24th May 2022

How To Boost Your Cloud ROI

Azure, Azure cloud, Cloud Computing Microsoft

As the use case for on-prem servers gets increasingly smaller, it's clear that businesses realise the potential of cloud storage. Most organisations are aware of the benefits moving to the cloud can bring their business, from increased efficiency to improved run times and significant cost reductions. Like most business decisions, the ROI behind the move [...]

10th May 2022

Power BI April Feature Summary

Power BI, power bi solutions News

Over the past two months, Microsoft 365 has made leaps and strides in improving usability, flexibility, and security within all it's apps. As the workforce continues to adjust to new hybrid working expectations and BYOD culture, Microsoft has progressed in parallel. From easier account switching to new updates for Microsoft Teams and 365 users, 2022 [...]

19th April 2022

Our new London training classroom

Apple Training, classroom training, JAMF Training, Training Training

We’re happy to announce that we’ve moved into a brand new classroom to continue our in-person IT training courses. Our new classroom is located at 50 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 7PY, and all of our classroom training courses will take place there moving forward. Influential Training, which is our training division, offers many of the most popular [...]

Influential Software supports the NRC Ukrainian outreach with the latest Power BI technology.

25th March 2022

Influential Software supports the NRC Ukrainian outreach with the latest Power BI technology.

Power BI News

A week or so ago, we were contacted regarding the urgent need to deliver a technical solution to help the Norwegian Refugee Council to be able to best direct aid to Ukrainian refugees in the form of vital supplies, money, or housing. Working alongside Cloud-first organisation Zing, industry-leading Twilio software was used to create WhatsApp [...]

Influential Training sponsor MacAD.UK 2022 Mac Conference

18th March 2022

Influential Training sponsor MacAD.UK 2022 Mac Conference

Apple Training, Events Blog, Training

Influential Training, formerly Amsys Training, is proud to be an official sponsor of the MacAD.UK 2022 conference. The Mac Administrator and Developer Conference UK is the only event of its kind in the UK. This year it’s running 29th and 30th March 2022, in Brighton. Talk to us at MacAD.UK 2022 Visit the Influential Training [...]

#BreakTheBias: Celebrating our Women in Tech this International Women’s Day

8th March 2022

#BreakTheBias: Celebrating our Women in Tech this International Women’s Day

Influential News, iwd, women in tech Influential

Every International Women's Day, we take the time to review gender equality in tech. This year's theme #BreakTheBias champions everyone fighting against gender bias. Like other STEM industries, software development and tech are often considered male-dominated. Who says women can't work in tech? This year's reports show that workplaces are slowly progressing towards women's equality, but [...]

4th March 2022

Power BI February Updates

Microsoft, Power BI Microsoft

February was a big month for Microsoft. Not only did the countdown to the licence price increase cause a hike in demand - but some of their top products were updated with a range of new features. Microsoft typically updates its core apps monthly, continually improving the customer and partner experience. From the return of [...]

Happy to fork out for the Microsoft 365 price increase?

1st March 2022

Happy to fork out for the Microsoft 365 price increase?

microsoft 365 Microsoft

Big changes are on the horizon. Since news of the Microsoft 365 price increase last year, we've had plenty of time to reflect on the information. Here are a few reasons why the price increase makes sense. There’s been plenty of new Microsoft 365 features It's been five years since the last Microsoft price increase, [...]

The Microsoft New Commerce Experience overview

1st March 2022

The Microsoft New Commerce Experience overview

Microsoft Microsoft

Are you concerned about the impact that Microsoft New Commerce Experience will have on the way you purchase Microsoft licences moving forward? Don't worry, we've got everything you need to know about the NCE and Microsoft’s price increase right here. What's changing? Late last year, Microsoft announced the cost of a Microsoft 365 licence subscription [...]

Ensure flawless device management with Mac Support For PC Techs

15th February 2022

Ensure flawless device management with Mac Support For PC Techs

Apple Training Training

As the adoption of Mac devices grows in education and office environments, the need for proper device management and security grows too. Our Mac Support for PC Technicians course aims to help IT professionals integrate and manage Macs on Windows networks through proper training. Ensuring Macs work correctly, efficiently, and securely in Windows network is [...]