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The Critical Importance of Disaster Recovery Plans for Businesses and How a Managed Service Provider (MSP) Can Help
In an increasingly unpredictable world, businesses face a myriad of potential disruptions, from natural disasters to cyberattacks. These events can have devastating consequences if businesses are not prepared. This is where a robust disaster recovery (DR) plan becomes...
Understanding your broadband
With the big broadband suppliers beating their chests and talking about Fibre and Cable it can be confusing to the non-techie (and that’s most people). The TV ads may have clever graphics showing the information highway racing to your computer and promising lots of...
Filth Filters
The latest silliness is the British Library’s internet filters denying access to the online version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet – because the content was too violent! Whilst the Government are anxious to protect people from ‘naughty’ content and gratuitous violence...
What do those IT people do?
If you’ve got an IT support service that you pay a monthly fee for – and you never call them out you may wonder what you’re paying for. Just to set your mind at rest a good IT support team will carry out proactive maintenance to ensure that you don’t have to call...
When there are thunderstorms do you save your work more frequently?
If people have been scare-mongering about the recent thunderstorms frying your computer, don't panic. Firstly, whilst it is possible for the electricity charge to damage your hardware, it's about as likely as you causing damage by touching your equipment after...
How do you know your back-up is working?
Having a robust back-up system in place is good business sense, but how often do you check it's working? It's no good having a back-up system if you don't test it regularly. There are a number of reasons you may need your back up: You've accidentally saved a document...
Planning ahead
When you're running a company you are hoping for it to grow and prosper. However, when you're buying or leasing equipment and services it's likely that you'll only be looking at now and perhaps a few months ahead as far as needs are concerned. When I'm talking to new...