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Cloud computing just keeps on performing

For those of you that follow the news at all, you will no doubt have heard a lot of stories about Facebook. Unfortunately for the world’s most used social network, very few of these stories could be considered positive. From fake news swaying elections, to the Cambridge Analytica scandal exposing how reckless Facebook can be with our data, there’s been little to shout about over at the social network.

10 year anniversary - Building a successful business

Reflecting on a good year

As we look back over the last 12 months, there is a lot for our company to be proud of 2016 was a year that started with much optimism. We were founded in 2006 so 2016 is our tenth year of trading. We survived the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and have come out the other end thriving, nearly doubling our turnover in 2015 alone.

entrustIT at the BCS UK IT Industry Awards 2016

On 16th November 2016, IT professionals from across the country descended on Battersea Park for the UK IT Industry Awards, hosted by the British Computer Society. This was described by the editor of Computing Magazine as an event for the "brightest and best minds and businesses that the UK IT industry has to offer."

Microsoft announces price increases for 2017

Microsoft have recently contacted all partners to notify them of a price change for UK users for on premise and cloud enterprise software.

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When disaster strikes, you're covered

It’s a sight that has become all too familiar this winter. Strong winds, flooded streets and fallen trees. Storm Imogen is another name to add to the list of uncharacteristically extreme weather in the UK. The Independent claims that the cost to the UK economy of the flooding over the Christmas period could reach £6bn. “Economists have predicted that the recent flooding will hit Britain’s GDP by 0.2 per cent due to businesses being forced to close, loss of agriculture output, and people not being able to go shopping and travel.”