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  • WATCH as a computer is infected with ransomware

    • 14th April 2021
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Financial Services, ransomware, Security
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    Have you heard of ransomware? It’s where all of your business’s data is encrypted and held to ransom by criminals. They demand a huge fee to release it. In fact, I’ve just been reading that the average ransom fee demanded has shot up in the last year. A threat intelligence team in the USA revealed

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  • The tax relief few businesses know about

    • 5th April 2021
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Professional Services
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    A quick summary: When you buy certain new equipment (including computers) you can claim 130% capital allowance What that means: If you spend £1,000 on computer equipment, it’ll reduce your corporation tax bill as if you had spent £1,300 How long does it last? It started on 1st April 2021 and lasts two years Have

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  • Do I Need a Dedicated Server In-House?

    • 25th March 2021
    • Posted by: Phil Aston
    • Category: Professional Services
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    So many businesses have great big, clunky servers hiding away somewhere. In fact, sometimes, they’re not hidden at all; they stick out like a sore thumb and do nothing more than get in everyone’s way.  Over the last few weeks, we’ve spoken to a number of potential clients who have a machine just like that

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  • Is Your IT Provider Communicating Well? Or is it Time to CTRL + ALT + Delete?

    • 18th March 2021
    • Posted by: Phil Aston
    • Category: Business, Strategy
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    Successful businesses rely on great communication throughout the organisation. It’s how you foster relationships with customers, build great teams, and draw more people towards your brand. Why is it, then, that you’ve not heard from your IT provider for the last three months? Come to think of it, the last time you heard from them

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  • Is OneDrive or Dropbox Better for Your Business

    • 4th March 2021
    • Posted by: Phil Aston
    • Category: Business, Strategy, Technology
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    As the ability to store files online has become more secure and affordable, our reliance on traditional hard drives has reduced. This has led to more cost-effective hardware purchases and storage which grows effortlessly with your requirements. Cloud storage also provides significant benefits for productivity, thanks to seamless integration with the apps we rely on

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  • Is it better to replace or repair?

    • 27th February 2021
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Growth, Strategy, Technology
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    How do you know when the time has come to buy new devices? We have put together a handy guide so you can consider whether your business should repair or replace by illustrating seven signs that you need a new computer.

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  • What Can You do With Microsoft Teams?

    • 16th February 2021
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Microsoft, Professional Services, Video
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    If there’s one app which became pretty ubiquitous during 2020, it was Microsoft Teams.

    In October last year, Microsoft announced that its online collaboration tool had reached 115 million daily active users. They even described it as “the lifeline for remote and hybrid work and learning during the pandemic”.

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  • Zoom Versus Microsoft Teams: Which is Best for Business?

    • 9th February 2021
    • Posted by: Phil Aston
    • Category: Business, Microsoft, Office 365, Technology
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    In December 2019, Zoom reported a maximum of 10 million daily users hitting its platform. By the end of March 2020, that number had doubled. This has led to terms like “the Zoom Boom”, and has ushered the video calling platform closer to the realm of transitive verb, just like Google (there’s a chance you’ve

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  • Is your current IT service provider a true partner, or just another supplier?

    • 2nd February 2021
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Growth, Strategy, Technology
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    When lockdown hit last year, many businesses realised that their IT support provider was simply another supplier. They provided a service in return for a fee. But there was no real care or concern for the IT infrastructure. There was no partnership.

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  • We’re hiring…

    • 27th January 2021
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business
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    Due to continued growth, we’re looking for another remote and client-facing IT support engineer to be part of the team. But it’s got to be someone special.

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