Mark Andrew Smith Limited 
In this post, I am going to explain how a small business with a limited budget can get the most out of social media and make a sale without paying for social media adverts. We will not cover search engine optimisation nor we will not be using terms like “sales funnel” as quite frankly, for … Read more
Here at Mark Andrew Smith Limited, we care about the environment. So much so, we have been concerned for some time about he amount of electricity we consume not only in operating the servers, but also, in the air conditioning used to keep them cool. We are always looking at ways in reducing our operating … Read more
As a company, we are committed to providing the best support that we can through both software and service. With this, we can now say that we have implemented steps in which to maintain our high level of service irrespective of the how the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. We are not making any … Read more
Microsoft SBS (Small Business Server) has been around since the days of NT4, for about two decades, and many small businesses have relied on the integration of the various server software components in which to run their business. But, with the end of life support coming closer and Microsoft refusing to extend the life span, … Read more
It is our first day back in work today for 2019, after a fantastic Christmas and New Year break. Happy New Year..! Just before Christmas, we were pleased that we gained another new client who wants us to write them some bespoke software with no up front fees. Yes, that is right, they pay us … Read more
All the staff at Mark Andrew Smith Limited would like to wish all our clients a very Merry Christmas. We close on Friday 21st December 2018 and reopen on Thursday 3rd January 2019.
Some clients have the requirement to secure their online web application with a two stage login, this is called two factor authentication (or sometimes 2FA), and is usually split between something you have and something you know, usually with one of the two items expiring. Typical logons are a two stage or two screen logon … Read more
In a few weeks time, I am due to do a talk about my business at a local business networking group. I thought that it would be fun to take along my very first computer from 1982, oh, wait just one minute, how about using it to do a presentation? What? Do a presentation on … Read more
As I posted last week, I was working on a variant of the email module for quotes, which caused an idea to develop, and some extra work, but it will improve security and performance. You see, in testing the new module, I just happened to find myself inspecting the servers logs to ensure that there … Read more
Today, I am writing a module to create two forms of email quotes for a client. This client has a requirement to send either based on what their client needs and it is really interesting to understand the business reasons why both is needed. The module is based on an existing one of ours, and … Read more