In the last few years Microsoft have changed the game in office app development by enabling the citizen developer to create rich, powerful apps. Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI are designed to work together so everyone across the business can quickly become a maker. In this session, we walk through the process of … Read more
Senior Platform Engineer Osman Sahin shows the deployment of K8s into the three clouds – Azure, AWS and GCP using Terraform plugins via Azure DevOps pipelines. Osman Sahin has been working in the IT more than 20 years of experience and for the past 7 years in Clouds extensively on Azure, and a bit GCP, … Read more
Often Yammer, like many change initiatives, has a high profile launch and enjoys a period of early success, but, after the initial enthusiasm, there is a tendency to revert back to old behaviors. There needs to be a continuous reinforcement of the change until it becomes part of business as usual. Reinforcement should be focused … Read more
Adopting Yammer to communicate and collaborate with colleagues across the organization, outside of normal operational teams, then making this part of regular, day to day, behavior, requires clear and identifiable business vision and objectives and full management support to integrate the new behavior into ongoing business activities. However, successful adoption means change at an individual … Read more
The British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Collaborative (BHFCRC) launched in June 2019. The collaborative aims to support the planning and delivery of clinical research in heart and circulatory diseases in the UK, providing the infrastructure to facilitate, enhance and coordinate the research planning of existing cardiovascular and surgical societies. The initiative is funded through a generous program … Read more
From November 4 – 8, Microsoft Ignite event was held in Orlando, Florida. With attendees totaling over 25,000 strong, the conference focused on hands-on and speaker session experiences designed to help innovate in areas such as security, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure and development. Evelyn Padrino, Azure Customer Success Marketing Director was joined by New Signature’s Strategic … Read more
Last week, Microsoft wrapped up Future Decoded 2019, a two-day event with keynotes and breakout sessions from industry experts to help business and technical decisions makers leverage the latest Microsoft technologies. While there, New Signature’s EVP of Global Solutions Dan Scarfe and Urusla Dolton, CTO from The British Heart Foundation met with Microsoft to discuss … Read more
We are proud to announce that New Signature has been recognised as Microsoft’s 2019 UK Country Partner of the Year. Today Microsoft acknowledged partners in 42 categories celebrating each of the solution areas, industries, and more. Winners were chosen from a set of more than 2,900 entrants from 115 countries worldwide. The Country Partner award … Read more
We live in exciting times. Never in history has the rate of innovation been accelerating as fast as it is right now. The magic of software and the power of the cloud are unlocking new business opportunities and posing an existential threat to those that are unwilling to adapt. Becoming a digital business is now … Read more
Every Microsoft product has a life cycle, and when that product reaches a certain age and has been superseded by newer versions, that product reaches an end of support situation. Currently, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 is nearing its end-of-support. Our new guide, Windows Server and SQL 2008 End of Support Guide, will help your team understand the … Read more
Since New Signature and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) began partnering together to save lives, they have continued to enrich that relationship through measures that help support the BHF goal of researching, treating and preventing heart disease. In New Signatures ongoing support towards the British Heart foundation, our organization is working as a team to raise funds and support their mission. … Read more
What is Modern IT Management? Since the introduction of Windows-as-a-Service, Microsoft has been urging enterprises to move away from their traditional IT management ways. So what is traditional IT management, and why do enterprises need to change and adopt a Modern IT Management approach? Traditional IT is a device-centric, rather than user-centric approach, in which … Read more
Migrating any on-premises IT infrastructure to the cloud requires careful evaluation and often major decisions around strategy and practices. But a failure to do so can sometimes put an organisation at risk of being left behind using dated or even unsupported technology, while competitors speed ahead. For businesses running SAP infrastructure on-premises, the clock is … Read more
This week at Microsoft’s Future Decoded event in London, I was delighted to launch a new book ‘Thinking of… Building a Microsoft Cloud Operating Model: Ask the Smart Questions’. Written in partnership with Sean Morris, New Signature UK’s Head of Consultancy, and IT experts Ray Bricknell and Frank Bennett FRSA, the book is aimed at … Read more
Public sector bodies are increasingly focused on digital transformation goals – shifting for paper based to digital processes, leveraging cloud technology to deliver faster, more secure outcomes, innovating citizen services and more. The latest release of the Digital Outcomes and Specialists Framework (DOS3) opens up new opportunities for them to connect with approved, credible suppliers … Read more
As a cloud-first, pure-play Microsoft partner, New Signature today announces a partnership with Edenhouse Solutions. This partnership merges Edenhouse’s extensive Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) experience with New Signature’s best-in-breed Microsoft Cloud and Azure capability. We are an award-winning Microsoft Gold partner notorious for its innovation within Azure. Combining these skills with Edenhouse’s market-leading SAP … Read more
With over 8 million residents in London and millions of commuters and visitors who come to the city each day, The Metropolitan Police (The Met) has a large community to protect and serve. As part of its Digital Policing initiative, it is committed to giving every customer the best possible technology experience, from Police Officers … Read more
When someone has a heart attack, there is a window of approximately six minutes in which a life can saved*. Driven by this statistic, New Signature has joined forces with the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) and the British Heart Foundation to implement dynamic new technological solution that will help empower the community to utilize life-saving tools … Read more
Generating, mining and analysing data is only half the battle when it comes to the IoT (i.e. or interconnected “intelligent things” working together to deliver new digital realities) . Being able to monetise that data is a potentially new benefit to the connected enterprise, delivering value to every industry and enabling new business models. It … Read more
Today’s employees work in twice as many teams as they did five years ago and spend 50% more time on team working activities than two decades ago. And yet, many organisations still face major changes when it comes to ensuring people work together effectively. We all love teams. So what’s hindering teamwork? The truth is that we’re all so different. As people start … Read more
We are proud to announce that New Signature has been recognized as finalists in three separate Microsoft Inspire awards including UK Country Partner of the Year, Partner of the Year for Social Impact, and Partner Seller of the Year for Mark Pierce from our Southeast region. This year, Microsoft acknowledged partners in 39 categories celebrating … Read more
If you checked out our last blog on this topic, you’ll know that Digital Differentiation is all about the art of applying digital transformation to compete and win in your market. Digital transformation is a term that’s been explored, extrapolated and dissected for quite a while now. But how can you apply it to your business in … Read more
It’s essential that cloud solutions which are built for an enterprise are constructed with the proper scale and enterprise-grade applications and workloads in mind. New Signature can simplify your cloud journey with a partnership between Citrix and Microsoft Azure. New Signature is the premium choice partner for your Citrix solution, acting as your single services … Read more
TalkTalk, a United Kingdom-based telephone company with over 4.5 million customers, was having a communication and collaboration issue. And with a dynamic, fast-paced employee base, TalkTalk knew that it was essential that they transform their collaboration tools to keep pace with their progressive culture. They sought after a solution to elevate their connectivity between teams and allow for … Read more
New Signature was selected by FINKit to help them work smarter and more securely. Through an Office 365 solution, the FINKit team has been able to collaborate with ease and bring connectivity among disparate teams throughout their organization. … Read more
There are many reasons why a business should consider moving its apps into the cloud. Firstly, legacy apps usually have a high-maintenance cost. Secondly, apps designed 5 or 10 years ago typically were created with a specific purpose and requirement in mind, but huge changes can happen over time. So, as new requirements arise, additional functions are added on top increasing complexity and maintenance cost. Ultimately, the business reaches a point where it needs more flexibility to meet current and future business requirements. That’s often … Read more
New Signature UK’s Head of Consultancy, Sean Morris, joined the Venturi Group’s podcast Venturi’s Voice to discuss the major changes we’ve seen in the IT atmosphere in recent years and how IT experts not only require a broader skill set, but also bring more value to the table for businesses. In today’s climate, businesses are being challenged on a monthly and quarterly basis with new IT updates and … Read more
Infrastructure as a Service is one of three main areas in the cloud computing stack. Yet, who leads the space The cloud is one of the biggest transformations to computing and businesses since the birth of the internet. As the cloud has rapidly become part of everyday life both personally and professionally, the term “the … Read more
As disasters are through technical issues rather than natural occurrences, it’s becoming important for companies to invest in disaster recovery and backup recovery solutions The most likely answer is too much. Modern businesses lose money, time and even clients as a result of a disaster or security breach. Traditionally, companies would use a secondary data … Read more
Companies are getting ahead by embracing the Office 365 suite, entering into the new world of increased productivity and collaboration I’m writing this blog from the comfort of my home office. A steaming cup of coffee next to me and fluffy slippers warming my toes. Tomorrow I might be working on the train or visiting … Read more
As workforces are becoming more and more mobile, find out how the Enterprise Mobility Suite enables and protects the workforce Workforces all over the world are becoming more and more mobile each year: 75% of organisations now allow employees to use their own devices in the workplace (More). As more work is done on the … Read more
With applications and workloads now being delivered through Azure and Office 365, Firebrand discuss reasons to migrate to the cloud Ed Jones from Firebrand is sitting in a meeting room which was once a series of server racks, to discover how Firebrand continues to adopt Microsoft’s cloud first policy with Bevan Miller, the Head of … Read more
For many people the dividing line between work and personal computing has become blurred. Yet, how will this affect IT? According to a recent Deloitte report, 2015 is a year of exploding growth in the field of mobile payments. Certainly, their predictions of in-store mobile payments increasing by as much as 1000% seem to be … Read more
The cloud is far more than the latest trend and those adopting it are finding their business processes completely transformed In 2010, an Ovum report famously claimed that ‘IT is a fashion industry and Cloud Computing is the new black’. Before any prison sitcom fans start waving your ‘Orange is the New Black’ merchandise … Read more
The Internet of Things is an environment where the physical world is becoming one big information system. Find out more The Internet of Things (IoT) is a computing concept that describes a future where every day physical objects will be connected to the Internet and be able to identify themselves to other devices. In recent … Read more
Learn how Yammer allows an organisation’s employees to collaborate in a social network environment that’s both productive and business appropriate As an IT consultancy, we at New Signature utilise a variety of excellent technologies in the course of our daily work. Sometimes the technology is low-tech, like whiteboards and marker pens, and sometimes it is … Read more
New Signature explains how Office 365 gives business professionals a competitive advantage, including benefits of Exchange and Skype for Business How long does it take you to get to work? How long does it take to get home? According to the TUC analysis of the Office for National Statistics the average worker spends a massive … Read more
