Connect Support Services
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Connect Support Services Ltd. is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 computer services company based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England.
Connect was founded by Adam Afriyie
Adam Afriyie
Adam Afriyie is a British Conservative Party politician, and the Member of Parliament for Windsor. He was first elected at the 2005 general election and re-elected at the 2010 election.-Early life:...

, who is now Conservative MP for Windsor. The company provides various IT and cloud services to SMEs both directly and via a network of reseller partners. The company has stated that it aims to increase the proportion of women working in the IT industry working with organisations such as UKRC
UKRC
The UKRC is a UK organisation for the provision of advice, services and policy consultation regarding the under-representation of women in science, engineering, technology and the built environment ....

 and Women in Technology International
Women in Technology International
Women in Technology International is a worldwide organization dedicated to the advancement of women in business and technology. It was established in 1989 by Carolyn Leighton as an email-based information network business....

.

Connect carries out an annual survey of IT Directors within UK SME companies. This survey provides a useful benchmark to the industry as to the attitude of these key decision makers. The survey includes topics such as:
  • Predictions for the future
  • Role models in IT
  • Job aspirations (many actually want to leave IT)
  • Budgets and planned projects for the coming year


Connect Support Services purchased the cloud solutions provider, Hosted Revolution, is 2011.

Product range

The current product range includes Cloud Computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....

, Business Continuity
Business continuity
Business continuity is the activity performed by an organization to ensure that critical business functions will be available to customers, suppliers, regulators, and other entities that must have access to those functions. These activities include many daily chores such as project management,...

, Online Backup, IT Support and IT Projects.

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