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What’s So Great about Virtual Desktops for Business…and What’s Not

By Vernon Yerkess
Published May 08, 2012

You’ll see them referred to by a variety of names – we tend to call them Virtual desktops, but elsewhere they are Remote Desktops, Remote Virtual Desktops, or even Desktop as a Service, or DaaS.

Doesn’t matter because they’re all talking about the same thing – a personalised desktop, usually for an individual user, that can be accessed anywhere, on any device so long as there’s an Internet connection.

So, staff in a business access all the software they are so familiar with – such as Microsoft Office, their emails and so on, remotely be logging into a data centre. What a user sees on their device however is exactly the same as if they’d set up their own desktop and had installed software on their PC or notebook.

Video Conferencing for Business

By Vernon Yerkess
Published Apr 17, 2012

When you’re in business it can often be hard to find time for those all-important face-to-face meetings.

Picking up the phone is one solution, but sometimes more of a personal touch is needed.

So, when an in-person meeting is not possible, a workable alternative to the phone is a video conference call.

Video conference systems that once cost thousands of pounds have been replaced with far superior alternatives, with costs ranging from a few hundred pounds to, well, as cheap as completely free!. We look at three best options for SME’s

Virtual Desktops – Your Questions Answered

By Gary Sargent
Published Mar 06, 2012

Our look at how to tell whether a Virtual Desktop is right for your business sparked several questions.

So, we thought it was worth offering some answers.

First, though, just to recap, as these days a lot of terms, like Cloud, slim devices, private cloud, virtual desktop and a few others often seem to get used interchangeably.

When we talk about a virtual desktop environment we mean that the user’s device accesses a server and it is the server that holds all that user’s own personal data, applications, settings, documents, everything.

What to do BEFORE your notebook is stolen – How to protect your business data

By Gary Sargent
Published Feb 29, 2012

Imagine the worst-case scenario. Your notebook is missing. Your business data is at risk.

This is obviously something that can happen to anyone and, for many, it can have serious consequences.

So, how you can protect the data on your business notebook if it’s lost or stolen?

The fact is that there are quite a few things you can do – but they’re all precautions you must take before the worst happens.

Rack Servers Versus Blade Servers
which is right for your business?

By Gary Sargent
Published Feb 22, 2012

It’s a common question we hear a lot – what’s the main difference between blade and traditional rack servers?

More importantly, businesses want to know which type of server is right for them.

Let’s start with the basic differences.

They both do the same job, but physically there are some pretty big differences.

Rack servers – what we might call traditional servers – are essentially stand-alone computers that run applications. Everything is contained in a case – hard drives for storage, a network card, processors, RAM and power pack with a fan.

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