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Extra Bandwidth Deployed

Darren McCarthy — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:46:30 GMT

Some of customers have mention to us that the Stafford IT Services web site has been loading quite slowly. So over the band holiday we have deployed extra bandwidth to our web site so it should now run a lot quicker.

Brand New FaceBook Site

Darren McCarthy — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:31:33 GMT

Our brand new facebook site can be found here.

This new page gives you a way to follow Stafford IT Services on Facebook. You will still get all the great posts from Stafford IT Services.

Enjoy!

New Avast Products

Stafford IT Services Online: News — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:13:23 GMT

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New Partnership with avast!

Darren McCarthy — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:01:15 GMT

We have joined forces with avast! to provide you with the best Anti-Virus solutions in the marketplace today.

“avast! won a VB100 award in Virus Bulletin’s test on the new Microsoft 2008 Server R2, detecting all in-the-wild viruses.

Test labs at Virus Bulletin, an independent publication focused on computer security, examined avast! Antivirus Server 4.8, the antivirus product for securing businesses networks, “These results show that avast! is more than just a product for home users, it is also a great solution for business,” said AVAST Software CEO Vince Steckler.

avast! received high performance marks against the traditional industry heavyweights, despite it being an older product. The only reviewer disappointment was in not being able to test the upcoming 5.0. “Clearly version 5 includes some significant improvements in more than just the GUI design,” wrote Virus Bulletin’s John Hawes. The new avast! 5.0 Server edition will be available later this year.

In addition to virus detection capabilities, avast! scored high for its speed and use of system resources. “Scanning speeds were pretty zippy though, and both file access lag times and RAM consumption very light indeed,” wrote Mr. Hawes. avast! was one of the three of the 33 tested programs to increase CPU demands by less than a 22 percent during heavy file access testing.”

We are slowly adding the products to the online shop where they are available at great starter prices.

New Remote Control Client Updates

Darren McCarthy — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:51:00 GMT

You will getting prompted for a remote control. Please accept the automatic installation of the update to continue your support.

Thanks

New facebook page

Darren McCarthy — Fri, 14 May 2010 05:51:59 GMT

We have started a new facebook page…more information to come…

New server for Message Servers

Darren McCarthy — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:26:00 GMT

We have had a great deal of requests to bring back our free messaging service which is open to non customers as well as customers.

So its back on a brand new server.

More information here:

http://www.stafford-itservices.co.uk/content/MessagesServices.aspx

Help Desk Migration is completed

Darren McCarthy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:56:31 GMT

We have completed the help desk migration. All users would have now received user names and password for the support desk (some of you already had your usernames and passwords for access to the downloads)

Change to Support

Darren McCarthy — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:17:00 GMT

We are going social with support. We are starting to transition our support from our standard help desk system into the social forums.

From 1st of May the traditional help desk will close.

Over the next few days those on support will be receiving details on the changes.

For small businesses you will find a new support forum opening within your group portal within the next few days.

Fruits of the Easter shutdown

Darren McCarthy — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:46:00 GMT

We are starting to deliver some of the goodies which were worked on during the off-line week at Easter. You should now see a nice new on-line shop. We will be adding lots of new products over the next few weeks so keep checking back or sign up for our newsletter.

So please take a look.

Easter Holidays

Darren McCarthy — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:36:00 GMT

Just to remind you that we are closed for business:

2nd through till 11th April for Easter Holidays.

If you have an urgent enquiry then please use the helpdesk as we will be monitoring it for urgent requests.

Happy Easter from Stafford IT Services.

Broadband Service Charge Changes

Darren McCarthy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:44:00 GMT

>> FORTHCOMING CHANGE TO CEASE CHARGES

Due to an increase in charges imposed by BT, from the 1st April 2010 the charge for ceasing a connection will increase to £24.74 ex VAT. This charge will be applied to all connections ceased on or after 1st April 2010.

>> CHANGE TO ORDER CANCELLATION CHARGES

Similarly, from 1st April 2010 the charge for cancelling an order which is in-flight will increase to £69.38 ex VAT. This charge applies where a line provision order which has already been progressed to Openreach is cancelled prior to the order delivery date (ODD).

Vista RTM Support Ending

Darren McCarthy — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:27:00 GMT

On April 13th, 2010, Windows Vista RTM will reach the end of support from Microsoft. If your PC is under maintainence with us then please contact us and we will upgrade you to a supported version of Windows Vista free of charge.

Managed Domains

Darren McCarthy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:25:00 GMT

If you have previously been running running under our custom domains banner and you do not have you domain hosted with us there will be a charge of £5 /year for this service for your domain.

We are sorry that we must start charging for this service.

If you purchase and host domains with us then there is nothing to do and you will continue to have this service for free.

Thanks

Stafford IT Services

Season's Greetings

Darren McCarthy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:08:00 GMT

From all at Stafford IT Services we wish you a Happy New Year.