Google to increase prices

Google have recently announced the increase in G Suite pricing. This makes Office 365 from Microsoft more appealing. We have been transferring customers from many different email systems. We believe the price increase will push more businesses down the Office 365 route. G Suite range of products will still appeal to a variety of businesses who can run in a browser. A lot of small and medium businesses however still like to use traditional desktop applications such as word excel...

Transitioning from Skype For Business to Microsoft Teams

Microsoft recently announced that the roadmap for bringing Skype for Business Online features and functionality into Microsoft Teams is now confirmed – meaning within Office 365, Microsoft Teams is now the focus of all messaging, meeting and calling as the primary communications client. This transition represents a great opportunity for you to help your customers realise the benefits of intelligent collaboration. By bringing Skype for Business into Teams, there’s now a single hub for teamwork with integrated voice and video and communications...

Office 365 Subscription

Are you paying to much ? Is your business using Office 365 ? Many businesses today have moved from on premise server technology to cloud based solutions.  Whilst these solutions offer a great way to collaborate and work, your monthly costs could be going up and up.  We find that by carrying out a free review of your Office 365 subscription there can be some big savings to be made.  If you manage your own 365 environment there may be...

Share OneDrive files and folders

Applies To: SharePoint Online Office for business Office 365 Admin OneDrive for Business SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise SharePoint Server 2013 SharePoint Server 2016 Office.com OneDrive SharePoint Online Small Business More…LessYou can use OneDrive to share photos, Microsoft Office documents, other files, and entire folders with people. The files and folders you store in OneDrive are private until you decide to share them and you can stop sharing at any time.OneDrive – Personal OneDrive – Business Note: If you see different options than the video shows, you’re probably signed in with your work or school account....

Take a Look Video on Salesforce and 3CX Integration

Salesforce and 3CX Integration Are you looking to integrate Salesforce and 3CX ? With a 3CX Pro licence you can easily integrate popular CRMs with your 3CX PBX. They recently added the ability for PBX Admins to integrate CRMs from the management console (server-side) so that no manual configuration is required on the extension’s client. One of the CRMs that can be configured server-side is Salesforce.It’s as easy as 1,2,3 and to show you just how it’s done we’ve prepared a...

Free Business Phone System

Your Business Phone System + Hosting. Free for 1 year. Try 3CX’s free System Hosted on Google, OVH or on-premise Get the free edition of 3CX’s phone system with one year free hosting on Google Cloud. 3CX’s free business phone system includes free web conferencing participants and unlimited extensions. You can even bring your own SIP Trunk – no need to set up a new one. Use your free business phone system either on-premise on Windows or Linux or in the...

WATCHGUARD TOTAL SECURITY

COMPLETE NETWORK PROTECTION IN A SINGLE, EASY-TO-DEPLOY SOLUTION. Total Security. A stateful packet firewall, while essential, simply isn’t enough anymore. The reality is that everynetwork needs a full arsenal of scanning engines to protect against spyware and viruses, maliciousapps and data leakage – all the way through ransomware, botnets, advanced persistent threats,and zero day malware. A true network security solution will address all aspects of threat prevention,detection, correlation, and response – today, and as those threats evolve. WatchGuard’s award-winning network...

Cloud Migration

Is your business considering the cloud ? We can help cloud migration and address any questions and potential concerns you may have along hte way.  Below is an outline for Commercial Networks approach to cloud migration: Step 1 Audit Before we consider a cloud migration we will work with you and your business to understand your exsisiting IT setup, the organisations It requirements and future plans you may have for growth of users and systems.  This will enable us to...

How Microsoft 365 products help with GDPR compliance

Help with GDPR compliance Microsoft products and services are available today to help your business meet the GDPR compliance requirements.  Through cloud services and on-premises solutions they will help you to locate and catalog personal data within your systems, build a more secure environment, simplify your managment and monitoring of personal data and give you the tools and resources you need to meet the GDPR reporting and assesment requirements.  Accelerate your path to GDPR compliance today.  To discover how you...

Protect your business against hackers

In the modern world, cyber threats are a growing danger – and SMEs need to be prepared for them by adopting cybersecurity. A report from the Federation of Small Businesses last year found that SMEs are attacked online seven million times a year, costing the UK economy an estimated £5.26 billion. SMB’s need to be just as wary of cyber threats as large businesses. In fact, hackers often see SMB’s as a route to attack the bigger companies that they work with....