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New Year, New Support - Your IT Support Review Guide

Did you know that the average employee spends 22 minutes a day dealing with IT-related Issues? Do you have 100 employees? That’s 42 hours a day, 210 hours a week and around 840 hours a month wasted. Throughout our 17 years of experience, we’ve heard one thing the most, people just want their IT to work, a simple request, that most businesses are still striving for.

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Hybrid Working Increasing Motivation and Productivity

In recent years, remote working has become increasingly popular, with more and more businesses adopting flexible working arrangements. This trend has been driven by several factors including technological advances and changing attitudes towards work-life balance. Nevertheless, the answer is yes, according to recent studies. in fact, research has shown that remote working can boost productivity by up to 40% and increase employee job satisfaction and morale.

What is Remote Cloud Monitoring

According to a recent survey, 94% of enterprises use cloud services. As more and more companies turn to the cloud for their IT needs, cloud monitoring has become essential for ensuring the smooth and secure operation of their cloud-based infrastructure and applications.

New Year New Support 2023

Can you believe we’re coming to the end of 2022, where did the time go? This is the first full year we’ve had unrestricted since the start of covid-19, which has given most business owners the opportunity to find their feet once again. Entering 2023 many business owners will be investing heavily in their IT to give themselves and their staff the tools they need to be as productive and successful as possible. There is no better time to review your IT support than the new year.

IT Risk Assessments - This is Why You Need One

Do you feel confident that you allocate enough time and resources to your business's security infrastructure? With a cyber-attack attempt taking place every 39 seconds and over 73% of UK businesses being affected by a ransomware attack each year, conducting IT audits and risk assessments have never been so important. Read this blog to get a deeper look at why you should conduct IT risk assessments and how we can make your IT expansions/changes easy.

4 Workplace Tech Trends in 2022

Over the last several years, technology within the business has gone from an avoidable luxury to a mandatory need. Many employees expect to be able to work securely from anywhere, on any device, with tools that enhance their work experience and effectiveness. Organizations addressing these challenges are turning to digital workplace technologies like the cloud that help streamline costs, create a seamless delivery of apps and data, whilst still working across multiple locations and maintaining the security of their endpoint devices.

Why is Conducting an IT Audit Important

Whether it is money, time, or staff every company regardless of its industry, are increasing their investments in technology. The impact a successful implementation can have on businesses' operations is becoming more apparent every day. Understanding the importance of IT audits can make the difference between a successful company and one that fails due to poor implementation, or a cybersecurity-related breach (as highlighted in last week’s blog).

The entrust IT Group are Attending This Years ISBA Conference!

Entrust IT Group is thrilled to be a part of the 150 professional advisers/companies attending this year’s ISBA (Independent Schools and Bursars Association) conference, we’re delighted to be going and are excited to speak with Head-Teachers and Bursars alike. As one of The ISBA’s ‘preferred suppliers’ we are keen to show our commitment and excellence to the Independent School sector, and what better way to do so than face to face.

8 Steps to Starting an IT Project

Technology continues to ingrain itself as an essential part of how businesses efficiently run their operations, and therefore the need to plan and execute IT projects is inevitable. Unfortunately throughout our 15 years of experience working with a variety of businesses, we’ve noticed that many have trouble knowing where to start; or, how to effectively plan for the expansion of their IT infrastructre in corralation to the growth, and success of their business long term. This is understandable, technology is so expansive and knowing where/how to start can be a daunting task; and with a study by BCG finding that 70% of all IT projects fail, it seems without the right project plan in place things can quickly fall apart.