Posts Tagged ‘cloud’

Affordable IT for charity and small business

Enterprise-quality IT that fits your budget

Introducing AWIC Desktop

AWIC is pleased to announce the launch of our new product, AWIC Desktop.

Download the AWIC Desktop factsheet

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

Recruiters: keep your valuable data safe

A quality recruiting database

For resourcing companies, a quality database can be the key to helping business really grow, even in these tough economic times. It can mean the edge over the competition, and just one day without that data could mean significant losses for many companies.

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How to reduce your IT budget by 67% in 2010

A patchwork quilt

Recently, a client came to us with a simple brief. They were consolidating their offices around the UK, and wanted an IT solution which would tie all their sites together, allow them to access their IT remotely, and keep all their company data backed up, safely, off-site.

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4 reasons why thin clients make sense

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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Is cloud the answer?

Over the last year there has been a certain level of hype about cloud computing being a compute panacea. It is true that the cloud does offer a lot and will certainly be big. However there are still some serious issues, especially in the non-technical arena, which will need to be overcome before cloud becomes a utility such as electricity or gas.