Investment in your IT Infrastructure, applications and services will only deliver to its full potential if they are well maintained and supported. From the smallest office network to the largest datacentre, effective support and management processes keep your systems running efficiently and more importantly, reliably. 

IT.ally can help with the planning, installation, configuration, updating/refreshing, support and, if required, disposal of your IT infrastructure.

How would your business cope following a disaster?

When the term disaster is used it is associated with recent, highly publicised, events such as the London terror attacks and the Buncefield oil terminal explosion but the fact of the matter is that the disaster that affects a business's operations is usually more mundane such as theft or outtage of IT equipment, fire, flood and utility failures.

The use of email has grown exponentially over the last 10 years to the point where it is now one of the main business communication tools.  In line with this growth of email usage there has been an even greater increase in storage requirements, system management, email retention policies, compliance requirements and the performance of the physical hardware required to run these systems.

As your organisation expands or replaces its hardware it is all too easy to lose track of your IT assets, both hardware and software. IT.ally offers services to help you trace, record and track your IT assets to ensure that you realise a full return on your investment, and comply with your licensing commitments.

In recent times, Remote working has undergone explosive growth in performance and productivity. The proliferation of netbooks, smart phones and tablets coupled with evolving cellular and WiFi networks have only added to the sometimes confusing array of options available to those needing to be part of a connected world – and that’s before anyone mentions the ever present/looming/lurking “Cloud”. In addition the flexible working legislation requires employers to consider applications for flexible working from employees whom meet certain criteria; further information is available here.

Virtualisation technologies have maturing for a long time but it is only in the last couple of years that the technology has become a efficient, scalable solution for many IT applications.