launch of our new product, AWIC Desktop.
It’s a subscription-based IT service that brings the following benefits to companies:
- Reduce costly on-site computer hardware
- Lower your electricity bill
- Plan your annual IT budget
- Protect your data from fire, flood or theft
- Simplify your IT
- Work from anywhere
Tags: AWIC Desktop, business alignment, cloud, disaster recovery, green IT, hardware refresh, managed service, savings, thin client, virtualisation
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It happens more than you’d think.
Picture this: you’re about to login to your company’s online banking software to make sure those cheques got paid in, and the page won’t load. A few clicks, and then a reboot of your computer….and before long, you’re on the phone to your ISP. Ten days – and several heated phone calls – later, the ISP finally admits that one of their engineers clipped a cable up near the Tesco Express and they’re ever so sorry that you’ve been without internet service all this time.
It may sound far-fetched, but that’s a true story. What would you do if your business was without the internet for 10 days? How could you cope?
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Tags: business continuity, disaster recovery, innovation
Posted in Film/TV, Media, Financial Services, Hospitality, IT Strategy, KeyControl, LevelBase, Oil and gas, Pharmaceutical and biotech, SMB | No Comments »
The information technology industry is experiencing a shift in focus of how IT services are provisioned to small and medium businesses (SMBs). Technology that used to be available only in large companies over private, corporate networks can now be made available over the internet to SMBs.
Small businesses still use traditional IT infrastructure: a local network of desktop PCs, attached to local storage, and generally maintained by on-site support. This means issues with reliability, support, ties into maintenance contracts and insurance.
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Tags: green IT, hardware refresh, mobile
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by Amanda Dahl, Director at AWIC
Over the past 18 months, IT budgets have shrunk dramatically, meaning that most companies have shelved the idea of replacing old kit. But as the economy starts to pick up, many companies are opening up to the idea that now is a good time for a hardware refresh.
The average lifetime of a pc is 3 years. How old are your company’s computers? Are they ready for the scrap heap?
If so, do you really need to replace your traditional desktops with more of the same? What about the alternatives?
Have you considered the switch to thin client technology?
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Tags: cloud, green IT, thin client
Posted in Film/TV, Media, Financial Services, Hospitality, IT Strategy, InfraSwitch, Pharmaceutical and biotech, Uncategorized | No Comments »
As more and more companies journey down the path to virtualisation, AWI takes a look at some of the best practices that could make the difference between a successful implementation and a more chaotic rollout.
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Tags: best practice, strategy, virtualisation
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by Amanda Dahl, Director at AWIC
One of the advantages of virtualising your server estate is that VMware will run on a wide range of hardware, allowing you to recycle your older kit and make the most of the hardware you already own. This can be very useful if you are not in a position to make significant capital expenditures — something effecting many IT managers in the current economic climate.
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Tags: capex, savings, virtualisation
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