Wave9_Stuart

Have you considered Cisco Meraki? Cloud Management, Anytime Anywhere Access on Any Device (where an internet connection is available) Zero Touch Updates, Continuously Monitoring the Health of the Switches and Next Day Swap out on Hardware Faults. They are also offering a 10 Year Support and Maintenace licence for less than a five-year licence plus an additional 1 year for free (11 Years in total). I have found these switches to be very reliable and the support is great. Click on the following link for a demo https://meraki.cisco.com/lp/free-demo

Hi Nathan, Great. If you require any advice in the future in relation to hosted VoIP, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Many thanks. Stuart.

Hi Mr Bios, Hope you are well. The company I work for have supported schools and Academy's considering rolling out a 1:1 solutions. If you would like to bounce some idea's around dropped me a PM as I'm sure we could help and support you with some of our experiences of delivering this kind of solution.

Hi Nathan, I guess there are few things to consider when implementing the kind of solution you're considering; Managed/Support overheads Bandwidth Scalability Redundancy Backup Diaster Recovery Staff are becoming agiler (as I touched upon earlier)

Hi Nathan, Have you considered a centrally hosted solution where all the central administration is cloud based? This type of solution offers flexibility for agile working and can be easily scaled. Please also keep in my mind that ISDN lines will reach their end of sale life 2020 with support up to 2025. If you would like to discuss in further detail please send me a private message.

Hi Mjk, Thank you for your response. Have you considered Smoothwall? Smoothwall integrates very well with GfE and Chromebooks. If you would like further details, drop me an e-mail [email protected] outlining your exact requirements. I look forward to speaking with you soon.

Hi Mjk, Hope you are well. Have you considered Sophos UTM? The Sophos UTM: Is listed on the UK Safer Internet Centre for Appropriate Filtering for Education Settings. Aligns with recommendations from Ofsted and the Prevent directive complies with guidelines set out in the Keeping Children Safe in Education publication (2016) Main other points are: All internet based traffic is scanned for viruses - Sophos and Avira Multi-layered Intrusion Prevention and VPN access Age appropriate filtering for pupils and the ability to vary filtering policies based on the role of staff - integrates with your local AD Gives the School complete control of URL filtering to permit or deny access to specific contentIt provides the ability to report inappropriate content accessed or blocked The solution offers clear historical information on the websites visited by staff, pupils and visitors Sophos Labs collect, correlate and analyse data to provide the best protection for every Sophos customer containing 35 million+ sites Sophos work in partnership with the Internet Watch Foundation which ensures maintenance of a list of known illegal, inappropriate and criminal sites to block is up to date. 96 different web categories available for selection within the Web Filter including Criminal and Counter Terrorism which forms part of the Prevent directive Unlike other solutions the Sophos UTM pricing model is based on the number of devices rather than the number of users. If you would like further information, please let me know.

Hi AlexM, Have you considered Meraki wireless for Cloud Management? Also, we are a reseller of Sophos UTM and are supporting over 100 schools nationwide. We centrally monitor each UTM and connect via a browser to each UTM should a problem arise or a change request is logged. If you would like to have a chat, please call me, my details are below. [TABLE=width: 300] [TR] [TD]Regards, Stuart Hadley [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Education Business Consultant [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] t: 01785 472 200 m: 07432 678591 e: [email protected] w: www.wave9.co.uk Wave 9 Managed Services Limited 1 Hargreaves Court Dyson Way Staffordshire Technology Park Stafford ST18 0WN

There was a recent update in the Chrome Browser from V57 to V58. The problem was limited to the browser and Google search. It's impacted on lots of internet service providers filtering systems. It may be worth speaking to Smoothwall to see if this is the problem, maybe?

Hi Craig, Hope you are well Would it be possible for you to message me directly [email protected] We provide a number of Hybrid solutions (Hybrid being your off-site disaster recovery) that will ensure you a have a robust and reliable high availability service. I look forward to speaking with you in the near future.

Hi, My name is Stuart Hadley. The company I work for Wave Managed Services Limited (http://www.wave9.co.uk) provide a range of services to support schools with their ICT strategy including Broadband, Hybrid Cloud, Wireless and Networking solutions, VOIP, Office 365/Google for Education, Consultancy, Support and Training. If you would like a quick chat please e-mail me on [email protected] Many Thanks Stuart