Effective home working has never been more important, and for many companies the ability to log on, access critical systems remotely and communicate with team members/clients could now mean the difference between success and failure. The foundation for safe and reliable home working is the provision of secure access to IT resources within the business…
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Dear Customers, Vodat Communications Group has initiated our planned response to critical incident and has taken all process steps to respond effectively to the current situation. It is a fluid situation, so our response is being managed hourly as to any amendments or changes to the current plans or processes. We have allocated a response…
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For too long, businesses across the spectrum have underestimated the power of high-quality on-premise Wi-Fi connectivity. This is especially true when it comes to free customer Wi-Fi, which many firms still view as a ‘nice-to-have’ rather than a powerful sales conversion tool. Used properly customer Wi-Fi can help you: Connect with your audience in your…
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There was much excitement at Vodat’s Headquarters ahead of the Circadian Trust annual staff awards. Circadian Trust is a Vodat customer and not-for-profit charity operating five Active Lifestyle Centres across South Gloucestershire. These awards recognise and celebrate individuals and companies that have delivered fantastic service, innovation, engagement and lifetime achievement within the Trust. The annual…
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There’s been precious little innovation around the fast food industry’s service formula for some time. The onus has traditionally been very much on the customer to wait patiently in line at the point of sale, order their meal from a static menu and then find a free table. This format is increasingly being challenged with…
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Vodat International has achieved a 1 Star accreditation award from Best Companies, whose recognition programme is the standard for workplace engagement. Accreditations range from ‘Ones to Watch’, through to ‘3 Star’ status. The survey has been tested on millions of UK employees and is continually reviewed to ensure it remains a robust way to measure…
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Despite the headlines proclaiming a high-street apocalypse, it’s rapidly becoming clear that bricks-and-mortar retail isn’t dead – it’s boring retail that faces the death sentence. With consumers spoilt for choice online, they need ever-more compelling reasons to set foot inside a store and the ace in the retailer’s pack is experience. E-commerce can usually beat…
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By Roy Reynolds, Technical Director, Vodat International When you think of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks chances are you conjure up an image of an overwhelming flood of traffic that incapacitates a network. This kind of cyber-attack is all about overt, brute force used to take a target down. Some hackers are a little smarter…
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A recent report by data analysts CGA and Alix Partners revealed that 15 restaurants are closing every week in the UK. This stat comes as no surprise to anyone in the restaurant trade as we’ve all watched the likes of Byron Burger, Strada, Prezzo, Carluccio’s, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, and Gaucho close restaurants. A mix of economic and political factors such as…
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Email security: how to deliver the right message to cyber criminals There’s one technology that we all continue to use that hasn’t evolved since the 1960s — email. Email was born before the Internet, making it nearly fifty years old. Despite the availability of newer messaging technology — texting, messaging apps, Slack, and video chat…
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