Business telecommunications and IT systems

du Pré is adding a remote data backup service to its expanding portfolio of cloud products.

du Pré Remote Back Up enables business critical information to be stored off site in a secure data centre, preventing loss in the event of IT infrastructure failure or disruption at company premises. It will also enable multi-environment incremental back up and automated backup routines to be scheduled, with resultant savings in hardware costs, space and power consumption.

du Pré is delighted to announce it has been appointed exclusively as a Gold Preferred Supplier of IT, telecommunications and connectivity solutions to member schools of the Independent Schools Association (ISA).

The appointment follows the testing by ISA of du Pré’s credentials with member schools. It recognises the company’s specialist knowledge of supplying high performance, cost effective IT, wireless, telephone system and internet solutions to schools throughout the country, together with preferential academic calls and lines rates.

The current spell of unseasonably warm weather reminds us that the summer holiday season is just a few months away. For many businesses and education establishments this can lead to some quieter weeks that are ideal to tackle tasks such as adding new telephone extensions, increasing IT capacity or upgrading Internet connections.

On Sunday the UK moved to British Summer Time and the clocks went forward one hour. This might have an impact on your telephone system, depending upon the kind of equipment you use.

Businesses with Panasonic, Samsung and Nortel systems will need to manually change the time on the system to ensure that voicemail, auto-attendant and night & day modes follow the correct timings.

Customers with du Pré Connect hosted VoIP telephones and Avaya IP Office systems or will not be affected as these systems automatically update their time settings.

A recent study by Surrey University discovered that using a headset instead of a standard telephone handset can improve employee health and increase productivity.

The study monitored over 2,000 telephone calls and found an increase in back and neck muscle tension in people who used a traditional telephone handset at work.