Windows 7 and Server 2008 will cease to be supported by Microsoft after 14 January 2020. So what does this mean if you are still using them?

Good practice for setting and maintaining strong passwords in a world where cybercrime is increasing. Protect yourself with our tried and tested experience.

Introducing our new 24/7 emergency IT support service, because IT problems don't just occur during a normal 9 to 5 working day. Find out more about this service extension.

We recognise that any serious failure of your servers or PCs could have a massive impact on your business. Sometimes that impact can be catastrophic.

Although we’re here to provide you with the support and technical back-up you need to solve those day-to-day network challenges that can occur from time to time, there may be other unseen, unexpected and potentially costly dangers lurking in the background!

For example, do you know when the warranty expires on your IT equipment?

It’s an undeniable fact that e-commerce has been the biggest revolution in retail for decades. Online shopping revenue has almost doubled in the past five years, with close to £150 billion expected to be spent in the UK by the end of 2016. Indeed, recent statistics estimate that 76% of UK shoppers will buy at least half of their Christmas presents online this year. Read our full post...

The prevalence of smart phones and tablets means we are increasingly dependent on the connected world. Part of that connected world is the voice recognition software that runs on these devices: Siri on Apple, Google Voice on Google devices and the new Alexa on Amazon’s Echo device. These virtual assistants are useful, but do they represent a real artificial intelligence? Read our full post...

The office of today is no longer constrained to a building with four walls. Companies operating today have seen some massive changes over the past 10 years. Technology has played the biggest role in these changes

Wireless connections really have changed the way we interact with networks. Their convenience has made many people forget that we once lived in a technology world dominated by cables. So is the era of the cable dead? No, as cabled networks still offer many advantages over their wireless counterparts – they just clearly lose out in the convenience stakes. Read our full blog post...

While most of us are familiar with software from the likes of Microsoft and Apple – there is also another type of software freely available which comes under the banner of ‘open source’. So what is this? Well it’s effectively software that is usually free to own, distribute and modify the code for. This effectively means that anyone with the relevant skills can alter the source code of the software. Read our full blog post...