Design, graphics and publishing
How we use over 25 years’ tech experience to help designers, publishers and videographers develop next-gen workflows.
Design, graphics and publishing
How we use over 25 years’ tech experience to help designers, publishers and videographers develop next-gen workflows.
Creating the future. Protecting the past.
We’ve been developing creative workflows for over 25 years, and are experts at futureproofing studios, agencies and publishing houses while taking care of their legacy systems. We’ve collected accreditations from Adobe, Apple, Avid and more, so we can offer peerless support to any environment – our consultants have worked in the creative industries themselves, so understand how important it is any solution you choose just works, so you can focus on staying creative (and hitting deadlines).
Our nationwide coverage means we have engineers stationed from Glasgow to Soho, who are currently helping over 25,000 creative professionals realise their technology goals. They can advise on everything from when to invest in the latest kit to your shared storage and infrastructure, and even how you can adjust to new cloud-based workflows.
Our top brands
“We needed a company that had a depth of knowledge of Apple, was used to dealing with a mixed environment and publishing environments, and was a very strong cultural fit with not only us, but also with the employees from existing support organisations that would be brought across into this new arrangement.”
Andy Cobb, Director of IT Support, Hachette UK
Introducing our creative services
With 25 years’ experience at our backs, chances are we’ve encountered every issue your creative team might come up against and worked out the best way to solve it. Our arsenal of support services is built around our knowledge of fast-paced creative workflows, and expertise on top creative kit from the likes of Apple, Adobe, Wacom and more.
These services are designed to ensure you experience minimal downtime and rapid incident resolution, whether you need day to day IT support (SDS24 and HMM24), help managing your devices (DMS24) or just want someone to keep an eye on the cornerstones of your infrastructure (SMM24). We handle the IT so you can get on with what you do best – creating.
Our creative services
Service Desk Support
Made up of Apple Certified Support Professionals (ACSPs), our service desk support provides your creative team with support via phone, email or remote access. We'll ensure you receive a resolution to day-to-day incidents and requests around the macOS and iOS platforms, first party applications and servers, so your team can get on with creating without being hampered by IT issues.
By leaving the legwork to us, your own IT team is free to deal with the larger issues, like keeping your business at the cutting edge of creativity. Our ITIL-accredited service management team will ensure all high priority incidents are dealt with quickly and effectively, and post-incident reviews are carried out. Trend analysis will aim to identify reoccurring incidents and root causes to find underlying issues, resolve them and prevent reoccurrence.
The benefits
A first, second and third line service desk that provides you with a single point of contact for incidents and service requests.
ACSPs who are all geared up for dealing with issues around installations, troubleshooting and software queries.
ITIL best practice incident management to restore service in the event of downtime and disruption, and cover for known errors.
Problem management services to carry out root cause investigations, identify underlying issues and prevent re-occurence of incidents.
Device Management Services
Having a clear plan in place for managing company-owned devices is crucial for getting the most out of your creative technology. Our device management service for Mac and iOS provides administration and configuration for Apple devices within your organisation, freeing you up to deal with more important things than chasing employees to update their iPads.
As a complete end to end service, it covers everything from the initial order throughout the devices’ entire lifecycle, giving you both security and cost benefits. Customisation options available to tailor the service to your exact needs, giving you the best possible user experience.
The benefits
First class management of device enrolment, and revision of profiles and policies.
Management of device configuration and security settings, including creation and revision of profiles and workflows tailored to suit your business.
Packaging and deployment of applications, including App Store applications.
Inventory reporting of assets, specifications and ownership.
Hardware Maintenance
We've been diagnosing and repairing Apple equipment for creative businesses for over 25 years. We hold the highest possible accreditations, complemented by the most competitive service levels available in the industry. And thanks to our heritage in the creative industries, chances are we've already seen (and solved) any issue you might come up against.
We know that more and more creative businesses are moving out of London, so we provide nationwide coverage, with repairs being carried out by our accredited team at one of our Apple Premium Service Provider repair centres. Our technicians are qualified to the highest standards, and the devices that we repair remain covered by Apple’s warranty once completed.
The benefits
Apple authorised repairs with genuine Apple parts.
Collection, repair and return service as standard.
All replacement parts carry a 90 day warranty.
Free assessment for out of warranty devices.
Server Monitoring and Management
With our server management services, we’ll test any new updates as soon as they are released and ensure that critical security updates are deployed straight away, so your team is never behind on the latest updates to their essential creative tools.
We’ll evaluate server patches as they’re released by vendors, and classify them depending on how critical they are to your systems and processes. Critical updates are assessed, tested immediately and, if approved via change control, scheduled for implementation at a time to suit you. Non-critical updates are evaluated on a monthly basis, and we’ll propose installation dates detailing our recommended updates.
The benefits
Servers kept up to date securely.
Testing new updates and monitoring your deployment.
Assessment of critical and non-critical updates to make sure you get the most important updates as soon as they’re ready.
ITIL best practice methodology for incident, problem and change management.
Device Retirement and Recycling
Our device retirement and recycling service takes care of your old and unwanted user devices, with collection, physical checks and data removal carried out prior to disposal and recycling.
DRR24 has been designed to make removal and disposal of devices as smooth as possible, so you and your team see minimal downtime and can get back to creating. During the process, we’ll ensure all devices are checked for operating errors or physical damage, remove applications and end user data, and facilitate sell-on of retired machines.
The benefits
Collection and transportation of devices ready for retirement.
Pre-grading of asset condition and device firmware update reset.
Arranging buyback or recycling of devices.
Certified data destruction prior to device recycling.
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