Month: July 2018

See how the largest contract food service company in the world, Compass Group, harnesses the versatility of Microsoft Dynamics 365.

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As Microsoft Gold Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

With the increased use of cloud services and mobile devices comes increased opportunities for security breaches and cyber attacks. Ransomware, phishing attacks, malware, and other threats are becoming more frequent and widespread.

Is your organisation prepared?

You need to be able to run and grow your business from anywhere without interruption. That means it’s critical to be able to identify potential vulnerabilities before your network can be compromised, and to react quickly and effectively after an attack.

It’s also important to have greater visibility into suspicious activities that may threaten your information, and have the right systems in place to help you.

How can Microsoft help?

Microsoft 365 Enterprise helps you prevent, detect, and respond to emerging threats.  Microsoft 365 Enterprise helps you prevent, detect, and respond to emerging threats.

By combining the best of Office 365, Windows 10 Enterprise, and Enterprise Mobility + Security, Microsoft 365 helps you address your most pressing security concerns:

• Advanced threat protection to safeguard emails
• Protect device endpoints
• Detect suspicious activity quickly and see threats and spot patterns to help secure your business
• Rich reporting provides insights into who is being targeted
• Manage data protection and compliance needs
• Gain visibility into Shadow IT and assess risks – no agents required

Want to find out more?

As Microsoft Gold Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

Organisations in fields such as healthcare, government, and financial services are faced with several unique challenges where mobility is concerned. On one hand, they must follow frameworks and directives such as the MiFID II regulations that dictate requirements around encryption strength, data storage, and data discoverability.

On the other hand, workers in these industries have the same day-to-day working needs as anywhere else, and they must have access to the corporate resources they require to do their job. This includes having the ability to quickly and easily collaborate with one another and with external contractors, suppliers and partners. And in some cases, they demand the ability to use their personal devices in the workplace.

How can IT departments accomplish all of these requirements without significant security trade-offs?

BlackBerry has a long, successful history working with businesses in regulated industries, and offers a range of solutions to this challenge. The unified portfolio offers software solutions designed to meet the needs of clients working in any regulated industry, including:

• BlackBerry UEM, the single-screen endpoint, content, and application management platform. UEM ensures you’ll be prepared for GDPR and other data privacy regulations, with the ability to maintain consistent security policies, make users happier and more productive, and decrease IT support costs.
• BlackBerry Work, is an all-in-one, best-in-class secure productivity app. BlackBerry Work provides employees with integrated email, calendar, contacts, presence, document access, document editing, and more – all wrapped in BlackBerry’s leading secure container.
• BlackBerry Workspaces, offers an enterprise file sharing and synchronisation platform. Workspaces ensures that your organisation always remains in control of critical files no matter where they are, and its logging functionality is invaluable for compliance.
• BlackBerry AtHoc, provides an industry-leading crisis communications solution. With AtHoc, you can keep your people safe and accounted for through any crisis.
• BlackBerry SecuSUITE offers an easy-to-use encryption and recording solution for secure voice and text.

Endorsment by Gartner

Because of its comprehensive solutions suite and commitment to security, Gartner recently granted BlackBerry the top score in the Regulated Industries Use Case for its 2017 Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Mobility Management Report. A survey of enterprise customers, the Critical Capabilities Report details how advanced EMM users use their mobility solutions.

Furthermore, this is not the only time BlackBerry’s leadership has been recognised. In addition to being recognised a Leader in Gartner’s EMM Magic Quadrant, the company also received the highest score in 6 out of 6 use cases in Gartner’s Critical Capabilities for High Security Mobility Management Report last August.

Secure, manage, connect, and comply through BlackBerry

Balancing regulatory compliance with productivity doesn’t have to be difficult. You CAN ensure your business keeps sensitive data properly protected without impeding workers, and you CAN give employees the level of access and freedom they demand without putting your data at risk.

That’s what BlackBerry enables. With the BlackBerry Enterprise Portfolio, compliance, collaboration, and productivity need not be at odds. The solutions give your employees the access they need, and do so without putting any of your data, regulated or otherwise, at risk.

 

 

 

Want to find out more? As Blackberry Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business. To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

See how British challenger bank Redwood has put its customers at the centre of its business and IT operations using Microsoft Azure cloud.

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As Microsoft Gold Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

Your employees need to access and share documents to do their job, but how do you control critical documents wherever they go – even on devices beyond the control of IT?

Watchdox by BlackBerry is available as SaaS, a virtual appliance or a hybrid and provides a single pane of glass to work with personal and enterprise content, uniquely combining consumer-style app interfaces with security to suit any enterprise requirement.

The short video below gives you an overview into the tool and how you can:

		Control and track your sensitive files by managing access, print, download, copy or edit permissions on any devices, protecting them from advanced threats, insiders, and more.
		Securely share files with anyone, with the power to wipe them at any time(even after download).
		Deliver secure mobile productivity, including viewing, editing, and annotating files on mobile devices.
		Securely mobilise and externally share your files stored in SharePoint, file shares and more.
		Send large files securely (up to 10GB in size).

 

Want to find out more? As Blackberry Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business. To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

This video outlines a roadmap to application modernisation using Microsoft technologies. Discover:

• Moderinising your infrastructure starts with Hyper-V
• The move from older operating systems like 2008R2 to 2016 is a good time to do a container evaluation
• Containers are “In the Box” with Server 2016
• Azure Stack provides on-premises integration for PaaS services

Want to find out more?

As Microsoft Gold Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

Whether you’re a cloud novice or a cloud expert, you can find the resources and information you need to get the most out of Microsoft Azure with this short introductory video.

Want to find out more?

As Microsoft Gold Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

In a recent survey by Sophos, it was found that….

• 90% of small businesses are concerned that their IT security solutions won’t keep up with malware threats
• 92% are worried about the threat of ransomware

And this one really surprised us:

What’s the solution?

Sophos Intercept X and XG Firewall give you proven protection against advanced threats – protection that is straightforward and fast to use.

• Advanced protection including deep learning, exploit prevention and anti-ransomware
• Detect and block hidden risks such as unknown apps, risky users and suspicious payloads
• Stop malware from spreading with automatic isolation and remediation of devices

Spend less time managing your security

Sophos solutions are built from the ground-up to be straightforward and quick to use,
accessed from one central management platform.

• Manage everything in one place
• Intuitive interface that’s quick and easy to use
• Automatic response to threats – average response goes from 2 hours to 8 seconds

What is the industry saying about Intercept X and XG Firewall?

“XG Firewall combines top performance with stunningly good value.” ITPro

“Intercept X stopped every complex, advanced attack we threw at it.” ESG Labs

Find out more

As Sophos Gold Solution Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the full suite of solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

Request your no-obligation 30-day FREE trial via this link or call us on 01274 396 213.

 

An email address with a few letters out of place. An unscrupulous employee. A crafty hacker and a vendor with poor security.

These are just a few of the ways your business’s data might end up in the wrong hands. As employees freely share files across more devices and endpoints than ever before, you need to find a way to stay in control – because shutting down collaboration is not an option. Enter BlackBerry Workspaces.

Part of the BlackBerry Secure solution portfolio, Workspaces is an Enterprise File Sharing and Synchronisation (EFSS) tool that secures your organisation’s valuable content wherever it travels. With Workspaces, all stakeholders can safely and easily access, share, and collaborate on even the most sensitive files, which are never out of your control.  But security is only part of the equation – an EFSS platform is only valuable if it offers both functionality and ease of use.

BlackBerry Workspaces brings the best of both worlds.

Protect your contracts with DocuSign integration

DocuSign integration combines the power of Workspaces with an industry-leading solution for electronic signatures. Where a legally-binding signature is required, businesses can now use an electronic contract which can then be wrapped in Workspaces’ leading Digital Rights Management technology. This is especially valuable for loan or job applications, and for legal and financial transactions.

Take for example a large financial institution with several thousand financial officers in the field. These officers regularly meet with customers such as large construction companies that need financing to start new projects. With Workspaces, they’re now able to handle every single stage of the loan process in the field, shrinking the approval process from days to hours.

Ensure staff read critical documents with read acknowledgement

Workspaces now includes the ability to track read acknowledgement on a per-user basis. You’re now able to determine who among your staff has read a critical document, and who hasn’t. Governments, regulatory organisations, and human resources departments can all utilise this feature to ensure that employees have read and understood official policies, procedures, and releases.

Such a feature could’ve helped Google track and prevent the alleged IP theft it is claiming occurred when one of its star engineers left the company for a self-driving startup that was acquired by Uber.

Major government agencies also use Workspaces to mobilise and securely digitise processes that were once paper-based. In addition to using DocuSign on forms, inspectors can securely upload reports with rich media in real-time. Reports, records, and mandates can be sent out to colleagues and business owners, and the agency is able to track who’s looked at them.

Collaborate closer with inline comments, mentions, and usability enhancements

Lastly, it’s now easier than ever to collaborate with others using Workspaces. Users can now make comments within the Workspaces user interface, which are stored permanently and displayed alongside files. Within these comments, they can use the “@mention” feature to leave a comment for a specific person, alerting them the next time they sign in.

In the ongoing effort to make Workspaces as productive and easy to use as possible, Blackberry have also introduced significant usability enhancements throughout the platform. These include enhancing the look and feel of the secure browser application, the ability to open and save/save as from within Workspaces’ Microsoft Office interface, “What’s New” alerts on the mobile applications, and the ability to send multiple files at once via mobile.

Work better with BlackBerry Workspaces

BlackBerry and Complete IT Systems are dedicated to helping you empower your organisation with new workflows, better connectivity, and greater productivity. BlackBerry Workspaces helps with exactly that.

The collaboration culture that’s taken over successful businesses isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. People are going to continue sharing files across devices, and across endpoints far outside your reach. Workspaces lets you empower them to do so – while always keeping you in control of your most critical files.

Want to find out more? As Blackberry Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business. To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.