• What is proactive IT?

    • 7th April 2020
    • Posted by: Phil Aston
    • Category: Business, Technology
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    Why would you ever wait for the worst to happen when it comes to IT? In the digital economy, ‘the worst’ might be very bad indeed. For instance, a data breach could cost your company its reputation, your customers their personal data, and your staff a tonne of unnecessary stress. Prevention has always been better

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  • This protects your data in your staff’s homes

    • 3rd April 2020
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Technology
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    In the rush to get your staff set up for working from home, did anyone stop to check how safe your company data would be? Because suddenly having your people access your data via lots of different home devices, introduces lots of new variables. Especially if your team are using their own devices.

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  • How Microsoft Teams Can Help Your Business Deal With The Coronavirus Crisis

    • 24th March 2020
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Technology
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    Microsoft Teams is proving to be an invaluable resource for companies needing to work remotely, and it offers countless benefits which can still be enjoyed long after all this has blown over.

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  • The Simple Way to Remote Access Project Files in the AEC Industry

    • 18th March 2020
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Microsoft, Office 365
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    One of the biggest challenges the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry has always faced is file access for workers in the field. It needs to be fast, secure, and possible with virtually any device. There are many ways to do this, yet very few of them are convenient, cost effective, or cyber secure. Fortunately,

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  • How to Continue Running Your Business Amidst the Coronavirus Panic

    • 13th March 2020
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Anti Virus, Business, Uncategorised
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    At the time of writing, Coronavirus news is flooding every social feed, news website, and topic of conversation. The impact of Covid-19 is already far-reaching, but several London-based businesses are taking matters into their own hands, as recently reported by the BBC. Two of London’s biggest firms, Crossrail and Chevron (who both share a building

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  • New phones can change your business

    • 9th March 2020
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Technology
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    Can your phone system do more than make and receive calls? Or are you still using a phone line and paying excessive phone bills? It’s time to see how a new phone system – one that’s designed for the way we do business in 2020 – can benefit your business.

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  • Coronavirus and remote working: 4 step checklist to stay connected

    • 6th March 2020
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Technology
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    Bad news. Your business is at risk of a data breach. And the biggest threat? Your staff. We’re not suggesting that you have someone on the inside stealing your customers’ details. But the same hackers who have already stolen millions of people’s worth of data, are targeting all businesses all the time. They use clever automated tools to sniff out opportunities.

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  • How Microsoft Teams Could Help Architectural Practices

    • 2nd March 2020
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Microsoft
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    Microsoft introduced its Teams platform in 2016, but you may not have heard of it. And that’s a shame, because it could help you reduce your reliance on email and become a far more productive architectural practice. We’re not suggesting yours is unproductive, either, but it’s so easy to get lost in the way you’ve

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  • The 10 Layers of Online Security

    • 18th February 2020
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Security
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    Imagine the perfect scenario where you could reduce your chances of being hacked down to just one or two percent. That’d be the case if your business used every possible layer of email security. But how would you stay in business if you were putting all of your effort into online security every day? Thankfully,

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  • The biggest threat to your data is your staff

    • 11th February 2020
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Security, Technology
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    Bad news. Your business is at risk of a data breach. And the biggest threat? Your staff. We’re not suggesting that you have someone on the inside stealing your customers’ details. But the same hackers who have already stolen millions of people’s worth of data, are targeting all businesses all the time. They use clever automated tools to sniff out opportunities.

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