Would your business benefit from remote access?

The increased availability of high-speed internet access allows businesses to offer remote working to their employees. This means that staff can connect to their employer’s network from any computer that has internet access, so they can work when they’re away from their desks, in a meeting, travelling or from home.

Remote access can result in a number of benefits, including:

• staff can work from anywhere where there is an internet connection and it is easy to for them to access their email and documents

• there’s no need to carry a laptop at all times or to synchronise files between a laptop and desktop PC

• being able to respond more quickly means improved customer service

• the flexibility of being able to work from home enables staff to enjoy a more harmonious work/life balance

• jobs that offer flexible working practices tend to be considered more desirable by prospective employees - and a happier employee is likely to be more productive

In order to reap these benefits, employers need to ensure that the necessary technology is in place. Tweet us @NovaITSolutions, email us at info@nova-itsolutions.com or call us free on 0800 019 4525 to see how we can help your business work remotely.

Are you getting the best deal from your mobile provider?

With so many different options available, it can be hard to tell which mobile provider offers the best deals for business users. Here are our top tips for making sure you have the best tariff:

• Analyse your usage, taking into account the minutes, texts and data that are included in your current tariff – is it working for you?
• Look at whether you’re getting value for money; a different tariff could be more suitable for your needs, and you could, for example, benefit from changing from a personal to business package.
• Consider insurance – if you have multiple handsets, this could benefit your company and give you and your staff peace of mind.
• Speak to an expert - through our partnership with Connect It, Nova IT Solutions can deal direct with providers on your behalf and manage all your mobile needs, whether you decide to stay with your current provider or switch to a new one.

Tweet us @NovaITSolutions, email us at info@nova-itsolutions.com or call us free on 0800 019 4525 to see how we can help you optimise your mobile service.

Why protect your data with scheduled off site backups?

The vast majority of organisations would struggle to recover from the loss of their important data, many never recovering from the loss. Through our partnerships, Nova IT Solutions can advise provide and configure the most appropriate type of backup for you, to help prevent the loss of your valuable data – from customer info and databases to images and accounts.

As costs have come down, it is now possible to back up your critical data to off site backup servers securely, and at an affordable cost. When our offsite backup runs, it is protected by 128 bit AES encryption. Your data is encrypted before it leaves your PC and you have the option to encrypted while it is stored on the data vaults.

According to research by IT management company CA, of 250 UK business surveyed, 79 per cent admitted to losing data at least once a month. Can you afford not to back up your company’s data? Tweet us @NovaITSolutions or call us free on 0800 019 4525 to see how this service could help your business.

Forward thinking marketers: Tweet @NovaITSolutions

Nova IT Solutions is at the forefront of information technology, and is delighted to see that our clients are increasingly utilising the social networking sphere. Did you know that, according to Experian’s 2010 Social Networking Report, ‘Forward thinking marketers are leveraging the power of social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter to connect to consumers’?

We believe in communicating openly with our customers, which is why you can find us online at Twitter, @NovaITSolutions.

As the Social Networking Report says, web users are using social sites increasingly for business and pleasure - social networking is of course an increasingly addictive activity, with nearly half of Americans that access such sites (43%) reporting that they visit them multiple times per day! Furthermore, two-thirds of all online adults have visited a social networking site in the last 30 days, up from 53% in 2008 and 20% in 2007.

So, if you have a burning question about anything IT related – from infrastructure installation, email systems, remote access or secure back up, Tweet us @NovaITSolutions or call us free on 0800 019 4525.

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