Festive opening hours
Christmas is upon us and big man in the red suit has given us the yearly call for our services! So, it is a good idea that we share with all our Service Desk opening hours:
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🏆Winners of Excellence in Customer Service🏆
We are honoured to announce that we have been named winners of the Excellence in Customer Service 2020/21 award at the Kent Invicta Chamber Business Awards.
🎉We have been shortlisted for the SDI Awards 2022! 🎉
Select Technology has been shortlisted for THREE Service Desk Institute Awards including Best Managed Service Provider, and two of our outstanding Service Desk Engineers have made the shortlist as Service Desk Analyst of the Year.
Cloud PCs: The dawn of Windows 365
Microsoft announced the introduction of Windows 365 on the 14th July 2021, "a full, personalized PC experience from the cloud" and part of the next generation of Windows!
Data back up: Would you like to know a secret?
Data backup is not exactly top of most people's agenda, however I am going to attempt to pique your interest. So, here we go…
Windows 11: The next generation
If you think this article is about double or triple glazing then I am sorry to let you down. It is in fact a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down with the introduction of Windows 11!
Future-proof business success
Since March 2020, technology has become more entwined in our lives than ever before. Connecting with friends and loved ones on video calls, home-schooling children on laptops, and being entertained via Netflix and Disney Plus – who didn’t watch Tiger King or The Mandalorian last year?! Unsurprisingly online retail sales grew by 36% in 2020, the highest annual growth since 2007, according to the IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, and social media usage increased exponentially. In a time where we were apart, technology enabled us to come together.
Skype for Business: The end is nigh
2021 marks the beginning of the end for Skype for Business, with the Online version being unsupported from July 31st 2021, followed by the server versions (2015+) becoming unsupported in 2025.
🎉We are on the shortlist! 🎉
We are proud to announce that Select Technology has been shortlisted for the CRN Sales and Marketing Awards' "Best New Business Win" category. The new business win in question was Locate in Kent who we now provide Prestige IT support to, and we also migrated them to Microsoft 365.
Microsoft email server hack. Is your business at risk?
We’re all aware that we need to be vigilant of our own cyber security and it goes without saying that this should be of paramount importance to any business. The news of the recent Microsoft hack is a stark reminder of just how vital it is to have cyber security monitoring in place.
Microsoft Teams: PowerPoint just went live
The shift towards remote working, has meant we spend a huge amount of time in either Microsoft Teams meeting or Zoom calls etc. One of the things that we all do, is present! PowerPoint has become an application that really makes it easy to share compelling stories. However, sharing a presentation has been “not easy”.
Select Technology partners with Locate in Kent to support their business recovery initiative
We are excited to announce our partnership with Locate in Kent on their Future Forward initiative. We will be working with SMEs across Kent and Medway to align their strategies with technology and to help enable them to plan for the future through digital transformation.
