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Nov 2012MOvember is here!
Well it’s that time of the year again when Movember strikes. This year both myself and Carl will be part of the Movember cause and try and grow the best tash (or Mo) as possible. Check back every couple of days and we’ll have updates galore.
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Oct 2012Power down your servers
Have you ever wondered how much it’s costing you to leave your server on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Once you’ve measured the power draw in watts (or guesstimated the power draw), you’ll need to convert that to kilowatt-hours. Here’s the kilowatt-hour calculation for my server, which draws ~200 watts: 200 watts * (8,760 hours per year) / 1000 = 1752…
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Aug 2012Use our phones and buy a new car
No really. I’m Carl and my role at NKC Group is Cloud Computing Guru and resident Microsoft whizz, I don’t really understand how phones work but what I do I understand is cold hard cash, we have just been to see a company that was paying £68.15 per month in line rental to BT and over £200 per month in call charges. They had also…

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Aug 2012Servers are Dead, Long live the cloud
That’s right I’m afraid if your still running a server then your IT support team have failed you, the server is dead. Cloud computing is here in a big way and is here to stay. NKC Group are specialists in Cloud Computing and work with Microsoft’s Cloud offering, Office 365. Here are a few reasons why everyone is moving to Microsoft’s Cloud Office…
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Aug 2012I’m not a Solicitor
Hi I am Carl Enser the Cloud Computing Guru at NKC Group. I’m not a solicitor so I haven’t written my own will, I’m not an accountant so I don’t do our accounts. I outsource these tasks to specialists in their respective fields, because I believe in having the right tool and right person for the job. I am an IT professional and…
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Jul 2012Meet the Guru
Looking for some information on the Cloud, then look out for our Cloud Computing Guru, Carl Enser. He will be speaking on his favourite subject the Cloud at 4N Stoke on Tuesday night and at 4N Wilmslow on Thursday morning.
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Jul 2012Warning Excitement! Free stuff for you
Anti Virus is now available free of charge for up to 10 windows pc’s. Click the link below http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/products/security-essentials OK this may be false advertising, its not exciting but it is free so its 50% right.
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Jun 2012The Cloud has come to Congleton
The Cloud has come to Congleton No not the hill, the new way to deliver technology. Cloud computing is here, NKC group are Microsoft cloud computing specialists and have delivered Office 365, Microsoft’s Cloud Platform to many business in the North West. Call us today for a free Cloud readiness assessment
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Jun 2012Things are moving…and by that we mean us!
Well, it’s been a busy old few month at the NKC Group, but finally we have moved into our new offices. Please feel from to pop in and see us any time at 1a Bridge Street, Congleton, CW12 1AY or give us a call on 01260 217917 Chris