In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, onsite IT support can be indispensable for a company’s success.

Despite technology’s reliability, it can falter unexpectedly, causing disruptions that could be detrimental to business operations. Onsite IT support provides timely assistance, minimizing downtime and ensuring seamless continuity.

The advantages of onsite IT support are manifold. Skilled professionals are readily available to implement proactive measures and address emergencies, enhancing overall operational efficiency.

By swiftly resolving issues, onsite specialists help cut down on overhead costs, enabling employees to concentrate on core responsibilities. Additionally, onsite support facilitates staying abreast of software advancements and offers a safety net for data recovery in the face of disasters or cyberattacks.

A-Solutions, with its nationwide presence, delivers tailored onsite IT support solutions to meet each customer’s unique needs. As part of our comprehensive service package, we also conduct scheduled maintenance to prolong hardware and equipment lifespans.

Say goodbye to technology-induced headaches. Outsourcing your IT support to us ensures prompt, efficient, and hassle-free issue resolution.

Start now with a small monthly retainer of a few hours, and let us handle your IT needs with precision and care.

Contact us today to discuss your IT requirements.

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By keeping clients in touch with advances in technology, professional IT support services are able to help businesses, their employees, partners and customers stay connected in today’s modern workplace, whether staff are working in-office, on-site or remotely.

With technology becoming as crucial as it is in the modern age, the impact of IT systems failing, not working properly or being hacked can be hugely detrimental to a company’s success.

Offering guidance and solutions, IT experts can help an organisation manage the day-to-day operations of its technology, ensuring systems remain stable and optimal, while providing regular updates and insights into security risks.

By providing industry-specific solutions for tracking and monitoring processes, operations and assets, the goal of A-Solutions is to assist customers with their digital transformation journey by offering full-stack products and services.

This provides a wide range of benefits to help any company grow and thrive in a rapidly changing business environment.

The value of utilising IT support services includes up-to-the-minute measurements, flexible and instant decision making, improved efficiency and safety, and preventative maintenance, giving access to highly specialised talent and resources as and when they are needed.

Cyber Security

Cybercrime can be crippling for a business. Fraud, phishing, stealing data and resources can cost a company its reputation and can require significant resources to fix.

It can have a massive impact and cyber-attacks can cost companies so much that they go out of business.

Cybercriminals are continually developing more sophisticated viruses and scams, and an organisation’s defences need to be tested, monitored and reconfigured frequently. Professional IT support services can ensure a business is protected against the latest, most sophisticated cyber-attacks to ensure the company is not compromised.

A preventative data privacy solution, A-Solutions utilises BlackFog to put a stop to unauthorised data exfiltration, keeping a company, its employees and its data safe with a one-stop security solution.

– data privacy

– prevention of ransomware and malware

– data exfiltration

– user profiling

Networking Services

As a business grows and attracts more clients and incorporates more systems into its processes, those who own and manage the company need to be confident that all communication is timely and operational.

An IT support team can configure and set up all communication channels to function efficiently and effectively ensuring software and hardware systems don’t crash.

Having support technicians on hand in emergency situations ensures an organisation remains in touch at all times and prevents it from missing important deadlines and losing customers.

With tailored Wi-Fi rollout services including site visits, development of heat maps and solution architecture, A-Solutions performs pre- and post-assessments using sophisticated toolsets, guaranteeing Wi-Fi signals are working at optimal and consistent levels.

– Fibre

– Wireless technology

– Least cost routing (LCR), PABX and voice

– Data management and reporting

– Call centre and support

– Wi-Fi installation

– LAN and WAN solutions

– Ongoing support and maintenance

Data management and storage

Storing and managing data is of the utmost importance for a business.

Relying on professional IT services can ensure all information is stored safely, while access to sensitive data is restricted and sending data is secure, which allows information to be shared appropriately across platforms.

Experts can also help keep a company updated with data protection laws and industry best practices.

Improved insights

Outsourced IT support services can assist a business in examining its IT infrastructure, looking for weak points and inefficiencies.

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Aiming to carry our business and our customers to new heights, A-Solutions is proud to announce the appointment of our New Executive Chairman, Kuseni Dlamini, and Estie du Preez newly appointed Managing Director who will take the reins of our company’s leadership.

With more than a combined four decades experience guiding customers through the digital transformation process by providing innovative and customised IT solutions, we are always looking for ways to make further progress alongside our partners.

As part of this goal, Mr Dlamini will introduce a fresh new element to our brand, bringing a great deal of experience to his role as Executive Chairman.

Mr Dlamini has previously held senior roles at Anglo American and De Beers, and he is a former CEO of Old Mutual SA & Emerging Markets, former Executive Chairman of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) and Non-Executive Chairman at the then Times Media Group Ltd.

A ground breaker and a leader, he spearheads the KDI GROUP, which holds various investments in leading mining, water, manufacturing, financial services and infrastructure companies through its subsidiaries KDI Holdings and KDI Mining Solutions.

Experienced at handling multiple roles, he is currently the Chairman of Sandvik Mining RSA, Aspen Pharmacare and Massmart Holdings, as well as a Chairman of the Council of the University of Pretoria and Co-Head of the Advisory Board of the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).

A-Solutions, an IT Services Company with a footprint across Southern Africa which differentiates us from our competition, offering customized IT solutions to suite any client big or small with a centralised service desk, On-Site support and a dedicated technical force we aim to improve on business uptime and availability, A-Solutions is always looking for ways to expand and grow.

By introducing Mr Dlamini to our leadership, we are confident we will be able to continue assisting customers in accelerating the growth of their businesses in a wide range of industries by providing a multitude of services including OEM warranty, Maintenance, networking, project management, business intelligence, cyber security, audio visual and hospitality solutions, among others.

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Purchasing new hardware does, of course, have its benefits, but there are multiple reasons why refurbished laptops or desktops can be a better way to go.

High quality refurbished hardware with Win10 OS is as good as new.

Software will be reset to factory settings, the device will have undergone a complete data wipe and the item will be repackaged.

Other benefits include potentially significant cost savings – with refurbished products available at up to 40% less than new units, without compromising performance – as well as a valuable reduction in the production of e-waste.

Sourcing and stocking some of the world’s top brands, A-Solutions focuses on A-grade repurposed products, which includes Windows 10 operating systems, with the option to upgrade to Windows 11.

We provide the same warranties on refurbished hardware – standard 12 months carry-in upgradeable to three years, on-site or carry-in – as we do on new products.

Find out more about the refurbished products we offer at https://asolution.co.za/solutions/hardware/

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In a rapidly changing landscape, audio and visual technology have become key components to making the best use of your conference room in a successful business.

More and more companies are allowing employees to work remotely, as evidenced by the success of virtual communication platforms such as Microsoft Teams, which offers workspace chat and videoconferencing, file storage, and application integration. In recent years, largely due to restrictions created by Covid-19, Teams and other software such as Zoom and Google Meet have gained increasing interest, and hundreds of millions of users around the world continue to utilize their services.

In this new environment, the right meeting room technology enables seamless connection between businesses, their employees, their customers, and their partners, assisting with relationship building and acting as a cost-saving tool by reducing travel expenses.

And with the way we work changing at a rapid pace, there are seven main components that are needed to bring your workplace into the modern day:

– Displays
– Audio or video conferencing
– Microphones and speakers
– Cameras
– Control panels
– Connectivity
– Interactive whiteboards

Turnkey solutions, like those we offer our clients, not only provide technical audiovisual solutions but also include tools to maximize the availability of boardrooms and conference centers:

– Interior design layouts
– Furnishings
– Boardroom management tools

As we move forward together in an evolving world, audio and visual technology are becoming increasingly crucial to relationship building and communication.

By combining live meetings and virtual components, collaborative efforts can be maximized, and efficiency in your business can be increased.

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In my 25 years in imaging – and having to adapt to the ever-changing printing and scanning dynamics that have mostly pushed the “Paperless” or “Less Paper” digitised office environment – I have experienced changes in the printing business such as Y2K and the analogue copier to digital device conversion. Even simple things like scan to email or shared folders were among the WOW factors in digitisation at one point, along with the automated workflow from an MFP and document distribution, digital forms printing (raw data from system to a printer that merged a form with the data), the Follow me type solutions, full MPS offerings from paper to binders, and all the way to production scanning requirements with OCR and routing.

With all the challenges faced in 2020 and the 35% reduction in print, which will never be retrieved, the “Paperless Office” has been fast-forwarded by 5 years. Businesses with remote or work-from-home users not having access to printers or multifunction printers have adjusted to digitisation, adding Adobe Edit/Sign and DocuSign into their divisions and allowing the printing, scanning, and copying process to still continue. We have seen a need for smaller solutions, for a cost effective multifunction printer or low volume scanner, and we have adapted our sales and services to be able to do 100 smaller deals rather than 10 bigger ones. With the focus on adaptation and agility due to digitisation, we have been able to bundle accordingly, juggling stock constraints, and being open and transparent with the clients has boosted our coverage and relationships.

The main focus as the Divisional head of A-Solutions Imaging is to ensure we provide the correct printing, scanning and recreation solutions which could be hardware and/or software that ensures secure release, productivity gains, a reduction in operational expenses and overall a fluent work space, from the large office to home office.

With POPIA and the need to digitise hard copy in the most secure way for the clients and ourselves, we have made great inroads to have the ability to manage print by offering full EDMS and ECM solutions with fully automated offsite storage and tracking if needed, allowing informed decisions to happen within seconds, rather than having time delays in searching for that file, email or scanned PDF.

A digitised printing, scanning, and copying platform can grow and adapt as the needs of a business expand to a level of having every bit of information about the entity all linked together in a document management system – a central dashboard viewing all types of files, from emails, scans, Word docs, Excel sheets, and Powerpoint files. Having a powerful OCR and search engine attached adds more value to the solution. Adapting to digitisation is less complicated than you think. You can have an entry-level basic option, with rentals available, or a fully integrated solution with ERP and CRM links.

The planning for any business we interact with is to grow with them and adapt with them while staying ahead of their competitors and ahead of ours.

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We’re just on the other side of your internet connection!

Thanks to technological advancement in working remotely, A-Solutions can assist with software issues and more by utilizing your internet connection.

To help you connect to the rest of the world, employees, co-workers, clients, partners and even your friends and family, it’s time to embrace online platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams or BoardPAC.

While working from home, you might find that you have more time on your hands to Google solutions, software and apps and try them out. But there is also a downside to this as cybercrimes are up and your devices are more vulnerable. Speak to us about a Cyber Privacy and Security tool that lets you load it on up to 5 devices with a single license to protect against profiling, tracking, malvertising and ransomware!

Our technicians are available to help you and your team where needed. Contact your A-Solutions representative for more information.

Meeting critical service demands!

A-Solutions has been hard at work to put measures in place to ensure that our clients who provide critical services are still being serviced – while taking all the necessary precautions.

We have a CIPC certificate to perform critical services should you be classified as a critical services partner we are able to assist.

As your trusted IT services and products partner, we are taking every necessary step to continue to provide the high-quality service you have come to associate with A-Solutions, while complying with government’s call for a national shutdown.

Thank You,

The A-Solutions Team

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Understandably, everyone in South Africa is concerned about the Coronavirus in a country that seems to have gone mad overnight. We now find ourselves out of hand sanitizer, masks, gloves and even toilet paper! 

 A-Solutions is closely monitoring developments around the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), and our priority remains the safety of our employees and our clients. Importantly, our team remains dedicated to ensuring we deliver on the services that you rely on to keep your business up and running! 

 We know that our services are vital to small, medium, micro businesses that play a part in driving our economy. The new restrictions that have been put in place by government in response to the virus outbreak in South Africa will affect all businesses, but some are not lucky enough to be able to carry the costs of a total shutdown. For us, as an IT service provider whose core business it is to attend to IT related incidents at your place of work or your home the Coronavirus has a big impact. 

 That being said, while we are taking our response to the developing Coronavirus seriously, ensuring that all A-Solutions branches are operationally resilient is of paramount importance to our clients and our business. 

WHAT WE ARE OFFERING YOU AT THIS TIME 

We would like to assure all our clients that A-Solutions has put measures in place to safeguard the health and safety of our staff and clients. Even if the nature of your business allows you to have people working from home, you may still need an IT professional to assist. Your in-house IT teams might not have enough hands and or fast-enough cars to service everyone at home. 

 A-Solutions is an accredited service provider for some of the biggest brands in South Africa. We have a national footprint and specialize in service delivery. If you are avoiding crowds, you can make an appointment with one of our dedicated service agents around the county so that you don’t have to visit one of our walk-in centres when it’s crowded. 

 We will attend to incidents at your “home office” or “your home” as per usual and our technician will take the necessary precautions to safeguard themselves and your family by using hand sanitizer, and where possible, will wear gloves as well. 

 We are also offering a “pick-up and return” service option for those who do not want to leave their homes, your equipment can be collected for repairs or assessment and then returned to you on a quotation basis.  Should you require “telephonic support”, our team is available to assist.  

 For more information contact us at callcentre@asolution.co.za or 087 980 7060 

KEEPING SA MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER 

As your trusted IT services and products partner, we are taking every necessary step to continue to provide the high-quality service you have come to associate with A-Solutions, while safeguarding the health and wellbeing of our employees and our clients. 

Thank You, 

The A-Solutions Team 

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The goal is to provide our clients with a more holistic approach, simplify client supplier interface and become the go-to service provider, for both the public and private sectors.  For 21 years we have brought our A-game to a range of IT-driven services, turnkey solutions and provided quality, customised and affordable solutions to clients, that underpinned their business requirements.

We primarily focus on OEM and customised on-site warranty support, project management, resourcing and traditional third party support services including break fix. Our partnerships allow us to have access to a wide range of the latest “tech” in both hardware and software to enhance our business and service offerings. The products are selected based on the differentiator they add to our client environments by reducing operational cost and for “green reasons” as A-Solutions has a passion for the environment. Our product selection is either a value-add or forms part of our core competencies.

Newly adopted services include some of the international leaders in AI video analytics and integration; BI and remote intervention toolsets to maximise business uptime; workspace management to optimise real estate utilisation; digital signage and queue management to name but a few of the exciting technologies now available to clients. We have aligned ourselves with successful QSE partners and leading edge brands to continue the successful legacy of the past 21 years.

We have a nationwide footprint and can scale to meet your on-site service and business needs with ease. Collaboration with our longstanding, valued regional partners afford us the opportunity to broaden our service offerings to corporate clients and increase our national footprint.

We recognise our role to better the lives of the broader South African community and thus take transformation very seriously. A-Solutions were once again awarded a LEVEL 1 status on the new ICT charter codes. A-Solutions ploughs back into the community and supports technology in schools as it plays a vital role in education.

A-Solutions proudly celebrates our 21 years in business! We have successfully mastered the skill to move forward with the latest technologies and select the best partnerships for our business growth.

Here’s to the next successful 21 years in business!

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