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A section of hand curated articles, product information and predicted trends to keep you updated with the constantly changing technology utilised by modern business.
VaiGuard FAQs answered
Discover the top 5 VaiGuard FAQs answered to protect your SMB from cyber threats. Learn about 1Connect Managed Ultimate Threat Protection’s cybersecurity solution.
UPS Partnumber comparison resource
Struggling to find the right replacement part for your equipment? Let 1Connect help! As an authorized partner with CertaUPS, we can assist you in finding the equivalent part code for your APC products or other established vendors.
VaiGuard from 1Connect
Protect your business from cyber threats with VaiGuard Managed UTP – the ultimate cybersecurity solution for UK businesses. With hourly updates, 99.999% uptime, and real-time next-generation protection, VaiGuard Managed UTP delivers unparalleled security and peace of mind. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Learn more about VaiGuard Managed UTP now and safeguard your business against cyber threats.
Managed Software as a Service (MSaaS)
Managed Software as a Service (MSaaS) is a comprehensive solution that combines the benefits of SaaS with the added advantage of having a managed service provider.
5 ways VoIP can improve your marketing strategy in 2023
As a “marketer”, you’re always looking for ways to improve your strategy and generate more leads. One tool you may have overlooked is a VoIP phone system.
The top 10 things people don’t know about MPLS, but need too in 2023
Despite its widespread use, many people are still unaware of the full capabilities and benefits of MPLS for business.
Top 8 Reasons Your Business Needs Website Protection
In a recent study we conducted we identified from your responses the Top 8 Reasons Your Business Needs Website Protection and how we can protect it.
How the energy crisis halted the Premier League
How the energy crisis halted the Premier League in October. The energy crisis is a growing issue across the globe, and it’s having a major impact on businesses everywhere. In
Website Security in 2023
Outdated WordPress themes & plugins leave your website vulnerable to hackers. Ensure your website security is maintained regulary to protect against downtime and data loss.
The Top 3 Benefits of VoIP for Customer Experience
Despite the numerous options, a VoIP for customer experience system is a great place to start.
5 VoIP Trends to watch in 2023
VoIP technology is continuing to improve and innovate, making a profound impact on communication. Here are 5 VoIP trends to watch in 2023
How to keep your internet connection intact during a blackout.
How to keep your internet connection intact during a blackout. All of our home devices, not just those immediately connected to a wall socket or a mains line, are severely
Top 10 questions to ask about video conferencing solutions.
When it comes to video meetings, you have many choices. But not all video solutions are equal.
How secure are leased lines?
How secure are leased lines? is a key question on everyone’s mind right now as more and more companies worry about the possibility of cyberattacks. Of course, the conclusion is definitive.
Broadband vs Leased Line
Comparing Broadband vs Leased Line connectivity is like comparing a bicycle to a Tesla
Protecting business from the energy crisis
Protecting business from the energy crisis Last week, unbeknown to many outside the power industry, parts of London came remarkably close to a blackout — even as it was recovering from the hottest
Top 5 ways Cisco DNA Center solves challenges
Top 5 ways Cisco DNA Center solves challenges. There’s one solution that can help you tackle your immediate challenges and prepare for the future: Cisco DNA Center. See how intent-based networking
Managed Firewall for Small Business
Managed firewalls are an important part of any small business network security strategy.
Which is better: SIP or VoIP?
We often hear the question ‘Which one is better? but lets start by saying that these aren’t actually mutually exclusive
CertaUPS C750 Three Phase Range of UPS
The C750 series of UPS systems offers true online double conversion with a unity power factor and high efficiencies
Cisco Webex collaboration with Apple and Ford
Cisco Webex collaboration with Apple and Ford. A Cisco Webex collaboration has been announced recently with Apple and Ford enabling users to AirPlay direct from their devices to Cisco Webex
Liverpool City Region Fibre Connectivity
Is your Liverpool City Region business digitally connected? 1Connect in partnership with LCR Connect can light up your business with digital connectivity that gives your business a real commercial edge
CertaUPS Expands Partner Portfolio with 1Connect
CertaUPS Expands Partner Portfolio with 1Connect We are excited to announce our partnership with leading backup power (UPS) manufacturer CertaUPS. We are now offering the entire CertaUPS product portfolio, which
Cisco Price Increase: GPL January 30th 2022
Cisco Price Increase : January 30th 2022 Cisco have broken silence on what most people were expecting during these testing times with regards to a 10% increase across their range
Top 5 predictions for business in 2022
Top 5 predictions for business in 2022 The COVID-19 and workplace disruptions will likely continue well into the new year with the new Omnicron mutation very much to blame. Some
The 2021 Security Outcomes Study – Small and Midsize Business Edition
Thriving as a Small or Midsize Business with a Strong Cybersecurity Strategy The 2021 Security Outcomes Study – Small and Midsize Business Edition What makes for successful cybersecurity? Is there
Fibre Bright : MAYFAIR
Providing an ultrafast and dedicated fibre connection in Mayfair. Our ultrafast full-fibre leased lines offer the ultimate fibre connection in Mayfair with a dedicated business connectivity solution. Delivering identical upload
5 key benefits of Wi-Fi 6
What is Wi-Fi 6? Simply put, Wi-Fi 6 is the sixth generation of standard Wi-Fi technology. The wireless standards have always been a bit of a mouthful / confusing. Those
CommsBusiness acknowledge Placetel Master Agent accomplishment.
commsbusiness.co.uk published an article on September 1st informing their vast readership of 1Connect being appointed as the 1st Master Agent for Placetel. 1CONNECT has announced its appointment as a master
Become a Placetel reseller
Placetel is a collaborative solution incorporating hosted telephony, messaging and video conferencing via Cisco Webex, owned by Cisco and aimed at the SMB client looking to keep staff connected to
Cisco expands Small Business offering in the UK
Cisco launches Placetel with Webex, an all-in-one collaboration suite for small businesses, built in the cloud
5 Benefits of Your Clients Switching their Landlines for Hosted VoIP
5 benefits of your clients switching their landlines for Hosted VoIP Vaccines are readily available (in the UK alone over 53,000 people have had at least their first jab) there
5 Benefits of Unified Communications (UCaaS)
5 Benefits of Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) that Every Business Needs Like SaaS (Software as a Service), the acronym “UCaaS” is industry terminology. However, when you hear the acronym
The rapid adoption of IP Telephony and UCaaS solutions.
Market Research company ReporterLinker has recently published their European Hosted IP Telephony and UCaaS Market 2020 report. The publication confirms that European businesses are rapidly adopting hosted Internet protocol (IP) telephony and
What is a WAN?
What is a WAN? (Wide Area Network) In its simplest form, a wide-area network (WAN) is a collection of local-area networks (LANs) or other networks that communicate with one another. A WAN
5 Remote Work Questions
Thinking about remote work for your business? Working from home is here to stay. Recent studies show that flexible work benefits both companies and employees. If your small business has
What is phishing?
What is Phishing? Phishing is one of the easiest forms of cyberattack for criminals to carry out, and one of the easiest to fall for. It can provide everything hackers
Dedicated Leased Lines – 5 key reasons to invest.
Dedicated Leased Lines? What are they? Put simply a leased line is a dedicated, fixed-bandwidth, symmetric data connection. It is the fastest, most secure and most reliable data connection option
Cloud Mailbox Defence
What is Cloud Mailbox Defence? Cloud Mailbox Defence is an integrated cloud-native security solution for Microsoft 365 that focuses on simple deployment, powerful search, quick remediation, superior visibility, and best-in-class
What is SIP?
Understanding the SIP definition involves knowing how the technology can benefit your enterprise business. As it turns out, SIP trunking is all about ensuring everyone can share ideas, collaborate, and
Keeping remote work productive and secure
Remote work in small businesses, or people working from home, have the same responsibilities and needs as in-office employees. To help them be as productive remotely as they would in
Does a Managed Firewall make sense for your business?
When your corporate IT is down, how drastically does it impact your business? Whether it halts your ability to send and receive email, invoice or pay bills via your cloud
What is a Softphone?
What is a Softphone?Definition, 12 Best Features, Benefits & More Anyone who has spent time looking into a business phone service has probably heard of a softphone. Chances are you’ve
3 Remote Working Lessons
3 Remote Working Lessons (learned in 2020) Change is inevitable, but who would have expected a global shift to remote work overnight? Close to a year on, and it’s called
Transforming your business
Transforming your business through new ways of working Being future-ready means evolving your digital workplace and enabling ways of working that get the most out of your teams. 1Connect Call2Teams
Back to Business – EXTENDED
COVID-19 has delivered unprecedented challenges for business. Now, as we start along the road to recovery, it’s time to come together and provide the support needed to get back on
6 Security Tips for your remote workforce
The internet has become a space riddled with malicious links, trojans and viruses. Cyber Security is key to protecting your business data as data breaches are becoming more frequent and
What is Contact Tracing?
What is vBLE? What is Contact Tracing? What is Asset Visibility? Mist Asset Visibility Service makes it easy to find key assets and people with detailed analytics with respect to
75M daily unique active MS Teams users
Call2Teams is a cost-effective alternative to Microsoft Calling Plans Throughout the world MS Teams is continuing to make its mark as the leading chat-based collaboration platform. The service comes complete
Cloud vs Landline
Setup costs, running costs, scalability, features included, ease of setup and ongoing management, hardware required, flexibility and disaster recovery. These are just some of the key considerations you must take
Bringing Home the AI-Driven Experience.
Businesses need to keep remote users connected and productive while ensuring continuity and security. Most organisations require basic information security, such as deep network visibility and enforcement, at all points
Back to Business offer
As UK Businesses start to return to the office and look to get back to business we’re introducing a special “Back to Business” offer. This offer reduces the initial on your
Microsoft Teams Integrated calling made easy.
Throughout the world Microsoft Teams is making its mark as chat-based collaboration platform complete with document sharing, online meetings, and many more extremely useful features for business communications. The uptake
Who is 1Connect?
Who is 1Connect? you might have known us as Square 1 Products For over 30 years we have been providing hardware supply, technical support, site surveys and first class customer
Remote Working Tip #3
Because you are not in an office where people can see you, communication is more critical when working remotely. If anything, you should overcommunicate. Communicate frequently with your team and
Remote Working Tip #2
There’s no ‘watercooler moments’ at home but you can use team based applications for sharing documents like Bria Enterprise, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Dropbox Business to keep everyone feeling involved.
Remote Working Tip #1
Technology and our access to it has changed incredibly fast and remains the key to successfully remote working from home albeit technology runs the ability to remain focused on what
5 reasons why your business needs Hosted Telephony
Today’s workforce is more dispersed. It demands flexibility, grows unpredictably and expects advanced communication features like conferencing or caller ID to be intuitive, and come as standard.Traditional analogue business phone
Using collaboration tools to keep work moving forward
To help reduce the spread of COVID-19, 1Connect has taken the precautionary step of asking all of our employees globally to work from home. We want to prioritise the safety and health of
HYPER CONNECTIVITY
Business Agility, the ability of an organisation to respond quickly to changing demands, to be nimble and dexterous when it comes to resolving customer queries, may not seem at first to
1CONNECT in conjunction with Juniper Networks and MIST Systems would like to invite you to a unique event
Two Large production WLAN and LAN EnvironmentsDeployed to productionFrom ScratchOn a Live broadcast Previous Next Call us crazy because that is what this idea is. No one’s done anything close
MIST Contact Tracing
reducing the risk of Covid-19 in the workplace The Covid-19 threat has exposed a number of unforeseen threats to the enterprise’s other invaluable assets, including people and processes. MIST is
Better Patient Experiences with AI-driven wireless
Mist is the first vendor to use Artificial Intelligence to make Wi-Fi predictable, reliable, and measurable. Setup is easy, with automated operations that let you focus on clinical operations and
The Time Is Now
Time and money is running out. The original budget of £67 Million allocated by the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme is down to it’s last £10 Million due to the popularity
4 ways to protect your business online
Too often business owners don’t consider the risk their business faces from hackers and malicious software, simply because they don’t think that they’ll be affected. However, no business is in
The Benefits of Adopting Cloud Telephony
Cloud telephony solutions are increasingly becoming a very popular phone solution for many businesses from SME’s to international conglomerates. Many people know that cloud-based solutions are used for storing data
Why aren’t you using cloud storage?
Over the past few years cloud storage has quickly rose in popularity as a way of storing anything you could possibly want to store in terms of data. In the