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What's happening in IT?
Here's our take on key topics, and how they affect business.

Wednesday 10th February 2010

Buzz vs Twitter vs Facebook

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10 Top security tips to keep your data secure

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Living in the digital era many of us are not aware of all the security risks involved with an online civilisation. All our banking, bill payments, work and emails are based on the big wide web. With this in mind, here are some key security tips: Do not use the same password for ...

Friday 15th January 2010

How do business systems affect productivity & profit?

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Whatever the size of your organisation, getting the systems right is vital to ensure that you and your team can operate effectively and you hit your revenue and profit margins. Being (and staying) profitable might be achieved by either turning over more revenue, reducing costs, ...

Monday 11th January 2010

Has snow stopped work for you?

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With the recent snow storms and major interruption to most public transport services, companies country wide are expected to lose thousands of pounds. For those that moved to Cloud computing last year, it came to the rescue! With emails, calendars, files, and remote applications  available from anywhere with an internet connection, ...

Friday 18th December 2009

Microsoft offer a free anti-virus

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Most of us are aware by now that there are always free alternative software solutions. For some time, many people have turned to free editions of anti-virus software because there is really no need to pay for them when companies ...

Wednesday 16th December 2009

Windows 7: Security Tip #1

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Windows 7 is still quite new, and there are still a few tips and tricks that not many of us consumers have heard of yet.  This security tip is based on the Windows 7 guest account. The guest account is for users who need to log on infrequently to check ...

Friday 11th December 2009

Software as a Service (SaaS) explained.

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SaaS is a low-cost way for businesses to use software as needed without having to license all the individual devices with applications. SaaS enables companies to use commercially licensed software without the costly fees charged to equip every computer with applications that realistically, are only used from time to time. Some of the real benefits about 'renting' software as ...

Monday 7th December 2009

Cloud Computing in the spotlight

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Mark Bull and Cloud Computing feature in the latest Vision Chamber Magazine. It's hectic out there. Information is at our fingertips 24/7 and many of us already juggle laptops, BlackBerrys and/or iPhones with running a business and  managing team ...

Thursday 26th November 2009

Top 5 iPhone apps

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Below are our top 5 favourite iPhone apps for this year and the reasons why we think they add value to this mobile marvel! 1) Skype - Instant Messaging solution plus Voice Over IP functionality. This allows users who are in poor signal areas to continue using the phone as long ...

Tuesday 24th November 2009

Backup your data the right way…

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All too often we see people creating backups of their data and then deleting the original on their local machine. A backup is not a backup unless it exists in two or more places. Before making your backups, take these scenarios into account: You accidentally delete or overwrite a file You have a hardware failure ...

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