Insight

We’re living in a consumer’s world. One that must shape and shift to adapt to their ever-changing needs instead of calling the shots. Today’s digital generation is empowered, impatient and demanding. Brand loyalty hangs by a thread and the smallest oversight can break it entirely. A 4-second website load time could be enough to lose your potential customer. In fact, according to Google, 53% of mobile website visits are abandoned if a page takes longer than 3 seconds to load.

Here at Forfusion, we’re always looking at how new technology can help businesses improve their efficiency and productivity in the digital workplace. It’s how we help them stay competitive in a fast-paced industry. With 2020 just beginning, we decided to explore some of the exciting new trends that we can expect throughout the year.

An interview with our CEO Steven Forrest about the Forfusion rebrand including the process we've followed.

Joining Forfusion in 2015, Business Support Executive Fiona Inglis has experienced a lot of change over the past five years; Not only for the business, but from a personal perspective too.

ACI demystified

Customer Experience vs Customer Success: What's the difference and why are they so important?

We've compiled a list of Wi-Fi questions we've been asked by our customers and via our social media and website, complete with the answers.

Armed Forces Day: How the Military Prepped My IT Career

Read about the benefits of a wireless only office and discover how to plan and design a wireless (Wi-Fi) set-up.

In an ever-growing world of technology, organisations have no choice but to keep up or fall behind. Since aged infrastructures can no longer support the technical advancements of today, business owners who fail to modernise put themselves at serious risk of losing out to competitors. To fulfil any potential business opportunities, it’s important that your data centre is at the forefront of technology - so that it’s as agile, flexible, secure and as cost-efficient as possible. Here’s how a modernised data centre can improve your business.

According to Eurostat, 42% of UK businesses are currently using some form of cloud computing. And with more and more companies becoming aware of the cloud’s countless advantages and innovations, that percentage is rapidly increasing. Cloud computing and hybrid cloud solutions are increasing businesses’ scalability and mobility, drastically reducing costs and innovating their services. When controlled carefully, it can also be beneficial towards cybersecurity – safeguarding even the most sensitive and highly-regulated data.

Real time collaboration is easy, intuitive and growing exponentially. Tech giants Cisco and Microsoft provide secure and scalable solutions.

We’ve chatted with Connor, our engineering apprentice to get a first-hand insight into life at Forfusion as an apprentice.

In support of Armed Forces Day (25th June), we asked one of our newest team members, Stephen Atkins, to reflect on his recent transition to "Civvy Street".

Demand for mission-critical IT services bought through subscription is soaring, but Forfusion’s chief technology officer Ian Musgrave warns IT leaders must focus on understanding their strategic needs before identifying products.

Find out how our latest graduate found his time working with our IT Security Experts.

Customer experience management (CEM or CXM) is the high-level term used to provide a view of a customer's journey and interactions with a supplier organisation. This can be the purchasing process from pre-sales to implementation and then into day two support which is especially important when a Managed Service Provider (MSP) is providing a managed service for a contracted period.

One of the ‘Holy Grails’ of on-premise (or private cloud) and public cloud delivery is allowing these disparate entities to function in the same management and networking domains. The process, which can be carried out manually, is labyrinthine in its complexity, with lots of individual components and policies that cannot be managed centrally, making deployment and continued support a daunting prospect.

This blog aims to expand on the overview, and will hopefully allow you to get to grips with common tasks on IOS and how they translate into NX-OS.