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Empowering Your Digital Infrastructure: Proxar IT Consulting and the World of Data centres
What are data centres and why are they important? Data centres are purpose-built facilities that house a complex network of servers, storage devices, networking equipment, and cooling systems. They serve as centralised hubs where organisations store, manage, and process their data and are essential for ensuring data availability, reliability, and security. Though many will never […]
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Unlocking Success: Powering Your Projects with Proxar IT's Exceptional Project Management Services
The basics of IT Project Management At its core, IT project management is about bringing together people, processes, and technology to achieve specific objectives. It involves defining project goals, identifying project requirements, allocating resources, and managing project timelines. Just like in other project management, the project manager plays a pivotal role in orchestrating these elements, […]
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Unlocking Business Potential with Microsoft Azure: The Power of Proxar IT Consulting's Azure Consulting Services
What is Microsoft Azure? Let’s start at the beginning: what is Microsoft Azure? Microsoft Azure, more commonly known as just Azure, is a comprehensive cloud computing platform that enables businesses to build, deploy, and manage a wide range of applications and services. It provides a vast array of integrated cloud services, including infrastructure as a […]
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The Future of IT in an AI World
Natural Language Processing (NLP) There’s few people left who haven’t heard of ChatGPT. Yet what some people might not know is that ChatGPT falls under Natural Language Processing (NLP), a subfield of AI, which enables computers to understand and interpret human language. This holds significant potential for IT companies to deliver better customer service by […]
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Cyberattacks on UK Universities: A Rising Threat?
In a statement shared with the press, Patrick Hackett, registrar, secretary and chief operating officer at the university, said: “Regrettably, I have to share with you the news that the university is the victim of a cyber incident. It has been confirmed that some of our systems have been accessed by an unauthorised party and […]
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Remote Working and the Revolution in the IT Landscape
The growth of cloud computing Firstly, the demand for remote access to corporate resources, including files, applications, databases, and internal systems, from outside the traditional office environment skyrocketed. Millions of employees needed secure and reliable access to company resources from anywhere in the world. Furthermore, cloud computing eliminates many of the expenses commonly associated with […]
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Maximise Your Business Potential: Essential Data for IT Management
Of course, this can be easier said than done – particularly if your in-house IT department lacks the experience or skills to collect and analyse data. At this point, outsourced IT companies can play a vital role in deploying monitoring tools to track system metrics in real-time, generate comprehensive reports, and provide insights into areas […]
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Boost Your Business Growth with Microsoft 365
Increased Collaboration One of the most significant advantages of Microsoft 365 is its ability to foster collaboration within teams, regardless of their physical location. By providing a suite of powerful tools and features, it enables seamless communication and teamwork within organisations. With applications like Microsoft Teams, users can collaborate in real-time, share files, chat, and […]
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5 things to consider when choosing an IT support provider
Expertise and Technical Proficiency. This is perhaps the most obvious. When choosing an IT support provider, it is essential to assess their expertise and technical proficiency. Without the right skills, knowledge, and experience, an IT support provider can do more harm than good, and amount to little more than an additional expense. Of course, the […]
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The ins and outs of IT Migrations
What are IT Migrations? As we said above, an IT migration is the process of moving any aspect of your IT from one system to another. This can include migrating to a new hardware or software platform, moving to the cloud, or upgrading to a newer version of an existing system. Typically, IT migrations are […]
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Proxar IT Consulting - Your Trusted IT Support Provider
Benefits of Hiring a Reputable IT Support Company Increased Productivity Proxar IT support Berkshire, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex, and East Sussex companies to achieve their optimal productivity. Through our proactive approach, we identify and address IT issues promptly, minimising downtime, glitches, and slow systems to promote productivity. As one of the most experienced IT support […]
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The Benefits of Cloud Computing for Small and Medium Sized Businesses
What is cloud computing? Cloud computing is a method of delivering computing services over the internet. Instead of owning and maintaining physical servers and infrastructure, businesses can access computing resources such as storage, computing power, and applications through a cloud service provider. It has numerous benefits, particularly for SMBs, that we’ll explore later in the […]
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Proxar IT Consulting: Your Partner for Expert Cisco Consulting Services
What is Cisco and why do UK companies choose it? Cisco is a world leader in technology. Specialising in networking and communication technologies, it offers a range of products and services from routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, and collaboration tools. By enabling businesses to optimise their networks, Cisco helps organisations across the globe connect […]
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Cybersecurity: Keep your business safe every day
Security checks should be constant Daily vulnerability scans For the best cyber hygiene, it’s important that your systems are scanned regularly. Where 24.7 monitoring is not possible, we recommend daily vulnerability scans. Did you know that many cyberattacks are automated, with criminals using the same vulnerability scanning software that businesses do to identify a […]
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Cybersecurity: your guide to cybersecurity audits
They can also cause huge reputational and legal ramifications. In 2017, Equifax’s network vulnerability was exploited by hackers to steal credit card details and personal identification data from over 147.9 customers in the US, UK, and Canada. Under strict GDPR rules, the ICO found Equifax guilty of failing to properly secure their data and fined […]
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The Proxar philosophy: IT Support Services that are premium, proactive, and flexible
A proactive approach Here at Proxar IT Consulting, our defining principle is that a proactive approach is far superior to a reactive one. Analogies about stables doors and horses spring to mind, but there’s little denying that most of us would prefer to prevent a problem from happening in the first place rather than endure […]
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