At Unique we feel it’s essential to offer our clients the freedom of choice to decide where they truly feel they need our support. We recognise that not everyone wants ‘all their eggs in one basket’ OR they just want an ‘add-on’…OR budget constraints mean they pick the absolute essentials they require for their IT support.
For this reason we have launched our A’La Carte offering, allowing you to select the individual services as and when you require them. This includes Backup, AV, Anti-Spam, PCI Compliance and more.
Take a look at our A’ La Carte Services Menu.
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In these Blog’s I’ll aim to provide a source for practical knowledge on running IT in small and mid-market businesses. This will be gleaned from 15 years experience as MD of a successful IT support and service company, and most importantly from the projects we’ve undertaken, and our clients feedback.
I aim to cover everything from Finance and budgeting for IT, to selecting the right solutions, tips and tricks for well known products, through to clearing up (in my view) some over hyped terms such as Cloud Computing.
Let’s start though with something we are more and more frequently being asked about, and are often working on for our clients….Backup and Data Security.
Over the years, the amount of storage we’re all using has grown massively, and with it the cost and time involved in securing our data. It’s often the case now, even in small businesses, that a traditional backup to tape, on a File Server for example, is not completing overnight as it used to, or needs two tapes, defeating the object of automatic backup, as some poor sole has to change it manually!
On PC’s and notebooks, users often don’t bother at all or forget, and risk losing vital Company data. It’s a fact that 40% of businesses that lose data and are out of action for 7 days, don’t survive.
Add to this the fact that storage need is only increasing, and many businesses are presented with a major issue.
Some ideas
- We’ve been working with our clients to provide simple, cost effective off-site backup with iVault, a totally automated, secure, Off-site backup solution we host for them. It can work on Servers, PC’s Notebooks, Apple, Windows, Linux and can include emails, photos, documents, databases and more. It’s quick to setup, fully automatic and totally secure. Data can be restored via a web browser of the software, and it eliminates the cost and hassle of tapes for a small monthly fee.
- Disk to Disk is now pretty standard and simple to implement. Many backup packages can backup to network attached disk, which is relatively cheap, reliable and easy to setup. This means that your live data is sent to a network disk, then can be backed up to tape from there. That part can take as long as it needs to as it’s not “live” so doesn’t affect performance. Data can be restored quickly from the disk, as you’re not having to hunt for backup tapes and wait for them to load.
- For smaller amounts of data there are secure, encrypted USB hard drives no bigger than a smart phone. Most modern backup software will backup to these disks, and you could have two, one left on site and a one you swap it with each night and take off-site. Alternatively one can be used with a notebook or PC to provide “user” data backup.
One benefit now is that storage has become much less expensive, so it’s now possible to provide ample amounts of disk based backup, and then compliment that with iVault Off-site for total peace of mind. There’s no need to risk losing your data anymore.
Click for more information or call us on 0845 402 4315. Email sales@uniquenetworks.co.uk
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Unique are pleased to announce our continued participation in the Microsoft AER program. For 5 years now, we’ve been offering specialist knowledge of Microsoft Educational licensing to provide the complete package of solutions to our academic clients.
Microsoft are renowned for their commitment to the educational market, providing discounted licenses and customised agreements that provide fantastic value and allow you to maximise your budgets. For more information, or to have someone speak with you about your establishments needs, give us a call or email aer@uniquenetworks.co.uk
]]>It’s a fact that a PC costs 3-5 times more to manage than buy! Running your PC estate is an expensive, time consuming task and first generation VDI has traditionally been simply too expensive for most organisations.
Now all that has changed with Unique and Citrix. We are now able to bring you all the benefits of Virtual Desktop Technology for less than a new PC….Yes less than £600 (25+ users).
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No expensive SAN needed
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No expensive and complicated licensing
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Runs on Standard commodity servers
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Built in High Availability
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Utilise existing PC’s…no need to upgrade
For more information or a free demonstration call us now on 0845 4024315 or email vdi@uniquenetworks.co.uk
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Here at Unique we can now turn your website into an iphone or mobile ready solution.
The iphone version of our site is now online and ready for testing, just enter our normal URL www.uniquenetworks.co.uk into your iphone or Blackberry. Rather than zooming to find links and menus, you will now see the site runs as an easy to use APP.
Drop us a line if you’d like more info in how to turn your website into a mobile ready solution.
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]]>With 4 offices around the UK, 42 Servers and 250 users, we are helping them consolidate their Server estate down to just 5, and replacing their desktops PC’s with Thin Client devices and virtual desktop technology, to vastly reduce the roll-out time, support costs and physical hardware costs of their user base.
Bookmark this page for further updates as we begin implementation, or call us on 0845 402 4315 to discuss how we might help your organisation.
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