Business Archives - Compex IT

  • You’ve Got a Business Plan. Do You Have an IT Strategy?

    • 15th July 2021
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Strategy
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    It’s safe to assume that your business has some form of plan. Sure, it may have changed a little over the last 18 months, but it’s there, and you’re aware of its existence. What about your IT infrastructure? Is there a plan behind that? A strategy, even? Whether you’re running a multi-location empire with hundreds

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  • The Biggest Security Threat To Your Business Is On Your Payroll

    • 5th July 2021
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Growth, Professional Services, Security, Strategy, Technology
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    One of your staff is going to put your business’s data into the hands of a criminal. They won’t mean to do it. But at some point someone will accidentally click on a bad link and grant hackers access to your systems. That’s known as insider negligence.

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  • The 5 Step Plan to Prepare and Protect Your Financial Planning and Wealth Management Firm From Cyber Crime

    • 4th May 2021
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Financial Services, Growth, Professional Services, ransomware, Security, Strategy, Technology
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    You’re regulated by the FCA. The nature of your business means that you’ll retain very sensitive client data. Therefore, the onus falls on you not to just protect your own critical data, but the financial and personal records of your customers, too

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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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