Effective 05 December 2010

Managed247 Ltd has been re-certified as a Cisco Premier Certified Partner in UK.

Managed247 Ltd has again met all requirements for achieving Cisco Premier Certification, including personnel, support and specialization. Managed247 has continued to demonstrate that it is qualified to sell, install and support Cisco solutions in UK. 

We value Managed247 Ltd’s ongoing commitment and look forward to continuing to work together.  

Sincerely,

Cisco Channel Certification Team

As a leading digital marketing company, Rocketfish has established an enviable reputation helping clients deliver successful online campaigns. Over the past 10 years, Rocketfish has achieved online marketing success with a variety of clients from multiple business sectors. With over 90,000 first page positions, 27,000 of those at number one – creating 1.4 million leads for its clients across all search engines and industries, Rocketfish helps to maximize sales and delivering results that can clearly be measured on a client’s bottom line.

Managed247 has deployed a disaster recovery solution that allows Rocketfish to restore critical applications and services within 15 minutes of failure.

Download the full case study from Zenith Infotech website using the following link

http://www.zenithinfotech.eu/nl-be/Partners_section_zie/Download_managed247.aspx

Managed247 has today become a Microsoft Service Provider enabling them to sell Online and Hosted Microsoft Solutions.

“We are moving into a world of borderless IT. Consumers are demanding hosted and cloud based solutions in conjunction with on-premise traditional solutions. Our decision to join the Microsoft SPLA program has been taken after thorough consideration of the demand from our current customer base and our vision for the future of cloud computing.

As demand increases for cloud based data and voice solutions we are defining our portfolio of key vendors and Microsoft is clearly one of those key vendors.” John Pepper, Managing Director

CS-1 is a VoIP platform for SME and Mid-Market consumers (5-500 users) and is Managed247’s answer to simplifying telecommunications, lowering operational and call costs whilst offering businesses all the features and benefits of an enterprise class voice system. The CS-1 Communication Server is a Managed247 product.

The CS-1 comes in 3 form factors; 1u Rackmount, 4u Tower Server and Small Form Factor depending on number of users and can be deployed to a 5 user office at less than the cost of one smartphone. 

CS-1 has all the key features you would expect from an enterprise voice platform including call recording, voicemail to wav, conferencing, skills based routing, remote user and advance call reporting. It can also scale to a full featured call centre solution with wallboard presentation. The platform is scalable through additional storage options and can offer significant savings on mobile costs by utilising MobileOne (a CS-1 Mobile Option).

“Since its launch in late 2009, we have now deployed the CS-1 to our 500th user. There was a clear void in the market for SME and Mid-Market to deliver an enterprise class voice system utilising all the advantages of VoIP and Cloud Backup at a reasonable price. The CS-1 continues to gain momentum in enquiries and deployments and is a stable, secure platform that competes exceptionally well with the larger players.” John Pepper, Managing Director

Effective 24 August 2010

Congratulations to Managed247 Ltd for meeting all criteria to achieve Small Business Specialization.

Managed247 Ltd has met the resource requirements for Small Business Specialization. Managed247  has demonstrated that it is qualified to support customers with Small Business Specialization in UK

We value the commitment and expertise that Managed247 Ltd has demonstrated and look forward to a successful partnership. 

Sincerely,

Cisco Channel Specialization Team

With the launch of iPhone 4 following rapidly after the launch of iPad, what is the impact to the business community?

Information is becoming easier to share and access which is allowing business leaders and employees to access the information they need at the right time to make essential and better decisions. This technology can make businesses not only more operationally efficient but deliver better customer experience than ever before, whilst delivering huge competitive edge over late adopters.

John Pepper, Managing Director of Managed247 comments;”Despite some reports, iPhone’s and iPads can be secured to the tightest of security regulations. Also, i.X tools allow employees to collaborate with each other and with their customers like never seen before.

Let me give you an example. We are working with a business that has receptionists that sit behind a desk and when guests visit the reception area, they sign in at the desk, then the phone goes, then the receptionist makes a coffee for the guest etc etc. High workload, no mobility and potentially poor customer experience. Pretty standard stuff right?

We are trialling and developing an iPad reception application that provides the receptionist with a sign in tool where the customer signs themselves in on an iPad, whilst on a different iPad it provides the call management console so calls can be routed effectively by the receptionist. This, in conjunction with a bluetooth headset provides, total mobile reception areas. Providing the receptionist is able to see a WiFi connection they are able to operate. Reception areas and the role of the receptionist will change forever.

Whats more of course, we couple this with a hosted voice solution so the call cost savings pays for the solution in less than a month in most cases!”

The key is that these devices are great socially (ie you will use them at weekends etc) but are also incredibly powerful work tools that at nights and weekends can turn themselves into social tools. Whether you love or hate Apple mobile devices, they are changing the way we work, live and play forever…….

Managed24/7 announces that it has today certified as a Microsoft Authorised Education Reseller.

Stephen Boardman, Business Development Director for Managed247 commented “Managed247 are now able to provide a breadth of licensing solutions to schools, local authorities, colleges and charities. We are excited about the announcement and look forward to making further vendor announcements throughout 2010″.

Article from the BBC on Cloud Computing

The UK will spend over £1 billion on cloud computing by 2012 – twice as much as today – researchers predict.

This would mean more consumers and businesses subscribing to web-based services, such as Google Apps.

Cloud-based services currently account for around 7.5% of the £8 billion UK software market, according to research company TechMarketView.

Read full article here:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8644110.stm

http://mediazone.brighttalk.com/event/INCITWEEKCOMPUTING/64d52e08cc-3733-intro

The UK is recovering from the biggest recession since World War Two. Margins on hardware have been decimated and volume sales are the remit of the bigger players. Services are the way forward and the best way to ensure a recurring revenue stream for your business. But how can you build a profitable services practice and stand out from the crowd? Do you have what it takes to become a true services star in 2010 and beyond? Tune into this audio web seminar in association with Nimsoft and hear firsthand how your peers have made their managed services business a resounding success. 

Our panel of experts will be talking about:

• How to increase customer satisfaction and “stickiness” by delivering ITSM excellence
• How to increase revenue by winning new customers and growing existing ones
• How to increase profitability by driving operational efficiency into the business
• How to reduce staffing costs by making your MSP an “Employer of Choice

Managed247 has published a Cloud Computing White Paper outlining the key benefits to businesses whatever their size of cloud delivered applications. This follows on from the success of a number of significant wins in London, UK.

To read the paper, click here

“Whilst Hosted Desktop Infrastructure is not an implement and fix eveything solution, it is a very useful tool in a suite of measures to assist business owners in getting a firm grip on technology costs whilst  introducing flexibility and control into their application delivery. We hope that business owners have the opportunity of reading this publication and make informed decisions or pick up the phone to us and ask further questions.

We have now launched our 30 day hosted desktop test drive which includes Microsoft Office 2007 and a thin client to run a virtual desktop (the thin client is the size of a fizzy drinks can and saves over 99% of electricity usage over a legacy PC). All we need for a business to sign up for the trial is an internet connection. To register businesses need to call us on 0845 834 0192. There is no charge for the trial.” John Pepper, Founder & Managing Director Managed24/7