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Keeping schools secure with your IT equipment
As a supplier of IT equipment to schools, an essential part of your sales pitch is explaining to your customers the security benefits of new technology. The first step is making schools…
March 13, 2025 -
The end of Windows 10: helping schools move to Windows 11
On 14th October 2025, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 – and that means all schools must move to Windows 11. This is a bigger problem for many schools than it might…
January 20, 2025 -
Leasing with ClaaS: the year in review
In April 2024, Utility Rentals launched a sister company, Classroom as a Service (ClaaS) to provide specialist finance to schools wishing to acquire IT equipment. As of December 2024, the new brand…
January 7, 2025 -
What sort of equipment do we fund through ClaaS?
If you’ve been following our blog or Linkedin channels for the last few months, you’ll have seen us make mention of Classroom as a Service (ClaaS). This is our brand new sister…
October 17, 2024 -
Which Apple products can you supply to my school?
Of all the products we supply here at Utility Rentals, our range of Apple’s iPads and MacBooks are hands-down our most popular. It’s not difficult to see why: schools can use these…
January 11, 2023 -
3 ways to keep students safe online
In this blog, we present three ways to keep students safe online. We also outline some of the safety features of our IT equipment that make it an ideal choice for schools!
June 22, 2022 -
Steps to protect school data from cyber-attacks
Schools – like many public organisations – hold a lot of data on their IT systems and equipment. In recent months, the task of managing data security has grown ever-more complicated with…
April 8, 2021 -
Utility Rentals joins the Everything ICT Framework!
We’re chuffed to announce that we’ve just joined the Everything ICT Framework as an official supplier! Find out more in this blog!
August 18, 2020 -
Using Apple Classroom for remote teaching
The impact of COVID-19 has transformed learning. We take a closer look at how schools can use Apple Classroom to support remote teaching in our latest blog.
July 23, 2020 -
What are the best tools for online teaching?
Online teaching is the new normal – at least for now. In this blog we discuss the best online teaching tools and techniques.
April 23, 2020
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