Category Archives: Hosted Desktops (HVD)

VirtualTin Obtains ISO 27001 Accreditation

VirtualTin is proud to announce that it has now obtained ISO 27001 accreditation, meaning that not only do we deliver service from ISO 27001 accredited facilities we ourselves are also ISO 27001 accredited....
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SaaS – Do Your Homework!

There are many SaaS (Software as a Service) products available on the market and the list is ever growing but with them comes lots of confusion about what SaaS is, what benefits it provides and cost effectiveness. SaaS is simply any software that you would normally purchase and install on your computer that is instead...
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Hosted Desktops Safe from latest Microsoft warning of Internet Explorer flaw

Microsoft has warned consumers that a vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser could let hackers gain access and user rights to their computer. The flaw affects Internet Explorer (IE) versions 6 to 11 and Microsoft said it was aware of “limited, targeted attacks” to exploit it. Hosted Desktops however provided upon Microsoft Windows server operating systems have...
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BYOD – The way of the future or flawed concept

Bringing your own device to work is not a new concept and ever since the invention of PC’s people have in some way been able to bring or use their own devices for work but the recent shift in technology to the cloud has brought this matter to the forefront and many people use the...
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Small Business Server the end is nigh so what’s the plan?

Microsoft officially announced that as of July 5, 2012 their Small Business server product family is end-of-life and will no longer be available for purchase. Microsoft Small Business Server was designed to provide small businesses with cost effective access to Microsoft’s enterprise products such as Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL.

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UK Broadband Connection Speeds

In 2011, the Right Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP passed down a mandate that the UK should have the best average connection speeds in Europe. This mandate was handed to BT to make the UK’s broadband infrastructure more robust and able to cope with the future demand. This is due...
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Hosted Desktops Printing & Terminal Services

This article aims to offer advice and useful tips that we have come across over the years. This document assumes that the users connecting to the Terminal Server will be on a different network to the client computers and that you have some understanding of Terminal Services and printing in general. Terminal Server Printing...
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Top 8 reasons why people leave a Hosted Desktop provider

Reliability / Consistency of service: Consistency of service is key within this market place, budgetary pressures for Hosted Desktop providers often come at the expense of stability of the service. This logic is fundamentally flawed and generally results in poor customer satisfaction, loss of business and poor reputation. Poor Communication: Your customer needs...
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Hosted Desktop misconceptions

Hosted Desktop providers Not all Hosted Desktop providers host their service within data centres, the customer should always ask the follow questions: where is my data hosted? and can I see your data centre facility? A good Hosted Desktop provider will allow for you to see the facility your data is being hosted within. Hosted...
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Thinking about Hosted Desktop for your business?

What is a Hosted Desktop? Hosted Desktop is a windows desktop that can be access through the internet. The centralised nature of hosted desktops can overcome common issues with mobile working, delivery of a common infrastructure across physical sites, disaster recovery, cost control and scaling up/down in timely fashion. Hosted desktop services can be...
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VirtualTin was founded in 2009 as a privately owned Limited company. Our board of directors are all from hosting industry backgrounds offering our business a wealth of understanding and connections within the Cloud services market place.
Founded to specifically trade with IT companies offering Datacenter as a Service services enabling our customers to deliver and offer Cloud services in partnership with VirtualTin direct to market.

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