Boffins Broadband Launched

PRESS RELEASE: Business IT specialists Boffins Computer Workshops is launching a high speed broadband service specially designed to meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.

Boffins Broadband, delivered in association with award-winning broadband specialist Entanet, will provide a connection speed of up to 24Mbps and exploits the latest improvements in local exchanges, and phone network upgrades being undertaken as part of BT’s 21CN programme.
Keen pricing will ensure a highly reliable, fast connection at lower charges than businesses have been used to: the Boffins internet service starts at just £29.50 per month. And Boffins is offering to migrate existing broadband connections for just £99, including the first month’s connection free.

“By delivering both broadband and our IT support, customers get a one-stop solution to their connectivity,” says Tony Dawes, Boffins’ technical director. “We have teamed up with a highly respected and reliable partner to provide a great value alternative to traditional business broadband suppliers.”

Boffins has developed a flexible package, depending on download requirements and the number of staff in a company, with additional download top-ups for heavy internet users. Boffins Broadband runs on ASDL2+, with the option of static IP addresses as required.

Boffins Broadband is one of the company’s recently launched Building Blocks, an initiative to help small and medium sized companies make the most of the latest developments in phone, broadband and IT as local telephone exchanges are upgraded.

By using a Building Blocks approach, Boffins will help customers improve their businesses incrementally, at a pace and a cost that is best suited to their needs, covering everything from remote working to smart phone systems.

Adds Dawes: “We are offering Building Blocks to both existing and new customers, for whom our plain-speaking approach is often welcomed as a refreshing change. By taking the jargon out of IT, we are able to transform our customers’ ways of doing business, making them more efficient and customer-focused.”

Building Blocks to C21 Business

PRESS RELEASE: Business IT specialists Boffins Computer Workshops is launching a Building Blocks initiative to help small and medium sized companies make the most of the latest developments in phone, broadband and IT.

A growing number of local telephone exchanges have recently been upgraded, with the result that businesses can now take advantage of improvements in connectivity across the UK, and harness these for more efficient business.

By using a Building Blocks approach, Boffins will help customers improve their businesses incrementally, at a pace and a cost that is best suited to their needs.

The Boffins box of Building Blocks includes:
improved broadband with higher speeds
secure router access
secure virtual private networks (VPNs)
wireless connections on the move
effective use of PDAs and mobile phones
the voice over IP communications and smart voice messaging
access to head office data from anywhere
remote access to key business systems
easy document sharing

“We are now starting to see the impact of BT’s £10 billion investment programme in 21st century networks, with many local exchanges upgraded,” says Tony Dawes, Boffins’ technical director. “The upgrades unlock a whole range of new possibilities, from flexible working to seamless IT connections with customers and suppliers.”

“Most obviously, both businesses and householders have access to faster, lower cost broadband, but this is just the start of a revolution in communications. Smaller businesses now gain access to a whole host of efficient, flexible ways of working previously only available to blue chip companies who used to pay handsomely for them.”

‘We’re on hand to make the transition simple and cost-effective. And in these tight times, our Building Blocks approach means our customers can upgrade their efficiency and their systems on a step by step basis.”
The 21st Century Network is the result of a £10 billion investment by BT that will replace all their exchange equipment by 2012, bringing together both voice and data into a single, high speed, IP based, routed network.

Local exchanges that have already been upgraded include: Aylesbury, Banbury, Bicester, Didcot, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Reading, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, and Wycombe. Boffins is now providing up to 24Mb broadband to businesses in these areas.

Adds Dawes: “We are offering Building Blocks to both existing and new customers, for whom our plain-speaking approach is often welcomed as a refreshing change. By taking the jargon out of IT, we are able to transform our customers’ ways of doing business, making them more efficient and customer-focused.”

“The key to building a successful 21st Century Business is to have a coherent, step-by-step plan from the beginning. This will ensure that the right foundations are in place and will help avoid buying and implementing incompatible solutions along the way.”

Boffins Goes Gold

PRESS RELEASE: Boffins Computer Workshops has been awarded the accolade of Gold Partner by global software leaders Microsoft, recognising the Buckinghamshire-based company’s commitment to providing business customers across the region with the highest levels of IT support.
It has been less than one year since Boffins decided to take the first steps towards accreditation by Microsoft, and the recognition demonstrates Microsoft’s complete confidence in the excellence and experience of the Boffins team.

“For more than a decade we’ve been benchmarking ourselves by what our customers said about us,” says Tony Dawes, Boffins’ technical director. “Only latterly did we take a strategic decision to seek Microsoft accreditation, as some larger customers started to ask us for it. We’re very glad we took that step - by gaining Gold Partner status we have independent verification of the level of expertise within our team. And new customers of all sizes can ask us to manage their IT with absolute confidence.”

In gaining their achievement of Gold Partner status, the Boffins team have also been accredited as:

• Microsoft Small Business Specialists - ensuring they deliver appropriate software and cost-effective support for smaller enterprises
• Microsoft Advanced Infrastructure Solution Providers - assuring customers the Boffins team can deliver complex software solutions as clients require them
• Microsoft Authorised Education Resellers - confirming the Boffins team understand the special needs of the education sector
• Microsoft Security Solution Providers - demonstrating Boffins’ thorough knowledge of anti-virus, firewall and protection software solutions.

The Boffins team includes engineers with more than 100 years of IT experience between them. A newly opened office in Knowl Hill, near Maidenhead, is Boffins’ second location, and it is looking to build on the company’s services offered from its base in Haddenham, near Thame.

Says Tony: “Boffins has grown by delivering great service to our loyal customer base in Buckinghamshire, and we are now looking forward to making a similar impact in the Thames Valley.”

Save Cost With SBS 2008

PRESS RELEASE: Boffins Computer Workshops is helping local businesses save money and sharpen up their IT infrastructure, by implementing the newly released Microsoft Small Business Server 2008.

SBS 2008 provides a package of server software products including Windows 2008 Server and Exchange Server 2007 at a significantly reduced cost when compared to purchasing the licenses individually.

“For a smaller business, moving up from a series of individual PCs to a server-based system is a vital step towards increasing efficiency,” says Tony Dawes, Boffins’ technical director. “A server can help a company with flexible working, enabling its staff to access files and emails while out on the road or working from home via their laptop or mobile phone. It also ensures that the company’s data is stored, shared and backed up efficiently, making it easier to protect valuable information from external threats such as viruses.”

“A Small Business Server solution allows companies to start with a small network and grow very easily” Tony adds. “You can simply add users and applications as you grow and with SBS 2008 many of the limitations of earlier versions of the software suite, such as individual email storage space, have been removed. ”

Tony and the Boffins team has undergone full training and is now qualified to install, configure and manage the latest release of Small Business Server 2008 and its bigger brother Microsoft Essential Business Server 2008. As a Microsoft certified partner, Boffins guarantee to provide, for companies small and large, a highly professional level of support across the Business Server range, Boffins already looks after more than 150 clients across the south east, and consistent retraining is crucial to its commitment to deliver timely on-site and remote support to businesses in the area

The Boffins team includes engineers with more than 100 years of IT experience between them. A newly opened office in Knowl Hill, near Maidenhead, is Boffins’ second location, and it is looking to build on the company’s services offered from its base in Haddenham, near Thame.

Says Tony: “Boffins has grown by delivering great service to our loyal customer base in Buckinghamshire, and we are now looking forward to making a similar impact in the Thames Valley.”

Boffins in the Thames Valley

PRESS RELEASE:  Boffins Computer Workshops is bucking the trend by opening a new office to help businesses in the Thames Valley keep their IT working at maximum efficiency. The new Boffins workshop is based in Knowl Hill, between Maidenhead and Reading, ideally located to serve customers from west London to Newbury.The company, which already looks after more than 150 clients across the south east, delivers on-site and remote support to businesses of all sizes, ensuring their computer and phone systems work efficiently. Boffins specialises in speaking plain English, embracing change and delivering on every promise.

Boffins looks after office computers and phone systems, installing and maintaining all manner of corporate systems, computers, servers and cabling, from a one man band to major local companies with several branch offices. Boffins supplies hardware and software, and is a Microsoft certified partner.

“For Boffins, now is an ideal time to expand,” says Jim White, the company’s managing director. “Companies know that efficient computer systems are vital if they are going to compete in hard times - and they need to rely on prompt support if anything goes wrong.

We deliver a highly personal service, and regular visits ensure we understand our clients’ businesses, and can help them more fundamentally. While we also provide remote assistance where appropriate, the Knowl Hill workshop will mean we are never far away.”

“We are also seeing an increasing number of inquiries from companies looking to outsource their IT support, as they focus on driving down fixed overheads. Our contract tariffs give companies certainty over their outgoings, while guaranteeing an absolute minimum of disruption due to IT glitches.”

The Boffins team, established in 1995, includes IT engineers with more than 100 years of IT experience between them. Knowl Hill will be Boffins’ second location, and build on the company’s services offered from its base in Haddenham, near Thame.

Says Jim: “Boffins has grown by delivering great service to our loyal customer base in Buckinghamshire, and the Boffins are now looking forward to making a similar impact in the Thames Valley.”