Month: August 2014

For years now we have been supplying customers with licensed products of Microsoft Office and Office for Mac.  These are great products but the downside was that the retail boxed version only provided the user with 1 installation.

This is great if you sit at a desktop all day and then don’t touch your work until you arrive at the office the next morning. However, the impact of mobile devices on our working patterns means that most of us need access to our Office Apps when away from the office. With Office 365 Small Business Premium you now have the ability to access your data from anywhere and there are some really cool benefits, such as:

1)     Enjoy a consistent and familiar Office experience across PCs, Macs, Windows tablets, iPads, and most mobile devices. In fact each user can install Office onto 10 devices. 5 PCs/Macs and an additional 5 mobile devices including the iPad.

2)     Always have the latest versions of Office, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Notes, Publisher, Access and Lync. There is no need to pay for version upgrades; updates are included in your subscription.

3)     Business Class email through the familiar Outlook experience. You can access your emails from your desktop or from a web browser using the Outlook Web App. Get a 50 GB mailbox for each user and send attachments of up to 25 MB.

4)     Connect with other Lync users via instant message, voice calls and video calls. Share presence, IM and audio calling with Skype users.

5)     OneDrive for Business provides 25GB of storage for each user. You can virtually access your documents anywhere, share files with others inside and outside the organisation, control who can edit and share each file and easily sync files with PCs and other devices.

6)     Get a guaranteed 99.9% uptime, financially backed service level agreement.

All of the benefits above are genuine but it is the ability to install Office up to 10 times that really appeals to us. Some many of us will use a desktop, laptop, iPad and mobile device during the day and the ability to access your data across all of these platforms is ideal.

Also it has a real cost benefit as well. To buy an annual subscription to Office 365 Small Business Premium is £99 + VAT. To buy a single licence of Office Home and Business 2013 or Office for Mac 2011 Business Edition is in the region of £200 + Vat. So if you need your Office apps over multiple devices we strongly recommend the 365 solution.

If you are interested in leasing or purchasing Office 365 call us on 0121 285 0098 or email info@localhost

There was a time when we all operated without a backup solution. Then as people started to think about disaster recovery we all rushed out to put a backup solution in place. For the majority of businesses however that backup solution is usually right next to the server and is never taken off site. Without an offsite backup solution you can fairly argue that you don’t have a backup solution at all.

Now that sounds harsh but the reality is that if you have a fire or theft is unlikely that either will politely leave you backup alone for your business to continue. With most businesses going bust within 12 months of a fire or flood the importance of an off-site solution is vital.

At GEEX we can offer a number of solutions but a favourite is our cloud storage. But what is Cloud Storage?  “Cloud storage” generally refers to a product which enables people and/or businesses to store data remotely in secure servers. Meaning, you can store your files in a secure place on the internet and then download or view the files through an internet connected device.

Our Backup folder is like a mirror of your hard drive. The software that we use creates a copy of the files on your computer and places them in the Cloud. This makes sure that you never lose your files, even if their computer is stolen or breaks.

As you would expect, if you create, edit, or delete a file on your computer, the same will happen to the file in the cloud.

The costs of our cloud service are £291.67 + VAT per annum and include the following:

Installation and transfer of data across to the cloud archive.

Simple, Secure Online Backup
·        Completely hassle free – monitors files as you work
·        Unlimited storage – it doesn’t matter how many files you have on your computer, we’ll back them all up
·        Extremely easy to use and install
·        Keeps up to 30 versions of any file
·        Easily restore files using our restore software
·        Keeps copies of deleted files
·        100% safe and secure
·        Support for software via telephone support

Many of our customers have account managers who are on the road, who like to access PDFs and alike when out in the field.  Then we can add our Briefcase solution to your package for £49.99 + VAT per annum and gives an additional 512MB of data.

The briefcase technology lets your employees access their files anywhere. It adds a new drive to their PC or Mac, and files they put there are synchronised between all of their computers. They can login online to view and even edit their documents from the web browser, and they can use our free mobile apps to access their files on the move. We can add extra 512MB of data for £14.99 + Vat per annum if you thought you would need more for the briefcase solution.

If you have any questions regarding our offsite backup please contact us via info@localhost or  call 0121 285 0098