At Flint IT we regularly meet companies whose computer systems are supported by a “one-man-band” IT support company. These arrangements sometimes work well – but what happens when your IT man is on holiday? Or with another client? Or not up-to-date with the latest technology? These concerns eventually prompt many companies to trade up to a bigger [...]

Changing IT support provider can seem like a big step to take. Your current provider may not be performing, but how can you be sure a new supplier will be any better? At Flint IT over the past few years we have switched literally dozens of new clients to our managed IT support service, freeing [...]

Cyber attacks against small businesses have risen sharply in the past year, research has revealed. Nearly two thirds (63%) of UK small businesses were attacked by an “unauthorised outsider“ in the last year, up from 41% in the previous year according to research by PwC commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Nine [...]

Does your current IT support provider give you complete peace of mind and value for money? Do they take real ownership of your IT issues and deal proactively with issues that come up?

We all know it’s incredibly important to have our own domain names, don’t we? It’s part of our brand identity and locates your company on the Internet, telling a domain name server where to look for your website …

Microsoft released its brand new operating system, Windows 8, at the end of October last year. It was clear from the first moment of using Windows 8 that this was a total rethink of how computers are supposed to work …

We are amazed at what some businesses put up with when it comes to their IT support. Second-best somehow became acceptable. Businesses will often adapt the way they operate to fit in with ”the way our system works” …

Everyone knows how important it is to take regular back-ups and the vast majority of businesses have some sort of procedure in place. Does your business though? If so, here are three questions you need to ask yourself …

We all know the saying, ”there’s no such thing as a free lunch”, but we’ve probably all made a Skype call as well; Is it really free? The answer follows another age-old saying – ”you get what you pay for” …

It’s always good to be up isn’t it? Though in this case, we’re talking about the Uninterruptible Power Supply, not the parcel delivery people or a form of happiness. And this is a cautionary tale, drawn from a real life scenario …