Hardware

  • Laptops & PC's
  • Servers & Networks
  • Cat5 Structured Cabling
  • Maitenance, Upgrades & Repairs
  • Routers, Switches & RAS
  • Printers & Scanners
  • Hard drive failure
  • Disaster recovery & Backups

Hardware

The choice of hardware and peripherals can often lead to confusion and frustration. Jumpstart will assess your requirements and recommend the best hardware, as well as providing installation, configuration, and training where needed.

PC's & Laptops

We can supply and recommend a full range of PC and laptop hardware spec'd to your requirements. Do not be fooled into thinking a £300 special offer PC with free screen and a printer will do what you want it to do. Few people are aware of what GHZ, MB, and GB mean in the real world. All too often we are called out to look at relatively new PC's that are simply under spec'd for what they are being used for.

Servers

If you are at the stage of installing your first server, or replacing an existing server there are a mass of questions to be answered before you can make the right decision. Two of the first items on your shopping list MUST BE
- UPS (battery backup)
- Backup Device and routine whilst these are top of your shopping list, you must specify capacities after the rest of the server has been decided up to ensure they suit you needs.
Software, cost, capacity, throughput, lifespan, reliability, warranty, and physical environment are just some of the item that must be considered before purchase.
Do not buy a server without knowing eaxactly what you need. So called "servers" are advertised for as little as £299, but this will get you little more than a PC built in a case that says server on it.

Wireless networks

Wireless networks are inadequate for many businesses. whilst security has been one of the biggest concerns regarding these systems, another huge one that is often overlooked is the their performance in terms of bandwidth. For general internet and email access they are generall fine. In standalone PC environments they are generally fine. If you are continually accessing files on a server we will always advise the use of a wired network. If you are using database applications such as access or sage accross a network, wireless is an absolute NO NO!

Printers

Purchasing. We are able to supply, install and configure a huge range of printers as well as advise as to the best model and manufacturer for the job.
The biggest question over printers is purchase cost over running costs. Calcutate how much printing you intend to do, and do the maths. Price up the replacement toners, cartridges, imaging drums etc against the cost of buying the next model up that will likely have a larger print capacity per toner etc.
Repair and service - we are able to offer a range of repair and maintenance services for nearly all HP printers as well as selected other manufacturers.

Structured cabling

Structured cabling is essential in an office environment. Wherever a new installation is taking place it is always advisable to include both telephony and data in the spec. Without it time consuming and costly problems can occur, and prove difficult to rectify. The benefits are easy relocation of phone extensions and data ports anywhere within the cabled offices. Easy tracking of faults on either phone system or data network. Potential cost savings can also be gained in the long run. One customer recently had a quote for £180 callout from their telephone system maintenace company just to swap four extension numbers between different offices. On structured cabling this could be acheived in under a minute by just about anyone.

Electrical Cabling

Jumpstart Technologies have work in partnership with a local electrical services company for several years now. This allows us to offer a full range of industrial and commercial electrical installation in our portfolio. They will also complete any large scale Cat5 or Cat6 data / telephony system cabling on our behalf.

Telephone systems

Working in partnership with a local telephony specialist we are able to install supply, upgrade, relocate and reconfigure a variety of telephone systems. We specialise in Panasonic, Samsung. We also have experience of a wide selection of other systems including Avaya's IP office range providing integration with you Microsoft based PC and contact management software.