ramsac Advises Businesses To Use More Of Their IT Brainpower

March 17th 2008:
ramsac, a leading IT solutions consultancy, today announced the availability of the new Microsoft Windows Server 2008. As a Gold Certified Partner of Microsoft, Godalming based ramsac is ideally placed to maximise the enhanced performance, efficiency, business continuity and security benefits that the new Windows Server operating system (OS) is capable of delivering to enterprises large and small.

Launched on 1st March 2008 the new server OS (available in 64 & 32 Bit versions) delivers the flexibility, reliability, speed, security and cost efficiencies that businesses require from their IT network infrastructure, enabling them to cope with the ever-increasing demands placed on IT such as handling numerous software applications, storage of documents, maintaining databases, Web services and e-mail.

Prior to making any investment in IT, it is crucial to establish the business benefit. Technical Consultant at ramsac, Paul Mew offers the following advice, “If your current Windows 2003 operating system is running well then there is no pressing reason to upgrade existing servers to 2008.” He adds, “When these servers are due for replacement (your IT manager or consultant should already have a timeline for this upgrade) it makes sense to install Windows Server 2008.”

It is said that humans typically only use a small percentage of their brainpower and the same is true of many servers installed within businesses today. In fact, Microsoft reports that on average 80 to 90 percent of server processing power goes unused. Mew commented on this statement saying, “The problem is there are a lot of servers out there that have not been configured by true experts who fully understand just how much can be achieved. To ensure the benefits of Windows Server 2008 are realised we advise always working with a Gold certified professional that understands the capabilities of the OS and is able to install and configure it to your specific business requirements.”

ramsac holds a Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Programme with competencies in Network Infrastructure Solutions, Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and Information (remote) Worker Solutions.

Windows Server 2008 replaces its predecessor, Windows Server 2003. Its features include new Hyper-V server virtualisation technology that optimises the available resources of the server and gives easy scalability; IIS 7.0 to enable businesses to take advantage of new Web-based applications; and Network Access Protection (NAP) that only permits safe devices to connect to the IT network and the Server Manager Console for overall management of the OS.

For more information about Microsoft Windows Server 2008 you can visit:
www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008

Founded in 1991, ramsac offers a ‘menu’ of outsourced stress-free IT services that allows clients to match their individual needs. For some clients it may simply be support at the end of the phone, for others a part-time network manager, for many businesses its help in developing a longer term overall IT strategy. Whatever the requirement clients are guaranteed impartial, jargon-free advice.

This enables those businesses and organisations for which a dedicated in-house IT department may not be practical, to outsource all or part of their IT needs. In return they benefit from properly planned cutting edge IT solutions and support without any of the headaches often associated with managing technology. The end result is that any business can now get top level joined-up grown up IT advice for a fraction of the cost

ramsac is committed to providing excellence in customer service and is proud to maintain a 97% client retention rate. In 2007, the company was named as Surrey SME Business of the Year. ramsac is also an ISO 9001 Quality Approved firm, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Citrix Silver Partner and an accredited Investor in People.

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