IT Outsourcing

Greenlight Computers offers IT Outsourcing in the fullest sense to a growing number of clients where the client has asked Greenlight to manage its IT budget and provide the products and service required to enable the business.

Greenlight Computers IT Outsource Model

Over many years Greenlight Computers has established a model that breaks your business IT into bite size chunks to simplify planning and communication with the client. See below:

By breaking down IT into understandable elements we can then develop a logical innovative IT strategy to support the client’s business and provide cost-effective flexibility through our internal & 3rd party partner products and services.

Greenlight Computers Experience

The Greenlight Computers Management team has experience in working for some of the world’s largest IT Outsourcing & Transformation companies including ICL, Fujitsu, Celestica & NCC. We look to apply that knowledge and skill to our client base to the best advantage. In addition, we now work with over two hundred SME’s & Enterprises where we have daily experience of the latest and best technologies to support our clients.

To find out more please make an enquiry or contact one of our Directors privately via LinkedIn and have a confidential discussion.

IT Support

Greenlight Computers IT Support contracts focus primarily on the IT Infrastructure of our client business, encompassing on-premise, cloud and hybrid computing solutions. We focus on clients within a 10-mile radius of our offices or staff locations to ensure we can provide a super responsive service. With 80% of support being completed remotely & pro-actively, we still believe being available locally allows us to work most effectively with our clients.

Greenlight Computers Service Range

The focal point of our IT Support service is the Single Point of Service help desk staffed by our 1st, 2nd & 3rd line technical staff monitoring client IT and responding to issues where required. The diagram below shows the extent of our service range with expert 3rd party skills accessible for certain niche areas.

Greenlight Computers IT Support Contracts

When starting support with a new client Greenlight Computers invests heavily in learning about the client & their IT. Everything we discover is recorded on our cloud based ConnectWise support platform to enable staff to support the client effectively from day one.

We are confident in the quality of our IT Support services and as such are very flexible around the duration of contracts. The minimum contract term is normally 12 months with some clients preferring 3 or 5 year terms, typical notice periods are 3 months for our larger clients an as little as 1 month for the smaller SME. Trial periods at the beginning of contracts are normal and help both parties ensure they want to work together.

If you are interested in our services please make an enquiry today

Cloud Administration

In 2017 Greenlight Computers launched a new service for clients for the administration and management of their software assets & licence renewals. Cloud administration is a growing problem for many businesses with most software now being on a Cloud subscription charging model.

Greenlight Computers Cloud Administration Service

By 2020 it is expected that 95% of software will be procured on a monthly per user subscription basis. Each instance will be a relatively modest monthly charge but when aggregated together software subscriptions will overtake hardware as a cost for your business. On average, your business will be procuring 20 plus different software tools including:

• Office suite
• Email
• Anti-virus
• Web hosting
• SSL certificates
• Project software
• CRM
• ERP
• Accounting software
• Collaboration tools: Box, Dropbox, Sharepoint etc

The challenge for the business is to find an individual in the company who can absorb this administration roll, someone technically competent, diligent & motivated to do the Cloud Administration.

Many of these systems require permission groups and security, so often an internal junior member of the team will not be appropriate from a security perspective.

Outsourcing this responsibility to your IT partner, a secure 3^rd party, is often the most cost effective and secure way of managing your Cloud Administration.

Contact our team for a confidential discussion.

Key Role Cover

Greenlight Computers offer a specialist service that provides Key Roll cover for IT staff in some very interesting clients. Whether you have a single person IT department and need holiday/sickness cover with a similar skillset, or you may have a niche roll in the team e.g. IT Network manager and you need to know you have cover at hand.

Greenlight Computers Key Roll Cover

Greenlight Computers will work with you to provide a Key Roll backup plan for both planned and emergency cover.

The most common approach to this service is to buddy up one or two Greenlight team members with the key roll holder in your organisation to establish a good working knowledge of the IT setup the key roll holder is responsible for. This approach quite often has the added advantage of sharing best practice and making your key person feel less isolated in the roll with peers to discuss issues with.

The key benefits for your business would include:

• Having a ready-made replacement in the wings just in case
• Named individuals already familiar with your business
• Benefit the individual and the business with knowledge sharing
• Low cost protection

Greenlight Computers Key Roll Cover contracts

Key Roll cover contracts start from as little as £50 per month retained and an agreed in advance day/hour rate when required in the roll.

Roll Out Team

Greenlight Computers working with our associates can provide scalable roll out teams for IT projects of all sizes. Projects range from new build implementations to full desktop estate refresh programs involving 100’s of devices.

Greenlight Computers Computer Roll Out Project Team

Greenlight Computers has a deep well of skilled resource for almost any project required using internal resources, associate contractors, collaborative partners & via sister company Greenlight People recruitment services.

Greenlight Computers management team has experience of managing some of the UK’s largest roll out projects including 86,000 desktop audit for BT the millennium bug & terminal deployment for the UK national lottery with Camelot.

As Greenlight Computers we don’t aspire to run that scale of project but roll out projects up to 1000 units are well within our scope & we would happily collaborate with partners on larger projects where required.

Roll out project engagement

If we can provide the additional capacity to your team for a roll out project or any other project where you require additional capacity or skills please don’t hesitate to call Greenlight Computers.

It may even be that you have your own resources but just need someone experienced to lead the project?

Fractional IT Resourcing

Greenlight Computers is a big believer in the concept of Fractional IT resourcing as a way of sharing specialist skills between clients. Your business may very well served by a part time social media expert, funding a full head may be over the top? If so fractional resourcing is ideal.

Greenlight Computers Fractional resourcing

Using the example of Social Media we believe there are significant advantages to a business of sharing an expert in this area. A single Social Media expert could service four businesses on a fractional one day per week basis, leaving a floating day to build skills and handle work peaks. Paying circa £9k per annum contract will compare well to a full time option at £30-£35k plus benefits.

The client benefits would include:

• Shared knowledge working on multiple clients, new techniques would benefit all
• Regular engagement, the same day each week becomes the Social media focus internally
• Employee motivation, the variety will keep the person interested, often employed Social Media executives are isolated and have no career path so move roles regularly leaving you a gap
• Affordability and value for money with a focussed resource

Social Media is just one example of fractional resourcing but this can apply in many other areas. It is well established practice in the primary school sector to have a school IT technician on a one day per week basis.

Fractional IT Director or CIO

IT Directors or CIO’s can be very expensive assets in your business, it’s not unusual to see salaries in excess of £200k per annum.

In many instance, the medium size enterprise may require the competence of a top CIO but only on a part time basis, the fractional approach is a growing trend for businesses to secure top end skills at a fraction of the cost.

From the CIO perspective being isolated in one business will gradually reduce their exposure to the latest market trends and in the long run their value as a CIO.

Greenlight Computers & Greenlight People

Working in partnership with our sister company Greenlight People Recruitment we are rapidly developing a unique strength in the ability to attract the best fraction IT resource in the UK.

If you have a gap that fractional resourcing could fill please contact Greenlight for a confidential discussion.

Modern Workplace

There is a transformation in business where employees expect an element of remote working in their roles. Ever since the switch to remote working in 2020, the workplace hasn’t been the same and for that, Greenlight Computers can assist.

With our partnership with Microsoft, we offer businesses their transformation in modern working practices. Through common Microsoft 365 products, your employees can expect a modern working environment that harnesses the latest tools to encourage collaborative working.

Greenlight Computers specialises in providing Microsoft 365 packages to transform businesses into modern workplaces across several industries including our specialisms below:

– Life Science & Healthcare

– B2B & Not for Profit

– University Spin-Out

– Net Zero

– Freelancers

Transform Your Business with Modern Workplace Solutions

A modern workplace may spring to mind thoughts of luxury designer sofas, bean bags and a pool table, but that isn’t the direction in offices are heading. Workplaces are becoming increasingly remote, with many companies turning fully remote to allow for better work-life balances, increased access to talent pools and with none of the pre-COVID nightmares of staff becoming lax.

With such transformation, you need to trust the solutions that allow for collaboration. This is where the partnership between Microsoft 365 and Greenlight Computers comes into its own.

What is included in Microsoft Modern Workplace?

Microsoft’s Modern Workplace products consist of different products such as Microsoft 365 cloud apps, Business Voice, and others. Such popular products offer businesses around the globe effective remote working that is secure, flexible and offers your business many productivity features.

Microsoft 365

– Covers popular Office applications like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook

– Also covers Exchange Email

Microsoft Business Voice

– Business class telephony

Enterprise Mobility + Security

– Device management

Apps

– Covering Microsoft Teams, Power BI and Power Automate

Azure

– Secure data storage in the cloud

SharePoint

– Allowing for efficient document management and intranet

Further Details on Microsoft 365 Solutions for the Modern Workplace

Alongside the typical Microsoft 365 installs for PCs, businesses also benefit from some extra features that come as a part of the Modern Workplace transformation package. Such tools allow for much better collaboration and management of your business while it transforms to the remote working model.

Teams

Teams allows for efficient communication for all your business. From instant messenger to video calling, Teams has it all. The simple to use Skype replacement is a great way to ensure that communications stay a top of the agenda while people work remotely. Teams has the added benefit of allowing for meetings to be arranged with clients that don’t even have a Teams account!

Yammer

Yammer works like an internal social media network. Particularly useful for the larger businesses, Yammer is a great way for people to promote their achievements, and what is going on within the company, in an informal manner. The social media network works so that only those within the company have access to posts. Yammer is the place to build communities and share relevant topics.

Outlook

Outlook is the leading email program for businesses across the world. Its intuitive interface is an essential part of email communication and management of individuals inboxes. From the interface that allows for multiple email accounts at one time, to managing calendars, Outlook is the accessible way to manage emails on the go for modern workplaces.

SharePoint

SharePoint allows for the secure storage of company files that would otherwise be saved to a shared drive. With SharePoint Online, you can share documents in the cloud, which means collaboration between staff cannot be simpler. With an online interface that allows for M365 apps to work within the browser, SharePoint is granular in its file permissions, so you can define who has access to what. SharePoint works on any device and can become the intranet hub of company news for staff.

Power Apps

Power Apps allow for custom apps to be built with innovative applications to different data sources and outputs. The suite of innovative applications is perfect for the development of custom-built apps.

Power BI

Power BI is a collection of applications that allow for in-depth business analytics. Consisting of Power BI Report Builder, Power BI Desktop and Power BI service, users gain access to various outputs of data that can be translated into useful insights into your operation.

What are the benefits of becoming a Modern Workplace with Microsoft?

Security

You have full control over the security levels you wish to implement. Multifactor authentication, to rules about ‘remember me’ preferences. Password complexity and more can be managed with Microsoft Modern Workplace.

Improved Productivity

No longer are you tied to only one person having a document open at a time. You can collaborate on the same file at the same time, seeing each other’s edits in real-time. The time saving alone is enormous.

Enhancing flexible working

A switch to flexible working boosts employee satisfaction, encouraging more trust. Flexible working means access to broader talent pools as you are no longer constrained by local geography on the talent you hire.

Cost saving

The lesser need for a physical office makes for cost-savings in the long term. The shift to a cloud-based solution makes for fewer in person meetings and so too the worry about backups and cost to run.

New opportunities for growth

With new cloud solutions always innovating, you can be sure that there are opportunities to grow. For instance, we’ve seen a staggering growth in businesses that wish to embrace a SharePoint-centered intranet to manage their internal communications, making for regular company news!

Modern Workplace – Added Benefits

The switch to a Microsoft Modern Workplace can be a daunting switch to make, but the benefits that lay ahead will outstrip the limits of staying business as usual. The flexible working methodology that comes from cloud computing will bring collaboration to a level that will have numerous knock-on productivity improvements across the board for your colleagues.

Integration

Modern Workplaces allow for apps to seamlessly work together while in the cloud. From opening an Excel document that is automatically saved to SharePoint, to Power BI apps that present the analytics of use from said cloud use.

Scalability

One of the problems with traditional on-premises setups is that whenever resource is becoming a limiting factor, further investment must be made into improving said servers. That means time scheduled for delivery, downtime and restarting. In the modern workplace, cloud environments are flexible and scale to your needs.

Endpoint Management

With Modern Workplace set up from Microsoft, you can be sure of the security of your devices while they are managed within the cloud. Always have visibility of the devices that haven’t checked in for some time and even automate policies for scenarios. With Microsoft Intune, whether your employees are in the office or on the road, you can give them a rich, productive Windows experience without compromising the essentials—costs, control, security and compliance.

Mobile device management

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based service that handles mobile application management (MAM) and mobile device management (MDM). Administrators can use Intune to control how devices are used – including phones, tablets, laptops, and other mobile devices. To learn more about Microsoft

Manage device setups

Microsoft Autopilot utilizes Intune and other Microsoft policies to set up and pre-configure new devices. Doing so gets the devices ready for productive use without needing an IT professional to sign into it. Windows Autopilot can also be used to reset, repurpose, and recover devices quickly. Autopilot can do this with no physical infrastructure to manage, as it is entirely cloud-hosted, which keeps the process straightforward.

To learn more about Microsoft Modern Workplaces, get in touch with Greenlight Computers today.