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The 12 days of IT Support Christmas

Posted 5 months ago by Breakwater IT with 0 comments

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Twelve servers crashing! Eleven spammers spamming! Ten PCs over-heating! Nine spreadsheets failing! Eight things rebooting! Seven errors beeping! Six trojans virusing! Five blue screens...

A Telecoms Christmas Tale

Posted 5 months ago by Breakwater IT with 0 comments

When Chris Rea sang “Driving home for Christmas”, I bet he wasn’t thinking of walking in the door and logging onto his remote IP handset to carry on working as if he was in the office. The words “Well I’m moving down that...

Telecoms Disaster Recovery – how to take control

Posted 6 months ago by Breakwater IT with 0 comments

Inbo und telephone calls are the life blood of most businesses; yet very few Companies have a pre-defined disaster recovery plan. Being unable to either receive or efficiently handle calls can only lead to lost sales, lost revenue and lost customers....

IT Systems Integration – The fast lane to success

Posted 7 months ago by Breakwater IT with 0 comments

The pace at which technology continues to advance is becoming harder to keep up with. Most businesses are finding it increasingly difficult to ensure that their systems are up to date and wonder whether they are taking advantage of what is the best and...

Cheaper Telecoms? Don’t believe the hype!

Posted 8 months ago by Breakwater IT with 0 comments

I have to fully endorse the regulators quote “Ofcom is committed to a thriving telecoms sector where companies can compete fairly and businesses and customers benefit from the choice of a broad range of services”. It really does pay to shop...

A Numbers Game!

Posted 9 months ago by Breakwater IT with 0 comments

I am often asked by my customers about the different types of telephone numbers advertised in the UK. I have to admit that the answer is often not as straightforward as I would like it to be; especially when asked how much it costs to call these numbers...

An IT infrastructure refresh at sea!

Posted 9 months ago by Breakwater IT with 0 comments

The challenges of replacing any existing IT infrastructure with live users and data is a big obstacle in any scenario, however, what about completing the work whilst aboard a working offshore vessel in the North Sea? One of our engineers James Irvine...

Make your website the shop window for your business

Posted 10 months ago by Breakwater IT with 0 comments

Your website can be seen by literally millions of people and should be used to showcase your business in the best possible light. It is generally the way many people will first come into contact with your company and as everyone knows “first impressions...

Saving money on your telecoms may be easier than you think.

Posted 11 months ago by Breakwater IT with 0 comments

Are you paying more money than you have to for your telephone bills or are you being invoiced for lines you no longer use? It is a lot more common than you might imagine! There are however, some very easy steps to ensure you are not spending money unnecessarily...

Is your internet speed holding you back?

Posted 11 months ago by Cat with 0 comments

One of the biggest challenges facing our region’s businesses is how should they connect to the internet in a world where ever greater speed is required to support cloud applications, voice and VPN’s. Most of the information that you need in...

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