Do, deliver, and achieve the unthinkable with Lenovo ThinkBook

Work should be an enjoyable experience. That’s why the ThinkBook family with Intel® Core™ i5 processors is engineered to integrate seamlessly into your users’ life, helping them turn heads and achieve business goals.

  • Unthinkably Trusted with millions of ThinkBooks in market
  • Unthinkably Awarded with over 30+ awards at CES 2022 alone
  • Unthinkably Innovative with industry-first features
  • Unthinkably Sustainable through production process & AI management
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Want to find out more?

As Lenovo Gold PC Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on how the devices and solutions and 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.

Special trade-in on Lenovo Think range

We have a great trade-in promotion from Lenovo and Intel to offer you before the end of June 2022!

Get up to 25% of your purchase price back (up to £400) when you buy selected Think products with an Intel® Core™ i5 processor and trade in your old laptop, desktop, workstation or monitor.

As an added bonus, Lenovo also help offset your carbon footprint by planting a tree for every trade-in! 2,200 and counting planted so far!

6 reasons to trade-in
  • Receive up to £400 cashback trade-in reward on selected Think products
  • Help your corporate social responsibility initiatives, and contribute to a more sustainable future
  • Simple, secure and pre-paid postage solutions for your trade-in devices
  • GDPR-compliant handling and disposal of trade-in units
  • Certificate of Data Erasure for your peace of mind for every laptop, desktop and workstation you trade-in
  • Clear qualifying trade-in criteria (and Complete IT Systems can guide you through the process)
Which Lenovo devices are right for your business?

The Lenovo range with Intel® Core™ i5 processors include options for every business’ needs and budget. Which you select from will depend on these factors, and even your different user groups may have different priorities and needs. We’ve included overviews of the popular L Series and E Series below, and you can call our team at any time if you’d like to discuss your requirements in more detail.

L Series

If it’s productivity and price that matter most to your business, the ThinkPad L Series with Intel® Core™ i5 processors deliver. These powerful laptops and 2-in-1s boast legendary reliability, our award-winning, spill-resistant keyboards, security options, and superior web-conferencing—all at cost-conscious pricing.

For example, the ThinkPad L15 combines power, ports, and productivity to create an enterprise laptop that easily transitions from data-entry, finance, and accounting work to video streaming, presentations, and more. Thanks to significant improvements in processor performance as well as enhanced storage and display options, the ThinkPad L15 is faster and brighter while boasting greatly improved battery life than before.

Along with improved security features and one-touch calling on the new UC functions, the ThinkPad L15 includes WiFi 6 and LTE CAT9 connectivity standard. With it, anywhere your users go, they can stay connected to the content and contacts that matter to their work.

P Series 

Lenovo’s powerful laptops fusing the portability of a laptop and the performance of a workstation, the ThinkPad P Series laptops are ISV-certified for running all major applications.

These systems feature lightning-fast graphics and processing, and the latest cutting-edge technology to handle your compute-intensive needs—in surprisingly light packages.

Talk to our team about the best specifications to fit your needs.

Trade-in Promotion

Lenovo’s Trade-in promotion also helps you to support the environment by recycling your old devices in a sustainable, secure and ethical manner. The scheme helps your organisation offset its carbon footprint by not only recycling your unwanted devices but also planting a tree for each of them.

One planet, one goal!

With an unwavering commitment to a healthier planet, our Trade-in programme is highly focused on the responsible and sustainable disposal of unwanted devices. We operate a zero to landfill policy, make use of solar energy and smart lighting, and we will plant a tree for each Trade-in unit we receive to help offset your carbon footprint.

Trade-in in 5 simple steps

Follow these 5 simple steps to get your trade-in deal now, and we at Complete IT Systems are here to help you along the way.

  1. Purchase up to 100 qualifying Think Products from Complete IT Systems by 30 June
  2. Submit your online claim within 21 days of the date of your qualifying purchase – we can help you with this aspect
  3. Trade-in – send back your old device(s) for Trade-in within 60 days of approval.
  4. Receive your reward! Upon successful validation of your claim, receive your reward directly into your nominated bank account within 14 days.
  5. Offset your carbon footprint. Lenovo will help you offset your carbon footprint by planting a tree for each Trade-in device.

Want to find out more?

As Lenovo Gold PC Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on how the devices and solutions and 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.

Switch your cybersecurity provider with a 24-month buyout

To help our customers become more resilient to face up to more sophisticated cyber threats, Bitdefender has launched a special promotion. With it, you can switch from Kaspersky, Sophos, or other competing vendors to Bitdefender, and have the remainder of your legacy contract bought out!

Available until 30 April, 2022

Take advantage of a special end-user promotion to make the switch to Bitdefender. Here’s the nuts and bolts:

  • Bitdefender will buy out up to 24 of the remaining months on your Kaspersky contract, or other competing cybersecurity vendor.
  • Anything between 1 and 24 months can be bought out
  • Get up to 36 months of protection when paying for 12 months for an upto 24-month buyout
Why Bitdefender?

Bitdefender offers solutions for organisations of all sizes, industries, and differing requirements.

GravityZone Business Security Enterprise combines the world’s most effective endpoint protection platform with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities. This helps organisations defend endpoint infrastructure (workstations, servers, and containers) across the threat lifecycle, with high efficacy and efficiency.

The cross-endpoint event correlation takes threat detection and visibility to a new level combining the granularity and rich security context of EDR with the infrastructure-wide analytics of XDR (eXtended Detection and Response).

By incorporating Risk Analytics (for endpoint and user-generated risks) and hardening innovations natively, we minimize the endpoint attack surface, making it more difficult for attackers to penetrate.

The smallprint
  • The promotion is only valid for new Bitdefender customers
  • Must be net new customer opportunity generated by the Partner – Each opportunity must be closed and invoiced during
    the promotional timeframe
  • Renewals, upgrades, upsells, cross-sells, or add-ons with existing Bitdefender customers are not eligible
  • No minimum or maximum on the number of endpoints
  • Eligible Bitdefender products include GravityZone Business Security, GravityZone Elite, or GravityZone Ultra only
  • The promotion can be combined with standard margins, NOR / deal registration, and the Competitive Upgrade order type.
  • Partner must provide copy of Kaspersky invoice and/or other paperwork (e.g., console screenshot, attestation on customer letterhead) indicating name of customer, product used, number of seats / endpoints and remaining term
  • Invoice generated upon contract execution, standard payment terms apply
Want to find out more?

As Bitdefender 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.

 

Passwords are a weak point > here’s how to close the gap

Weak passwords are a factor in many cyber security breaches. When they are trying to be productive, users sometimes use easy passwords such as ‘password’, ‘123password’, childrens’ names, dates of birth and so on.

This is not sloppiness on the part of the user, but is simply a case of ‘password fatigue’ to be able to access systems as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, that means hackers can too.

What’s the solution?

Password Manager Pro from ManageEngine is a secure vault for storing and managing shared sensitive information such as passwords, documents, and the digital identities of organisations.

With Password Manager Pro, you get the following benefits:

  • Eliminate password fatigue and security lapses
  • Use of a secure, centralised vault for password storage and access – all under IT’s control
  • Improved IT productivity by automating frequent password changes required in critical systems
  • Provide preventive & detective security controls through approval workflows & real-time alerts on password access
  • Meet security audits and regulatory compliance requirements

Want to find out more?

As ManageEngine 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.

Upgrade outdated and failing printers with a single solution

Complete IT Systems Managed Print services in partnership with Apogee recently joined forces to provide our customer, a national security company, with a total managed and secure workplace solution.

The service has allowed the customer to:
  • Upgrade outdated and failing printers to release workload strain on the IT department.
  • Alleviate further strain on IT department caused by attending to issues with failing printer toner and restocking toner.
  • Remove poor service and response times which are hampering and affecting business.
  • Future upgrade path to be included in the contract to support IT department.

Find out more

As Apogee partners, Complete IT Systems have the skills and resources to help your business with printing solutions for the modern workplace. For more information on how Complete IT Systems and Apogee can help, call 01274 396 213 or email .

Is your business mobile contract good value?📱

The way we communicate is changing. Could you be getting more value from, and/or spending less on your business mobile contract, unified communications, connectivity and cloud services for your organisation?

The specialist team at our sister company Complete Voice and Data works with its customers to get maximum value all business communication needs.

If you would be interested in seeing if they can help your business save on its voice and data requirements, fill in this short survey to give us some key information, and a specialist will contact you.

📢[Webcast]: 2022 Data Protection: Strategies and Initiatives

With data volumes soaring and the demand for modern business applications growing, IT teams need to get to grips with multiple silos of data.

Based on Veeam’s 2022 Data Protection Trends Report that surveyed around 3,400 IT professionals around the world, this session will cover the most common strategic initiatives that drive changes in data protection.

Check out this recent webcast from Veeam to learn more about:

  • Business requirements and how to align to data protection methodologies
  • How digital transformation or IT modernisation initiatives can be impeded or accelerated through modern data protection
  • Cloud‑first ramifications for both production and protection
  • Cyber preparedness alignment with business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) within a broader data protection initiative

 

Find out more

As Veeam Silver partners, Complete IT Systems have the skills and resources to help your business. For more information on how Complete IT Systems and Veeam can help, call 01274 396 213 or email .

 

 

8 reasons to choose an independent business mobile provider

Business mobile plans are one of those operational costs that most companies know can be reduced, either through alternative quotes from another supplier that may be linked to specific networks, or even going direct to the networks themselves. Both options take time and have disadvantages.

Because of this, sticking with an incumbent is usually the path of least resistance. The result is that your business could be losing out on significant savings every month.

To start making some quick savings, our partners Complete Voice and Data have put together a short article outlining 8 reasons to choose an independent business mobile provider.

Securing applications – an expert perspective

The need for securing applications hits the headlines every day. New cybersecurity breaches, ransom attacks and hackers breaching organisations’ critical systems are all commonplace. Applications are a common weakness that malicious actors exploit to gain access into IT infrastructure, and access sensitive data.

Protecting against attacks

To successfully protect against attacks, IT professionals need to be on top of recent data breaches, the main application security vulnerabilities, and how other businesses are dealing with them. They also need to understand the most important product capabilities needed to defend against multi-vector application attacks. From there, plans can be formulated for securing applications and protecting against those top threats.

As part of its recent report entitled “The state of application security in 2021”,  Barracuda Networks surveyed a group of IT professionals worldwide to find out their challenges, opinions, and priorities associated with application security and compiled the results into an insightful market report.

In this insightful webinar, an expert team from Barracuda and Christian Jackson, Platform Manager at the Natural History Museum discuss the report and delve further into its findings.

Want to learn more?

Complete IT Systems have a team of Barracuda specialists on hand to demo the solution, discuss business benefits and help you understand how the technology works for your organisation.

To get in touch or request a demo please contact us.

Cloud-to-cloud backup – why you should backup Microsoft 365 data

What is the use case for cloud-to-cloud backup? Despite the misconception to the contrary, Microsoft 365 is not a backup tool. Instead, it should be thought of as providing availability for users to conveniently access documents – but not a secure backup archive.

Microsoft’s own user agreement confirms that it actually provides extremely limited data protection by retaining deleted items in site collection bins. These are very similar to the recycle bin on Windows Desktops. However, files are only retained for a maximum of 93 days. The retention of files in Microsoft Teams can be even more limited, with Teams channels only protected for 21 days.

The implications for IT

Restoring entire users’ folders or mailboxes can be a tedious, manual process. If the data is mission-critical, this will inevitably mean that widespread disruption can be caused.

Because of this, Microsoft itself recommends that you its customers use third-party backup for data hosted in Office 365.

What is the solution?

Cloud-to-Cloud Backup provides comprehensive, cost-effective, scalable protection for your organisation’s 365 data.

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup offers fast backups, highly granular restore capabilities, and unmatched ease of use. It automatically backs up all data from email, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Groups, and Teams data to the Barracuda Cloud.

The service is provided as a complete Software as a Service (SaaS) offering so no hardware or software to deploy or manage, and when time is of the essence, restoring what you need takes just a few clicks.

Find out how to go from signing up to running your first backup within 5 minutes in this short video!

Want to learn more?

Complete IT Systems have a team of Barracuda specialists on hand to demo the solution, discuss business benefits and help you understand how the technology works for your organisation.

To get in touch or request a demo please contact us.