ICH Tech provides a consultation service which covers all aspects of support, maintenance and internet services to local homes and businesses.

We can help you decide things like which PC to buy, should you invest in a desktop version or a notebook. How will you connect to the internet and with which method. Maybe a cabled system might be preferred over a wireless setup or even a mixture of both.

Software is the next key issue. At home might be a bit more basic than at the office or you might even want a similar setup as the office at home. What applications are available to your line of work or do you just want to play games.

Could your existing computer(s) be upgraded or even reconfigured to suit you current environment. Are they just running slow because of bad maintenance or could a memory upgrade be your solution

ICH Tech understand computer system along with the problems associated with keeping them optimally maintained.

Computers that are not regularly maintained will eventually stop performing at their best. A typically neglected computer could suffer from program crashes, slow performance, and system freezes etc. which usually happen at the most inconvenient of times. A few hours spent on some basic computer maintenance could prevent problems later on and improve the overall performance

Computer maintenance in reality is not very difficult and most people can be taught to keep on top of this themselves. Two or Three times a year is usually a good period to carry out a planned control of any computer. This however will also depend on many factors.

What is Hosting?
The ability to publish your website on the Internet.

ICH Tech is not actually a Hosting company but can advise you on all issues of developing and hosting your own web site. However we do have the possibilities to host low traffic based sites at our discretion. .

Can I host my own Web Site ? !! Yes! But! .

There are very few reasons to host yourself these days. Web servers are faster than ever, prices are down, and the majority of internet sites use such a small portion of a web server's resources that a large number of web sites can be hosted by a single server without any negative side effects. However, if you are thinking about hosting yourself, you should first check out the facts. .

ICH Tech have the ability to get you up and running with your own Web Site and E-Mails, whether we help you design them or not.

Finding a Domain name for you company can sometimes involve a very intensive search of the internet as most names have now be taken, especially the dot com's.

Having a memorable email address can also help your business as well as just being able to remember it. Names using such extensions as hotmail and google will inevitably give you a name such as "john87234smith@hotmail.com" which you have no chance of remembering and is not very personal.

How to purchase a Web/Email Domain name isn't that difficult, it's just how you can employ and use them to your advantage at the least cost to yourself.

ICH Tech realises that all data is important to yourself and the need for Backing up of data is essential. Unfortunately this fact is only realised after a system crash and then usually it is too late.

In realty there is only one type of Backup and that is some way of copying data onto another media type that can be easily accessed when needed.

Unfortunately the methods of Backing up data are numerous, to which depend on a wide range of factors including, importance, sensitivity, home or business based, frequency needed etc. The only way to be absolutely sure is to discuss what options are available bearing in mind that a cost factor will be involved.

You only have to loose your data once to realise how Important it is to have a properly configured Backup in place

ICH Tech realise that everyone has training needs, and believe it or not, even we need training.

We are able to give you basic training in use of computers, installing software, using installed software including major Microsoft products such as Excel, Word, Power Point etc.

There are also numerous other products that we are knowledgeable over. We are also learning new things all the time, as we have to, to keep up with the current markets.

Learn a New OS like Linux or just find out Better and more efficient ways of using Windows

If for some reason we can't help , we can usually recommend someone who can.

ICH Tech has not only been set up as a source of valuable information for your general computer needs, but can also help you out in situation that you are not familiar with.

We cover a wide range of computer related issues which are generalised through the side menus. Please note that this is a locally based service (at the moment) based in the Bridgend area of South Wales.

If you do require our services, or think you may need our services, please give our team a call to discuss your issue(s). You might be surprised at what we can do for you. Alternatively sending an e-mail with your problem would also help free up our staff, plus would give us more time to make an evaluation. We will endeavor to answer all your e-mails.

ICH Tech can guarantee that sometime, probably more than once, you will either loose data that you have been working on, either due to a system failure or accidental erasure. Not only is this very annoying but can be potentially expensive, which is why Backups are so essential.

However in the event that a Backup has not been made, for whatever reason, or just plain negligence, it is not always a forgone conclusion that the data is permanently lost. Knowing how information is stored on your hard disk media is an important factor when attempting such reclamation of data and the sooner you act the better. The longer you carry on using your computer the more unlikely it will get to recover the lost data.

This sort of operation should really be left to someone who knows, but remember act quickly or the recovery odds quite slim.