Shani Viner is one of the four-person team behind 1st Point Consulting, an innovative firm that helps commercial clients manage their premises cost-effectively. “We’re a service charge specialist for retail property,” she explains. “For instance, a retailer in a shopping centre usually has to pay rent and a service charge
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Friday, 03 May 2013 9:31 am
Yorkshire Cloud launches Office 2013
Microsoft released Office 2013 recently, and we’re sure that many people are curious about what’s new and improved. Fortunately, Yorkshire Cloud customers don’t need to go through the hassle of upgrading Office themselves. We recognise that Office is one of the core pieces of software our customer use, and upgrading
Read MoreThursday, 02 May 2013 9:08 am
Contract win for Yorkshire cloud provider
Harrogate based YorkshireCloud.co.uk, which provides hosted desktop and cloud computing services to small businesses, has been appointed to employement group, Renovo. Growing York-based Renovo provides a range of career support and advice services including executive recruitment, outplacement and employment support services for Welfare to Work providers. With an expanding workforce,
Read MoreWednesday, 01 May 2013 8:28 am
A simple cure for a dying server
Arrow Digital is a small digital marketing agency based in Harrogate. “We help businesses develop their digital strategies and increase online revenues,” explains Leigh Woolard, the firm’s founder and managing director. “That means we mainly build websites, perform search engine optimisation and run pay-per-click advertising campaigns for our clients.” The
Read MoreWednesday, 16 January 2013 7:05 pm
YC now working on iPads
We’re constantly working very hard to ensure that our customers are benefiting from the very latest in cloud technology. This week, we’re delighted to announce that our Cloud PC software now works on an iPad. This gives our customers the ultimate remote access experience. Why not add an iPad keyboard
Read MoreTuesday, 04 December 2012 1:29 pm
SOLVED! Poor AutoCAD Performance in Citrix XenApp
Yorkshire Cloud’s engineers recently had quite a tricky problem with AutoCAD performance in our XenApp-based hosted desktops. For weeks it had us stumped, but our team don’t like to give up! The problem was that in complex AutoCAD drawings, especially ones with blocks and hatching, the mouse had a tendency
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Cloud Computing Industry Statistics 2012
Cloud Computing is without doubt one of the hottest topics in the IT Community. Surveys and market research are being carried out on a weekly basis to gather a wider understanding of the market and industry trends. We’ve collected some of the most interesting statistics to give you of an
Read MoreTuesday, 18 September 2012 2:10 pm
You Can’t Stop Staff Bringing Their Own Devices
Cutting edge technology is everywhere. Just look at the iPhone 5. Announced on 12 September, it’ll be a common sight before you know it. Then there are tablet computers, becoming more popular among home users. Not to mention, of course, the not-so-humble laptop, which is now thinner, lighter and more
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Cloud Computing Benefits for Small Businesses
Over the last 10 years cloud computing has become one of the hottest topics both for the media and businesses across the globe. According to the IDC, 64% of SMEs use at least one cloud-based service in some shape or form. Surprisingly not everybody realises they are using it and
Read MoreWednesday, 29 August 2012 2:48 pm
How Can Cloud Computing Help Charities?
Here at Yorkshire Cloud we’ve been on the road showcasing our hosted desktop and cloud computing services to a range of businesses. One particular area of interest to us is Charities and non-profit organisations. In many cases Charities are stuck in the dark ages with their IT infrastructure and as
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