19 July 2018 How to Keep Your Sensitive Data Safe in the Cloud The 21st century has been privy to some monumental data breaches, even companies which funnel large budgets into cybersecurity and data protection. Yahoo, Apple and LinkedIn have all been targeted by cyber-criminals and this has got smaller organisations worried about... Continue Reading
12 July 2018 Why IT projects go wrong (and how to recover them) IT projects have an astonishingly high failure rate. PM Solutions found that 18% of initiatives failed outright, while a further 25% are in imminent danger of collapsing. But as digital transformation moves further up the corporate agenda, businesses simply cannot... Continue Reading
12 July 2018 7 Great Questions to Ask Your Potential IT Support Company If you are looking for an IT support provider you may find yourself in conversations with a handful, unless you have been given a recommendation from a trusted source. Regardless, asking the right questions during the selection process, to determine... Continue Reading
5 July 2018 The Benefits of Virtual Data Centres for Businesses With 88% of businesses in the UK utilising cloud services at various levels, more attention is being paid to IT systems and infrastructure than ever before. A Virtual Data Centre, also known as a VDC, is the virtual equivalent of... Continue Reading
28 June 2018 7 Office 365 Myths Debunked If you are considering migrating to Office 365 it is likely that you have stumbled upon a ton of information, both positive and negative. Many people have latched onto the idea that Office 365 can only be used when connected... Continue Reading
21 June 2018 How Can SharePoint Improve Business Productivity? SharePoint is a web-based collaborative platform that integrates with Microsoft Office. It is a secure place for you to store, organise, share, and access information from almost any device. It allows for seamless collaboration, document storage and retrieval, intelligence and insights... Continue Reading
14 June 2018 Can you Transition to a Completely Remote Business? Last year it was reported that half of the UK workforce would be working remotely by 2020. With flexi-hours and working from home increasingly becoming the norm, many businesses are considering making a permanent change to the way their business... Continue Reading
11 June 2018 Why DIY for large scale cloud migration is not an option In the early days of Cloud services, CTOs were promised huge reductions in their operating costs. Move your infrastructure to the Cloud and you will save a fortune on data centre and hardware costs they were told. As the Cloud... Continue Reading
31 May 2018 Everything You Need to Know About Disaster Recovery When it comes to disaster recovery, there isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ approach businesses can adopt. From flooding and ransomware, to data breaches and acts of terrorism, countless organisations have been shut down for long periods and downtime has... Continue Reading
30 May 2018 IaaS, PaaS & SaaS explained When it comes to cloud computing there can be a lot of jargon and acronyms floating around. There’s a group of three that you will hear together a lot: Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as... Continue Reading
23 May 2018 Microsoft Dynamics and Artificial Intelligence – Cortana It is physically impossible to manually manage the sheer volume of data being created by the average enterprise on a daily basis. And now that Big Data is a mainstream concept, CTOs are struggling on two fronts – to store... Continue Reading
11 April 2018 GDPR, Dynamics NAV and how Microsoft is going to help with compliance When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on the 25th of May, everything – and nothing – will change. For the first time businesses will face truly punitive fines for failing to uphold their legal and moral... Continue Reading
14 March 2018 What is ITaaS? And why does it matter? The way organisations purchase and consume IT and software services is changing…and there is a popular shift away from traditional models of purchasing and maintenance towards subscription based delivery models. Opex is now the new norm. Mid-market organisations and large... Continue Reading
28 February 2018 ERP project lessons from KFC When KFC awarded a new contract to DHL for UK logistics, they probably expected to save a lot of money. Instead they were unable to keep their stores stocked with chicken. – Luckily, their marketing department used the opportunity to... Continue Reading
12 February 2018 Dynamics 365 for Sales & LinkedIn Sales Navigator A dynamics duo… Microsoft is forging ahead as the leader in business software, and one of the latest developments to get excited about is the integration between Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales and LinkedIn Sales Navigator. This new integration is... Continue Reading