May 2013
With a blink of an eye we are already head strong on our way to May. NerdLab would like to welcome back those fortunate enough to have taken a break. While most enjoyed a well-deserved break NerdLab was hard at work ensuring that our clients were well looked after and a lot of well-deserved maintenance were taken care of.
I would like to thank everyone at NerdLab for their hard work and ensuring that our clients have had a 100% systems availability since the start of this year.
At NerdLab we will strive to maintain this level of service throughout the year.
NerdLab would like to start May with specials and promotions. In this edition we will focus on the best deals we can possibly give our clients. A bit further down we will also be continuing on our feature
"Ways to save your business money" |
Ways to save your business money (continue)
Today we are going to pick up where we left off in the March 2013
News Letter. Before we do however let's recap last Tips.
1. Remote Assistance instead of on-site support
2. Automated reporting and maintenance systems
3. VoIP
4. Review your internet and ADSL accounts
5. Internet connectivity redundancy
May's Tips.
6. Reduction of Internet access to limit abuse and increase productivity– With access to social media such as Twitter, Facebook and others the time lost by a company due to their employees abusing the corporate network to communicate, upload files or to arrange outings in their personal capacity results into a huge financial loss to companies. By limiting this access a company can increase productivity by 30 – 45%. Furthermore because of the reduction in Internet traffic the rest of the corporate network also sees a notable increase in speed.
7. Printer Management – not every employee in a company needs to print in colour. By limiting the default settings of the printer a company can save money on running expenses. Further to this by enabling tracking on the printer a company can pull reports on which department and which user prints in colour and also the volumes printed in colour. By limiting the access to colour printing or enabling reports discourages users to print irrelevant documents.
8. Utilizing devices to their full potential – most devices today have multiple functions. For example: a multifunction printer can have the ability to fax via the network or to have faxes sent directly to an individual’s email box. By utilizing these features a company can save on toner/ink and on paper. Further to not having the faxes printed at the
office, the person responsible for this can have access to that
feature as long as they have access to their email.
This is only one example however. There is a number of
ways to maximize utilization of computer equipment in the
workplace.
9. Consider the warranty of the products you purchase – more often than what I care to report I have arrived at a client
that reports to me that a computer has just broken down. After
exhausting all troubleshooting techniques it is established that the
device has either a dead component or that the entire machine is
dead. This problem can easily be resolved with a relevant
warranty claim. However more often than not it was never
purchased or it is just outside of the standard warranty cover.
Most reputable brands such as Dell, HP and others allows you to purchase an additional warranty on their products which covers you in the event of a failure up to 3 years. As an added benefit they also offer onsite warranty claims as well as 4 hour response and next business day response.
This ensures that the problem is fixed in the comfort of your home or office and also increases the standard warranty to a 2 or 3 year warranty.
10. Moving to hosted services instead of onsite servers – a lot of companies are burdened with extreme IT equipment and licensing costs. Many SME’s are faced having to make a choice between technology that will benefit their business such as Lync, Exchange and SharePoint. Not only are these technologies expensive to purchase licensing of these products can escalate to R 100 000 or more for a company employing between 50 and 150 users.
Keep in mind that most Microsoft products have CALs (Client Access License) you need to purchase in order for you to use the software legally, every user requires a license for every product that is installed and available to the user.
By moving to a hosted solution you pay a monthly rental and you no longer to purchase a license for every product you use or have access to. You will only have to purchase a license for every user on your network for what is available on your local network. In this way a hosted solution often saves SME companies a lot of money while ensuring that the administrative burden is also shifted from the SME to the service provider.
NerdLab can assist in all the above and many other ways to increase productivity and reduce costs. |
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NerdLab offers a full range of services to the SME market. Amongst that list of services are.
1. Microsoft Small Business Support and Implementation
2. Backup and Disaster Recovery Management
3. Network Optimization, Design and Installations
4. Network Security Design and Implementation.
5. Microsoft Server Administration
6. Enterprise Linux Administration
7. Apple Server Administration
8. Server Migration Services
9. Software and Hardware Sales
10. Remote Support
11. Complete ICT Monitoring Solutions
12. Consumable Sales
13. Data Recovery
14. Email and Website Hosting
15. Hosted Solutions
Contact us for a Free Network Assessment.
DSL Product Specials
Home Uncapped DSL Packages
1 Mb @ R 179 + Line Rental = R 329
2 Mb @ R 239 + Line Rental = R 489
4 Mb @ R 339 + Line Rental = R 739
10 Mb @ R 699 + Line Rental = R 1099
Billed monthly in advance.
Business Uncapped DSL Packages
1 Mb @ R 299 + Line Rental = R 449
2 Mb @ R 549 + Line Rental = R 799
4 Mb @ R 849 + Line Rental = R 1249
10 Mb @ R 399 + Line Rental = R 1799
Billed monthly in advance.
Capped DSL Packages from R29/month for 2GB
Windows and Linux Website Hosting from R79/month
Email Hosting from R59/month and includes the first three email addresses |
NerdLab would like to introduce a Future IT Specialist. Zuhandrú Wilsenach was born on 5 March 2013 at 06h15. Weighed a healthy 3.3Kg and 52cm long. Although doctors can still only guess these days our supposed girl was born a boy and hopefully the rest of his life will also only be filled with pleasant surprises. From the NerdLab Nerds welcome to what is known as the world and give your Mom and Dad hell. ![]() |
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