We recently visited a client who was having major network issues after they had a power cut. The client had recently upgraded their phone system from ISDN to VOIP and were struggling to access internal or external systems. The issues were intermittent which caused them several days of pain. The power outage had blown one […]
Remote working in IT has been around for quite some time. The pandemic has required that business where possible can work from home. Travel restrictions have delayed multiple projects around the world. Although a vast majority of IT tasks can be completed remotely, having a qualified IT technician in your London office when you are […]
Technology keeps evolving, whether you have a Desktop or Laptop, ensuring that it can run the applications you need today and the next version of your accounting or office software can be tricky, especially on a budget. The speed of your PC is determined by both hardware and the software you run on your device. […]
Many clients have used Microsoft office for years and Office 2010 has been a stable release of the Office 2010 suite since June 2010. Over ten years we have seen many fixes and patches to Microsoft office 2010. Microsoft’s mainstream support for Office 2010 ended on 13th October 2015 however it has been releasing the […]
VPN is an acronym for a Virtual Private Network. A Virtual Private Network allows you to connect your device or network via the Internet to another network. A VPN will normally encrypt the data which is transferred across the Internet. What types of VPN are there? There are two main types of VPN: Remote Access […]
Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 official Microsoft support ended on 14th January 2020. This was due to the Windows Server 2008 R2 also reaching End of Microsoft support life-cycle. Microsoft SBS 2011 Standard had several server components which included: Product End of Support Windows Server 2008 R2 14th January 2020 SQL Server 2008 R2 […]
Many businesses have found over the last few months that their staff can work from home and can still be productive. Cyber attacks can affect every business and now that users are working from more remote locations, we are seeing a higher number of targeted phishing emails which may fool some staff. Typically, most businesses […]
With the ability for staff to work from home and a new cyber attack in the news each week, what is protecting your systems? Threats come in a number of forms, from hardware/software failure, user error or malicious act by internal or external persons. The ability to protect the critical data from these threats is […]
The basic premise of search engine reputation management is to use the following three strategies to accomplish the goal of creating a completely positive first page of search engine results for a specific term…
The past couple of months have seen many people adjusting to work from home. Presently, the rules are ever changing, and the big question emerging is should bosses encourage staff to return to the workplace, or can they allow their staff to work from home for the foreseeable future? Obviously, it still may not be […]