September 3rd, 2010
Pensar is delighted to announce that we are one of the first members of the newly established Apple Consultants Network.
Mark Williams started Pensar as a consultancy and Mac Support service in 1996 having prevously been involved in the Apple sector since 1985. So our involvement with Apple and especially Mac technologies goes back to the beginning. Some 20% of our current clients are users of Mac users and, with the advent of iPhones and now iPads, this percentage is on the increase.
We provide support and advice for all Macs, MacBooks, Apple servers, Mac OS X, iPhones and iPads and ensure that they integrate effectively with your Windows networks. Our Apple skills are available as part of a managed services agreement or a Remote IT Support arrangement.
This new accreditation strengthens our relationship with Apple and our certified ACSP (Apple Certified Support Professional) and ACTC (Apple Certified Technical Coordinator) staff provide further peace of mind to our client base.
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September 3rd, 2010
We have had reports of clients receiving calls from companies purporting to be calling on behalf of BT. They say that BT is upgrading its network to the “21st Century Network” (which is true) and your lines and system will need to be upgraded otherwise they won’t work (which is absolutely NOT TRUE). They will try and press you to sign a lease for thousands of pounds worth of equipment or lines that you simply don’t need.
See one such recent story here.
Please don’t become a victim. If in any doubt, please check with us by email.
(Thanks for our friends at Green Telecom for alerting us to this scam)
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September 2nd, 2010
Attention Small Business Owners!
As you may know Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) is a legal requirement and all electrical appliances should be tested annually in order to comply with Health and Safety Regulations.
Pensar now offers competitively priced PAT Testing as part of its IT Support service portfolio. We can test your PCs, Macs, laptops, printers as well as all other electrical items. All devices will be labelled and recorded. Prices start from as low as 75p per device.
This service can be incorporated into a manged services agreement or handled as a separate annual project.
Please email pat.testing@pensar.co.uk or speak to Hiten Patel on 0845 402 6797 for more details and an estimate.
Tags: Electrical Safety, PAT Testing
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August 23rd, 2010
Pensar is now partnered with leading security software company ESET – http://www.eset.co.uk.
ESET’s product lines are award winning and industry leading and Pensar is able to offer the whole range including Smart Security and NOD32 Antivirus. These products not only get rave technical reviews but are also extremely competitively priced.
Please email sales@pensar.co.uk for a quote, or ask us for a technical comparison against your existing security product.
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August 23rd, 2010
There have been reports of businesses suffering substantial losses as a result of a very sophisticated fraud involving bogus requests for supplier bank details to be changed. The fraudsters contact businesses posing as an existing supplier and request that the business change the payment details for this supplier. If you change these payment details you can end up paying the fraudsters instead of your genuine supplier.
The fraudsters:
> use email addresses and telephone numbers that are similar to that of the genuine company
> may have previously called your company or the supplier to find out the contact name for payments and supplier numbers, so that the correct details appears on correspondence
> use director/company secretary signatures from the actual business which have been copied from annual reports
Please closely scrutinise request and make checks using the historic contact details of your suppliers. There are reports that this scam is targeting housing and construction related businesses, but all businesses should be vigilant.
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May 26th, 2010
A growth area for Pensar is the provision of Hosted Services.
We needed a strong business partner to help deliver such Hosted Services to our client base. The services need to be reliable, secure yet reasonably priced and well supported.
Why did we choose to partner with ThinkGrid for this requirement? Read the Case Study here:
http://www.pensar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ThinkGrid-Partner-Case-Study-Pensar.pdf
Should you have any queries about ThinkGrid services available through Pensar, please email thinkgrid@pensar.co.uk.
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May 26th, 2010
One of Pensar’s main partner relationships is with Zen Internet.
Zen’s broadband, domain and hosting services are all widely deployed by Pensar on behalf of its clients.
Why did we choose to partner with Zen? Read the Case Study here:
http://www.pensar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Zen-Partner-Case-Study-Pensar.pdf
Should you have any queries about Zen services available through Pensar, please email zen@pensar.co.uk.
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February 16th, 2010
“What on earth is an AIA?”, I hear you ask!
AIA stands for Annual Investment Allowance and is effectively a 100% tax allowance for business expenditure …read more »
Tags: AIA, Capex, HMRC, IT equipment, Tax
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January 27th, 2010
Hot off the press is the long awaited launch of Apple’s tablet device – officially now known as the iPad. …read more »
Tags: Apple, iPad, launch, slate, tablet
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January 27th, 2010
I never realised what a positive impact a good website could have until today. …read more »
Tags: impact, launch, positive, provider, service, Website
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