The rise and fall (and rise again) of IT It’s been over 20 years since I started my career in IT. The rise and fall and rise again of an industry has been one hell of a ride. Digital Transformation is here. Again! A few of you are probably scratching your heads wondering when IT [...]
I have been advising SME's on IT for many years now and from experience, I know they can be split into two categories - Companies that value IT and companies that don't. So the question to you Mr/Mrs Business owner is - Are you realising the investment you have made it IT? or to put [...]
Over the last few months, I have done quite a few posts about the benefits of IT Managed Services, Data Storage and Archiving, Disaster Recovery and Backup. But what do all of these solutions have in common, and without such a thing nothing in the wonderful world of IT will work? Very simply, it is your [...]
While your IT strategy (or indeed any form of business strategy) should be taken seriously lest you doom yourself to failure, we understand the process of forming what is often a complex series of plans, failsafes and otherwise can be a daunting and stressful task. However there are ways to take control of the madness [...]
Here at Unleashed, we take a very different approach to what we do with ISO 27001 compliance. There is a whole world of consulting around the ISO Management System Standards. This tends to focus on the compliance and adherence to the letter of the standards - paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork! Whilst the consultants are [...]
So you're thinking about hiring an IT consultancy firm. Great! We hope it was because our last blog gave you the information you needed! In any case, deciding to appoint an IT consultancy firm was just the first step; before you make the leap, however, you should be asking yourself these 5 key questions... Will [...]
Lock your doors, draw the curtains and hunker down, soldier; it's time to define your IT strategy! Wait, what do you mean you haven't got one yet? Are you aware that an IT strategy is one of the cornerstones of a successful business? Regardless whether you answered yes or no to that question, you've found [...]
You've got the best IT strategy in the world, and that's a fact. It's genius, foolproof and will take my business into the 22nd century... At least, that's would you'd like to tell yourself. Maybe you already do, and that's wonderful. But let's dial it back a bit; no IT strategy is foolproof. There's always [...]
Hiring the right IT Consultant is challenging, let's be clear on this. No two businesses are exactly the same and nor are their goals. Trying to find the right consultant that will help drive core business your way, without getting into a long term contract or having it cost the earth, is a process that [...]
We're hearing a lot in the news lately about how company websites have been subjected to hacking. We also know that unless you have been subjected to a security breach you are likely to ignore it and not allocate much of a budget to your IT team. One area you may not be aware of [...]
There's that term again: "IT consultancy;" two words that, in some circles, encourage the rolling of eyes, the sighing of breath, possibly the hushed utterance of numerous expletives. But like it or lump it, IT consultancy is more important than ever in today's digital-centric business world. Sure, it's easy to see IT consultancy as "another [...]
There's a reason we love certain technology products, the sleek designs of Apple; the latest Microsoft in-house products such as the Surface Pro 4 and the Surface Book. The consumerisation of IT Well-thought-out design can command a premium and drive people to stand in queues overnight at Apple's flagship stores. In the IT world we [...]
For regular readers of the Unleashed blog, you will now start to get the idea that we know what we are talking about when it comes to IT infrastructure! So, with that in mind, I would now like to give you three reasons why you should engage with us. We Understand The first step to [...]
What exactly is an IT consultant, anyway? The job title alone almost sounds like someone made it up to make themselves sound important; after all, if you run a business, you surely have the know-how to use a computer right? Following this line of logic, it's easy to assume (as we've previously pondered) an IT [...]
Information Technology and the way we use it is changing. For years, SMEs have seen IT as an overhead and a cost to the business and complained when they had to buy something new! Thankfully this is no longer the case, and in fact without IT and IT services 99% of businesses would cease to [...]
In this article, Unleashed has looked at the recent Spiceworks report on the State of IT for 2016 and picked out the highlights for your perusal, to hopefully inform your IT strategy solutions for the coming year. What do we think IT departments will be spending their money on in the next financial year? Despite [...]
Having spent over 15 years working in the Cumbrian nuclear supply-chain and growing up on Britain's Energy Coast, you'd think that I'd have learnt a little something about how certain topics of conversation can fill people with dread… The bad jokes I used to think for many of those who work outside of the industry [...]
An IT consultancy can be more helpful than you think. Are you a tech-savvy company whom requires all their staff to show some level of adeptness when it comes to IT? No? Perhaps you're a non-profit group who's more concerned with saving the lives of baby turtles than learning the ins and outs of a [...]
Age, experience, hindsight – they are all a funny thing. Back in my youth, I’d have laughed quite hard at businesses that would bring in consultants to tell them facts they already know or even facts that should be blatantly obvious. As I’ve become older, more experienced, perhaps a bit jaded to the insanity I [...]
” I have crushing responsibility but inadequate resources and no authority to implement change.” – Trevor Pott I’ve been dwelling on quite a number of things I’ve read of late. As many of you may have read, I’m like the Stig of the IT Management world, the tame IT Manager. It may be that MBA [...]
