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Metropress (part of DMG World Media)

Metropress (part of DMG World Media) Justin Massie-Taylor, Production Manager This publishing company has been going strong for thirty years and is now part of The Daily Mail Group. It created a newsletter for the antiques business, the Antiques Trade Gazette which has been the market leader for the last twenty years. The subscriber-based magazine has become an international publication… Continue Reading

Classic to OSX upgrade

Classic to OSX upgrade Upgrading your Classic-based Mac system to one running OSX is a job you will probably want to have done by an expert. If you think that that may apply to you, then you should call us on 0207 582 9988 to find out how we can help you. We have years of experience doing this kind… Continue Reading

Classic to OSX migration

Classic to OSX migration Migrating your systems from Classic to OSX can be a time-consuming process that, while well worth it, is best left to an expert. We are based in London and have enormous experience in projects of this type, especially for organisations in the creative sector – and for a veryy impressive array of clients. For details of… Continue Reading

International Business Leader’s Forum

The International Business Leaders’ Forum The International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) works globally with businesses, governments, and international agencies to create new partnerships that help both business and communities to flourish. It is part of The Prince’s Charities – a group of 16 not-for-profit organisations of which The Prince of Wales is President. As the majority of IBLF’s workstations are… Continue Reading

IT infrastructure: A black art or manageable commodity?

IT infrastructure: A black art or manageable commodity? This is an edited version of the White Paper. It does not contain the appendices, which contain significant information about SupportPlan’s support schemes, resources and technologies.. A PDF of the full document can be downloaded fromhttps://www.supportplan.com/sp_white_0505.pdf History repeats itself Hundred years ago, in the early 1900s, if you wanted electricity, you… Continue Reading

Apple and Exchange integration

Apple and Exchange integration Macs and Microsoft can work effectively together Setting up a robust Exchange infrastructure is difficult enough and requires skill and experience to do really well. Getting Apple Macs to work with it requires another set of skills. Very few support companies have both sets of expertise. We do. If you are a business based in London… Continue Reading

Conran Design Group

Conran Design Group Ltd Reginald Thompson Conran Design Group Limited is one of the UK’s top ten design companies. It’s a leader in environmental design for the retail food and non-food sector and in the corporate arena with graphic design. Conran specialises in design for corporates, new media, interiors and exhibitions. Conran Design Group work on a global basis with… Continue Reading

Apple Introduces Boot Camp

Apple Introduces Boot Camp Public Beta Software Enables Intel-based Macs to Run Windows XP CUPERTINO, California-April 5, 2006-Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac®, and once… Continue Reading

Tate Enterprises

Tate Enterprises The big picture Tate, the national museum of British and Modern Art, is a network of four art galleries: Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives and Tate Modern, with Tate Online, a complementary website. As part of this three thousand-people organisation, Tate Enterprises, the London-based trading subsidiary of Tate, has the mission to manage publishing, product and… Continue Reading

Paperchase

Paperchase All the Cards Paperchase – the undisputed retail brand leader in design-led and innovative stationery – have been trading for over 30 years and now have 130 outlets in the UK and an extensive opening programme in the USA. The company trades nationwide from its own stores and also through concessions in Borders Books and Music, selected House of… Continue Reading

Gadge’s Spot: iPad 3

Gadge’s Spot: iPad 3 Gadge’s spot: iPad 3, does it live up to the hype? A view from a diehard apple consultant In the last few months I had already thought how apple could better themselves. They have come up with some of the most cutting edge, functional, useful and most important pretty devices in the it world but… Continue Reading

Heardy Spot

Adobe purchasers beware:Concerned about Adobe licenses and confused about CS6? Don’t forget to ask about Adobe maintenance scheme and protect yourself from these expensive upgrades.

Gadge’s Spot: Free Snow Leopard to drive Lion upgrades

Gadge’s spot: Free Snow Leopard to drive Lion upgrades Gadge’s spot: Free Snow Leopard to drive Lion upgradesApple are now giving away snow leopard to Mobile Me (and iCloud) customers. Apple are now giving away snow leopard to Mobile Me (and iCloud) customers. If you have a MobileMe account and want a free update from earlier versions then login and grab one… Continue Reading

Adobe Licensing

It’s still not too late… there’s still time to upgrade all your copies of CS3 and CS4 to upgrade and save money in the long run. For several years, Adobe has offered a ‘three version back’ upgrade policy – meaning customers who owned a prior CS product up to three major versions back would be eligible for discounted upgrade… Continue Reading

News from Apple on Mac Pro

As of March 1, 2013, Apple will no longer sell Mac Pro in EU, EU candidate and EFTA countries because these systems are not compliant with Amendment 1 of regulation IEC 60950-1, Second Edition which becomes effective on this date. Apple resellers can continue to sell any remaining inventory of Mac Pro after March 1. Apple will take final… Continue Reading

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