3 Common Problems When Transitioning to Remote Working (And How to Avoid Them)
- 28th September 2021
- Posted by: Phil Aston
- Category: Business, Growth, Strategy, Technology
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Remote work is here to stay and this means a big shift for many offices. We’ve helped our customers go through many transitions over last two years. But are you ready for your own transition to remote working if you haven’t done so already? We recently sat down and thought about the most common problems
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
- 1st September 2021
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Business, Growth, Strategy, Technology
Fast response times are important when it comes to your business IT support. You want reassurance that if a disaster should strike, your support partner has your back and will get you up and running again in no time. However. Too many IT support providers are spending most of their time reacting to issues, and not enough time preventing them.
Is My Business Too Small To Use An IT Support Company?
- 23rd August 2021
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Business, Growth
Some businesses think they’re just ‘too small’ to need extra help from an IT support company. But what does ‘too small’ mean these days, exactly? With businesses of all sizes operating in a far leaner fashion and implementing new remote working policies, ‘small’ really is subjective. The nub of the matter here is the bigger
How To Create Your Own IT Plan In 2021
- 12th August 2021
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Business, Growth
So much has changed in the world of IT since 2020. In fact, a lot has arguably changed since last week! This stuff moves fast. We know that, because we’ve been supporting a whole range of IT systems for many years. We’ve seen trends come and go and have avoided jumping on countless passing bandwagons.
10 Apps You Didn’t Know You Had in Microsoft 365
- 1st August 2021
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Business, Growth, Office 365, Professional Services, Security, Strategy, Technology
Guess how many hours you and your team are wasting each week? We don’t mean your team taking 20 minutes to make a cup of coffee. How many hours are your people wasting every week inputting the same information across different apps and software? Or going back and forth trying to plan meetings at a time that suits everyone?
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
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.
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
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
Is it better to replace or repair?
- 27th February 2021
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: Business, Growth, Strategy, Technology
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.
What Can Your Architecture or Engineering Firm Do With Microsoft Teams?
- 16th February 2021
- Posted by: Mark Dodds
- Category: AEC, Business, Growth, Microsoft, Professional Services, Technology
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”.
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
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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