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2024 has marked a massive shift for SME IT needs, as creating an appropriate and optimised business strategy has become an increasingly difficult challenge for business owners and IT operators nationwide.

With ransomware rates still high for education organisations, better security oversight and orchestration is needed across UK schools.

With new cyber threats emerging, businesses will need to develop a seamless and blended approach to cyber and compliance for strategic success.

Sophos’ 2024 Threat Report recently highlighted ransomware as the biggest existential cyber threat to small businesses. While cyberattacks on large companies and government agencies may receive more news coverage, Sophos reported that SMB’s are generally more vulnerable to cybercriminals and suffer more proportionally from the results of a breach.

Meeting the demands of the modern-day SMB is one of the challenges facing many business leaders and IT operators today. Traditional, office-based infrastructure was fine up until the point where greater capacity was needed than those servers could deliver, vendor support became an issue, or the needs of a hybrid workforce weren’t being met. In the highly competitive SMB space, maintaining and investing in a robust and efficient IT infrastructure can be one of the ways to stay ahead of competitors.

Cybercrime is a significant issue for businesses of all sizes in the UK. Although we usually hear more about cybersecurity incidents impacting large businesses, smaller businesses are also a target

Espria, a leading provider of digital workspace solutions, recently hosted the second webinar in their Optimise 2024 series. The webinar covered achieving peace of mind with IT and featured discussions with some of their key solutions partners, Xerox and Mimecast.

In 2023, we saw significant advancements in cybersecurity. Whilst the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict opened the doors to cyber-attacks across many industries, it also revealed more about cybercriminals, and in particular, their organisational structures.

With global commitments such as Net Zero becoming more of a priority in the next decade, business leaders must address whether their organisations can tick all the necessary ESG boxes in terms of their IT.

Enter Microsoft 365 Copilot, a game-changing tool that can turn your ideas into a powerful productivity tool.

The trend of purchasing refurbished IT equipment is on the rise among MSPs. A significant majority of 84% have admitted to buying refurbished technology in the past, while about 30% are currently making such purchases.

As SMEs prepare for business readiness, tying up operational loose ends can be difficult. With the rise of AI and automation, a safe and accessible IT network is more important than ever before.

As we close the door on 2023, Espria reflects on the successes of the year and the significant milestones achieved.

UK businesses are urged to get prepared in advance and monitor where and how their systems could be affected.

The modern business model is one of agility. In the past few years, we have seen a growing number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) discarding traditional, hierarchical ‘top down’ infrastructures and creating flatter and more flexible structures.

The future of work is amorphic; companies must adapt their cyber security policies faster than WFH policies or risk cyberattacks.

In the past year alone, industry has seen rapid and revolutionary transformations due to advancements in automation. Organisations have been able to reduce the time spent on repetitive tasks such data manipulation, migration, entry and analysis, and also those spent remediating human error, saving their resources for more critical tasks.

The digital divide in cyber security is human. When we fail to acknowledge the reality of human behaviour, how people typically work, day to day, we risk undermining the progress of cybersecurity technologies and email is often the Achilles’ heel.

Espria sponsors Ben Lymn, Espria Field Engineer Team Leader, in the American Cup Car British Championships. Below are reports from his most recent races.

Dave Adamson, CTO of Espria, discusses how technology can mitigate increasing business costs without sacrificing business efficiency.

Read the thoughts of Jon Hope, Senior Technology Evangelist at Sophos, as we near the release of the 2023 Sophos State of Ransomware Report.

Espria urges businesses to reduce e-waste and water consumption and avoid carbon emissions by using refurbished devices.

According to Dave Adamson, CTO at Espria, the modern contact centre is the driving force behind customer experience, not PR and Marketing.

Rachel Thorne, Director of Operational Excellence at Espria, gives five key questions every business should ask to ensure they have the right IT partner for their needs.

Espria has issued a warning to all business leaders in the UK that now is the time to review the small print of any corporate insurance contracts.

Espria has won Fastest Growing Pragma Partner at the 2023 EnableX Partner Awards in the £10m+ category

Espria has announced a new strategic alliance with Five9, a leading provider of intelligent cloud contact centre solutions.

As ESG becomes a critical driver for many decision-makers, Clinton Groome, Espria COO, reveals why adopting sustainable business practices is an opportunity.

Irrespective of the broader economy the fight for IT talent remains and it starts with the companies’ senior managers.

What are the key trends that will affect the managed services sector in 2023? Read the thoughts of Dave Adamson, CTO at Espria, on what the five core trends facing MSPs over the next twelve months will be.

Although rapid deployment of remote working infrastructure, tools and software may have succeeded in supporting staff working from home during the pandemic, many organisations have suddenly been hit with the harsh reality that they actually failed to create a ‘cyber safe’ environment.

All PSTN and ISDN networks will be closed by 2025, transitioning all UK businesses to all-VoIP networks to mitigate the rising costs of maintaining legacy equipment.

How often do you print a document and then become distracted, leaving it in the printer? Can these documents be intercepted maliciously or accidentally?

Dave Adamson, Chief Technology Officer at Espria encourages businesses to re-claim authority over their networks, thereby enhancing cyber-resilience in the wake of current geopolitical conflicts.

As we face a major energy crisis this winter, organisations need to turn to MSPs to manage their computing environments.

Espria will be holding a new look Optimise IT event at the world-renowned Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 30th of November 2022.

Going 'Passwordless' in your business is not a simple process, so what do you need in order to move to a simpler, more secure system?

Expanding on our commitment to the local community, Espria are now proud sponsors of Ware FC Under 7s football team.

Espria brings together Mode Solutions and eacs to deliver a fully integrated managed services offering.

Espria is proud to be an accredited supplier to Shared Business Services Digital Workplace Solutions Framework. Espria has a rich history of providing innovative technology solutions to public sector agencies and departments that have returned real-time financial and efficiency savings.

IT is having to maintain a more diverse fleet of laptops in the wake of scarcity and rising costs in computing equipment than ever before. Delays in availability of new hardware is starting to have an effect on operational effectiveness and is becoming a headache for both IT and Line Managers alike. But it doesn't need to be.

Picking the right penetration test for your business can be difficult. Penetration testing involves analysing an organisation's IT infrastructure and applications for security vulnerabilities, all performed by a third-party expert.

Continuous Security Validation test your internal and external defences against the latest threats and can be customised to your exact needs, making it simple to measure and track your security posture across the business and even 3rd parties.

In our post-pandemic world, lockdowns may have eased off but working from home – whether hybrid or fully remote – is here to stay. Does the UK have the internet infrastructure to support this shift? We investigated connectivity across the nation...

A buzz phrase that has been used increasingly is digital transformation, but what is it and why could it be crucial to your business’ future success?

Time is running out with declining services and support, why leave the changeover to 2025?

Covid-19 led to a weakening of defences for many organisations that still haven't recovered. Have you?

You may think you no longer need your printer, but I bet you didn't know what it could do.

VoIP is the obvious choice for businesses embracing digital transformation and our 6 reasons are the most compelling.

Security has always been a concern for businesses implementing the cloud. However, the Cloud offers the best security for any size of company and these are our 5 reasons why.

Agility, flexibility and ultimate security are the key reasons why Cloud Services should be implemented in your business.

The multifunctional device printer has evolved incredibly over the years. However, the perception of the MFD as just a printer, copier and scanner is changing as it supports the workflows of todays business operations.

Businesses are harnessing the operational power of combining VoIP and Unified Communications providing high productivity in today’s evolving workforce.

Technology constantly evolves, but Unified Communications can support all your teams, wherever they work. Still not sure what it is? We explain what Unified Communications means for your team.

It’s been widely reported that by 2025 BT will have switched off the outdated technology of ISDN fixed line networks in favour of an IP based model for voice communication. But do you really need to take action now?

Adoption of Cloud based services has accelerated in recent years as a result of the pandemic, the resulting demand of employees to work flexibility, and the need for businesses to be able to operate efficiently and securely.

Just as government restrictions fully lifted, war in Ukraine loomed, leaving businesses worldwide to brace for the impact from associated inflation, energy price rises and continued supply chain disruption.

Securing your print environment essentially needs to be included in a wider cyber-security plan to protect your business as a whole, however ensuring your printer is secure is often ignored or forgotten as businesses disregard printers as an actual threat to their Cyber Security.

Since the pandemic, with the re-opening of offices and amenities, there has been a definitive shift with how people work.