Imagine a Computer Support Contract that Alerts you of problems before they occur...

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Imagine a Computer Support Contract that...

  • Provides you with peace of mind at a fixed monthly charge
  • Uses our Cloud based solution to pro-actively monitor and maintain updates to your computer systems
  • Alerts you and GDK of problems before they occur
  • 24/7 Monitoring of your Servers, Workstations and mobile devices
  • Organises software updates to the operating systems otherwise referred to as patch management  
  • Scans your network robustly for vulnerabilities ,security threats and hardware predictive failures
  • Allows GDK Support Consultants 24/7 access to your systems remotely giving faster response times, less travel time and reduced costs all round. Furthermore, your unique problem can be shared by our team of support consultants and escalated to Director level, if required.
  • Provides detailed hardware and software information on your computer assets including keeping track of software license compliance
  • Produces Daily and Weekly  Daily Health Check Reports that can be automatically emailed to you to keep you informed on the state of your systems
  • Integrates Managed Anti-Virus as part of the service to all servers and workstations using the on-going updates to detect the latest viruses and malware.  Comprehensive scan schedules and remediation action tasks are setup to suit your specific needs
  • Includes your very own customer portal for logging calls and checking on the status of them
  • You can even add in Web Protection to protect against malware, increase productivity and block sites that may put your business in jeopardy.

Well, you no longer need to Imagine.

GDK deliver the above Support Contract to 100’s of Irish Businesses, Schools, Colleges and other organizations. A support contract is configured with some or all of the above and is priced accordingly mainly on a monthly direct debit basis.

With the IT Support taken care of, you are free to focus on your Business or your profession. Let GDK worry about IT problems with our 24/7 Cloud powered support solution.

Call us or send us an email, if you would like our Directors to review your requirements on a no fee basis.
Check out our remote managed service and web protection videos on www.gdk.ie.

 

 

Prepare Today's Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities-Teaching with Technology

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An Event Hosted By: St Vincent's Castleknock College, Dublin on 19th Jan 2015

GDK, Microsoft and Wriggle organised a most memorable event in Castle knock college on 18 Jan 2015
where over 98 teachers and advisors from various schools throughout Ireland.
"Teaching with Technology" was the theme and the following was demonstrated and discussed:

  • Office 365 – The Building Blocks
  • How Office 365 is used in the classroom by students in Claregalway College
  • Insight into the Microsoft Surface Suite presented by a Maths Teacher fom St. Joseph’s Rockfordbridge
  • How Schoology is used in schools
  • Demonstrations of IT networks, Security, Wireless systems
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Presenting the prizewinner Paul Atkinson, Sancta Maria College (centre) with an Amazon Voucher,  are Una Langford, GDK Network Systems, Paul …

Presenting the prizewinner Paul Atkinson, Sancta Maria College (centre) with an Amazon Voucher,  are Una Langford, GDK Network Systems, Paul Atkinson, Sancta Maria College and Johnathan Healy of Data Solutions.

If your school would like to host a similar event, please contact us and we will discuss with you.
An event like this will give exposure to your school and show present and future parents that your school is providing their children with the latest IT Technology to help with their education and enhance their career prospects.

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7 Key Questions you must ask about Backups

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7 Key Questions you must ask about Backups

The survival of your business may one day depend on the data backups you took to guard against IT equipment failure, Data loss or malicious Hacking.
Many businesses don’t realise their backups are inadequate until it’s too late. Ask yourself these questions – and answer honestly – to understand how well your business is protected.

It takes time and expertise to create and implement a backup and recovery plan.

To help you create a plan, we have listed Key Questions you must ask about Backups.
You will find more information in the FREE eBook which you are welcome to download now.

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Microsoft creates 100's of new jobs in Ireland

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Microsoft creates 100's of new jobs in Ireland

Microsoft Ireland has announced a €170m expansion of Dublin data centre with the creation of 320 construction jobs with an additional 20 people will join the existing team of 80 employees at the Dublin data centre for Europe, the Middle East and Africa when the build is completed next year.

Microsoft has also announced the creation of 95 new jobs. The jobs include 30 new software development roles at its Irish based operations in Dublin. Furthermore,  35 new graduate positions will be created across all parts of its business.

That's great news for Ireland, for business, for jobs, for students and proves how important that Ireland is to the tech giant. But Microsoft are providing Office 365 to every student at no extra cost when you purchase Office for your staff....

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SkyDrive Pro vs Dropbox - And which is better for Business?

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SkyDrive Pro vs Dropbox - And which is better for Business?

What’s the difference between SkyDrive Pro and Dropbox and why should I pick one over the other?

SkyDrive Pro gives you all the advantages of SharePoint for document management where Dropbox offers a much smaller set of features. And then, there’s the pricing…the choice for me for business applications is definitively SkyDrive Pro but let’s take a look at the pros and cons of each.

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If it’s not broken, don’t fix it?

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If it’s not broken, don’t fix it?

or  “Exchange 2003 will not support Outlook 2013”

This old adage no longer holds thru’ for Microsoft’s Exchange Server 2003 I’m sorry to say. So if your business has not invested in keeping the server infrastructure up-to-date in line with Microsoft best practices, you will find, as requirements arise to add new users and PCs to your network, or indeed to replace PCs that have over the years slowed down to such an extent that they are actually counterproductive, or if you would simply like to upgrade to Office 2013, that you are in for a bit of a surprise: Outlook 2013 does not work with Exchange 2003.

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