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Four shocking statistics that will make you rethink your disaster recovery plans

Disaster can strike anywhere at any time, and if you’re not prepared it can bring unnecessary stress and costs, both financially and to your reputation. Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) can provide the critical support organisations need to stop focusing all their energy on maintaining their IT services and start looking to the future.

LIMA handpicked as one of CRN’s Rising Stars for 2021

We’re delighted to announce that LIMA has been listed as one of CRN’s Rising Stars for 2021. The report profiles seven of the most high-performing, fastest-growing and most profitable businesses from CRN’s recent VAR 350.

How to protect your information from phishing emails

Email attacks remain one of the most significant security threats organisations face today. Recently it was announced that Microsoft Exchange has fallen victim to an attack with tens of thousands of organisations potentially compromised. The attack used previously unknown flaws in the email software, gaining access to organisations’ email accounts through vulnerabilities in its Exchange Server email software. As a result, Microsoft has issued security patches that should be applied as soon as possible. So, with cyber-attacks becoming increasingly sophisticated, it’s important to be extra vigilant and remind your employees how to protect your information.

6 reasons to partner with an IT managed service provider

Still relying on your in-house IT team to maintain your systems? It may be time for a change. 

In today’s digital economy, organisations are having to meet increasing user demand, putting added pressure on IT teams to ensure everything is up to date and running efficiently. 

LIMA host Disaster Recovery as a Service lunch and learn webinar

On Monday, LIMA was delighted to host the second of our Cloud Services lunch and learn webinars, this one focused on Disaster Recovery as a Service.

Hosted by Thomas Keighley, Head of Sales at LIMA, we were pleased to welcome some familiar faces on the call with attendees joining who were with us for the first session on Backup as a Service. You can click here to watch the recording of that session.

LIMA hold virtual raffle raising £718 for Red Nose Day and Salford Foodbank

LIMA was proud to support Red Nose Day and Salford Foodbank on Friday 19 March by hosting a virtual raffle to raise vital funds for two incredible charities.  

Comic Relief is a major charity based in the UK which strives to create a just world, free from poverty. Their mission is to drive positive change through the power of entertainment, making a difference to the lives of millions of people across the UK and around the world. 

6 features that promote accessibility in Microsoft 365

If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that remote working is here to stay. With millions of people around the world under the stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring that those with disabilities have equal access to the technologies that help us work and communicate is imperative.

The tools, systems, and devices that we use to work, communicate and manage our day-to-day lives has had a massive impact in making the workplace more inclusive.

LIMA host an Employee Appreciation Week focused on promoting wellbeing

We’re delighted that this week we are hosting an Employee Appreciation Week with a twist! Throughout the week, we will be holding a series of events and activities all aimed at promoting wellbeing and mindfulness to ensure our employees hop into Easter feeling refreshed.

5 minutes with Ollie Potts, LIMA’s new Cloud and Optimise Manager

In our latest blog, we caught up with LIMA new starter, Ollie Potts, to find out more about life at LIMA, and more specifically, what it’s like to start a new role remotely.

Ollie has worked in tech for 10 years, originally beginning his career as a First Line Engineer and quickly progressing through Second and Third Line to become one of three engineers that worked on special projects for customers. Since then he’s held roles such as Solutions Architect, Head of Network and Infrastructure and CTO.

Join us for our cloud webinar | Five factors for successful cloud migration

We’re delighted to be launching the latest episode in our cloud webinar series, five factors for a successful cloud migration.

The recent transition to remote working has highlighted the need for digital resilience and most specifically an IT infrastructure that’s flexible, scalable and reliable. As a result, we’re seeing organisations wanting to review and develop their cloud strategy with some playing catch up against competitors that may have already made the switch.