Telecoms, managed services & bespoke software.

Our key service

Business IT support contracts

One agreement for the IT your business relies on. We look after your computers, servers and network day to day, spot problems early and put them right quickly, remotely where we can and on site when we need to.

• Contracted support. What's covered is agreed in writing, so you know where you stand.
• Continuous monitoring. Our remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools keep watch over your systems and alert us to problems, often before you notice them.
• Maintenance done for you. Updates, patches and health checks carried out on a schedule, not when something breaks.
• Remote and onsite support. Many issues fixed remotely, often in minutes, with an engineer on site when a visit is needed.
• Repairs handled. Faulty hardware diagnosed, repaired or replaced, and your users kept working.

Managed systems

Managed systems & security

Security isn't a one-off install. We put the right protection in place across your business, then manage it, so it stays up to date and keeps working as your team and systems change.

• Business antivirus and endpoint protection, managed centrally
• Security updates and patching kept on top of
• Firewalls and secure remote access for staff working away from the office
• Email filtering and multi-factor sign-in for Microsoft 365
• User accounts and permissions managed, including starters and leavers
• Backups monitored and restores tested, with Acronis Cloud Backup

Microsoft Partner

Microsoft Office 365 packages

As a Microsoft Partner and provider of Microsoft Office 365 products, we help businesses choose the right plan, move across and get the most from it.

• Cloud-based convenience. Access files and applications from any location with an internet connection.
• Seamless collaboration. Teams and SharePoint let several people work on the same document in real time.
• Always up to date. Regular updates bring new features and security improvements.
• Comprehensive security. Threat detection, data loss prevention and multi-factor authentication.
• Scales with you. Plans to suit different sizes and types of business.

Business email Why we recommend Office 365

Ubiquiti specialists

Managed distributed WiFi

We specialise in Ubiquiti products, and have supplied and actively manage hundreds of unified WiFi access points across hotels, call centres, local and remote businesses, and homes.

• Unified networks that cover the whole building, not just one room
• Actively managed, so problems are spotted and fixed
• Proven in hotels, call centres, offices and homes
• Whole-home WiFi for houses with dead spots or poor coverage

Data protection

Cloud backup with Acronis

Hardware can fail, systems can crash, and in those critical moments a backup is your digital life raft. For businesses, data loss can mean financial loss, damage to reputation and a significant setback in operations.

• A recent copy of your data takes the power out of ransomware attacks
• Accidental deletions become minor inconveniences, not catastrophes
• Business continuity: the wheels keep turning when the unexpected happens

Why backup matters

VitalPBX Partner

Onsite & cloud VoIP telephony

We are an Ofcom regulated telecom provider and supply VoIP services to many local and remote businesses and charity organisations across the country. As a VitalPBX Partner, we build our business phone systems on VitalPBX, a powerful unified communications platform that we host in the cloud or install on your premises.

• Work from anywhere. Take your office extension with you on a desk phone, the mobile app or a browser-based softphone.
• Everything you'd expect, and more. Auto attendants, ring groups, call queues, voicemail to email and call recording come as standard.
• More than voice. Video calls, conferencing, screen sharing and team chat, all on one platform.
• Ready for busy teams. Queue statistics, switchboard and call centre tools for reception and sales desks.
• Fits your systems. Integrations with popular CRMs, plus SMS and WhatsApp messaging.
• Grows with you. Add users, numbers and sites as your business changes, all managed by us.

Phone systems in detail

Telecom services are provided by SOLAR IT trading as SOLAR Telecoms, an Ofcom regulated provider. See our telecom terms & conditions.

Featured service

Website design

Fast, professional, mobile-friendly websites for local businesses, built to be found on Google. We handle the domain, the business email and the ongoing changes too, so you've one local team for all of it.

• Bespoke, mobile-first design
• Search-friendly from day one
• Domains, Microsoft 365 email and ongoing support

Website design

Bespoke software

Software built around your business

When off-the-shelf systems only do part of the job, we build one that does all of it. Bookings, jobs and invoices, records, rotas, reports and customer portals, designed around the way you work.

• Paper, spreadsheets and separate apps brought into one system
• Priced for small businesses and charities
• Built, hosted and supported by the same local team

Bespoke software

Business solutions

On-premise & cloud server solutions

With over 30 years in the IT industry and business solutions as a primary focus, we design and support both on-premise and cloud server-based solutions, whichever suits the way your business works.

We have been providing our services to local businesses since 2002.