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The Benefits of Cloud Computing
Replacing ageing servers and devices with cloud computing, or even adopting a hybrid IT approach, can seem like a no-brainer decision for CTOs looking to keep within the IT budget or even reduce costs. Instead of having to invest in high CapEx costs to purchase and install, then monitor and perform machine maintenance on the IT infrastructure necessary for business processes, using a pay-as-you-go service whereby you rent the capacity and services you need from a cloud provider makes a lot of sense.
You get all the functionality and IT support you need, without the cost of investment, and can scale up or down to suit your business needs so that you only pay for what you plan to use.
However, keeping cloud computing costs down can prove to be very difficult, and here are some of the main reasons.
Business buy more than they need
Many organisations go with the ‘better safe than sorry’ approach to cloud computing, thinking that it’s better to have extra capacity and not need it than to need extra capacity and not have it. That approach, however, contradicts one of the major benefits of cloud computing – the ability to only pay for what you use – and can represent an unnecessary expense.
The simplicity with which cloud apps can be added to a company’s IT infrastructure also represents a challenge to keeping costs down. A new project or business expansion can see a company add on cloud solutions to an ever-expanding portfolio to meet immediate needs, and this can quickly lead to spikes in usage that often go beyond the basic service levels and licenses, leaving businesses paying premium costs, until they suddenly face hefty bills they hadn’t anticipated.
In order to understand the amount of functionality, capacity and IT support your business will need from a cloud provider, it should hire an outsourced IT support team to run an IT audit so you have a comprehensive overview of your processes, systems, devices and IT roadmap, to outline what is needed now, what may be needed in the future, and what is no longer needed. With these insights, your organisation can make the right decisions and keep cloud computing costs within budget.
Your IT support team can also monitor cloud solution and general IT infrastructure activity, implementing governance tools to track usage and costs and alert stakeholders of any impending limits that will result in premium costs.
In theory, cloud computing should be seen as a godsend by businesses in the UK. Its flexibility and scalability should provide organisations with ways to reduce their operational and IT support costs, while also improving efficiency and productivity. In theory. Many businesses who implement cloud computing into their IT infrastructure actually end up doing the opposite, and face costs they didn’t anticipate. Here are a few reasons why this is the case, and how hiring an outsourced IT support team in London to manage your cloud capabilities can prove to be the solution you need.
Cloud Option Confusion
Cloud computing has really taken off in the last decade, with 88% of UK business now adopting it, according to the Cloud Industry Forum, and is only going to get bigger. But with that growth in popularity and usage comes a level of complexity that makes it hard for IT managers or CTOs to make the right decisions regarding what solution is best for their business.
Major players such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services have a dizzying array of service options that can include storage, backup, processing, analytics, etc, all of which offer various products to make up an endless selection of potential service configurations. On top of that, service charges and agreements change like the wind, so it becomes increasingly difficult to find the most efficient and effective cloud solution for your business amongst the sea of options.
This doesn’t have to be the case. Hiring an IT consulting service to assess what your business needs, and to provide their expertise regarding the best cloud solutions for you, is a wise move here. They can also help to reduce costs by offering volume licensing, passing their savings on to you.
Lack of insight and visibility
Many businesses make the decision to implement cloud computing into their IT infrastructure, but don’t take the important first step of assessing what IT assets they need in order to accommodate this and provide the functionality and service cloud apps can bring.
As a basic example, there is no point in investing in cloud apps that will help your company adopt a remote working policy if it doesn’t have the necessary mobile devices among its IT assets.
As mentioned above, an IT audit will help you assess what you have and what you need in order to run the business efficiently, but you also need to have the tools in place to monitor and analyse usage so that you can identify where cloud support and services are most needed, and where they are not.
In-depth and ongoing analysis will also help to identify the cloud solutions that are no longer needed or used efficiently, and this can provide even more cost-savings. Cloud apps that were once adopted for a specific purpose may sit idle and forgotten about once the business has moved on to new projects, so having the right monitoring solution from an outsourced IT support team that can identify and replace the apps that are no longer cost-effective, means you can continue to only pay for what you need.
As your outsourced IT support experts in London, Optimity can provide the cloud and virtualised services your business needs, advising, deploying and managing your cloud computing solutions, and providing the secure off-site backups that will help your company improve efficiency and productivity while helping you to solve the cloud conundrum.
Get in touch to see how we can help your business, and start the process by booking an IT audit with us:
Even companies with IT resources on-site can struggle to stay on top of everyday issues, and the machine maintenance required to keep the show on the road - leaving little time for strategic, innovative thinking that will future-proof your business. As any business in the cut-throat London market knows, keeping pace on the IT front will keep your head above water, but to swim in bigger ponds among bigger fish, you need to do more than simply stay afloat.
That’s where a Virtual CTO or Chief Technology Officer, can play their part.
How can a Virtual CTO help your business?
A Virtual CTO offers a portfolio of IT solutions, delivered by an expert team of service providers. They can take on the role that would normally be filled by a business’s Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer and/or technology consultants, making them:
- Ideal for businesses that don’t want to develop an in-house tech team or
- A smart addition to an existing team that’s focused on more immediate, day-to-day issues such as break-fixes
Why use a Virtual CTO?
- Virtual CTOs take care of everything from IT infrastructure management, firewall and virus protection, to WAN/LAN health monitoring, disaster recovery and scheduled on-site support. The list goes on, but their main objective is to keep systems and data safe, secure and accessible, while keeping your IT costs down.
- Virtual CTOs are proactive, not reactive, and that’s important for fast-paced city businesses, because they’re fastidious about monitoring, measuring and sharing insights that can help improve the way you do business, or give you a competitive edge.
- A good outsourced IT service provider will be at the forefront of IT innovation too, and offer a wealth of knowledge on new business technology, industry trends and the competitive landscape. That means you’ll reap the rewards of what they can do functionally, but you’ll also benefit from the experience they’ve gained along the way, which can be invaluable.
- They can provide remote IT support or work on-site. So, if having an expert opinion in the room is beneficial for workshops, consultations with clients, or you want them in the office or worksite to troubleshoot issues as they arise, that’s all within the realms of possibility.
Virtual CTOs understand how to:
- Use IT as a tool for business growth
- Optimise IT budgets
- Manage the cost of IT maintenance
- Customise business processes and
- Design IT infrastructures to keep businesses lean and efficient
4 more good reasons London-based agencies are using Virtual CTOs
#1 Great IT support can take you from mediocre to magnificent
Strong IT management and maintenance is key to uninterrupted productivity. Virtual CTOs deliver this in spades, keeping the day-to-day operation in good shape, while planning for the future. It’s not about throwing huge amounts of money at IT to make it great, it’s about smart use of what you can do within your means, so spend is not only justifiable, but reflected in returns on the bottom line.
#2 Tech road-mapping
The most successful businesses are agile, innovative, and have a clear vision of where they want to go. Virtual CTOs can help realise those ambitions with immediate improvements and longer-term strategic plans that use technology to meet operational and commercial goals. As such, their skills can help build the business in a very tangible and accountable way.
#3 Fool-proof security and disaster planning
Conversations on the best ways to tackle international fraud, global terrorism and even natural disasters are on the up, and disaster recovery and security are particularly hot topics with the GPDR set to kick in, in May 2018.
As the details of the GDPR begin to sink in and the legal obligations of businesses that rely on personal or sensitive information start to mount, expert help (even if only temporary) may be the only way for some businesses to get ship shape and compliant, in time for the May deadline.
#4 Unlimited expert help
Specialist full-time IT consultants are expensive to recruit and notoriously difficult to retain, but even having in-house resources is no guarantee you’ll always have the right person to resolve a specific IT issue.
With a Virtual CTO, there’s total peace of mind that you’ll always have access to the expertise you need to handle any tech task.
At Optimity, we can offer you the full range of IT support services you need to keep your business on top, and bring the experience and expertise you need to grow.
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While it may still work, the resources needed to keep the server going may begin to outweigh the benefits of maintaining the status quo, at which point investing in a new server becomes a priority. Here, we outline what you need to consider when it comes to your server, and how an outsourced IT support service in London can help you make the right decisions when it comes to this important tech investment.
The Costs of Not Investing in a New Server
In a recent blog on finding the right tech solutions to fit your budget, we mentioned that many companies operate their IT infrastructure with an ‘if it ain’t broke…’ approach. If the server still works, it can be hard for the CTO to convince the company of the ROI of an IT investment in a large capital expense they don’t see as necessary. However, it is worth pointing out the costs involved in keeping the existing server, and these include:
- Increased maintenance and monitoring
- The potential loss of productivity due to decreased operational efficiency
- Increased cooling and power demands and ongoing storage space requirements
- The continuous need for upgraded software integration to accommodate new business requirements
There are also some tell-tale signs that your server is no longer up to the task at hand, and when any of the following start to happen, it really is time to consider a new server to avoid the costs of poor performance, decreasing efficiency, or an outright system failure:
- Louder fan drives (your server’s cry for help)
- It has reached beyond 80% capacity
- The warranty is out of date
- An increase in tech hiccups
- The Benefits of a New Server
Technology is advancing at such a rate that hardware such as a server bought only three years ago will by now be far less capable than what is available today. For any business looking to innovate and expand, or even just to compete, that is an important consideration.
Today’s servers can offer a far better CPU and memory, and so are capable of greater efficiency and can do far more than a three-year-old server. In short, they provide a better performance using less power. With greater capabilities, they demand less space, less maintenance, less cooling, and at the end of the day, fewer resources to keep them running and meeting the demands of the business.
An up to date new server can also decrease the cost of accompanying software that needs to be licensed every year. Software licenses are attached to CPU cores, which are fed by memory and storage. The more performance you get out of each processing core, the fewer licenses you need, the lower your costs will be, and the more performance you’ll get out of the apps you’re licensing.
How Outsourced IT Support Can Help with New Server Integration
If you convince your business of the benefits of a new server, the next step is its implementation. Of course, this needs to be done quickly and with the minimum of fuss in order to ensure business continuity, and this is where hiring an outsourced IT support team in London can be a wise decision. Here’s why:
- A reputable IT support service can not only install and integrate your new server into your existing IT infrastructure while you focus on more day to day tasks, they can first assess your business requirements, run an IT audit to understand how this new hardware will fit into your IT roadmap, and advise on the server specifications that will suit your needs. This will ensure the maximum utilisation of every server resource.
- Your outsourced IT support team can also take care of server security to ensure your systems are protected from malware, ransomware and other cyber security threats, and if they are also experts in GDPR compliance, they can also ensure that your entire IT infrastructure complies with data protection regulations. Initial and continuous security audits can be complemented by 24/7 monitoring to analyse usage, detecting any suspicious or threatening activity that may result in costly disruptions to business, and act on them accordingly, as well as implementing any necessary upgrades or patches.
- Monitoring the server should also extend to ensuring business-critical services never drop, and your outsourced IT support team can act as a virtual CTO to analyse usage, speed, etc to guarantee efficiency, predicting when upgrades will be needed and implementing them without fuss as part of a proactive machine maintenance service.
- Backup and disaster recovery can also be provided as part of the service, ensuring your server has the capacity to securely backup all business-critical data, and perform data recovery should the unthinkable happen.
- Your IT support team can also advise on the best usage of cloud computing and help you to implement a hybrid IT solution that enables your business to avail of both traditional in-house server and cloud capacity and functionality, and integrate each into your IT infrastructure seamlessly.
- One of the major benefits of hiring an outsourced IT support team is that they can provide a flexible and scalable service model you can use as an OpEx investment, choosing how long they are needed for. So, whether you just want them to install your new server, or would prefer that they provide ongoing monitoring and maintenance, you decide on the level of investment you want or need, based on your requirements and your IT budget.
Your company’s server must run efficiently in order to ensure your business can run smoothly, but making the decision to invest in a new model, and putting the resources into installing and integrating it, can take a lot of time and energy. Hiring an IT support team to take care of all aspects of new server deployment and maintenance, however, means you can leave this task to them while you focus on keeping the business running.
The team at pebble.it can provide you with all the advice and technical know-how you need to make the decision regarding a new server, and can integrate it into your IT infrastructure and continue to monitor and update it as needed.
Get in touch to find out more, or take the first step towards finding the IT support you need by booking an IT audit with us:
If you recognise any of the following four signs in your UK business, outsourced IT support in London may be the solution:
1 - Productivity is dropping due to an increase in tech issues
As your business grows, it will need more and more IT support, and your in-house IT team can become stretched and unable to meet the demands it is faced with. Outdated devices, sluggish servers, flawed systems and a clunky network can result in outages or tech failures that disrupt business continuity, and it can take time to repair them: time you can’t afford to lose. When machine management becomes a constant break-fix scenario, your business is already on the back foot, unable to invest resources into innovation because they are all focused on (barely) keeping afloat.
Outsourcing your IT support, on the other hand, means you can avail of a specialised team of experts 24/7, acting as a virtual CTO to not only handle all tech support issues remotely (or on-site), but to operate a proactive machine management approach to your IT infrastructure.
They can also perform an IT audit to assess your current capabilities and where you need to make smart investments in order to build an IT roadmap that will help you meet current tech demands and future-proof your business.
That doesn’t have to mean an IT infrastructure overhaul. Your outsourced IT support team can provide a consulting service to help build a plan in line with your overall business strategy to prioritise the business-critical processes you need to keep running at all costs, and implement the upgrades you need here and elsewhere before they become outdated.
2 - IT support is costing you too much
Having an in-house IT team means a serious investment in permanent salaries and benefits, not to mention the risk of decreased productivity caused by holidays or sick leave. On top of that, even though you are paying out for permanent staff, they may not provide the all-round expertise needed to support your business.
IT support today can include a range of services that demand expertise, from basic system admin to email, to password management to ongoing monitoring and maintenance to integrating cloud computing, and finding a permanent team capable of handling all of this would require steep salaries.
On the other hand, outsourcing to an IT support service in London instead means you have a team of experts who can handle any and all aspects of your tech support, and because you can hire them on a flexible and scalable pay-as-you-go basis, you can control your spend as an OpEx cost, rather than a CapEx one. Whether you require an IT helpdesk, a consulting service to advise on and implement new tech investments, or on-site technical help, an outsourced IT team can provide the solutions with experienced and expert personnel, at a fraction of the cost of an in-house team.
A reputable IT support service can also provide cost savings in the form of volume licensing, passing on the savings they make in hardware and software purchasing to you.
3 - Your company is growing too fast for your IT to keep up
While expansion is obviously a very good thing, a sudden increase in the number of staff who need reliable and efficient IT support can leave your tech team, and your business, struggling to keep up with demand. An expanding user network, new and upgraded devices and increased demands on servers all become more complicated to the point where a single IT guy, or even a small team, may not be able to manage, leading to lengthy delays in maintenance, or implementation of new IT assets.
There is also the question of the expanded workload that comes with monitoring and maintaining hardware and software, and an increase in vulnerabilities that need to be patched, upgraded or replaced.
They can up the number of hours or personnel needed to meet a surge in demand, ongoing expansion, or a specific IT project, so you can stop worrying about having the IT solutions you need, and continue to expand your business.
4 - You can’t be sure your cyber security is up to speed
Whether you have experienced a cyber security incident that threatened not only your business continuity but your compliance with data protection regulations such as GDPR, or if you just fear that your business may be vulnerable to malware or ransomware attacks, your IT support needs to be able to act to ensure all systems, networks and devices are secure. Faced with a dozen other daily tasks, your in-house IT team may struggle to not only get up to speed with the constantly-evolving world of cyber security, viruses and data management, which puts your business in real danger.
An outsourced IT support team in London with expertise in data protection can provide the round-the-clock monitoring and analysis your business needs to stay several steps ahead of hackers and other cyber threats, and keep you compliant with regulations.
Beginning with an initial security audit, they can assess the current status of your IT infrastructure security, identifying gaps, and advise on and implement the upgrades, response strategies and overall cyber security culture you need. They can also provide on and off-site backup of business-critical data and data recovery, should the unthinkable happen and you face a tech calamity.
Running a successful business efficiently is enough of a job without having to worry about whether your in-house IT team is up to the task of increased tech support. If you have begun to notice any of the above signs, it may be time to outsource your IT support to a team of dedicated and expert professionals who can provide every tech solution you need. They can not only provide 24/7 support across every aspect of your IT needs, they can also reduce the costs of keeping your hardware and software running at the level you require to stay ahead of the competition.
Get in touch with the team at Optimity to find out how we can help your business with a tailored, flexible and scalable outsourced IT solution, and get started by booking an IT audit with us:
Leading Causes of Data Loss
It’s tempting for businesses affected by an internal cyber security incident or data breach to put it down to a rogue employee or malicious intent, but in fact the majority of cases are caused by human error or failures in the data security process. In its report for the last quarter of 2017, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that four out of five leading causes of data loss they acted upon were due to this.
Those incidents included:
- Loss or theft of paperwork (91 incidents)
- Data posted or faxed to incorrect recipient (90 incidents)
- Data sent by email to incorrect recipient (33 incidents)
- Insecure web page, including hacking (21 incidents)
- Loss or theft of unencrypted device (28 incidents)
A recent report by the Ponemon Institute that surveyed 3,000 employees and IT practitioners across the UK, France, the US and Germany came up with some startling statistics.
- 76% of IT practitioners say their organisation experienced the loss or theft of company data over the past two years
- 88% of end-users say their jobs require them to access and use information such as customer data, contact lists, employee records, financial reports, confidential business documents, or other sensitive information assets
- 62% of end-users say they have access to company data they probably should not see
- Only 29% of IT respondents report that their organisations enforce a strict model to ensure staff only have access to company data on a need-to-know basis
- Only 25% of businesses surveyed monitor all employee and third-party email and file activity, while 38% don't monitor any activity
- 35% of organisations have no searchable records of file system activity, leaving them unable to determine if files have been compromised by ransomware.
With GDPR on the horizon, this slack approach regarding the access to, processing and sharing of sensitive data, must be addressed by every organisation who wants to avoid the crippling fines this new legislation will bring for non-compliance with data protection.
Overcoming the Data Protection Challenge
It must, of course, be pointed out, that staff, while usually at the coalface of data processing, shouldn’t be singled out for blame (unless they prove to be one of those rogue team members with a grudge) when it comes to data loss or leaks. Organisations themselves also faces big challenges.
The way business is done today has led to dramatic changes in staff behaviour that can lead to a sense of apathy and unintentional carelessness when it comes to their employer’s business policies and practices. Combined with this is the overwhelming volume of data now being processed on a daily basis, and the use of mobile devices and remote working policies, all of which add up to make it more difficult to effectively uphold best practices and ensure staff follow the correct protocols when it comes to data protection and cyber security.
It is therefore imperative that the IT support team within every business takes proactive steps to not only inform everybody within the business regarding data protection and cyber security best practices, but to include them in creating and following those policies and procedures.
1 - Develop an organisation-wide cyber security policy
In order to know what actions are allowed when it comes to accessing, processing and sharing sensitive data, a policy must be put in place for staff to follow. The IT team should create and implement a set of guidelines that leave no doubt as to what should, and should not be done across the organisation’s IT infrastructure, network and files.
This should include:
- An acceptable use policy – outlining how the company’s data assets and hardware and software assets can be used, how it can be stored (eg, on the cloud, or on USBs, etc), what data can be shared, and by what means (eg, email)
- A privacy policy – outlining what staff can do with company data, where sensitive data is stored and why, and the safeguards in place to protect that data (eg, encryption or pseudonymisation)
- Mobile or remote access policy – outlining how data should be accessed remotely, what safeguards are in place to keep this secure, and how mobile devices are secured
It is also important to outline the consequences of not following best practices and policies, so that staff are fully aware of what a violation or negligence will result in.
2 - Educate and train staff on data protection and cyber security
In order to know what actions or processes are allowed, each staff member needs to be informed of the policies mentioned above, so education and training is vital to ensure they understand their responsibilities and the limitations on authorised access and usage that may be in place.
Awareness campaigns, regular email updates and formal training programs will all help staff get on board with the company’s cyber security and data protection policies, and can help to build a collaborative cyber security culture.
3 - Use IT to monitor actions
This doesn’t have to mean acting like Big Brother and watching everything your employees do, it is simply a matter of putting the IT tools and tech solutions you have at your disposal to work so that you can set rules for data access, and detect when these have been violated.
Software logs can record all employee activity within your company network, and regular monitoring and analysis of these can quickly identify the source of any data breaches or violations of best practices, eg, sensitive files sent to an employee’s personal email, files downloaded to an unauthorised USB, etc.
This will help to pinpoint how exactly a cyber security incident resulting in a data breach has occurred, where, and why, so that the IT team can get to work on resolving it efficiently, minimise any disruption caused, and put the data loss response plan into action effectively.
Data protection and cyber security is not just the responsibility of the IT team, it’s an organisation-wide endeavour that includes educating staff on best practices and implementing clear policies that can help the business to keep its data secure from threats, both external and internal. This can, however, take time, which many organisations can’t afford to spare as they focus on running the business, which is why it is a good idea to consider hiring an IT consulting service with expertise and experience in cyber security and GDPR compliance.
The team at Optimity can advise on the data protection and cyber security measures you need to put in place to comply with new legislation, and can help to implement the tech solutions you need to keep your business secure and ahead of the competition.
Find out how we can help your business by getting in touch, or by booking a security audit.
Small businesses in particular may be tempted to keep using their IT assets for as long as possible in order to get the most value out of them, and take a reactionary approach to their machine maintenance. This does lead to short-term cost savings as IT support resources are not used up by making regular fixes or updates to hardware, and, using an OpEx model, are only called on when something is in immediate need of attention. But with it comes the risk of much greater costs when business-critical machinery suddenly needs to be replaced, leading to expensive downtime as machines need to be bought and integrated into the IT infrastructure of the company, and the loss of a significant portion of the IT budget.
When weighed up against such a large and unexpected expense, the costs associated with regular IT maintenance are relatively low, and the ongoing monitoring and upkeep of your IT hardware and software brings many benefits, including:
Less Equipment Downtime
The time and resources needed to do regular scheduled checks and updates to hardware and software is considerably less than that of having to undergo a major IT infrastructure overhaul, having run your devices and systems into the ground. Replacing and integrating new IT assets will almost certainly require a stoppage in business processes, and when your business is not up and running, it can’t make any money.
Better Asset Management
The more care and attention you give to your IT assets, the longer they will continue to work efficiently and effectively for you. Prolonging the lifespan of your devices means you can get as much value out of them as possible, reducing the costs of frequent replacements, and thus increasing your business bottom line. It comes down to the question of spending a certain amount of money on regular maintenance, or multiples of that to replace assets that have been worn out.
Increased Efficiency
Properly maintained devices and servers can continue to run efficiently for years, and the same goes for your software assets. Regular scans, updates and patches mean you can monitor software efficiency and implement the upgrades needed to ensure it stays up to date and your business stays ahead of the competition.
More Reliability
Ensuring your software is kept up to date also means that your cyber security measures such as your firewall and other security protocols are able to handle any new threats to your system or network. New viruses, methods of hacking and ransomware can all be kept at bay by regular scans and security audits that can detect and act upon the latest cyber threats. This means you can rely on the safety of your systems, which in turn means your business becomes more reliable.
You may think that while the cost of regular low-key IT maintenance may be small, there is still the matter of having to pay out for a permanent IT support team to carry out these tasks, but this cost can also be reduced by hiring an outsourced IT support team. They can act as not only your IT service desk, managing any and all tech maintenance issues, repairs and upkeep, they can also act as a virtual CTO, overseeing every aspect of your IT assets to ensure that everything is working to its maximum efficiency levels.
Your outsourced IT support team in London should provide a proactive maintenance package that includes most, if not all, of the following:
- Security scans and updates, including firewall, virus and spyware protection
- IT asset management for servers, hard drives, workstation, device and software
- Backup and data recovery testing, business continuity planning and disaster recovery
- Software and hardware procurement (often at lower prices due to volume licensing and leasing)
- Secure integration of all mobile devices
- Remote monitoring and analysis of server event logs to detect potential issues
- Break-fix call out services
- Secure remote access by certified IT experts to ensure immediate diagnosis and resolution of tech issues
- Around the clock call logging service with efficient ticket management
- Full phone or email support
- Reporting and auditing service
- Advising on, deploying and managing cloud and virtual services
In line with taking a proactive approach to IT asset maintenance, your outsourced IT support team can not only help with keeping your business running as effectively as possible today, they can also help you work towards the future by developing an IT roadmap that will outline the tech solutions you need to future-proof your business. This will ensure you stay ahead of the competition and ready to meet the demands your industry presents.
Discover how the team at Optimity can deliver a proactive IT maintenance solution that looks after your entire IT infrastructure around the clock by getting in touch, and find out what we can do to get you started by booking an IT audit with us:
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As companies grow, so does the technology behind them. Connectivity, IT and cybersecurity often end up spread across multiple suppliers, contracts and support models. Simply Connected brings it all together under one provider, making it easier to manage, easier to support, and clearer to understand costs.
At the heart of it is Vorboss’ own fibre network spanning over 750km across London, built, owned and operated in-house, with the same team designing, installing and managing the full setup end-to-end.
“Office technology has become overcomplicated,”
said Rhod Morgan, Chief Operations Officer at Vorboss.
“Many businesses have the right services on paper, but the experience feels disjointed. We wanted to remove the grey areas. Customers manage one relationship, have access to local support and receive one predictable monthly bill. The same team that builds the solution runs and supports it day-to-day.”
Simply Connected includes modular services that flex around each business and scale as it grows:
- Dedicated internet connectivity from Vorboss
- Fully managed office networks
- Managed IT and hardware provisioning
- Cybersecurity
- Ongoing support delivered by local London experts

Vorboss is powering the ambitions of London’s businesses with blazing-fast connectivity, managed IT, and serious cybersecurity. As we grow, we are focused on building a team that reflects the diversity of the customers we serve.
This year’s gender pay gap results mark a clear step forward, with both our median and mean pay gaps in favour of women, placing us ahead of the UK benchmark.
We recognise that lasting change depends on improving representation across roles and levels, and we are taking deliberate action to support this through inclusive hiring, clear career pathways and ongoing development. We are proud of the progress made and remain committed to achieving gender parity across Vorboss by 2028.
Read the full report here.
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