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AD Disaster Recovery: Can We Afford to Wait?
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If your home is within close proximity to an earthquake fault line, chances are you have accepted that you will experience an earthquake in your lifetime and have most likely purchased insurance to protect your home and belongings. And during...
Windows 7 Training Makes Cents
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over 3 years ago
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We all know the arrival of Windows 8 is on the horizon and there's some big hoopla coming with it. And rightfully so--with the promise of a cool new user interface (especially optimised for touch screens), native USB 3.0 support and great new tools for...
Using System Center for IT Service Management
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over 3 years ago
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“Providers of IT services can no longer afford to focus on technology and their internal organization; they now have to consider the quality of the services they provide and focus on the relationship with customers.” Last week Irish customers...
Find Your Opportunity in the Cloud
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over 3 years ago
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With all the promise of exciting innovation and improved efficiencies that are to come from the IT world’s evolution to the Cloud, there also comes a bit of fear and hesitation with where the journey will take us. We as human beings are pre-programmed...
Microsoft Embraces the Consumerisation of IT!!
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over 3 years ago
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A series of technology trends is leading to rapid progress and change in the technology we use at home, which in turn is influencing how we expect to use technology for work and driving the consumerisation of IT. As these technology trends converge with...
To PowerShell or Not to PowerShell....?
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over 3 years ago
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Ever wonder if it's worth the bother to invest time in learning Powershell? -“It’s safe to say that the single most important skill a Windows administrator will need in the coming years is proficiency with Windows PowerShell.”...
Protect your Enterprise from Poorly Configured AV Software
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over 3 years ago
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If you’re in the IT management world, you already know that proper configuration of Anti Virus software is critical for the security of your enterprise. Just like you wouldn’t dare run and do a cannonball jump into the waters of the River...
How Can Service Catalogue and Service Mapping Help Me Stop Fire-fighting?
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over 3 years ago
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Each day is a game of fire-fighting in your world as a systems analyst or manager in your organisation's IT department. Whether it’s faulty hardware or monitoring that’s been shut off and failed to signal critical alerts, you spend day in...
So you think you know Configuration Manager...?
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over 3 years ago
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How much do you REALLY know about System Center Configuration Manager? Take our quizzes and find out! Test your colleagues, too, to find out who the true SCCM champ at your organisation is. A wide variety of subject areas within SCCM are covered...
Stay Out of the Dark...With Microsoft Desktop Player
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over 3 years ago
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In our earliest of times, our Celtic forefathers made use of transparent crystal stones and balls to intercept visions of the past, present and future. Today in 2011, you can use your very own Microsoft crystal ball to get the latest and greatest information...
Feeling Neglected? Let the Microsoft Security Scanner Get You Back on Track!
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over 3 years ago
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Do you ever feel like this? At work, your IT systems are state of the art. Your company makes it a budget priority to have the best computing tools available to stay ahead of the competition, and you appreciate working for a company that lives in the...
Fix It Center Pro -- your own EASY button
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over 3 years ago
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This message is for YOU. Yes YOU. We know who YOU are. Your team is overworked and understaffed, and sometimes it feels like it would be a miracle to know which end is up. Trying to prioritise attention to issues with the numerous IT projects on your...
Medieval Helpdesk...in 2011?
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over 3 years ago
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(Please visit the site to view this video) Do your IT operations need updating? Your Premier Support Ireland team can help you and your organisation achieve first class operations in your IT environment by implementing Microsoft best practices that...
Unleash the Power of Unified Communications!
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over 3 years ago
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Find and communicate with the right person—anytime, anywhere, on any device with a single user interface for IM, email, presence, voice, video, and application sharing Protect your IT ecosystem with the spam and virus-fighting capabilities of...
Change is Good! … with ACT and the Update Compatibility Evaluator
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over 3 years ago
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Your mother always taught you that procrastination was the root of all evil. Better to tackle those sometimes annoying, pesky challenges head on as they come, rather than waiting for them to mount. Like a bag of popcorn that has been left a little too...
What is Premier Support all about?
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over 3 years ago
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You already know how valuable an asset your Premier Support contract is to your organisation, but can you articulate this value to other key stakeholders? Thanks to our friends across the Irish Sea for putting together this handy little video, which helps...
Making them get IT
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over 3 years ago
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You know it, but they just don't get it. You're on the front line on the IT team for your organisation, but the guys in suits at the shiny tables behind the glass doors don't see what you see on a daily basis. You live, breathe, eat and dream technology...
Windows: A Trip Down Memory Lane
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over 3 years ago
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Premier Support Ireland offers a special treat for all of our Windows fans who have 10 minutes to spare in their work day....The following video provides a nice little trip down memory lane for those of us who've been around to see the evolution of the...
Is Your Organization Suffering from Learned Helplessness?
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over 3 years ago
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We see it every day. IT organizations tasked with having to deliver more with less. A person leaves, their position isn’t filled. The workload spreads, the pain increases and BANG! Systems go down, the shouting starts. But ask yourself something...
Ready for the Future, Ready for BPOS
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over 3 years ago
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As the IT world embraces more and more the idea of moving into cloud-based communication and collaboration, you probably find yourself wondering when you will finally make the leap into the future as well. That nagging little voice inside your head telling...
Advisory Call to the Rescue!
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over 4 years ago
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Colin works with the business development agency for his city’s local government, and looks after process improvement for the organisation’s IT department. He recently oversaw the deployment of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 in their...
Stay Ahead of the Game with Proactive Offerings
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over 4 years ago
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Proactive training and advisory sessions are an integral peice to maximising the value of your Microsoft Premier Support agreement. They allow you to take an preemptive approach to IT management by learning the latest features and advances with the technologies...
Are you taking care of your Active Directory like it takes care of you?
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over 4 years ago
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You know that Active Directory is the critical link to managing the identities and relationships which make up your organisation’s IT network. You know that Active Directory gives you the power to centrally configure and administer system, user...
Kick Off 2011 with Best Practice Analysers
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over 4 years ago
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Let Premier Support Ireland help you welcome in the new year with problem free enterprise platforms! Best Practice Analysers are free tools available for most Microsoft Enterprise products and they are used to determine the overall health of your platform...
System Center Means Lean and Green
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over 4 years ago
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Today’s business mantra is “Go lean and go green.” System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is quickly becoming an integral component to IT professionals’ overall IT strategy for their organisations. Designed to assess, deploy...
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