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M247's Guide to Cyber Security Risk Management in 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the need for robust cyber security measures has never been more critical. M247 is excited to present our comprehensive guide on Cyber Security Risk Management in 2024, offering a step-by-step approach to educate and empower organisations to navigate the complexities of the cyber threat landscape.

SD-WAN: The future looks SASE. Latest trends for network security

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) has been enjoying something of a surge in popularity in recent years. Read our SD-WAN whitepaper to find out about the latest trends for network security.

CCaaS: How AI is changing customer and employee experience

With customers increasingly preferring digital-first communications, the onus is on businesses to leverage a contact centre solution that prioritises omnichannel engagement.

Cloud Migration Assessment Quiz

Looking to migrate your business to the Cloud? First, you need to assess your current data, applications, and infrastructure.

Take our quiz now to find out which assessment method best suits your current infrastructure.

Step-By-Step Guide to Public Cloud Migration

Making the move to public cloud computing can be a game-changer for your business, but we understand that it can seem intimidating.

Our guide simplifies the entire process into easily digestible steps, allowing you to confidently make the transition and elevate your business to new heights.

How to optimise your Public Cloud

In this whitepaper we explore how a considered cloud optimisation plan can provide businesses of all sizes with a way to address the potential hurdles of a migration plan. And for businesses running Azure public cloud, how a Well-Architected review could enable a successful and economical cloud migration.

What you need to know about Software-defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN)

Ensure reliable, high-performance connectivity for your business with SD-WAN. Read our guide to learn how it can improve your network operations.

Cyber Incident Response Plan Guide

With cyber attacks on the rise, make sure your business is prepared to respond with a comprehensive cyber incident response plan (CIRP). Download our guide to find out how to write yours and what you should include to make sure you can protect your business

Top 10 tech trends for 2023

As we move into 2023, it’s important to stay ahead of the game and be prepared for the key technology trends that are set to shape the coming year. To help you stay on top of these trends, we’re offering a free whitepaper: “Top 10 Tech Trends for 2023.” Get your free copy today and start preparing for the future of technology.

Top 10 tech trends for 2023

As we move into 2023, it’s important to stay ahead of the game and be prepared for the key technology trends that are set to shape the coming year. To help you stay on top of these trends, we’re offering a free whitepaper: “Top 10 Tech Trends for 2023.” Get your free copy today and start preparing for the future of technology.

Top 10 tech trends for 2023

As we move into 2023, it’s important to stay ahead of the game and be prepared for the key technology trends that are set to shape the coming year. To help you stay on top of these trends, we’re offering a free whitepaper: “Top 10 Tech Trends for 2023.” Get your free copy today and start preparing for the future of technology.

PSTN Switch-Off: Information Hub

Everything you need to know to prepare your business for the PSTN switch-off in 2025. Upgrade your connectivity, switch to internet based services, avoid business disruption.

Top 10 tech trends for 2023

As we move into 2023, it’s important to stay ahead of the game and be prepared for the key technology trends that are set to shape the coming year. To help you stay on top of these trends, we’re offering a free whitepaper: “Top 10 Tech Trends for 2023.” Get your free copy today and start preparing for the future of technology.

Public Cloud, Private Cloud and Hybrid Cloud: What You Need to Know in 12 Minutes

Cloud computing has the potential to transform your business IT. Discover the different types of models and how to choose the one that best suits your business goals.

Understanding the different cloud computing models is essential to deploying the right solution to suit your IT strategy.

DMaaS vs BUaaS. All you need to decide on the best route for your business

With data usage at an all-time high the management and protection of data is a business-critical consideration.
But with different data centric services available, how do you know what you need? Answer the questions below
and we’ll guide you towards the solution which may be the best fit for your business.

Safeguarding your assets in a data-driven world

It is data rather than money that makes the world go round these days. That’s because for most modern businesses and enterprises, data is money. It’s no wonder, then, that data has become the primary target for cybercriminals looking to make a quick and relatively easy buck.

5 Ways ransomware attacks backup

Backup and recovery solutions are designed to protect your
organization, but sophisticated malware like Locky and Crypto are
now targeting your backup data. Not surprising, considering the rise in
frequency and breadth of ransomware attacks.

A guide to Microsoft Teams for IT Managers

This MHow guide is designed to take you through some of the lesser-known features of Microsoft Teams and help you to unlock the benefits that this integrated application offers. Including hints and tips on how to ensure workforce adoption to ensure a seamless integration for your business.

A guide to Microsoft Teams for teachers

This MHow guide is designed to take you through some of the
lesser-known features that can help boost classroom
engagement to aid collaboration and make lessons even more accessible in 2021.

Buyer's guide to building a Unified Communications strategy

Our dedicated buyers guide considers 5 key steps your business needs to take in order to build a solid UC strategy which will change the way your customers engage with your business.

Addressing the void

6 strategic and economic benefits of Unified Call Recording and Voice AI
92% of all customer interactions are voice, and more than ever with dispersed work environments. When those calls and conversations end, critical data, content and value is lost forever. Want to know more about the economic impact of call recording and voice AI?

Contact Centre for Microsoft Teams

In this e-guide we look at how, with the right vendor and integrations, Microsoft Teams can be at the foundation of a cutting-edge contact centre platform for your business- enhancing success and enabling a better experience for agents and customers alike.

The power of Unified Communications in the digital economy

A great deal has happened since Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone. The introduction of social media in the late 90s and explosion in the early 2000s has led to the development of a plethora of new communication channels.

Security in the cloud

Between February and June 2020 alone, DDos attacks on the education sector rose by a staggering 350-500%. Discover how further education institutions can defend their data.

Unified Communications trends to look out for

The adoption of Unified Communications (UC) solutions is surging across all industries and businesses of all sizes. Let’s take a look at what were anticipated to be top UC trends in 2020 and how accurate they were.

Digital transformation: The future of work

The global pandemic resulted in a mass shift to homeworking overnight, almost a year down the line many CFOs are starting to question what the role of the office will be in the future. And how Digital transformation will continue to inform and impact the way that we work.

Call recording & AI

COVID-19 has caused a large-scale shift to remote working, throwing up a myriad of challenges for businesses across all
sectors. Amid this ‘new normal’, cloud and hybrid solutions have accelerated rapidly to help businesses rise to meet those challenges head-on.

Contact centres: What does the contact centre of the future look like?

With the fall-out of COVID-19 still being felt across businesses globally, we ask how the pandemic could potentially change the shape of contact centres for good.

MTrends: How prepared are businesses when disaster strikes?

We take a look at recent research that highlights the true picture around the success and impact of disaster.

MTrends: Relationship between IT providers and end users

We wanted to know what happens when the complexity of the IT ecosystem and infrastructure is more developed than in-house teams can comfortably manage.

Key trends within Unified Communications

With remote working growing at unprecedented levels and the adoption of Unified Communications (UC) solutions surging, we take a look at most anticipated trends predicted this year.

Microsoft Teams - The lesser-known features

You’ve no doubt found your way around the basics, but Microsoft Teams has some handy, not so well known features. Here’s some top tips that not everyone knows, but love as soon as they do!

Disaster Recovery (DR): Are you ready if things go wrong?

Think hardware failure, power loss and bad install won’t happen to you? Think again. Our strategic partner Zerto carried out research into companies preparation and planning around Disaster Recovery. Discover what they found.

MTrends: Navigating procurement of cloud solutions

With cloud computing big on the IT agenda, procurement of a cloud solutions provider can be challenging and somewhat overwhelming. In a recent YouGov poll we asked over 500 IT decision makers how they plan in an ever-changing IT landscape and what are the key drivers behind their cloud migration strategy. Read the associated infographic on our research findings here.

Infographic: The changing world of work

The way we work has changed beyond recognition and the traditional 9-5 office job, chained to the desk, for most has become a thing of the past. More and more people are able to work remotely, from a variety of locations, and often at a time of day that suits them best. Read more about this in our latest infographic and also how to ensure your business is digitally ready to support this change.

MKnowledge guide: Digital transformation

In today’s rapidly changing world, digital transformation is becoming increasingly important for businesses who wish to remain competitive and grow. If you’re not clear on what digital transformation means, and how it could benefit your business, our quick MKnowledge Guide has been designed to give you an overview, and a step-by-step guide to this increasingly important area of business strategy.

Whitepaper: The failure of no failover

For any business, the loss of internet connectivity means significant disruption. It also results in significant lose of productivity and revenue that multiply every minute that you can’t get online.

Whitepaper content:

• How to ensure resilience in your internet connectivity
• How to audit your provider
• The options and solutions to consider when planning your resilient
• Internet connection

Infographic: The future of telephony in a cloud based world

The age of digital transformation is upon us, when multi and omni channel communication to and from business is key. Yet, in this highly digitalised world the importance of a human voice touch means that telephony still remains a central part of any business communication strategy. Read more about this in our latest infographic.

Infographic: Disaster recovery, think you’ve got it covered? Think again!

Have you assessed your Disaster Recovery plan?

No business is immune to a disaster which has the potential to cause IT failure. Significant periods of IT downtime can leave organisations without access to their mission-critical business assets.

Our latest infographic will help you evaluate your Disaster Recovery plan, discover the latest facts and understand the current solutions!

Whitepaper: The future of business communications

Technology is ever changing, but ​​have you considered changing habits or choices in the way you interact with business technology?

Download our whitepaper to learn more about omnichannel communication, the changing landscape of telecoms and will best benefit your customers future business communications.

Whitepaper content:

• The history of communications
• The evolution of business communication technology
• Why you need to continually adapt to be truly omnichannel to deliver a top-class customer experience.

Contact Centre Omnichannel

Now more than ever it is vital for businesses to get their customer interactions right. We take a look at how companies are harnessing a move towards an omnichannel approach. Creating a new kind of normal and customer experience.

How to optimise your Public Cloud: A framework for businesses

Migration to the Cloud has become an everyday feature for most businesses amidst the increasingly digital landscape. But for some businesses whilst they can see the clear advantages migrating to the Cloud can bring, inhouse technical knowledge and resource can hold up their cloud journey. Within this whitepaper we explore ways to address these potential hurdles to ensure a successful migration through a useful framework.

PSTN Switch-off

The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) has been the backbone of global telecommunication infrastructure for over a century. It was the first means of connecting people over long distances and paved the way for today’s advanced communication systems.

From the first switchboards to fibre optic cables, this history of PSTN has seen several key milestones and technological advancements. However, as technology and communication evolves, PSTN is scheduled to be turned off in 2025. Take a look at our infographic to learn about the fascinating history of this iconic communication network, what is planned to replace it and what happens next in the UC environment.