According to research conducted by the Cloud Industry Forum, 88% of companies have now adopted some form of cloud computing. What’s cloud computing? – It’s where you use software in your browser, rather than having to download it to your computer. In lots of ways, the increase in the use of cloud computing is a…
Microsoft Office 365 is brilliant. You probably already know that, because working in the Cloud lets you and your team access documents from anywhere with an internet connection. It’s got loads of great applications all available in one place. You can collaborate on documents, share files and communicate seamlessly with others even if you’re on…
Some Samsung users have reported that their phones are sending random photos or even whole galleries of images to contacts without their permission. If that wasn’t bad enough, users had no knowledge or evidence of the mass photo sharing in Samsung messages and were only notified by the contact with which the images were shared.…
Did you know, around 87% of small businesses still think they won’t be targeted by cyber attackers. Yeah that’s right. 87%. You might even be reading this now thinking, “Yeah, yeah, but it still won’t happen to me. I’ll take my chances.” So here’s a bold challenge for you. I’m confident that if I were…
Google is undoubtedly one of the biggest search engines worldwide. It will therefore come as no surprise that they take their users security very seriously and made a pledge to flag all unencrypted websites by the end of 2018. If you don’t have an SSL certificate on your website, Google will flag to users that it…
Business Email Commerce (BEC), also known as CEO Fraud, is a relatively new form of scam, providing fast results for hackers and creating maximum damage within your business. These emails are much harder to spot and end up costing millions in fraudulent transfers. They use social engineering tools to carefully select their next targets, impersonating…
Emma stated “We finally have some comfort that when a technical issue does arise it will be dealt with in a timely fashion by individuals who have a personal drive to finding the solution. Overall, we couldn’t have asked for a better standard of service that really reflects what we stand for as a business”.
The new comprehensive data protection law, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into force on the 25th May 2018. Whoa, that time went fast… And so here we are, in a post-GDPR world. It’s now law. And there’s a chance that your business – like most UK businesses – is breaking some of the new laws…
The biggest change in data protection legislation for 20 years is happening in just a few weeks’ time, at the end of May. And if you’re not ready for the General Data Protection Regulation, you could face massive fines. Or worse – being named and shamed in public. We can support you through the data security…
“Previously, we had to put work arounds in our business to cope with the problems and the lack of contact from our old support provider. This isn’t the proactive approach we want to take with our business” said Vernon. A substantial investment has been made by Wards to bring their IT solutions up to a level that they are comfortable with and this shows that unlike many businesses, Wards take their stability and operation seriously. We asked Vernon to summarise the impact of the work that we have collectively carried out and he said: “We finally have some comfort that our systems are working in the right way for us, rather than the other way around. Our business is safe and our IT problems, when they rarely occur, are dealt with in a timely fashion.”