With the recent spate of hacks affecting businesses across the globe, most notably a number of NHS trusts, the Scottish Business Resilience Centre has offered advice on how to protect your business against this. Simple steps such as updating your operating system software and making sure your anti-virus is up to date are great places […]
Home entertainment may be the main stimulus for gigabit expansion, two broadband experts have said. Lincoln Lavoie, senior engineer at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory, predicted that the internet of things will play a major role in the growth of ultrafast broadband. Speaking to Cable.co.uk at the Broadband World Forum event in Amsterdam, […]
Earlier this year BT announced their intention to switch off the PSTN and ISDN networks by 2025. Customers will be migrated to a single IP core network that ultimately will replace all legacy networks and platforms. PSTN and ISDN: What’s the difference? PSTN stands for Public Switched Telephone Network, also referred to as the Plain […]
Now, more than ever, businesses are recognizing the benefits of VoIP systems. A cloud-based phone system can do wonders for productivity and customer service levels for all businesses, from small startups to much bigger companies. This article explores 6 reasons why your business should invest in a VoIP phone system and discusses how cloud-based solutions […]
As technology moves away from the desktop and into the cloud, it’s easy to overlook the most important link in the technology chain: your internet connection. According to the Federation of Small Businesses, 85% of businesses see investing in new technology as a key driver for growth. Without a robust, high-performing connection, cloud-based business innovations […]
Before you or anyone on your team goes abroad, please make sure to call your account manager on 03456 200 200 to check you have the correct bolt-on in place. Once you have the correct bolt-on in place, managing your data abroad will be a lot easier. We’ve also got 3 tips on how to […]
For those of you who can remember that far back, 1986 saw the introduction of ISDN, BT’s digital telephony network. I was 2 years old so wasn’t incredibly excited by it all, but back then it was seen as the ‘next big thing’ enabling businesses to have multiple lines and numbers all handled by their […]
For most people the last time they renewed their business mobile contract the questions would’ve been, “what network?” and “what handset?” but with the merging of Orange and t-mobile to form EE, the launch of the joint 4G network modernisation program venture between O2 and Vodafone, the launch of the ‘calls over wifi’ technology and […]
The Scottish Government has announced the extension of the current NHS 24 online British Sign Language (BSL) Video Relay Interpreting Service pilot to the rest of the public sector in Scotland. The new Scottish Government-funded service will mean deaf people can now speak to public services, such as their local council, doctor’s surgery and the […]
