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The Cloudflare Global Outage: Half of the Internet Went Down Today

It's been a rollercoaster of a day across the internet, with platforms going offline, recovering and failing again as Cloudflare worked through a major incident. Large parts of the internet experienced significant disruption today after Cloudflare, one of the world's most widely used internet...

The Hidden Costs of Poor Network Management

For most small and medium-sized businesses, IT is the invisible engine that keeps everything running. Your employees, customers and data all depend on a reliable network. When a network starts to show its age, the signs can be subtle at first. You may notice slower systems, unreliable Wi-Fi and the...

Cyber Essentials 2026 Update: New MFA Rules, Cloud Scope & Compliance

Although IASME has described the 2026 update as "minor," it introduces important clarifications regarding multi-factor authentication (MFA), cloud services and scoping definitions. For many organisations, this will mean reviewing internal policies, raising awareness of user access controls and...

EDR vs XDR: How Modern Detection Tools Are Changing Cyber Security

The security dashboard flags a suspicious sign-in, a new mailbox rule and an unexpected admin change in the cloud. None look critical on their own, but together they could signal the beginning of an attack. For years, security teams have relied on Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) to understand...

MDR vs SOC: Making Sense of Your Cyber Security Defence Options

What is an AI PC? A Guide to Copilot+ Laptops and Intel Core Ultra

The future of work is evolving quickly. And so are the devices we rely on every day. With the arrival of Copilot+ PCs, Intel Core Ultra processors and AI features built directly into devices, it’s worth reconsidering what you really need from your next upgrade. This guide explains what makes a...

GPT-5 in Microsoft 365 Copilot: From Quick Answers to Deeper Insights

Microsoft has started rolling out GPT-5 in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio. For business users, this update is more evolutionary than revolutionary. GPT-5 enables Copilot to adapt to the task at hand, providing either fast responses or deeper reasoning as required.

From Talk to Action: Smarter Meetings with Teams Premium

You finish one meeting and head straight into the next. By the end of the day, you’re left wondering: What did we actually agree on? Who’s picking up what? Did I miss something while I was checking emails? Sound familiar? For many of us, it’s an everyday reality. Busy schedules and constant context...

How to Fine-Tune Microsoft Copilot for Your Business: A Practical Guide to Copilot Tuning

Microsoft 365 Copilot is quickly becoming a go-to AI assistant across Word, Outlook, Excel and Teams, helping teams draft documents, summarise meetings and automate daily repetitive tasks. But many organisations still find its outputs too generic, inconsistent, or disconnected from their internal...