M-Tech News
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Digital Literacy Skills In The Classroom
Digital literacy is a hugely broad term which encompasses many different skills. In a classroom context, we take it to mean the ability to find and consume digital content, be able to create this and also communicate it with others.
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5 Steps to Keep Your Information Secure
Educating your staff on security awareness is essential to protecting your organisation. We’ve put together 5 steps to keep your information secure.
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Top Tips: Passwords Are Like Underwear
An easy way to remember how to maintain safe and secure passwords is with the catchy phrase, ‘passwords are like underwear’.
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Increase Staff Security Awareness
One of the responsibilities of an employee is to help keep the organisation safe and protected from malicious activity. Here are our top tips to increase staff security awareness.
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Top Tips: Creating a Secure Password
‘Create a secure password’. We’ve all heard it a hundred times by now, but what is the definition of ‘secure’ when it comes to creating a password?
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Eastbourne College Golf Day 2019
The annual Eastbourne College Foundation Golf Day took place on Friday 5th July with M-Tech returning as headline sponsor for the 10th consecutive year.
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Top Tips: Oversharing on Social Media
Oversharing personally on social media is equal in sentiment to a business thinking they’re too small to be subject to a cyber attack. See our top tips on how to be mindful of what you’re sharing.
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Get the Most Out of Your Office 365 and G Suite subscriptions
The increased availability of technology in education is only beneficial if those delivering it know how to use it. Get the most out of your subscriptions with training for Office 365 and G Suite.
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Top Tips for Spotting Phishing Emails
Phishing emails come in all shapes and sizes and there’s no ‘one size fits all’ way to spot them. Here are our top tips on what to look out for.
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The Inaugural M-Tech Thirsty Club
On Friday 22nd February 2019, M-Tech Systems held our first quarterly ‘Thirsty Club’. The premise of the evening was to enjoy good food, wine and conversation, all in good company.
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Webinar: Backup and Disaster Recovery Revolutionised with Actifio
On Thursday 27th September, M-Tech Systems, and guest partner, Actifio delivered a 40 minute webinar on the Gartner #1 ranked software solution, delivering insight into Actifio’s modernised backup and disaster recovery solution.
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Eastbourne College Golf Day 2018
The annual Eastbourne College Foundation Golf Day took place on Friday 6th July with M-Tech returning as headline sponsor for the 9th consecutive year.
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Let’s Do Business 2018
Thursday 14th June saw M-Tech Systems take on the position of joint headline sponsor of the Let’s Do Business Brighton Expo at The AMEX Stadium in Brighton.
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Webinar: Backup and Disaster Recovery Revolutionised with Actifio
On Thursday 24th May, M-Tech Systems, and guest partner, Actifio delivered a 45 minute webinar on the Gartner #1 ranked software solution, delivering insight into Actifio’s modernised backup and disaster recovery solution.
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Ivanti Interchange Unplugged London
Ivanti brought their Interchange Unplugged one day event to London on April 26th 2018. M-Tech signed up and headed to the city to hear more about the Ivanti solutions powered by LANDESK, AppSense, Shavlik, HEAT Software, Concorde and RES.
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Webinar: GDPR… Are You Ready? April 2018
On Tuesday 24th April, M-Tech Systems, hosted their third GDPR preparedness webinar. The 60 minute session, hosted by M-Tech’s Enterprise Sales Manager, Andy Irving, was held in partnership with GDPR related solutions providers Audit Guru and TermSet.
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Nutanix .NEXT London 2018
A flash mob, caffeine input and the world’s greatest living adventurer, why it must be Nutanix .NEXT on Tour 2018! M-Tech headed to London on 14th March to hear the latest from the California-based software-defined enterprise cloud vendor.
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Webinar: What is… Nutanix Enterprise Cloud?
On Tuesday 13th January, M-Tech Systems held a webinar on hyperconverged infrastructure, “What is… Nutanix Enterprise Cloud?” For the 40 minute session, M-Tech’s Enterprise Sales Manager, Andy Irving, was joined by Daniel Dommett reprenting Nutanix. Watch the webinar recording in full here.
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After BETT Drinks 2018
On Thursday 25th January 2018, we hosted our second annual ‘After BETT Drinks’ evening of networking and nibbles. Perfectly timed, on the second evening of the BETT Show, we offered up complimentary drinks, snacks and friendly conversation to all our invited guests.
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Webinar: GDPR… Are You Ready?
On Tuesday 23rd January, M-Tech Systems, hosted their second GDPR preparedness webinar. The 60 minute session, hosted by M-Tech’s Enterprise Sales Manager, Andy Irving, was held in partnership with Blue Cube Security and TermSet. Watch the webinar recording in full here.
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CRN A-List 2018 – Martin Lulham
The CRN A-list is an annual guide that lists some of the most recognisable figures in the UK channel, giving an insight into their personalities with a mix of light-hearted and business focused questions. The list changes every year to reflect the constantly evolving channel.
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Eastbourne Airshow Chamber of Commerce Lunch
M-Tech were lucky enough to get tickets to the hotly anticipated Eastbourne Airshow Chamber Lunch this year, taking place at The View Hotel on August 18th. Offering informal networking, a three-course lunch and a rooftop vantage point to watch the flying displays, this is one of the most desirable dates of the Chamber event calendar.
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Press Release: M-Tech Land Sean Fane for Ambitious Growth Push
“I am excited to bring my knowledge and experience to M-Tech, to work with their executive team to drive growth over the coming months and years.” said Fane.
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M-Tech Sponsor Eastbourne College Golf Day 2017
Friday 8th July saw the annual Eastbourne College Golf Challenge take place at the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club. As lead sponsor for the 7th consecutive year, M-Tech were very pleased to once again be a part of this day.
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M-Tech Become Sole UK RES Gold Partner
M-Tech are now the sole RES Gold Partner in the UK! We’ve been advocates of the pioneering Netherlands-based digital workspace vendor for over a decade, and obtained our Gold status in 2010. At the turn of the decade we were one of only two Gold Partners. As of this year we have cemented our status by becoming the single Gold Partner in the UK.
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Eastbourne College Officially Open Nugee Building
M-Tech MD Martin Lulham attended the official opening of the Nugee Building at Eastbourne College. As the College’s incumbent IT partner, M-Tech were asked to oversee the design and delivery of technology into phase one of the project, keeping the leading independent school competitively at the forefront of technology.
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The Wayfinder Group’s ‘Inspiring through Technology’
As proud sponsors of The Wayfinder Group’s ‘Inspiring through Technology’ conference, we thought we would ask you to put Friday 12th May in your diary to attend this prestigious event at the East Sussex National.
The headline speaker is the globally renowned TED talks superstar and recipient of the IOD’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2016, Dame Stephanie Shirley. -
Nutanix .NEXT London 2017
M-Tech made their way to the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in London on Thursday 30th March to attend Nutanix .NEXT on Tour. With a packed agenda for the day, Martin Lulham – MD, Stuart Taylor – Sales Manager and Tamar Keenan – Marketing Manager were looking forward to hearing about the latest updates and what the roadmap to 2020 looked like. Howard Ting, CMO of Nutanix delivered the opening keynote and even had time to have a quick chat with Martin and Tamar afterwards.
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M-Tech Exhibit at Big Futures Show 2017
On March 22nd 2017, M-Tech Systems exhibited at Big Futures Show 2017. We were very proud to support this event at the Winter Gardens in our local town of Eastbourne, on the South Coast. With around 100 exhibitors in attendance for the day, the show was organised by Eastbourne Education Business Partnership in association with Eastbourne Borough Council.
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M-Tech Recognised as Trusted Smoothwall Partner
We’re pleased to share that M-Tech Systems have been recognised as a trusted and selected Smoothwall Partner! Our logo has now been added to their Find a Partner page. Noting the importance of the change to Oftsed guidelines in September 2016, we have put a lot of focus into raising awareness of safeguarding in education.
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After BETT Drinks
On Thursday 26th January 2017, we hosted our first event of the year, an evening of ‘networking and nibbles’. Making the most of the 40,000 or so education professionals descending on London for the BETT show, we hired out part of a restaurant and invited along some guests to join us after their day at the ExCeL.
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Welcome to M-Tech Jamie
M-Tech are delighted to welcome Jamie Freeman to the team as our newest Technical Analyst. Jamie has worked in the IT industry for the past 25 years. He will be joining the service desk and is keen to support and get to know our clients. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively with Microsoft technologies, assisting users with all manner of issues, as well as acting as technical lead on larger projects.
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BMW Chandlers Chamber Member Evening
Thanks to Chandlers BMW Hailsham for hosting last night’s Alliance of Chambers in East Sussex (ACES) Members’ Evening. Great tour of the whole BMW and Mini facility, plus a visit to the brand new conference room with Audio/Visual supplied by M-Tech.
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Nutanix Dine and Learn Evening
M-Tech hosted their second Dine and Learn Evening on Thursday 3rd November at Buenos Aires Argentine Steakhouse in the City of London. Guest speaker David Gaunt, Systems Engineering Manager from Nutanix gave a fantastic presentation on the software and the technology behind it before delving into a live demo and answering questions as he went along.
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The New 3Rs Eastbourne College
M-Tech were invited to be lead sponsors of the Eastbourne College run New 3Rs Workshop. As the day was about innovation in education and preparing young people for a rapidly changing world, M-Tech felt this a perfect fit and gladly accepted.
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Initial Meetings in the UAE
Some of the M-Tech team have just returned from a successful first week of business in the UAE. With 11 meetings lined up by our Abu Dhabi based partner we spoke to Heads of IT in multi-national school groups and the Ministry of Education, we also visited the impressive and developing Expo 2020 site. We’re looking forward to continuing our international expansion… watch this space.
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EBFC Official Technology Sponsor
Taking over their IT in June 2016, M-Tech migrated the Eastbourne Borough Football Club to Office 365 from Windows Small Business Server. This afforded them offsite backup and cloud facilities. A Sharepoint online site was set up for document storage to allow centralised access, version control and collaboration, and a Sharepoint calendar booking system created for the pitches and sports facilities.
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M-Tech Sponsor Eastbourne College Golf Day 2016
Friday 8th July saw the annual Eastbourne College Golf Challenge take place at the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club. As lead sponsor for the 7th consecutive year, M-Tech were very pleased to once again be a part of this day.
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Eastbourne Chamber of Commerce Members’ Evening
Thanks to all who attended the Eastbourne Chamber of Commerce Members’ Evening at Gildredge House on Wednesday 6th July 2016. M-Tech are the key technology partner to Gildredge House and were delighted to sponsor the refreshments at the event.
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RES Focus Europe 2016
Two of the M-Tech team headed over to Amsterdam this June for the annual RES Focus event. This must-attend one-day industry event gathers customers, partners and industry experts from across Europe to re-imagine, educate and collaborate on digital workspace technology.
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M-Tech and DataCore Shortlisted for Storage Awards
M-Tech and storage solution partner DataCore have been shortlisted for Storage Magazine’s Solution of the Year 2016. The winner in this category will ultimately be decided by the Editor of Storage Magazine and announced at the Awards on June 16th, watch this space..!
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RES Experience Day 2016
M-Tech were invited along to the RES User Experience Day 2016 at the Royal Exchange. There were some fantastic discussions and presentations from the team and we even had the honour of hearing from Bob Jannsen, the founder himself.
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BETT Show 2016
Every year we pay a visit to the Bett Show, browsing for the latest in educational technology innovations and inspiration as well as using it as a meet and greet for clients and prospective new clients. This year didn’t disappoint, with some world class content soaked up, new ideas on every corner and some interesting discussions had.
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M-Tech Sponsor Eastbourne College Golf Day for 6th Year
M-Tech were proud to be the lead sponsors of the Eastbourne College 2015 Foundation Golf Challenge for the 6th year running. This year’s Eastbourne College 2015 Foundation Golf Challenge, held at the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club, attracted a record number of 24 teams on 2 July.
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M-Tech Host Business Minister
M-Tech Systems were delighted to provide our meeting room to host local Eastbourne MP Caroline Ansell (@Caroline_Ansell) and Minister of State for Business Matt Hancock (@matthancockmp) as they discussed transport problems in our area.
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M-Tech’s Giles Eadon Awarded RSVP Status
Giles Eadon, Senior Technical Consultant at M-Tech has been awarded the certification of RES Software Valued Professional (RSVP). This puts Giles as one of only sixty professionals in the world to be granted this status.
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M-Tech Awarded RES Software UK Partner of the Year
M-Tech were thrilled to be awarded UK Partner of the Year 2010 by RES Software. We are one of only two companies in the UK who have achieved the RES Gold Partner status and thoroughly enjoy our close working relationship.