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MPLS vs SD-WAN: What is the Difference?

If you run a business with multiple sites, the way your locations connect to each other and to the cloud is critical. Two main technologies dominate this space: MPLS vs SD-WAN.

Why Multi-Site Businesses Need Tailored IT Support

As midmarket businesses expand across multiple locations, their IT needs evolve in complexity and scale. What works for a single-site operation often falls short in a distributed environment. In this blog, we explore why IT support for multi-site businesses requires a different approach, the common pain points these businesses face, and why choosing a local IT partner is a strategic advantage.

The Dark Truth of IoT: Internet of Things

A staggering statistic reveals by 2025 there will be over 75 billion connected IoT devices worldwide! The Internet of Things (IoT) has ushered in an era of unprecedented connectivity, where countless devices are seamlessly integrated into our lives. However, as this vast network expands, so does the dark side of this interconnected world. With each new device connected to the internet, the risks and challenges associated with IoT intensify.

Why is My Business's Internet Slow?

According to a survey from Open Gear, 31% of businesses stated that internet outages cost them more than £1.2 million We live in a world that gives us access to a seemingly endless amount of information at the touch of a button. Whilst this is great, it makes it all the more frustrating when our internet runs slow or not at all. For the average person, this is merely an inconvenience, but internet downtime can be detrimental to a business. Staff are unable to work, data can be lost, security cameras stop working and hybrid teams are unable to collaborate.

Why Cyber-Security and Company Reputation Go Hand in Hand

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and a few minutes of cyber-incident to ruin it” – Stephane Nappo ‘Global chief Information Security Officer’. Building a good reputation takes a lot of time and effort for both large and small businesses. With more and more companies offering the same services you need to be unique. Your brand is one of the things that can help you stand out from the sea of mediocrity. Building a positive brand is important and protecting it even more so, but with more cyber-attacks than ever, your business's reputation could be at risk.

6 Ways to Avoid Getting Caught Out by Phishing

Cyber-criminals use email and text messages to trick you into giving them your personal information. These cyber-criminals are looking to steal your passwords, account numbers and other important data. Obtaining this information means criminals could gain access to banks, emails, or other accounts in turn causing a data breach, and with a study by IBM finding the average recovery cost of a data breach to be approximately £3.1 million, allowing this to happen would be catastrophic.

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The Worst Data Breaches Of All Time

In the digital era, our online information is more vulnerable than ever. Data breaches are happening daily, and whilst some are minor and go unnoticed, others are so major they can put a whole company at risk. In January 2019 alone, exactly, 1,769,185,063 user records were leaked!

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5 Ways To Prepare Your Staff For A Cyber Attack

A new report by BSI's Cybersecurity and Information Resilience division stated that 73% of organisations are worried about security. However, one in six have no plan in place, and a third conduct no type of security testing. We hear about cyber-attacks almost every day in the news. With the rate of cybercrime increasing, businesses are now asking the question of ‘WHEN’ not ‘IF’ a cyber-attack will occur.

Cloud Computing in Independent Schools

It's true, the network does seem to get the blame for many things!

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The EU's Article 13 - What is it and why are people so angry?

After years of debates and negotiations followed by 3 days of talks in France, the final version of the controversial EU copyright law has been agreed. We can expect to see a huge change across the EU when it comes to online copyright.