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IT Tips & Tricks: Setting Up for the Festive Season December 19, 2023 – Posted in: IT Support, IT Tips & Tricks

It’s nearly Christmas! Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year to all from Ontraq. You might be thinking of pudding and nog, but there are a few boring but key considerations that’ll keep things running smoothly whilst you’re away. Here’s a list of items you might want to consider for your IT systems over the holidays: 1. Your phones If you want your IT company to set up some sort of message on your phones to…

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Software-as-a-Service or “Why I’m Paying Monthly Instead of Buying a Disk” December 7, 2023 – Posted in: IT Support

Remember buying a copy of office? You’d get a CD and a product key, you’d install the software from the CD then put in the key and from then on all users on that computer would be able to open and run Office until you replaced the PC. Now you’re paying £10.30 a month or more for Office 365. This is Software-as-a-Service. Instead of selling you a one off product, most software is sold on…

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