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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.

What Makes a Good IT Manager

In today's face-paced and ever-changing business environment, having someone that looks after your IT is crucial. For many businesses, this task falls onto the shoulders of an IT manager, but with a drastic increase in employment costs and revolutions in cloud technology, is this still the case?

Outsourced IT Support in 2023

Outsourced IT support is a critical service for businesses of all sizes. According to a recent survey, 64% of SMBs are outsourcing at least one IT function, with 36% outsourcing their entire IT infrastructure. This comes as no surprise, as IT problems can cause significant disruptions, slow productivity, and cost organizations time and money.

Business Problems Technology Solves

Fast and reliable IT is the cornerstone of every modern business, but if technology falls behind or its performance starts to slow down, operations will unavoidably be affected. With the average SME in the Uk suffering from 45 minutes of IT downtime each week the costs, frustration and wasted time can quickly become all too common a problem.

Why is My Business's Internet Slow?

According to a survey from Open Gear, 31% of businesses stated that internet outages cost them more than £1.2 million We live in a world that gives us access to a seemingly endless amount of information at the touch of a button. Whilst this is great, it makes it all the more frustrating when our internet runs slow or not at all. For the average person, this is merely an inconvenience, but internet downtime can be detrimental to a business. Staff are unable to work, data can be lost, security cameras stop working and hybrid teams are unable to collaborate.

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.

The Real Cost of IT Downtime

"IT issues should not feature in your day. Technology should just work. If we do our job right we will be almost invisible... we strive for invisibility", this quote from our CEO and Founder Jeff Dodd comes from years of experience working with a number of businesses all of which wanted the same thing, their IT to just work. IT downtime will incur large costs, reduce productivity, lowered reputation and the potential loss of important data.

5 Reasons You Need CCTV Today!

Businesses need on-site protection, if you don't implement a strong on-site security solution everything from your data and stock to your customers/staff and reputation could be at risk. CCTV is the number one defence against criminals, so much so that it has been found that as many as 67% of burglaries could be prevented if people had CCTV monitoring.

Who are the entrust IT Group?

Since our inception in 2006 the entrust IT Group has grown to deliver state-of-the-art IT solutions to countless businesses. Since then 97% of these businesses have continued to choose us as their provider, we must be doing something right. In this blog, we're going to give a concise look into what makes up the entrust IT group, our values, and what we do to help businesses like yours.

Why IT Consultancy Can Be Massively Beneficial

No matter the size or industry, the rate at which information technology influences business operations is rapidly increasing. When we speak about information technology we are also speaking about innovation as they go hand in hand and drive each other forward. Technologically expanding can be a complex and time-consuming task, more businesses than ever rightfully feel their time would be better spent on the core of their businesses and therefore choose to get consultancy from an experienced IT partner, and for good reason.