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My partner, IT Manager for an insurance company, told me that the best Office tip she ever heard was to use  “the paintbrush” or, to give it its proper name: Format Painter. When I asked around, I found that many people, even senior IT people who use Excel and Word all day, had never heard of it. It works in nearly all Office applications. Read more »

Gold Partnership provides a “hotline” to Microsoft not available to smaller companies

Microsoft consider the number of MCSE qualified engineers employed, the quantity of references from satisifed clients and depth of knowledge of Microsoft products before awarding Gold Level Partner accreditation to a solutions provider.

ISN’s specialist competencies have been recognised by Microsoft in these fields:

• Advanced Infrastructure Solutions
• Networking Infrastructure Solutions
• Small Business Specialist Community

Our partnership with Microsoft is invaluable in helping our clients with support and consultancy for their IT systems. We have a “hotline” to Microsoft not available to smaller companies.

Find out about ISN’s partner relationships with other major IT vendors.

There’s plenty of free software around but these three are really worth taking a look at. They all save a load of time or money and are actually fun to use. Read more »

There is much more to Microsoft Office Outlook than just email, beneath the surface there are lots of useful features to make your day-to-day life easier and more organised. Here are some tips which could save you some frustration. Read more »

Many business need to send out regular information to their clients and email is the easiest and cheapest way to do it. The wrong approach is to create an email message, attach a document and send it out to 1000 of your contacts. This could cripple your mail server for hours and maybe even get you blacklisted as a spammer.

Here are the two most important tips for creating your own mailshots: Read more »

This involves taking a snapshot image of a whole server (or desktop PC or laptop). If the server fails, the image can be used to recreate it the server on any hardware – doesn’t have to be identical - long as it has enough disk space and memory.

 What results will image backup give you? Read more »

Microsoft Windows XP and Vista have an “offline folders” facility which allows you to take copies of files away from the office network on your laptop so that you can work with them on the move. All great in theory but we advise you to steer clear.
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A Blackberry is great for staying in touch but it is easy to become an addict and let it drive you to distraction. At worst you can end up reacting every time you get an email and not getting on with the work that grows your business/career/pay packet.

Here are some ideas I used for claiming my own life back. Read more »

StoreVault is a division of NetApp that is focused on delivering data storage products and services tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized businesses. Using a technology base that has been proven in enterprise environments, StoreVault products and solutions are designed to take the complexity out of storage management, allowing you to focus on growing your business. Read more »