News - Our activities at xlconsulting

Top Vietnamese dairy company plans to go global by transforming IT environment

13/8/2018

Established in 1976, the Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has rapidly become a leading producer of dairy products, as well as one of the nation’s top companies. While it is well on its way towards achieving its strategic objectives of reaching USD 3 billion in annual revenue and becoming one of the 50 largest dairy companies in the world —Vinamilk needed secure, mobile, and robust IT solutions to attain its business goals.

Read more on the Microsoft web site.

Microsoft launch a free edition of Teams

14/7/2018

Beginning today, Microsoft Teams is available in a free version worldwide in 40 languages. Whether you’re a freelancer, a small business owner, or part of a team inside a larger organization, you can start using Teams today.
The free version includes the following for up to 300 people:

Unlimited chat messages and search.
Built-in audio and video calling for individuals, groups, and full team meetups.
10 GB of team file storage plus additional 2 GB per person for personal storage.
Integrated, real-time content creation with Office Online apps, including built-in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
Unlimited app integrations with 140+ business apps to choose from—including Adobe, Evernote, and Trello.
Ability to communicate and collaborate with anyone inside or outside your organization, backed by Microsoft’s secure, global infrastructure.

Free software and services!

9/6/2018

Everyone loves free stuff, so here is what we like!

Click here to see the list.

TSheets - Time Tracking & Employee Time Sheeting Software

25/5/2018

Do you need to time tracking for projects?
Do you need employee time sheets?
Do you need biometric attendance recording?
Do you need it all integrated with other products like QuickBooks?

Look no further than TSheets. This is a great tool for managing your time, employees time and attendance, and using this information to create accurate invoices for your client work. Ask Xlconsuting today about the wonders and features of TSheets!

Business Practices That Refuse To Die #44: Email Trees

20/4/2018

Why do we regularly torture ourselves with endless email trees that are branched off, creating 14 separate discussions and CC: everyone and their dog? It drives us mad yet we find ourselves being sucked these holes each week. We contort ourselves to fit this time-wasting model of communication and despise it every time it happens.

We can end the madness by using collaborative technologies and work in a way that works for us, not us for it. We can save time, confusion and frustration. Interested? Check out our solutions!

Xero adds ANZ Royal to list of connected banks

19/3/2018

Great news for Xero users who bank with ANZ Royal - now you can extract transaction lists, and more, directly from the bank within Xero. No more manual data entry or importing Excel workbooks!
Check out Xero today or ask Joe from Xlconsulting to explain why you should use Xero for your accounting needs.

Welcome to our first two Google G Suite clients

26/2/2018

Xlconsulting welcomes our first two Google G Suite clients: Baramey Production and Greencom Timber. Both of these clients wanted their Google subscriptions to be billed in $US, a service we can offer because we are located in Google's APAC region.
Please get in touch with us if you require any type of assistance with your G Suite subscription; setup, administration, billing or training.

Collaborative Chat Tools - get on board!

12/1/2018

Team work is an important part of any organisation. 2017 was a big year for technology tools which improve collaborative team work. Industry players like Slack, HipChat, Facebook Workplace and Microsoft Teams have continued to improve their offerings and get more companies on board; to see the added value these types of chat tools can provide small and large teams.
Your organisation can try out these tools, often for free. Office 365 subscribers already have Microsoft Teams included in their subscription, making it the obvious choice for them. Slack, HipChat and Facebook all have free offerings with some limitations and you can sign up and get chatting today for free.
You can try a demo of Microsoft Teams by click this link, or ask Xlconsulting for a free demonstration today.

OneDrive Files on Demand

6/12/2017

OneDrive Files On-Demand helps you access all your files in OneDrive without having to download all of them and use storage space on your device. Files On-Demand is included with the latest Windows 10 Fall Creators Update - a free update to Windows 10.
Files On-Demand works with all the apps you use today, including Windows desktop apps and apps from the Windows Store. Furthermore, Files On-Demand works with all your personal and work files from OneDrive and SharePoint Online team sites.
Learn more about Files On-Demand on this web page; which includes a short explanatory video.

Office 365 Year in Review 2017

28/11/2017

Here is a wonderful summary of all the changes to Office 365 during 2017, and some predictions for 2018. Enjoy!
"Office 365 Year in Review 2017"