Windows 10 Update Information -Cyber Essentials Compliance
Six Schools Receive 75" and 65" Promethean Touchscreen Donations from Soltech IT Ltd
Pictured Donated 75" Promethean Touchscreen Install at St Peter's Primary School in Bishopsworth.
Pictured Gareth Jones of Soltech IT handing over a 75" Promethean Touchscreen to Fosse Way Schools IT Team
2025 will see Soltech IT continue to donate IT equipment to school's throughout the Southwest as part of our 'Giving Back To Schools' donation campaign.
We were delighted to be able to donate more than £15,000 of 65" and 75" Promethean ActivPanel Touchscreens to six local schools and MAT's.
Gareth Jones, commented "As a business it's great to be able to give something back to schools, be they a customer or not. Our most recent donations have helped transform the learning environments of pupils which is something we are very proud of."
These most recent donations have not only included a 65" or 75" Promethean ActivPanel Touchscreen, the schools have also received WiFi module upgrades, Android functionality, wall mounting brackets and relevant cables, plus delivery, removal / WEEE disposal of old equipment, installation and training, all as part of Soltech IT's donation.
That's around a £3,000 donation at each school or MAT.
Cyber Essentials Certification
Cyber Essentials certification requires organisations to use only software applications that are licensed and supported.
Every software application needs to receive regular security updates to patch errors or ‘vulnerabilities’ in the code which can be exploited by criminals.
If software applications do not receive updates, the application becomes ‘unsupported’ and is vulnerable to threats, whilst falling out of compliance with Cyber Essentials.
When software becomes dated, vendors will ceases to create and send out patches and security updates. At this point, the software application is classed as ‘end of life’ as it can no longer be supported and therefore is no longer secure to use.
Un-patch vulnerabilities become common knowledge for hackers who can within minutes or hours create programs and services to make them easy to exploit, even for criminals with lower levels of technical expertise.
Microsoft Windows 10 is without doubt the most widely used Windows Operating System in the world, with four editions - Home, Professional, Enterprise and Education.
As Windows 10 will soon become unsupported by Microsoft, it is essential for all organisations, but importantly those organisations that use Windows 10 who are working to, or seeking to certify or re-certify to Cyber Essentials to upgrade to Windows 11.
We would therefore urge any organisation to act now. Please contact use today for help with Cyber Essentials and a Windows 11 upgrade pathway.
sales@soltechit.co.uk or 0117 2140 299.
