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Dropbox hack highlights security risks

In September Dropbox emailed 68 million users to inform them that the next time they logged in to their accounts they would be prompted to change their passwords. The users in question were those who had not changed their passwords since mid-2012. When asked why Dropbox were suddenly taking action against those users – Dropbox made their reasoning clear. “We recently learned about an old set of Dropbox user credentials (email addresses and passwords) that we believe were obtained in 2012.”

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What could a Trump presidency mean for technology?

In one of the biggest underdog stories of the last decade, Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States. The US election that felt as if it has dominated the headlines forever, is finally over and a new presidency will likely bring a change of direction for the most powerful country on Earth. This could have some profound implications on the technology industry across the world. In this article, I will be examining some of the claims and policies that Mr. Trump made regarding technology during his campaign and how those policies might affect the industry going forward.

Microsoft announces price increases for 2017

Microsoft have recently contacted all partners to notify them of a price change for UK users for on premise and cloud enterprise software.

Runner up at Solent Business Awards 2016!

Despite gloomy news reports about the UK economy following the Brexit vote, it is clear that business is alive and well in the Solent region of the south coast of England. On the evening of the 20th October 2016, the Hilton Ageas Bowl was filled with what Sally Taylor MBE, presenter of BBC South Today, called 'the brightest and best businesses in the South'. The Solent Business Awards is a multi-category awards event that is the largest in the South Coast region.

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Don't let your firm be the next big data breach headline

“We’re no longer in a situation where it’s a case of ‘if I am going to get breached’. It’s more a case of how often you are going to get breached and how long those people are going to be in for.” These are the sobering words of cyber forensics professor Dr David Day.

entrustIT at Legalex 2016

Following success at the British Legal Technology Forum, Europe's largest legal IT exhibition, entrustIT is pleased to announce we will be at Legalex 2016 on 11/12 May 2016 at London ExCeL.

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When disaster strikes, you're covered

It’s a sight that has become all too familiar this winter. Strong winds, flooded streets and fallen trees. Storm Imogen is another name to add to the list of uncharacteristically extreme weather in the UK. The Independent claims that the cost to the UK economy of the flooding over the Christmas period could reach £6bn. “Economists have predicted that the recent flooding will hit Britain’s GDP by 0.2 per cent due to businesses being forced to close, loss of agriculture output, and people not being able to go shopping and travel.”

ISO 9001 and ISO27001 certification retained

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entrustIT upgrade Articad Online to V19

[two_third] In conjunction with our Hosted Application reseller Articad, we are pleased to announce the launch of Articad Online comprising Bathcad and Articad v19 in a 64bit computing environment.