If your process for choosing an IT support supplier is purely based on cost then stop reading now and go here. IT support – that is a bit old fashioned! I used to spend my time fixing computer problems, talking to people about technology, running my team of experts and generally providing IT support for …

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Ransomware is still a threat to you Without a doubt ransomware is one of the most serious cyber security issues an organisation faces (UK Government. 2022). Here is a recent story from the tech press, showing how organised and determined the gangs that operate these types of cyber attack are. The Unrelenting Menace of the …

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I was fortunate to be born in a time when computing and gaming were on the upswing. I grew up with a few different personal computers at home such as the Commodore 64, Amiga500 and later on an IBM PC. Even though I had no real work to do and mostly played games, from the …

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It’s a Sunday morning. I wake up and there is an email on my phone. It is from our Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) system. One of the servers we look after hasn’t communicated with the system for over 15 minutes. I get up, have a cup of tea then see if I can connect …

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Amongst IT professionals it’s a recognised fact that a backup is not a backup unless it is automated. Left to human responsibility and intervention reliability becomes the issue, often because of time constraints. And WordPress websites are no different – they need backing up regularly, preferably on a daily basis, with a rolling 30 day …

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