How could your connectivity be affected with the Olympics?

The coming year will see major  events in London and with the increased opportunities there may also come certain logistical challenges for the capital’s businesses.  In order to assist our customers to prepare for these events and avoid potential pitfalls, we at BIS have been communicating for some time with our vendors and local authorities to ensure that we can provide you with accurate information on which to base your decisions around operational readiness. (more…)

Microsoft Exchange 2010 – Problems & Solutions

Listed below are some of the problems customers have faced, and the solutions provided by Exchange 2010.

Our mailboxes keep growing organically, which has caused our time restore time for database and mailboxes to break SLA – and our storage growth is costing us a fortune.

With the adoption of Disaster Availability Groups (DAG), Microsoft Exchange 2010 can provide mailbox high availability with no need for a SAN. (more…)

To migrate or not to migrate?

Migration can mean many things to many people; but when it comes to Exchange it usually means: ‘out with the old and in with the new’. Seldom do we see two versions running side by side in any organisation, except during migration. Having said that there is always a concern in upgrading to a new version of any Microsoft product – namely, will it be better? And more importantly, will it be stable? (more…)