3 www.managedITmag.co.uk Read Managed.IT online... www.managedITmag.co.uk ISSN 2055-3099 (Print) ISSN 2055-3102 (Online) Editor: James Goulding 07803 087228 • [email protected] Publishing Director, Social Media and Web Editor: Neil Trim 01732 759725 • [email protected] Advertising Director: Ethan White 01732 759725 • [email protected] Advertising Executive: Jeff Root 01732 759725 • [email protected] Designer: Brian Cloke 07484 288189 • [email protected] MANAGED.IT is published by Kingswood Media Ltd., 7 Amherst House, 22 London Road, Sevenoaks TN13 2BT • Tel: 01732 759725 No part of MANAGED.IT can be reproduced without prior written permission of the publisher. © 2025 Kingswood Media Ltd. The paper used in this magazine is obtained from manufacturers who operate within internationally recognized standards and which is sourced from sustainable, properly managed forestation. CONTENTS @manageditmag facebook.com/BinfoMag SECURITY · CLOUD · ICT · SOFTWARE · HARDWARE PRINT · AV IN PRINT AND ONLINE www.managedITmag.co.uk THE IT SERVICES MAGAZINE & NEWS SITE FOR IT MANAGERS, IT DIRECTORS & CTOS ISSUE 71 · 2025 COVER STORY: The Big Switch-Off Page 33 Managed.IT GET YOUR FREE COPY To make sure you get every issue FREE, as soon as it is published, just visit www.managedITmag.co.uk, click the ‘FREE Registration’ button and add your details to our mailing list. If you no longer wish to receive Managed.IT magazine please email your details to [email protected] Spitfire launches Switch Off Migration Service to help UK businesses move to all-IP 04 Bulletin The UK’s 20 most popular passwords 08 Telephony Openreach passes digital milestone with closure of first of 4,600 exchanges 10 What’s New This month’s most exciting new workplace products 12 AI Jon Burghart, Chief Revenue Officer at AnywhereNow, on the AI challenges facing CIOs 14 AI How a Somerset-based managed print services provider has successfully diversified into AI voice solutions 16 Leasing Hardsoft explains what new lease accounting rules mean for you 20 Workplace How HP is accelerating the future of work 22 What’s New in Printing & Scanning New print and scan devices from Fujifilm, Canon, Brother, Konica Minolta and Epson 25 Ask the Experts We ask the experts what lessons are to be learnt from recent AWS and Azure outages 28 Data Centres How data centre growth could be impacting housing supply 29 Data Centres The attractions of Scotland for datacentre developers 30 Internet Zen Internet celebrates its first 30 years 31 Cloud IMSCAD Services launches ‘Workstation as a Service’ in partnership with Lenovo and Equinix Data Centres 32 Augmented Reality How TeamViewer Augmented Reality is helping the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team go faster 34 On Test Neil Trim reviews a pair of Poly Voyager Focus 2 headphones and the HP 738PU Monitor
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