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Managed IT Support vs. Break-Fix: Which Is Right for Your Business?
When it comes to IT support, there are two common models that businesses rely on: managed IT services and break-fix IT support. Each comes with its own set of pros and cons, and understanding the differences is key to making an informed decision. While both can be...
Don’t be held to ransom
There has been quite a lot of press about the Gameover Zeus virus and most of the antivirus providers have been working overtime to find a means of blocking it. At the beginning of June the FBI, Europol and the UK’s National Crime Agency warned users that, although...
Night, night computer
When you’ve rushed out and forgotten to send your computer to sleep there are a couple of clever ways to do this remotely – one for Macs and one for PCs using Windows. The Mac sleeping ‘pill’ You’ll need three simple tools – an app called Drafts, a Dropbox account and...
How to keep your website up-to-date
A website that never changes is less and less likely to be ranked by the search engines. When the spiders visit they look for fresh material and if nothing has changed the time before their next visit lengthens. This is one reason why it makes sense to have your...
HTML for dummies!
If you’ve got a website that uses HTML (like Wordpress) it can be useful to understand the basic programming commands so you don’t need to call in your web support people if you accidentally delete something and your layout goes wonky (a technical term!) Step one is...
Do you need a login on your website?
There are many reasons that you may be asked to log in on a website, most of them are valid, but sometimes there seems to be no good reason. Here are a few of the valid reasons for having a log in on your website: Tracking: When you offer customers the opportunity to...
What does your email address say about you?
It’s astonishing how many businesses are still operating with an email address that shouts ‘amateur’! I’m talking about those emails that end in aol.com, gmail.com, btinternet.com, hotmail.com, outlook.com (the hotmail replacement), live.co.uk or one of the other...