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How to ensure your businesses spend on IT is an investment, and never an expense In the years we've been looking after businesses round here, we've noticed there are two different ways that owners and managers buy IT and technology. Some see it as an expense Others see it as an investment We choose not…

Remote working has really come of age in the last two years. Many people have loved it, while others realised they preferred an office environment. But would you hazard a guess at how many people would like to make remote working a permanent option? According to a new report, a whopping 96% of employees want…

How to keep your business's data ultra-safe during the Work From Home revolution Love it or hate it, Working From Home is huge and here to stay. As a nation, we've really embraced the changes forced upon us by the pandemic. Many businesses have become more flexible with a mixture of office-based workers, hybrid workers…

In case you haven't heard, Microsoft's increasing its subscription prices for Microsoft 365 in March. It's the first big price rise for a decade. And you can expect to pay around 20 to 40 per cent more. In fact, it's not just a price increase. Microsoft's also changing the way it sells 365. It's a…

Last week there were stories that a password manager called LastPass had seen some of its customers' master passwords compromised. The company denies that happened. And it's possible that some of the people who reported being affected had old accounts with master passwords they'd used with other services. Do you use a password manager in…

Don't you often find it's the small things that make the biggest difference? That's certainly the case with technology. Minor updates to the software you and your team use every day can have a surprising effect on your overall productivity. Microsoft has recently announced a series of small improvements to Teams, Microsoft 365 and Windows…

I bet that's a question you've never asked yourself before… But it's important you do. Because in the world of technology, there's a definite link between what you pay, and the quality of the service you receive. Picking an IT provider on price alone is a false economy. If you're paying too little, you're running…

GoDaddy last week announced a major breach in its security, involving more than a million of its customers. And if your business could be affected, there are some urgent actions you must take now. You've probably heard of GoDaddy. It's been around since the late 1990s when it started as a place to build and…

Microsoft is working on a number of updates for collaboration platform Teams, one of which could provide employees with the perfect way to appear more productive than they really are. As per a new entry in the company's product roadmap, Microsoft Teams users will soon benefit from a delayed delivery feature for chat messages. "You…