Hybrid Working: How the get the most out of Microsoft Apps
With a return to the office in sight, it is clear that the future of the workplace for many businesses will be a hybrid working model. Moving to a hybrid workplace is the best of both worlds and has many benefits to productivity, employee wellbeing, and work-life balance. To facilitate this change of work model, […]
Print anywhere with Universal Print through Azure
Many companies have moved the majority of their IT infrastructure to the cloud. The move to the cloud started in the 1970s with Virtual Machines, but now we have storage, severs, databases, networking and software, just to name a few, all running in the cloud. A relatively new addition to cloud computing family is cloud […]
Better backup with the 3-2-2 rule
A comprehensive backup and data protection strategy ensures that no matter what happens, all critical data will survive, and a business can continue to operate. In the past, most hazards that posed a risk to data were that of natural disasters and file corruption. The chance of these were relatively slim, but the potential consequences […]
The Future is Virtual: Benefits of moving to Windows Virtual Desktop
Before the days of cloud computing, virtual desktops were deployed by running VDI pods that end users would connect to and share the pod’s resources to run the operating system and business applications. This method of VDI often resulted in a poor experience for the end users due to the performance impact of sharing resources, […]
How to make the hybrid workplace work effectively
Introduction A recent study has shown that 70% of employees are wanting flexible work options to continue once restrictions ease, and 65% are craving more in-person time with their teams. This combination of statistics show that business leaders would be wise to listen to employees and start planning for a hybrid work model. A move […]
Proving productivity whilst remote working with Microsoft Productivity Score
The majority of the nation has now been working from home for over a year. As employees were forced to adjust to the new normal, initially the balance of homeschooling, baking bread, and constant online meetings was hard to manage. It’s over a year later and many employees now prefer remote working due to the […]
Key cybersecurity considerations for the legal sector
Regardless of the industry, business size, or revenue, all businesses are at risk of a cybersecurity incident. The advent of working from home has only amplified this risk with cyberattacks increasing by 400% in the initial weeks of the first lockdown. Law firms and companies in the legal sector make an attractive target for cyberattacks […]
Passwordless Authentication – Security and convenience with Azure AD
With 4 in 10 UK businesses reporting security breaches in the last 12 months it can be difficult to keep up with the best methods of protecting your business and its data. One of the ‘easiest’ methods of keeping hackers out are long, complex passwords. Although this is simple in theory, in practice it can […]
6 ways to improve your IT security and avoid a ransomware attack
The recent ransomware attacks on the Irish Health Service show that, regardless of size or industry, any business can be targeted by cybercriminals. It can be difficult to stay up to date with all the new attack vectors and methods that hackers are using to gain access to sensitive data or lock businesses’ IT networks. […]
Unified Communications (Messaging) and why it’s important in Teams
Microsoft Teams recently hit the milestone of 145 million active users, with much of the focus being on its ability to power effective remote collaboration. Teams, however, can be considered to have another dimension: its unified messaging (UM) technology. Teams brings individual and group messaging, video calling, conferencing, and enterprise telephony together. For many businesses, […]