Productivity is key for every business: at best, it can be irritating when it’s impeded for some reason outside your control, at worst, it can put you out of business. From bursting pipes through to natural disasters, not having an effective business continuity plan can derail your company. An example […]
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Have you ever wondered how businesses are dealing with your personal information? Are businesses following policies and procedures when dealing with sensitive information? Are they protecting your privacy sufficiently? Data breach was a big issue in 2017, from the Equifax to the Uber data breach. In the Uber data breach
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An industry-wide, hardware-based security vulnerability was disclosed today The opening lines of Microsoft Azures “Virtual Machine Maintenance Notice” made me nervous yesterday, and rightly so given than a good chunk of computers made since 1995 may be set to slow down by as much as 5-30% in the near future
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This year has seen two huge international ransomware attacks, the infamous WannaCry and ExPetr (Also known as Petya and NotPetya). It now appears that another is on the rise, BadRabbit. And while the outbreak is a fraction of the size of NotPetya, BadRabbit has hit several Russian media outlets, including
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Its not often you jump into your car with no idea where you’re going, is it? Generally, we have a goal or objective we’re working towards, getting the kids to school, going to the supermarket or getting to a meeting on time. We plan these trips, we calculate the time
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If you have been involved in managing an IT environment there’s a good chance you know about ‘the line’. The fine line between a perfectly managed and controlled end user device, and user satisfaction. In most instances you will lean towards one or the other but rarely both. Yes your
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It’s often said we only use 10% of our brain capacity! What! Can you imagine what we’ve been missing out on? Well I think the same concept can be applied across many computer applications, and no better example can be found in the Microsoft Office suite of products. Microsoft go
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Since the inventions of Smart Phones and Wi-Fi, we are now more connected than ever before. We’ve come to expect access to free Wi-Fi where ever we go and for many people, it will be the decision maker in whether we’ll have our coffee there or stay at that hotel.
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Last week I attended an event at EY, “Developing Business Decisions through Consumer Data Insights“, I was really struck by how differently disruption and innovation are interrupted by the big end of town as to that of the start-up world. Of the 4 speakers, 3 represented large corporates and 1
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Toothbrushes. We all use them. They are a necessity for that dashing smile we crave. Sometimes using them can be a hassle, but we know how much we need them, especially when we forget them. The same can be said for our passwords. We all have one (hopefully a lot
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