‘My computer isn’t working properly’

This is why many of our clients employ us – to deal with their staff when they have this complaint!  Our first strategy is to log in remotely and see if we can fix the problem via the internet – and it’s still surprising how few people have tried shutting down their...

We’ve moved!

Moving offices can be a bit of a nightmare.  It either means doing it over a weekend and hoping that everything works when the staff arrive on Monday morning, or disrupting a working day (or two) while the business is ‘in transit’. One of the things we do for clients...

The bare essentials

  We’ve written plenty of blogs about the importance of technology to your business – and how painful it can be when things don’t work, but, so far, we’ve focused on what happens when the broadband fails and all communication comes to a halt. Sometimes the...

When your virus checker is the problem

Many websites offer ‘free virus protection’ downloads, many are part of an affiliate system whereby they introduce customers to specific virus protection (in the hope that they will eventually upgrade to a paid version).  Some of these are relatively harmless, but...

Safe networks

Whether you are giving other people access to your WiFi or out of the office using someone else’s WiFi network you need to be aware of security. A new business centre set up their broadband connection and as the offices were taken each new business was given access to...

Presenting with Pzazz!

Powerpoint has made visual presentations well within the reach of everyone and, as long as you stay focused on the concept of a visual presentation, rather than your notes on the screen, they can be very persuasive. However, when you’re travelling to give a...