Consultancy

Our consultancy team are here to make your technology work for you

We specialise in working closely with today's modern and dynamic SME businesses. As a SME ourselves we understand the fast paced and sometimes volatile path that running a small business entails.

You concentrate on your business. We concentrate on your ICT

Graphic Design Supplies are committed to helping your business. Most SME's don't have their own in-house IT personnel; sometimes another member of staff "helps out" with IT problems, making them less effective in their own role. You may even be fortunate enough to have your own IT staff.

We specialise in ICT consultancy for your business.

If you need help, advice or even just a sounding board regarding any part of your IT systems, whether you have a question about your infrastructure, server & PC hardware or communication technologies please give us a call. You may just to make sure everything is working properly!

Our consultants are on hand to assist you.

Support Services

You run your business. We'll support your technology

Business is tough enough at the moment with the economical slowdown. It's hard to manage cash flow, keep your existing customers happy AND try and to generate new business. The last thing you want to think about is your ICT system! As a consequence, the day to day IT housekeeping generally gets put on the backburner, so when your system breaks it can be a massive problems that can result in a huge loss of man hours and prove extremely costly to resolve.

At Graphic Design Supplies we believe in a strong, proactive approach

This is why we offer tailored support solutions. Whether it is just a monthly health check of your fileserver and backup systems or a fully comprehensive support package including the rollout of software updates, project timelines & IT budgeting or general housekeeping, our experts can provide the very best service.

No long term contract

Such is our commitment to the smooth running and ongoing development of your IT systems that we will never tie you into a long term contract. We enjoy straight talking honest business relationships with our clients who think of us as their trusted IT department.

Our support team has more than 50 years combined experience

This will allow your staff to concentrate on their core business roles and not waste time trying to resolve IT problems.

That's our job!

Out Sourced IT

You run your business. We'll run your technology

The single biggest benefit to outsourcing is that you, your organisation and your employees will be free to concentrate on core business functions.

By outsourcing your non-core IT systems, your employees can be put to better use, which in turn will enhance company performance and increase growth, vital in today's current economic climate.

Increased efficiency

Another benefit of outsourcing is increased efficiency.

Your non-core business IT functions will be performed efficiently by Graphic Design Supplies support team, freeing up your own staff to concentrate on their own core job functions, which in turn will increase the efficiency of your business as a whole.

Save money, increase profits

When you outsource your IT, you can save on time, effort and money. Since you no longer need to invest in manpower or have people carrying out dual roles, you can save on fixed salary costs.

You can also save of training costs, because you no longer need to invest in manpower. These savings will help to increase your profitability.

Project Management

IT projects tend to be driven by business needs, the hard part is translating that need into a solution that fully meets requirements & expectations. It's all too easy for a project manager to listen to what you say and what you want your new systems to achieve.

But what happens when what you ask for and what the project manager thinks you want are two different things?

Thankfully, that can never happen when you partner with Graphic Design Supplies to manage your project.

Our project managers have over 50 years combined experience in managing small, medium and large projects.

Our project principals guarantee that we will:

• Providing expert advice
• Set clear objectives and clearly define the project scope
• Supply resources where and when required
• Use industry recognised processes to manage risk
• Control the budget
• Manage communications and supply chain relationships
• Deliver the project completed, on time & on budget

Microsoft SharePoint

It's Microsoft's biggest selling product, but what is it?

Believe it or not Microsoft SharePoint has been available for many years, odd then that few people really understand what it is and what it can do for them and their business.

In a nutshell SharePoint gives businesses the ability to easily share information & collaborate between work colleagues, business partners, contractors and more importantly their customers.

The amount of information that is now being stored and used on a daily basis in almost every modern workplace has exploded over the last 5 years. Most companies now admit that managing their data has become almost uncontrollable.

But...

• What if there was a way to control it?
• What if there was a way to avoid file duplication?
• What if there was a way to centralise your data and make it work for you and your colleagues in a controllable manner?
• What if there was a way to automate your business processes and control them through workflow?
• What if you could easily share your information to your customers?
• What if the software was already sitting on your Windows Fileserver for free?

Call one of our SharePoint specialists today to find out just how you can benefit from Microsoft's biggest selling yet mostly misunderstood software application.

Don't be left behind.

Network Infrastructure

Graphic Design Supplies specialises in the design, planning and implementation of traditionally cabled, wireless or WAN voice and data infrastructure.

We only use high quality tried and tested products from the world's leading manufacturers, installed by our own staff (we do not subcontract). This ensures the delivery of your network infrastructure, on time, to your budget with exceptional quality.

Our infrastructure team will help you to decide on the most suitable system for your requirements, from traditional CAT5e, CAT6 & fibre optic to wireless point to point systems & Wide Area Networking connectivity.

We also specialise in providing secure building infrastructure conforming to the Government's JSP480 / TEMPEST methodologies. All of our work complies with British Standards and comes with a 15 year guarantee.

Did You Know?

Over 80% of SME businesses fail to adequately provision for their network infrastructure?

Should I Care?

Yes you should. Failing to optimise your network infrastructure will seriously degrade your entire system performance, from file access to emailing and accessing the internet. How much money are you losing whilst your employees sit and wait for something to load?

Why not call us today for an infrastructure inspection?

Everything Else

From PC's & peripherals to video conferencing and telephony

Hardware & Software

Graphic Design Supplies has strong partnerships with the world's leading hardware manufacturers, Microsoft, HP, Dell, Acer & Sony to name but a few. These partnerships enable us to provide the most up to date technologies at the lowest possible prices.

Everything Else

If you need help or advice regarding non standard IT hardware or software please call our sales team. We don't claim to know everything but if we are unable to provide what you need we will happily recommend one of our many trusted 3rd party business partners.