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The restructuring comes after the firm experienced a 100% increase in sales leads in a six month period which company directors are putting down to the increased popularity and business benefits of cloud computing.

Graham Fern, Technical Director for Axon IT commented: “New business enquiries since September last year are totalling close to 100 and at least 90% of these require a hosted solution of some sort. Cloud computing offers a good choice for many businesses offering a more flexible approach to working with lower running costs and greater collaboration.

“The advent of cloud computing has resulted in a constant need to revise our business model and as the requirement for cloud solutions grows it is crucial that we strengthen our sales team to mirror this growth. I have every confidence that the technical experience that Pete has gained in his three years with the business, combined with his involvement in account management make him the best person for the job and I am certain our customers will benefit from his extensive knowledge.”

Commenting on his new role, Pete Walklate said: “It has been apparent to me for some time that the next phase of industry evolution will be based on cloud services as well as connectivity, application hosting and virtualisation. I am very much looking forward to working with both existing and new customers of axon IT to ensure that their businesses benefit from the new and emerging technologies that axon is bringing into its product portfolio.”

Axon IT is also boosting its technical team with the appointment of Russ Northwood as Senior Engineer. Russ joins axon from Bodycote in Macclesfield and will work to provide technical support to Axon’s customers, investigating and resolving high level technical queries both on site and remotely.

Russ said: “Axon IT’s continuing growth is testament to the high levels of technical ability within the team and I am looking forward to becoming a part of it all. This is an exciting time to be joining the company and I am keen to put my skills into practice and contribute to the company’s future success.”

Press Information: For more information, photography or an interview with the senior management team please call Anna Nicholls at axon IT on 0845 313 0025 or email alnicholls@axon-it.com.

The restructuring comes after the firm experienced a 100% increase in sales leads in a six month period which company directors are putting down to the increased popularity and business benefits of cloud computing.

Graham Fern, Technical Director for Axon IT commented: “New business enquiries since September last year are totalling close to 100 and at least 90% of these require a hosted solution of some sort. Cloud computing offers a good choice for many businesses offering a more flexible approach to working with lower running costs and greater collaboration.

“The advent of cloud computing has resulted in a constant need to revise our business model and as the requirement for cloud solutions grows it is crucial that we strengthen our sales team to mirror this growth. I have every confidence that the technical experience that Pete has gained in his three years with the business, combined with his involvement in account management make him the best person for the job and I am certain our customers will benefit from his extensive knowledge.”

Commenting on his new role, Pete Walklate said: “It has been apparent to me for some time that the next phase of industry evolution will be based on cloud services as well as connectivity, application hosting and virtualisation. I am very much looking forward to working with both existing and new customers of axon IT to ensure that their businesses benefit from the new and emerging technologies that axon is bringing into its product portfolio.”

Axon IT is also boosting its technical team with the appointment of Russ Northwood as Senior Engineer. Russ joins axon from Bodycote in Macclesfield and will work to provide technical support to Axon’s customers, investigating and resolving high level technical queries both on site and remotely.

Russ said: “Axon IT’s continuing growth is testament to the high levels of technical ability within the team and I am looking forward to becoming a part of it all. This is an exciting time to be joining the company and I am keen to put my skills into practice and contribute to the company’s future success.”

Press Information: For more information, photography or an interview with the senior management team please call Anna Nicholls at axon IT on 0845 313 0025 or email alnicholls@axon-it.com.

axon IT has provided a cloud computing solution to the Federation of Irish Societies (FIS) – the national representative body for the Irish in Britain.

Through Microsoft Office 365 – a Cloud-based solution hosted by Microsoft – axon IT has replaced the organisation’s outdated on-premise VPN (Virtual Private Network) solution with Microsoft’s latest cloud offering, enabling fast and effective collaboration of workers across the country.

Jennie McShannon, Chief Executive of Federation of Irish Societies said: “With offices in London and Birmingham as well as home-based workers across Yorkshire with frequent travel to Ireland, we needed an up-to-date and reliable solution that would enable all workers to communicate and share data effectively and efficiently wherever they were.

“Microsoft Office 365 has provided a creative and dynamic approach to our information and communication needs. It has helped us to cut costs, while significantly reducing the number of hours wasted by staff unable to work while waiting for VPN or server repairs.”

Launched in June 2011, Microsoft Office 365 offers feature-rich productivity tools including Microsoft Office Professional Plus, Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Lync Online – all hosted in the cloud.

Graham Fern, Technical Director of axon IT added: “Cloud computing can help businesses to improve their productivity while significantly reducing costs. Microsoft Office 365 is paid for on a monthly basis meaning the capital costs required to replace an on-premise server are removed and turned into a running cost. Maintenance costs are also significantly reduced with no on-site server to look after.

“Microsoft’s highly secured data centres located around the world guarantee 99.9% uptime with information securely backed up in different centres across the globe, so companies have round the clock access to their business critical services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Business information can be accessed quickly from any location with a reliable internet connection meaning increased flexibility for workers, higher levels of productivity for businesses and a clear disaster recovery and business continuity plan – if offices become unusable or the internet goes down, employees can simply go home, or work from the nearest wi-fi enabled café or hotel.”

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Richard Bradney brings with him more than 10 years’ experience in system administration and holds MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) qualifications. He joins axon IT from TelstraClear Ltd, New Zealand’s second largest Telecommunications company, where he spent six years as a Senior Systems Engineer.

In his role with axon IT, Richard will provide technical support to customers, working to investigate and resolve high level technical queries both on site and remotely.

Commenting on his role, Richard said; “This is an exciting time to be joining axon IT and the firm’s continuing expansion is testament to the high levels of technical ability, motivation and hard work put in by the team. I am looking forward to contributing to the company’s on-going success.”

Graham Fern, Technical Director at axon IT added; “Richard has experience in a diverse range of technical environments and this expertise will prove crucial in supporting the growth axon IT is currently experiencing.”

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axon has provided Lucas Credit Services with an on-premise virtual solution through the provision of two new physical servers – one of which runs a virtualised version of Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) which is accessed remotely by staff working on thin-client terminals.

Graham Fern, Technical Director at axon IT explained; “Thin clients, contain no physical storage space. Employees access their company data virtually via a secure remote network connection, and all the company’s sensitive information, applications, databases and emails are now stored safely on the virtual server. This increases security by maintaining network integrity and makes the information employees are handling more secure as data is no longer stored locally.”

Nick Ramsden, Director for Lucas Credit Services added; “As a new business in the financial services sector, we need to be able to demonstrate to our clients that our security provisions for dealing with their sensitive customer data are completely robust. We needed a solution that provided us with the best network integrity together with the latest technology to enable us to deliver a first-class service to our clients.

“Our core business system – CollectR™ – is a completely new collections platform developed in-house integrating compliance and best collections practice into the latest technology. Developed exclusively from Microsoft products, it is written in .NET framework 4 with the industry standard SQL Server as its database and CollectR™ integrates with the outside world through web-services. So, as a Microsoft Gold Partner with expertise in Microsoft technologies axon IT was a natural choice to support our needs. The solution recommended and provided by axon IT is based on Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2011 and protected by their Forefront Threat Management Gateway which completely meets all of our requirements to secure our client’s data and be PCI compliant.”

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axon IT has worked to migrate C&O Powder Coatings over to a cloud computing solution through Microsoft Office 365 – an internet-based hosted service which enables businesses to access email, documents, contacts, and calendars from anywhere with a suitable internet connection and on almost any device.

axon will now work to support the new solution through an initial 12 month IT support contract.

Tom Holmes, Director for C&O Powder Coatings commented; “Compared to a traditional on-premise server solution, Microsoft Office 365 was far more cost effective. Rather than the capital cost of purchasing a server, we pay monthly for the service and our company data and emails are stored on Microsoft servers, meaning no maintenance or repair bills.

“Office 365 also gives us the flexibility to let staff work from home if they need to and staff now have their emails coming into their smartphones which means they can provide a quick response to enquiries wherever they are, therefore increasing productivity.”

axon IT has also provided a load balance router and secondary broadband line to C&O Powder Coatings, protecting the business against costly downtime. Tom added; “We wanted a company that could look after every aspect of our IT needs – whether it be a hardware issue, software query, broadband problem or simply a question from one of our users. I see IT as a service that should just work, and with axon IT we have somebody working with us to keep that service running, who we can turn to for each and every issue that crops up.”

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Technical Director at axon, Graham Fern, said: “There’s already talk of another bad winter ahead of us and when the snow falls, the roads gridlock and staff are stuck at home, businesses start to lose money fast. If companies act now and get set up for remote working through a cloud computing solution, they can ensure that productivity remains high and loss of earnings low, should we encounter another big freeze.”

Using cloud-based computing, businesses can put a remote workforce in place which enables employees to securely access and share company data, emails, calendars and contacts from anywhere with an internet connection – meaning they can work from home if the weather prevents them from getting into the office.

Microsoft technology also allows real-time communication between users via instant messaging, audio and video calling, live web conferencing and online meetings, while hosted telephony means business owners can receive calls made to their company telephone number, from anywhere they can connect to the web.

Fern concluded: “We strongly urge businesses to act now to safeguard against potential loss of earnings through the winter months. Remote working is simple to set up, cost-effective and offers increased flexibility and productivity while ensuring seamless business continuity.”

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