Blog Posts from the Helpdesk
Crowdfunding Start-ups
Thousands of new start-ups are using crowdfunding to get going. Here’s a roundup of the best of last year.
LIS spends a lots of time helping startups get their IT strategy right (it is part of your IT support contract with LIS). If you need good honest advice on IT and your business, contact us.
GDPR Getting Close!
Are you ready for GDPR? It starts in May. If not, are you ready to pay a huge fine or even be publically named and shamed?
Thought not. Contact us today and let us get your data security and backups ready for the new data protection regulations.
You can’t afford to ignore this, sadly.
Money for Nothing and your Kicks for Free?
Fancy getting paid to get fit? Here’s what happened when one woman tried the latest cryptocurrency craze:
iPhone Ex?
Apple might consider the iPhone X to be its future. Unfortunately, not enough of us are agreeing. Are poor sales of Apple’s new flagship product a statistical blip or a sign of things to come?
Happy 22nd Birthday to LIS
The average life expectancy of companies in our sector is around 10 years and when setting up LIS in 1996 we had a 10 year plan with this in mind. We pretty much ignored the plan and got on with supporting our clients which was probably just as well! Since then the world we work in has changed out of all recognition and today we support more users and PCs with fewer staff than ever before. LIS has always been an early adopter of new tech and now through our Remote Management and Monitoring tools (RMM) we do a better job for our clients as a proactive IT partner than we could ever have done in the bad old manual days of break-fix support. The other benefit of good remote management is that we can support clients much further afield than previously possible from our Essex base.
So happy birthday to us and a big thank you to all the staff, clients, suppliers and friends who have been with us along the way. Amazingly we still have all our original client base from our first 2 years trading! We treated ourselves to this new website as our birthday present. We think it is a big step forward but do let us know what you think.
We are working on a 10 year plan again this month but we will try and stick to it this time…
Snow Day at the Office?
It takes more than a bit of snow to stop us. Our helpdesk is up and running normally now we have heating!
New IT Support Partner
If you’re thinking about changing your IT support partner, ask yourself these questions first:
- What are the costs and do they include unlimited support?
- Does data security come as part of the agreement or is it an add-on?
- Do they offer third party software support?
- Do they really understand my business?
- Will they monitor my network 24/7?
- Do they talk in jargon or in plain English?
- Can they save me time and money?
We pride ourselves on putting our customers’ needs first.
So if you’re looking for an IT support partner who can give you all the right answers give us a call.
01245-323900 support@lisltd.co.uk
Laptop Lover
Working remotely (or from that haven in the sun) means you’ll need a good laptop. Here are some of the best 2 in 1 laptops for 2018.
Hacked by Email
The world has changed since Ray Tomlinson sent the very first email in 1971.
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/6116/first-e-mail-sent-by-ray-tomlinson/
Today emails are a great way for hackers to access your important data and steal money from your business. Yes they’re targeting businesses of your size.
We can help stop them in their tracks. The first step is a comprehensive data security audit. Contact us to find out how to keep your incoming and outgoing emails safe from harm.
Apple HomePod
Got a Google Home or an Amazon Echo (Alexa)? Apple’s got its own smart home assistant on the way.
Happy Campers!
If your staff can’t be, er, bothered today… here some of the top ways to get your team happy and working efficiently:
Concept Cars
Fancy a new set of wheels? Take a look at some of the latest concept cars:
Valentines Day
A modern love story… of woman and er, game.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Perfect IT Partner
Unhappy with your current IT support partner but feel awkward about leaving them?
If you’re no longer getting the service you deserve, it’s OK to make a change. In fact, you owe it to your business to switch.
Contact us today and let us show you what the perfect IT partner is like.
Driverless Cars
Elon Musk has promised us completely driverless cars by the end of the year:
