Computing

Modern demand for VFX means an increase in processing power and ever more demand on your IT infrastructure. Here our Sales and Business Development Manager, Pete Miller, looks at how this industry is growing and where ETB fits in.

Looking to expand your infrastructure using Thin Clients? Read our guide to the range of Dell Thin Clients and find out everything you need to know before making a purchase.

The days are getting shorter, the clocks have gone back, and the Christmas tinsel is starting to go up. It can only mean one thing – it’s time for Black Friday. Last year, British consumers splashed out a whopping £7.5bn on discounts and deals over the course of the Black Friday weekend, with more than two in every three pounds being spent online. While this is a vital time for retailers to boost revenue and increase their customer base, it is notorious for placing abnormally high workloads on systems and processes. Because of this additional strain, it is still not uncommon for backend systems to go down, taking sales and reputations with them – not beneficial on the busiest sales weekend of the year.

Mention the word refurbished to the average person in the street and they’ll likely think of used smartphones, laptops, furniture or cars. The consumer purchasing journey has long accepted that second hand can be as good as new – and at a price they can afford. Yet many businesses still hesitate about turning to the refurbished market to meet their enterprise IT needs – be that servers, storage or networking equipment.  Here’s ten reasons why buying refurbished may make better business sense.

One of the biggest advantages of buying refurbished server components from ETB is that our lower prices allow you to achieve a higher specification for the same budget. This will increase productivity amongst your team as well as increasing performance for your customers, especially if your server hosts an e-commerce website or data heavy information such as videos.