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The average number of cold calls you need to make to sell a service is 100. If you could speak to 10 people for 3 times the result, would you? As a sales professional, I can probably speak for most of us dislike cold calling. We’re not built for rejection. The cold shudder and sweaty palm as you reach for the receiver that very first call of the day. The red face and punch in ...

You currently use IPVS for your telephone system and this service is now reaching End-of-Life and is being retired. It is being replaced with the new IC-UC system.   If you have IPVS telephony with IC, THIS WILL AFFECT YOU   To ensure continuity of your system, we will automatically migrate your services on a specific date that will have been communicated to you to the re ...

SD-WAN- Whats all the hype? SD-WAN has fast become the biggest 'buzz-word' in enterprise networking today. Companies of all shapes and sizes are looking toward this next generation WAN technology as the best alternative to legacy networks that will connect offices from UK and global, to resources hosted in the data centres and in the cloud. Attracted by the ability to connect ...

Secure your .UK domain before time runs out!   When you register a .co.uk domain, you will have automatically had the rights to the shorter .uk version available to you. However the right of registration for your .uk domain expires this June.  If you are using your .co.uk domain you SHOULD register the .uk and claim it whilst you still have the rights to it! If you do not cl ...

Mark Simcoe - Director "With phone lines being at the end of their era and demand for data increasing, the old ISP networks and suppliers are becoming yesterday's news. Business models have evolved and now the industry is more about providing integration and management layers irrespective of local tail circuit supplier-(The bit that connects your business to the local exchange ...

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So, on-top of the rest of the Brexit confusion (because there isn’t enough of that at the moment) UK Businesses and individuals may lose .EU domain names. The recent notice from the European commission announced that, (post-Brexit), .eu domain names will no longer be available for UK entities. This means that potentially, over 300,000 .eu domain names could be at risk of delet ...

We are extremely proud to announce Becki Simcock as IC's new Head of Pre-Sales! Beginning her career with IC 7 years ago as an apprentice, Becki has achieved an armful of accolades. From technical apprentice to Prince 2 Project manager, there is quite literally nothing she hasn't turned her hand to. Utilising her experience in pre-sales and project management to drive projects ...

IC would proudly like to announce Anna Salt's new role as Head of Customer Relations!   Even with a great outbound sales focus, one of the most important parts of any business is managing customer relationships to keep churn to a minimum and great word of mouth to a maximum. In order to do that, you need the right people for the job. And that's why with a superb team of Relat ...

Pre-register your interest for #Gigabolt now to secure your part of the pot. With a 'go-live' date of Autumn 2019, we are now seeing pre-registrations flying in for IC's Gigabolt service. With the ability to achieve speeds of up-to 1Gb/s with and end-to-end fibre connections direct to your door, businesses are snapping up the offer through the government voucher scheme, with * ...