SMALL BUSINESS HARNESSES THE POWER OF THE CLOUD

We’ve believed in the power of the cloud for sometime now to the point where we’ve virtualised most of our operations.  The BBC has also written an article about how the power of the cloud is helping small businesses.

Read the BBC article here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17222816

If you’d like to know more about how the cloud can help your business, from disaster recovery through to antivirus and antiSPAM then get in touch.


WHAT DO CGA, BOX and PODIO HAVE IN COMMON?

As you know, we’ve been going through some major transitions here at CGA Enterprise Solutions, and as part of that process we’ve adopted some  tools to help do what we do even better!

We’ve become business partners with PODIO. PODIO  enables us to create virtual workplaces to collaborate  real time with our customers. Initial trials have been hugely successful and we’ll soon be making PODIO available to many more of our customers.  PODIO helps us manage projects, deal with customer service queries and generally interact with all of our business partners via the power of the cloud.

We’ve been looking at trends over the past year and have learned that over 65% of customers contacting our helpdesk  preferred to send us an email rather than pick up the phone.  We believe this is because once an email is sent, an individual can go about their duties in anticipating of a reply versus picking actually being tied up on a potentially lengthy phone call.  Furthermore, emails allow our customers to send us screenshots of the problem they are experiencing as well as attach any associated files.

PODIO goes one step further. It allows us to share all the same information in one space where collaborators can post files, graphics, and comment on a specific topic in real time. We’ve found this particularly useful with projects where the whole project team can view and comment on deliverables at their convenience. PODIO works in pretty much the same way as Facebook with a user friendly interface. It’s also highly customisable which enables us to tailor each work space to the needs of that business partner/project.

Last year we adopted cloud based document sharing solution, BOX, to share project documentation with our customers.  This year we stepped things up a gear by virtualising our operations, this included filing and storing all of our documentation in BOX. Retrieving documents is now just a keystroke away, and there’s no need to worry about disaster recovery or version control as this is all covered by the power of the cloud. A paperless office is possible and we’ve proved it.  Get in touch with us if you’d like to know more about how to manage your business on the move and via the power of the cloud.

But that’s not all, this week we were one of the first to learn that the guys at PODIO have developed a link with PODIO which means we can now easily access and share documents with our business partners in seconds.

You can read PODIO’s official press release, featuring CGA, by clicking here. If you’d like to know more about any of the topics included in this article, simply send an email to info@cga.co.uk. If you’d like to know more about PODIO, click here.


GET 3 YEARS OF ANTIVIRUS AND ANTISPAM PROTECTION FOR THE PRICE OF 2!

Panda Office Protection uses the power of the cloud  to protect you, your business and your staff from viruses, malware and spam.

Whatever your company, a small or medium-sized business or a large enterprise, Panda Security provides the global solution that best Buy 2 get 1 year cover FREE! adapts to your protection needs. Easy to install, easy to maintain and easy to afford.

And now, to celebrate the launch of our new website, we’ve teamed up with Panda Security UK to bring you an exclusive offer;  get  3 years protection for the price of 2!

This is a limited time offer.

For more information, visit the Panda Office Protection page, call 0845 2576001  or click here to send us your enquiry.


NOW RECRUITING: MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVES

MARKETING & SALES EXECUTIVE
The role will involve writing copy, creating marketing campaigns,  maintaining blog posts and e-shots. Sales experience is a preferred as marketing campaigns will require ‘follow up’ activities.

The position may lead to a permanent position for the right candidate.

Please send CVs to or email recruitment@cga.co.uk  for more information.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
Working from home and in partnership with our Marketing Executive, this position will involve all business development activities.  Strong sales experience preferred.  Please send CVs to or email recruitment@cga.co.uk  for more information.


CGA’S NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED!

Our brand new website (www.cga.co.uk) is live and has been designed with our customers in mind as part of the overall initiative to improve the sharing of information with all of our business partners.

The new CGA website features social media integration with Facebook and Twitter; contemporary mediums through which all relevant departments at CGA will be able to instantaneously connect with our customers.

We’ve also extended the visual display of our product portfolio so that new and existing customers have a much better view of our all of our products and services. This portfolio continuously expanded and edited.

The site is still being fine tuned so we’d very much like to hear from you with any constructive feedback.   Please feel free to email webmaster@cga.co.uk with any comments or suggestions.


CGA’s NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR /CEO APPOINTED

Dear Customer,

CGA ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS HAS APPOINTED A NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR

I am delighted to be writing to you personally to announce my appointment as new Managing Director of CGA Enterprise Solutions Ltd.

After twenty five years of leading the company, the founders, Paul Martin and Andy Brooker have decided to have a change of pace. I’m humbled by the fact that, after over a decade in my role overseeing the company’s operations as well as some of its most exciting projects, the founders of CGA Enterprise Solutions believed me to be a natural successor to Paul Martin who, along with Andrew Brooker, has stepped down as a member of CGA’s board.  Andrew will be succeeded as Technical Director by my most esteemed colleague and now business partner, Tristan Hore.

Tristan has immense technical experience, gleaned from over a decade of working in this industry, and has put this to good use over the past few years serving as CGA Enterprise Solution’s Senior Technical Consultant.  Tristan’s focus going forward will be to oversee the technical aspects of our implementations as well as work with me to develop our product portfolio and bring both business software, mobile and cloud solutions that are not only relevant to you but are innovative, intuitive, and cost effective.

Paul Martin and Andy Brooker will continue to work with CGA Enterprise Solutions; Paul as our Senior Business Analyst, enabling new prospects and existing customers realise their true business potential by offering real world and insightful advice, whilst Andy will continue to work with our alliance partners to spear head innovative, practical product development.

It’s a very exciting time for all of us at CGA Enterprise Solutions as, finally, after many years of enabling our customers to streamline and improve their operations, we now have good cause to turn this knowledge on ourselves with the view to bringing you the best possible service available in our industry, and with your support and feedback there’s no doubt we’ll succeed.

In 2011 we boasted excellent customer retention but we’re not getting complacent. You will have noticed that we’ve already refined the way we work by changing premises, by virtualising our operations and introducing cloud based technology which not only facilitates the effective sharing of internal information but also how we communicate with our business partners, this will result in a faster and much more efficient service to you, our loyal customer. But that’s not all, 2012 is packed with a raft of additional improvements, including the imminent launch of a brand new website with social media integration so we can keep you better informed not only about the latest news, products and services but, most importantly, bulletins that are relevant to you and the products that we maintain for you.  We’ve also noticed that over 65% of our customers prefer to log queries with our helpdesk via email. We’re already looking at increasing our support for this preference and introducing tools that will make it even easier for you to get the help you need via a medium that suits you, but more on this later.

There isn’t much else for me to say other than to reassure you that you’re in safe hands. CGA Enterprise Solutions has been trading for many years and at its heart are a group of extremely talented, enthusiastic and experienced individuals with combined industry expertise spanning several decades. My own personal long term strategy is to grow this team but we’re taking things one step at a time. Until then, everybody at CGA Enterprise Solutions has one collective aim; to ensure that, as a customer, you never feel that your loyalty is misplaced.

Thank you most sincerely for your support over the years, rest assured that in my new role as Managing Director, I shall work tirelessly to retain this for many more.

If you have any questions about this letter or indeed any of the improvements scheduled for 2012, feel free to contact Francesca, our new customer care representative, on 0845 2576001 or email customercare@cga.co.uk. Alternatively, contact me directly on the same number or email tony.marturano@cga.co.uk

Yours sincerely

Tony Marturano
MANAGING DIRECTOR
CGA Enterprise Solutions Ltd


MAJOR BANK ADOPTS CLOUD SOLUTION

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16486796


SAP BUSINESS ONE 2007A – END OF SUPPORT

As from 31st December 2011 your SAP Business One system will be out of mainstream support.

What does this mean to you?

At the end of any mainstream support:

  • No more bug fixes or patches are provided for new problems discovered in the release
  • No more new functionality (including solutions to legal changes and support for new technology) will be delivered for the release

If you have a valid maintenance agreement:

  • Delivered patches will still be available for download
  • SAP Notes will still be available for download

Legal Changes

  • Once Sap Business One is out of mainstream, SAP will not implement any new functionality in the 2007 release, including solutions to new legal changes.  Legal changes are only delivered in releases that are in mainstream maintenance.

SAP UK & CGA recommend that you upgrade your version of SAP Business One to the 8.8 release to take advantage of the latest features.

Send us an email for further information.


Get up to 20% off new SAP Business One Licenses!

If you’ve been thinking that you could really do with some additional SAP Business One licences but have been putting it off because of cost, now’s your chance to grab yourself a bargain!

SAP is offering the following discounts to existing customers purchasing additional SAP Business One Licences*.

  • 1-2 Licenses = 10%
  • 3-4 Licenses = 15%
  • 5 or more licenses = 20%

For more information, simply send an email to sales@cga.co.uk or call the number below but hurry, offer valid until the 31st December 2011 only!

CGA

Call 0845 257 6001

*Not available on upgrade licenses, DI Server or SQL licenses


New website launched 2012

We’re always looking for new ways of interacting with our customers…

This is why we’re busy working on a new website featuring social media integration which will make it much easier for  us to communicate with our customers and vice versa.   Information we’re looking to share will include latest software updates, enhancements, as well as new products and special offers.

The new website is due to be launched in 2012. In the meantime, it’s business as usual. If you have any questions or comments, we’d be happy to hear from you.

 


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