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How to stay ahead of the game with IT

Staying competitive has never been more important to small businesses. So bear in mind that by using a professional outsourced IT supplier you really can maximise your investment in technology.

How? Well, hear are ten good reasons to think about it...

Stopping network problems before they happen

How can you keep your network in prime condition? Sure, you need to find - and fix - any problems as quickly as possible. But, suppose you could predict them, and even prevent them, before anything stopped working?

Now everyone can benefit from Foxhall's real-time remote monitoring service.

Read about the benefits of remote monitoring here...

Netbook - The youngest kid on the block

Go to amazon.co.uk. look under PCs and Laptops, and you'll find that three of the top six are in fact 'netbooks'.

So, what are netbooks and how do they differ from the millions of laptop computers that came before them?

Read more about netbooks here...

Don't let parasites destroy your assets!

Did you know that an up to date anti-virus application might not be enough to protect you from computer parasites?

The latest viruses are designed to bypass standard ani-virus and anti-malware programmes - and as a result, some business computers are being disabled by malicious parasite attacks.

Read more to see what you can do to minimise the risk to your business...

GSM - Your key to a profitable year.

Want to cut costs on telephone calls to mobiles? You probably already know you can slash your phone bills by using a broadband internet connection to replace eight conventional phone lines (if you don't please see our Issue 14).

Now here's some more good news. You can slash your landline-to-mobile bills too - and for some businesses that's a very significant cost indeed.

Read more to see what you need to do it....

Saving Data Could Save Your Business

You don't need us to tell you that your business is valuable - but have you thought about what makes it valuable?

A key element of that value is your business information; client records, proposals, invoices, accounts, production, lists, presentations and much, much more.

Losing all (or even some) of that data can disrupt your business and destroy its value.

Read more about the importance of backing-up data here...