03 Mar 2021
what is a megabit

Broadband Speeds: What is a Megabit?

We know that we can be guilty of putting out the odd bit of technical language related to our products without adequately explaining what things are and what it means, and broadband speeds are one of these. If you don’t know your Megabits from your Megabytes – and what this means for your internet connection […]

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29 Jan 2021

Home Working: top tips from the SoConnect Team

Working from home can become a lonely enterprise, especially in this era of social distancing. However, it doesn’t have to be. Making plans that will ensure communication between your colleagues and taking regular breaks are some of the things you can do to make sure you remain productive, stimulated and efficient while working remotely. For […]

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29 Jan 2021

Remote working: What you need to know.

The world seems very different than it did last January. Since the lockdowns began, the entire economy has found significant challenges in enabling teams to work from home for the foreseeable future, especially around productivity, security, resiliency and collaboration. Finding novel solutions to these problems will help businesses in the long run, not only to increase the […]

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29 Jan 2021

How to Work From Home with Children

Tips for parents caring for children and home-schooling while remote working With schools and nurseries once again closed due to COVID – 19, many of us will need to balance remote working with childcare and home schooling. Just working from home can be challenging; dealing with feelings of isolation, and problems with technology. But when […]

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12 Jan 2021

A great start to 2021, SoConnect acquires Edinburgh based IT Centric

We are delighted to announce that SoConnect has acquired IT Centric, an Edinburgh based IT and telecoms services business serving corporate clients in Edinburgh and across Central Scotland.  The merger strengthens our IT managed services offering and enables our customers to benefit from an increased team of experts in cloud, cybersecurity and hosted services. This […]

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06 Oct 2020
Digital Transformation

How to develop a digital transformation strategy for business?

In this article, we cover a few tips on how to get started with a digital transformation strategy, and what this might mean in practice for your business.   Digital transformation can seem an abstract term. This is because it encompasses complex processes that represent a significant cultural shift in the workplace. Many businesses find that they understand […]

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14 Sep 2020
M365 Business Voice

Microsoft 365 Business Voice: Unify your communications

Introducing Microsoft 365 Business Voice! Over the last few months, businesses have increasingly adopted cloud-based communications in order to continue to operate. The uptake in applications such as Microsoft Teams has been invaluable for ensuring that staff working remotely during the pandemic can seamlessly access information and communicate internally with their team. However, legacy phone […]

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11 Aug 2020
Connected Worker - Wearable Tech

Wearable Tech: 3 reasons why your business should be an early adopter.

Over the last two decades, the Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionised industry by allowing  a greater number of machines to communicate instantly and without human interaction. Now business is looking to the next logical step; and this means that the age of the connected worker is upon us. Wearable technology provides a way of […]

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10 Mar 2020

Keep your business running with Unified Communications

Nothing can cost a business more than down-time. The recent news surrounding coronavirus has raised concerns for businesses and how they can continue to operate through any periods of self-isolation.   There are many other factors that can contribute to your business not being able to run normally. Extreme weather and damage to vulnerable legacy technology […]

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