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Choosing the right Business Intelligence tools

Faced with spiralling data costs, organisations need to take a strategic approach to storing, deleting and using their data. Globally, the total amount of data created, captured, copied and consumed is expected to top 120 zettabytes in 2023(1). At the same time, more than half of UK IT...

Five 2023 business challenges – and how tech can help you respond

We are in what some analysts are calling a polycrisis: the legacy of COVID-19, a war in Europe, high inflation, energy scarcity, tightening monetary policy, slow growth and global indebtedness. With the future looking so uncertain, how can businesses prepare to meet the challenges of 2023? The...

Best new Teams features added in 2022

Microsoft continually adds new features into Teams, ensuring that for business video communications it stays ahead of the rest of the field. Here’s the Grant McGregor team’s pick of some of the best new Teams features added by Microsoft in the second half of 2022. We love Microsoft Teams for video...

Windows is the prime target for cyber criminals

With its huge dominance in the workplace, Microsoft’s Windows has become the prime target for cyber criminals. They’re looking to access your information, disrupt your business, or hold your data to ransom.

The year in review: 2022’s biggest tech stories

It’s that time of year again: the festive season now brings with it a season of listicles and top tens... Love them or hate them, here’s the Grant McGregor rundown of the top tech stories of 2022. Undoubtedly, the tech story that generated the most noise in 2022 was Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter....

When can you finally forget your password?

Are your people Christmas shopping from work?

What is Cloud Native? Is it something my business should be thinking about?

Most organisations have started their journey to the cloud. Thanks to the uptake of services like Microsoft Teams during the pandemic, cloud computing has become ubiquitous. But what about “cloud native” apps? You might have heard this terminology bandied about – but do you know what it means? If...

Make sure your staff know to exercise online shopping caution

With the lines blurring between our digital lives at home and at work and many devices being used for work and personal use, the need to educate staff about seasonal cyber-security dangers has never been more important. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales bombarding our inboxes recently (and...