Insights
Behind-the-scenes at Smart Building 150 Holborn
Take the 150 Holborn Tour to find out what makes it truly exemplary.
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The first 100 days at Ideal
Matthew Kennedy and Meghan Edwards have completed their first 100 days at Ideal. What’s it been like?
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2X Award Winners
Ideal wins the Cisco Smart Building/Venue Partner of the Year award for the second year in a row.
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Celebrating our first Ideal Academy graduation
Samson Vaz says the new Ideal Academy made all the difference in helping him to progress to 3rd Line Engineer.
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Tech on Tap – sparking the conversation
Tech on Tap is Ideal’s regular meet up in London and Brighton for technology people.
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The 6 SASE Myths that might catch you out
SASE could potentially revolutionise your network security and connectivity, but its helpful to be aware of some of the myths before you get started.
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Managed Services – doing it right
Managed Services for Smart Buildings are complex. The litany of vulnerabilities Ideal found when taking over from non-specialist support highlights the issue.
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IRB – introducing the Intelligent Ready Building
Where do you even start if you want to create a Smart Building? The Intelligent Reading Building (IRB) standard combines the renowned capabilities of global leaders in their fields, bringing proven strategy, best-in-class products, technical expertise and customer-focused design to deliver agile, scalable solutions
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Culture Club – creating joy at work
Ideal’s Culture Club created over 20 Events for everyone last year.
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Promise and Peril in the Age of Agentic AI: Navigating the New Security Landscape
The IT function is undergoing its most fundamental transformation in decades. We’re moving from an era where our job was to provide and secure technology that helps humans DO work to an era where we provide and secure technology that DOES the work. This shift is profound, it’s happening at unprecedented speed, and it’s creating entirely new categories of security risk that most enterprises aren’t prepared for.
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SASE as a Journey. Where to Begin?
Over the past decade, the IT world has changed dramatically. In the latter part of the twenty-tens digital transformation projects, cloud strategies, automation and the adoption of SaaS applications were on the agenda for many businesses. Most workforces went to a place of work daily, and IT teams had control over the location of their users and endpoints, so they focused on centralising their security.
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