Archive for 'Autumn 2010' Category
Welcome
Welcome to the autumn edition of “The Business End”. Our last newsletter was the most successful yet, more local business people read it than ever before and we had lots of positive feedback. I would like to extend my thanks to all those who provide feedback regarding the communications sent to you from Shield Technologies. [...]
Shields Persistence Pays Off
Barker Storey Matthews, commercial property agents recently signed a Safety Net contract covering all four of its sites; Peterborough, Huntingdon, Cambridge and Bury. We first visited BSM’s Peterborough office in July 2009 to discuss their needs and talk through the benefits of our Safety Net IT support. During the following eight months we had a [...]
Technician Number 3
On 1st September 2010 Stuart Robinson joined Shield Technologies as Trainee IT Support Technician. After spending 10 years in the armed forces Stuart has decided on a career and location change moving from Newcastle to Peterborough. Stuart is a member of the 1st line support team and will shadow Mark and Jonny for several weeks [...]
This Quarters New Customers
We are proud to announce the following local businesses are now customers of Shield Technologies; Barker Storey Matthews, Central Packaging, Total Promotions, Taz Motorcycles, McCrory Scaffolding, Williams Bros Transport and Moving up Media.
It’s a Long Way in a Mini
The owner of Moving Up Media; a local Web Design Company is embarking on a marathon drive; supporting Sue Ryder Care and Action Medical Research, in his Classic Mini which recently had its 50th anniversary. Andy Lindsey will start in Peterborough on Saturday 25th September, travelling south to Lands End, up to John O’ Groats [...]
You Can’t Manage What you Can’t Measure
Shield Technologies have recently teamed up with Danwood, Europe’s largest print management solutions supplier, to help you tackle one area in your business which can often be overlooked but could realise substantial savings, your office print. We’re offering a print investigation service, which can accurately determine your print output costs and provide a total cost [...]
New Users
Requests for new users to be set up should be emailed to support@shieldtechnologies.co.uk, the technicians can then copy and paste the details when actioning your requests to save any spelling errors.
Roboform
Roboform is a password manager, allowing you one click access to your most used websites. Roboform free can store up to 10 sets of login details, for an unlimited number of login details you can download Roboform Pro for just £19.99 per user. Although we would not advise using roboform for banking and other more [...]
The End of Windows XP
Microsoft are bringing to an end the sale of Windows XP on all new machines from 22nd October 2010 and many of the major distributors in the UK will stop selling and shipping at the end of September. Although for many who use and like Windows XP this is a concern; there are some solutions. [...]
IOS4 for Iphone
If you have an Iphone 3g or 3gs you may be wondering whether you should upgrade the operating system to IOS4. We have been looking at and testing the new features to find out what all the fuss is about. Follow the link below to the news item on our website to find out more [...]
