Are you getting the most out of your Products, Software or Systems?   We often ask the question “are you getting the most out of your products, software or systems?” to clients and often the answer is “I don’t know” or “I think so”.  A great example of this are the tools available in...

Today is International Computer Security Day!!   International Computer Security Day was conceived to raise awareness of Cyber Security, and November 30th was chosen to bring Cyber Security to mind with the approaching holiday season. There’ll be a lot of online shopping in the coming month...

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month - 20th Anniversary   Where to start with regards to Cyber Security is a good question. Cyber Threats and Attacks in the modern day come through numerous methods, from Brute Force attacks, Phishing Emails, Ransomware, DDOS...

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 End of Support - 10th October 2023 Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 became very common place especially across small businesses as the previously popular SBS (Small Business Server) fell out of support. Server 2012 and R2 whilst being the natural...

Disk Encryption - why is it important? Ever had a user lose a laptop or have one stolen, or had desktops stolen as a result of an office break in? Hopefully not!  But what risks are there to accessing your company data or systems should a machine end up in someone else’s hands? You may think there...

Happy National Telephone Day!   National Telephone Day, a hugely significant day in the history of communications and technology.  What better day to belatedly announce the Telephony Services and Communication Services we now offer! How Telephony has changed since the first words were spoken...

Happy New Year 2023 - How can we help you in 2023?Happy New Year!! Are you ready for 2023? We are and the ball is already rolling.  How can we help you in 2023? We don’t often mention the hardware procurement and software procurement / licensing side of our business much, but it is a large part of...

  Outsourced IT | How can your business benefit?   Outsourced IT can offer great benefits to your business through reductions in staff management, increases in expertise and can also be a cost saving exercise, to mention just a few benefits. Outsourcing your IT department to a Managed Service...

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) - how important is it?   Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is an extra authentication layer introduced to add additional security to protect your online accounts. 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) is another name for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Account...

How does remote working impact GDPR?   With the recent pandemic and a lot more businesses encouraging working from home, how does remote working impact GDPR risks? GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) became enforceable 25th May 2018 replacing the 1998 Data Protection Act. If you haven't...

Office 365 Collaboration keeps your team on the same page   Office 365 Collaboration is one of many of the current features found in Office 365.  Microsoft Office has come on a long way from being a Word Processor, Spreadsheet Application and Presentation Tool through Word, Excel and...

Backups - why are they so important?   Backups are so important to any business. In most cases they run daily, overnight and are forgotten about. Forgotten until you delete something accidentally, your server crashes or worse. At the point of needing to recover a file, folder or entire...

Update on IT Support during Covid-19 / Coronavirus – we are here to help.   With the current situation affecting the UK and the rest of the world, we wanted to provide an update on our support coverage during the lockdown period. We are and have been working remotely supporting our clients...

It's our Birthday - 10 years 10 years, 1 Decade – where has that gone?!! What started as a part time project between the Directors has evolved significantly over the 10 years since SBS IT Ltd was incorporated. With an initial purpose to serve a few small clients and services, SBS IT Ltd was born....

SBS IT LTD Job Opportunities We are excited to announce that we are looking to recruit two positions to join our growing business providing IT Support and Consultancy across the UK. We are looking for trustworthy, skilled and motivated candidates to fill a 1st/2nd Line IT Support Engineer role and...

Exciting News! | Manchester Service Desk | IT Support Manchester   We have some exciting news!  Back in April 2018 (I know it's not breaking news!) we expanded our team and coverage area to Manchester, giving us better support coverage for our Northern UK clients and an opportunity to offer...

Are you ready for GDPR? – SBS IT - IT Support Services 25th May 2018 is fast approaching and we’re having daily conversations about GDPR and what it means for businesses. The only consistent topic in those conversations is how unprepared everyone is. Our advice? Don’t panic, start with the basics...

Meltdown and Spectre   It’s not just computers you need to be worried about…this issue affects the security of a large number of devices. If you haven’t already heard over the last week, there are two critical vulnerabilities in the microprocessors of most of the worlds computers (this...

Cyber Essentials Practitioners SBS IT Ltd are proud to announce that we are now certified Cyber Essentials Practitioners! Following an assessment to prove our security, policies and procedures meet the required standard we have attained Cyber Essentials certified status and can help you do the...

Warehouse Wireless Network Recently we were asked to design and implement a Warehouse Wireless Network for a client based in Crawley / Gatwick. The client required a wireless network in their distribution warehouse to connect their product scanning devices into their central asset management...

WannaCry? Make sure your business isn't affected…   Since initial outbreaks surfaced on Friday, there have been many news headlines highlighting the impact of the WannaCry ransomware cyber attacks and talks of a second string of the ransomware affecting systems globally. Over 200,000 systems...

No more support for Windows Vista!  Windows Vista End of Support 11th April 2017   So long Windows Vista, you weren’t that popular anyway. With the release of Windows Vista in 2009, Microsoft were hailing it as the best Windows OS yet, but real world use differed and so it was slated as being...

BT Price Hike - Save money on your comms BT have announced a 6% increase in charges from March this year which is the first of 2 price increases planned for 2017! We can help you save money on your comms. Had enough of increasing call costs? In steps the wonders of VOIP! If you’d like to save...

Apple Mac Support Croydon – Mac Support in Croydon, covering London and the South East Over recent years Apple Macs have become more and more common in the workplace and home. Prior to this most businesses would work from PC’s with the exception of some industries such as publishing, where graphic...

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 End of Support 11th April 2017 It will be almost 3 years to the day that Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 went End of Support with Microsoft (08/03/14), Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will follow suite as it goes End of Support on 11th April 2017. What does End of...

Cloud Collaboration | Remote Working Sorry Boss, I can’t make it to work today because it’s snowing... We are sure that today especially, many managers and business owners have been picking up early morning calls from staff notifying them that they cannot make it into the office due to the snowy...

SBS IT Email Services Where would your business be without email services?  Pretty lost we imagine! Over the last decade the reliance on email and internet based solutions and communications has grown from required to business critical. Would your business be able to function without email? If the...

Happy New Year! - How can we help you in 2017?   With 2016 all wrapped up and 2017 just a few days old firstly we would like to wish everyone a happy and successful 2017. We are also interested in seeing if there are any areas you or your businesses that may benefit from our assistance and/or...

How to spot Phishing Emails - Video Guide   Whilst providing IT Support Services from our Croydon Service Desk, we often have IT Support tickets raised to question the legitimacy of emails received by our clients. What are phishing emails? Phishing emails are designed to steal money from...

IT Support Croydon – SBS IT Croydon Service Desk   Back in April 2016 SBS IT moved into new offices in the iconic No. One Croydon (known as the 50p building) opposite East Croydon station.  This is now the home of our Croydon Service Desk, giving us the opportunity to provide IT Support...

Have you upgraded to Windows 10 yet? Microsoft's Free Windows 10 upgrade is expiring very soon. Upgrades are eligible for licensed Windows 7, 8, 8.1 versions. Registering your machine for the upgrade will allow you to upgrade at a later time. Before attempting the upgrade, please ensure your...

We are excited to announce that SBS IT Ltd are now DrayTek Authorised Dealers and DrayTek Advanced Networking Partners. We have used the DrayTek range of products for many years now and have only had good experiences with them. The range runs from Wireless solutions, Multi WAN Routers / Firewalls...

Are you still using Server 2003? Microsoft support officially ends on 14th July 2015