Jola Cloud Solutions' Blog

There has been a rise in demand for SIM-only contracts in the car industry but what is driving this demand?

The industry

It has been widely published that new car sales have risen at their fastest rate for nine years, which seems to indicate that car dealerships selling new cars are enjoying a bit of a boom, so why the switch to SIM-only contracts?

Remote working

A customer emailed in with a suggestion for our leased line quoting tool last week. I looked into it and thought it would really benefit the base so sent it to our MD. He was on holiday with his family in France, yet quickly approved it on his mobile phone. I then got onto our web developer who was on holiday with his girlfriend in Norway who picked up the email on his tablet and responded with his action plan and timescales. With work email on so many of our devices we take away with us can we ever really switch off?

Vodafone has been advertising their 'Break-free - go SIM-only' campaign for a while to residential customers, but did you know that they are also offering the best SIM-only bundles for businesses too?

• Choose the amount of standard UK minutes you need - unlimited is available as an option
• Add minutes to non-geographic numbers - very useful for business customers
• Choose the amount of texts - unlimited again if you like
• Choose the data you need - up to 10GB
• 30 day contracts across all bundles
• 4G as standard

According to the Recruitment Industry Trends survey the recruitment industry generated £28.7 billion turnover last year a rise of 8.2% on the previous year. 91% comes from temporary contracts, which I thought was a sign of the times. The industry is growing and looking to hosted voice to support this growth, but why?

According to a recent article in the Telegraph, start-up activity is on the rise. 49% of small businesses reported setting up their business with less than £2000 and one in ten companies started with no funding at all. So with no money in the pot how are these businesses communicating with their customers and growing?

Security service companies such as home alarm fitters are turning to the cloud to host their phone systems, but why?

Data analytics and cloud computing, two of the hottest IT trends of the moment, are combining to fuel growth in the cloud analytics market, new figures have suggested.

Starting a business is exciting. It is you, your business plan, your investment and in many cases a few trusted and experience staff members. Money is tight and the focus is bringing in early revenues to stay in the black and grow as planned.

Design agencies with up to 20 employees located both on business parks and in city centres are turning to Jola for their connectivity. They use powerful machines and software such as the Adobe Creative Suite to create materials in PDF to be emailed to clients for review and when approved send large print-ready files and specifications to the printers. Some use cloud proofing software such as RedPen to allow clients to log into their design work and mark up any changes in the proofing process. To do all of this they need a fast and reliable Internet circuit.

Over the last 30 years solvent and chemical suppliers have been growing and evolving and now distribute a wide range of products which require them to forward information in the form of MSDS and up to date data regarding REACH. They have become a one-stop shop from manufacturing and distribution to waste management and are heavily involved in the supply chain to ensure high quality standards.