Working From Home Requirements

With the move to home working in recent weeks we’ve seen quite a few new types of working from home requirements and also, sorry to say, that old bugbear cyber security is raising its…

With the move to home working in recent weeks, we’ve seen quite a few new types of working from home requirements and also, sorry to say, that old bugbear cyber security is raising its unwelcome head in new ways. I thought it would be helpful to share some of these.

  • Microsoft Teams – many businesses are getting to grips with video meetings, sometimes for the first time. If you need some help with getting setup on Teams and how it works just let us know. It’s a great tool for keeping in face-to-face contact and integrates with your Microsoft calendar too. Zoom is also a great tool, and there is a plugin for Outlook to help integrate it with your calendars too.
  • Productivity Monitoring software – if it’s important to your business to measure staff productivity and effectiveness, it can be very difficult with staff forced to work from home. Productivity monitoring software provides the solution to this, and we have installed it for several businesses. If you think it may be useful for your business please let us know.
  • I was speaking with one of our customers recently, and he was a bit fed up with working on his laptop. He was delighted when I pointed out you can attach an external monitor, mouse and keyboard (the latter two wirelessly if you like) and the laptop becomes a second monitor. As someone who battles back problems, I know only too well that hunching over a laptop is about the worst thing I can be doing. Do let us know if you would like external equipment for your staff working from laptops at home.
  • Cyber – we have seen two hacks in recent days resulting from people working from personal devices which did not have the same protections as their work devices. Just a reminder that your email and network become exponentially more vulnerable with each additional device attached. If a personal device does not have the same security software as the standard company software, you are open to a local and possibly company-wide breach. It’s worth reviewing/updating your Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies with so many people working from home. Let me know if you would like some advice on this, we have some standard policy templates available.

If you would like any advice or support on working-from-home arrangements and requirements, managing geographically-dispersed teams, or IT in general in these challenging times, just let us know.

 

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Groundworks BVI Website

We were approached by Groundworks to provide a full suite of I.T. and Web Design services. As Groundworks new logo was fresh and unusual, we took the opportunity to create a visually eye-catching and very different design, using nature as the inspiration.

Groundworks BVI Website

We were approached by Groundworks to provide a full suite of I.T. and Web Design services. As Groundworks new logo was fresh and unusual, we took the opportunity to create a visually eye-catching and very different design, using nature as the inspiration.  The website was coded from scratch to allow us to incorporate the custom design.

The Groundworks BVI Website is fully responsive and mobile friendly. In order to better showcase the products available, we also created a Nursery section with a categorised and alphabetised catalogue. Groundworks staff can update the website via the Sparkly content management system integrated in to the website.

Client: Groundworks BVI
Date: 12th June 2012
Skills: Custom CMS, SQL Server, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Project URL: www.groundworksbvi.com

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Conch Charters Website

Conch Charters approached us to revamp their website and provide them with a more modern, easy to navigate and simple to update the website.

Project Info

Conch Charters approached us to revamp their website and provide them with a more modern, easy to navigate and simple to update website.

We developed a custom design with a polished but ‘different’ style keeping inline with the Conch Charters business model.

We developed a custom control panel based on our Sparkly CMS, allowing Conch Charters staff to update the website and all vessels easily, producing clean and SEO friendly content.

The website takes advantage of the latest web design technologies such native HTML5 video.

Search Engine Optimisation

Conch Charters’ original website was slipping down the search engine rankings, both due to the construction and the difficulty in updating it.

With the launch of the new website, they climbed to 2nd place for multiple key search terms, beating ALL of the competition for at least one search term.

Client: Conch Charters
Date: 4th July 2012
Skills: Custom CMS, SQL Server, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Project URL: https://conchcharters.com/

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Anegada Beach Club Website

Anegada Beach Club contacted us to create a website for them within a very tight deadline. We came up with two distinct designs within a few days, find out what we did!

Project Info

Anegada Beach Club contacted us to create a website for them within a very tight deadline. We came up with two distinct designs within a few days, one was selected and we handcoded a responsive design based on the Twitter Bootstrap framework. The website is updatable via integration with the Sparkly content management system.

If you like what you see, please feel free to get in contact with Fresh Mango technologies today to find out more about our website projects.

Client: Anegada Beach Club
Date: 18th April 2013
Skills: WordPress, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Twitter Bootstrap
Project URL: www.anegadabeachclub.com

Cloud Email Migration

After that, we proceeded to audit users’ computers, confirming the operative system installed, the Outlook version, and email protocol used.

Fresh Mango Technologies UK completed a cloud email migration for a large Corporation in Leyburn.

After the initial planning phase, we collected required details:

  • Email addresses
  • Passwords
  • Number of users
  • Existing mailboxes
  • Aliases
  • Distribution groups
  • Shared mailboxes

We then created and set up new Office 365 accounts as needed.

After that, we proceeded to audit users’ computers, confirming the operative system installed, Outlook version, and email protocol used. We had to upgrade the operating system on one machine, and acquire Office 365 Business Premium licences for users who didn’t have a compatible Outlook version installed.

All users were using POP3 protocol, so we had to clean up their mailboxes (big attachments, deleted items and junk mails), and export all their existing emails to PST files. Then we created a new Outlook profile on each computer, adding the new Office 365 accounts – ready to be used after the switch.

When the preparatory work was over and everything was ready, the next step was to edit the client’s MX record to point to Office 365. We did this overnight outside of normal working hours The following morning we changed Outlook profiles to Office 365, and imported the saved PST files into their new email accounts, in order to restore all previous emails.

We completed the migration without any disruptions to users or the company and without any loss of data. This allowed operations at the company to continue smoothly and efficiently, resulting in no unnecessary down time or waste of company resources. Their new system allowed workers to better adapt to the modern market and software world, giving their system greater longevity in the years to come. This improvement in turn reflects onto their customers, and the services provided, with an overall improvement to all those involved.

We enjoyed working with this Leyburn corporation and would love the opportunity to do so again, come another system update. We were proud of the service provided and are happy to show it off as a key example of our work here at Fresh Mango Technologies UK. Contact us and you too can get a reliable and cost effective upgrade to your system.

Golf Sponsorship And Tournament Promoter Website

Performance54 is an energetic global golf sponsorship, tournament promoter and destination marketing business. Fresh Mango Technologies designed and developed their website.

Performance54 is an energetic global golf sponsorship, tournament promoter and destination marketing business. Fresh Mango Technologies designed and developed their website: http://performance54.com/

North Yorkshire Office Accommodation

Kingsfield House is a striking new development that offers stylish interior office accommodation with a traditional barn facade that retains the character of earlier farm buildings that originally stood on the site.

Kingsfield House is a striking new development that offers stylish interior office accommodation with a traditional barn facade that retains the character of earlier farm buildings that originally stood on the site – showing how contemporary design can succeed in blending with past features. CCS was happy to help this North Yorkshire company build its brand new modern website which you can see here.

If you like what you see, please feel free to get in contact with Fresh Mango technologies today to find out more about our website projects.

Caribbean Charter Website

We were delighted to be appointed to redesign, build and deploy a brand new Caribbean charter company website for one of the most prestigious yacht charter companies in the Caribbean.

We were delighted to be appointed to redesign, build and deploy a brand new Caribbean charter company website for one of the most prestigious yacht charter companies in the Caribbean.

You can visit their website here.