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Feb 18 2020
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Full Fibre Broadband is available from Columbus UK now. Call us on 0333 2407755 to check availability.

Full Fibre Broadband services launched by Columbus UK following partnership with Entanet and CityFibre

By Full Fibre Broadband, Ultrafast Broadband
Full Fibre Broadband services available to Columbus UK business customers now. Columbus UK announced this week that it has signed an agreement with Entanet, the wholesale division of CityFibre, to provide a range of ultrafast, full fibre broadband services aimed squarely at small to medium-sized businesses that may not have the budget for traditional high performance leased lines. Jason George...
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Jan 30 2020
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Get your business patched pronto

By Cyber Security, IT Services
Users still vulnerable to latest Windows security issue - latest advice on Windows patch management It’s 2 weeks since the US National Security Agency (NSA) discovered a major flaw in Windows 10 that hackers could have used to create malicious software, but some users still haven’t patched their systems to resolve the issue.  Microsoft issued a fix for the CVE-2020-0601...
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Oct 03 2019
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Image of weather map showing Atlantic storm hitting the UK.

Disaster Recovery advice for businesses during storms and flooding

By Disaster Recovery, Hosted Business Phone Systems, Inbound Call Solutions, Voice Services

Does your business have an up-to-date Disaster Recovery Plan? With the latest business communications and technology solutions and a mobile-enabled workforce, businesses need not suffer during the annual UK winter storms.   UK storms impact As the winter storm season begins this year, all businesses should be thoroughly prepared because none of us know with any meteorological precision what is…

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Sep 25 2019
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Columbus UK is 25! A look back at technology in 1994.

By Columbus UK
Columbus UK is 25! Communications and IT Provider celebrates 25th anniversary. It's hard to believe Columbus UK is 25! Time flies and technology moves on at such an incredible pace. For digital natives (those born after the 1980's and familiar with technology and the Internet from an early age), it's hard to imagine life without smartphones, smart TV's, iPads, Google,...
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Sep 20 2019
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Columbus UK is 25, the leading Business Communications and Technology Service Provider celebrates 25 years in business. Image of sparklers.

Columbus UK’s 25th anniversary promotion launched.

By Columbus UK
Columbus UK is offering 25% rental discount on all new services for a limited period. Columbus UK's 25th anniversary has arrived! In 1994 the World Wide Web was in its infancy with just a few thousand web sites compared to over 1.5 billion today. We relied on dial up broadband and any web page with an image would takes ages...
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Aug 28 2019
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Columbus UK is 25! Columbus celebrates major anniversary milestone.

By Columbus UK
Columbus UK is 25! Communications and IT Provider celebrates 25th anniversary. The year 1994 was a momentous, memorable year for many reasons: Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa. Netscape Navigator became the market-leading web browser. The most popular audio file format, MP3 was invented. Amazon was founded. The UK average house price was £68,032. OJ Simpson fled police in...
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Jul 24 2019
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Horizon Collaborate UC Service from Columbus UK can help businesses of every size realise the benefits of flexible working for their employees and help them improve their work-life balance.

Horizon Collaborate UC Service – Top Tech Tool for Flexible Working

By Collaboration Tools, Flexible Working, UC Solutions, Unified Communications
The Horizon Collaborate UC Service can help businesses of every size realise the benefits of flexible working for their employees. According to the ONS (Families and the labour market, England: 2018), the employment rate for mothers was 74.0% in April to June 2018, which has increased from 68.9% in 2013 and from 61.9% in 1996 (when comparable records began). In...
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Jul 22 2019
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Horizon Collaborate UC – what is it and how does it work?

By Collaboration Tools, Hosted Phone Systems, Hosted Telephony, UC Solutions, Unified Communications
Horizon Collaborate UC Solution - what is it? According to data from the ONS (Office for National Statistics), the number of UK workers who have moved into remote working has increased by almost a quarter of a million over the past decade. Technology can help organisations keep pace with the shift to remote working and flexible working by giving employees...
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Jul 16 2019
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Image of Polycom VVX 450 IP desk phone supplied with the Horizon hosted phone system supplied by Columbus UK.

Polycom VVX 450 added to Horizon Hosted Telephony handset lineup

By Hosted Business Phone Systems, Hosted PBX, Hosted Phone Systems, Hosted Telephony
We are delighted to announce that we have extended our Horizon VoIP handset range by adding the Polycom VVX 450 and Polycom VVX 250 IP desk phones. Horizon Hardware Incentive available now The great news is that the cost of these new handsets is fully covered by Columbus on all qualifying Horizon hardware incentive orders. Where a customer commits to...
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