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Lockdown 3.0 has inevitably brought extra pressures to our home broadband with families all under the same roof, working, studying, and entertaining for extended periods of the day.

With the virtual world, an extension of the physical, accessibility has often been treated with the same consideration – as an afterthought. As of 2018, the virtual world has attempted to close the accessibility gap in Public Sector Bodies with the introduction of The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

As we draw to the end of 2020 we look back at the 5 main areas we covered in our weekly Tech Tips and reflect on the advice and solutions that proved to be most popular.

Microsoft have introduced a range of powerful apps which are built into M365 and Azure. These allow you to build high productivity apps for your business with a rich set of tools, which can help to grow your business, save you money and empower your people to work better together.

We can help you deploy these and work with you to create apps or train your people to get up and running, so please get in touch if you need help. 

More than 250 people from local business Chess ICT have been getting fit by taking part in a step challenge to support East Cheshire Hospice, raising £1,000 towards the cost of refurbishing a bereavement support centre.

PowerApps are a no code/low code platform that enables anyone to build rich web and mobile applications. In this blog post we'll explore the features and benefits of introducing Power Apps into your business. 

To help manage the challenges of compliance and data governance, Microsoft has introduced a new set of solutions, including Compliance Manager, which provides more than 150 out-of-box assessments.

Chess is further strengthening its partnership with business technology and software provider, Sage, in an agreement which will see Chess deliver Sage for Education and Sage solutions across the UK.

Chess is announced as a supplier on YPO's new national network and telecommunications framework.

Data Protection and Compliance are amongst the most challenging areas of business operations.

Compliance Manager, created for Microsoft 365, helps to simplify your compliance journey by giving you the information and tools to assess your compliance risks, conduct risk assessments and manage your end-to-end compliance processes when using Microsoft Cloud services.

Customer, financial and business data is one of the most valuable - and vulnerable commodities dealt with on a daily basis within the Financial Services sector. It's also one of the most tightly governed areas, with strict requirements around data retention policies and privacy regulations.

It’s National Customer Service Week, and at Chess that’s a big deal.   2020 has been a challenging year for all. Our people and our customers have ha ...

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Chess Wins Sophos Public Sector Partner of the Year and Education Partner of the Year The Chess team have proven the invaluable work they do and ha ...

Chess has officially done it again, achieving 6th in the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’. This continues the success of previous years - number 1 in 2018, 5 years in the top 6 and 11 years in the top 100.

For schools' IT professionals, the countdown is on to a new academic term. 2020 brings with it a fresh new challenge - the imminent demise of Windo ...

Chess has officially placed 12th in the "Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in the UK". Marking a decade of the company sitting proudly in the top 100. The prestigious Sunday Times award took place in London on Thursday, February 21.

There are just over three months to go before the end of general support for VMware vSphere 5.5, on 19 September 2018.

Technical Architect Dean Lewis shares his knowledge and expertise to help navigate this potentially complex process, including pitfalls to look out for.