Oasis Community Housing has awarded Smart IT a Shared Value Award “Business Club Level” in recognition for their support to the organisation over almost the last decade. Oasis are a national Christian charity supporting homeless people through the difficulties of life on the streets. Their mission is “to transform communities by creating access to housing,…
We are extremely pleased and excited to announce that we have recently achieved ISO 27001:2013. ISO 27001 is one of the most widely recognised and internationally accepted information security standards. It identifies requirements for a comprehensive Information Security Management System (ISMS). At Smart IT, security is always a top priority. In a time when security…
Taking just minutes to implement, our Cloud Email Security Solution requires no hardware to buy and no software to install. With a simple change of your domain(s) MX records, your mail is routed through our servers, filtered, and the good messages are then passed on to your network. The entire filtering process typically takes less…
Clayton Glass were founded in 1956 making them one of the UK’s longest established glass manufacturers. In 2004, the business became privately owned and since have gone from strength to strength. Fast forward to 2021 and Clayton Glass have grown into a much larger business, operating across four separate UK sites, and employing over 400…
Way back in 2015 BT announced they would be phasing out the ISDN and PSTN networks with the goal of deactivating the ISDN Network in 2025. It all seemed a long way off back then, but here we are in 2022 and that target date is ebbing closer. For businesses who haven’t made the switch,…
Every business uses data daily. If you lost your critical data, what would you do? If you do not have backup, chances are it would destroy your business or if you are lucky, you would gradually work your way back. In fact, 70% of companies go out of business after a major data loss (DTI).…
At Smart IT we love a success story and are delighted to share that Telecom’s Engineer Apprentice Jack Marley has passed his Unified Communications Apprenticeship, achieving his Network Fundamentals MTA certification. Network Fundamentals MTA includes the following modules: How to install and maintain a network Cabling and network infrastructure Security Fundamentals “There is an ever-increasing…
We are all familiar with MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) It has become a part of everyday modern life. Many of our personal accounts now require multiple methods of verifying our identity upon logging in. Everything from accessing online banking to social media accounts requests a second layer of verification. No longer is a username and password…
Newcastle is undergoing a digital transformation, with City Fibre developing a full fibre network which will reach almost every residential and business in the city. This network will make Newcastle one of the most digitally connected cities in the UK. What does this mean for Businesses?The old aging copper-based legacy networks will be replaced with…
Smart IT’s annual Company Awards took place on Friday 29th January, albeit a little different to the usual offsite presentation and knees up. However, with the power of Microsoft Teams, we were still able to hold the awards. So on Friday we all logged on remotely with our Smart IT goodie boxes; loaded with snacks,…
