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2019-09-02 07:30:41
Calling Last Orders on Windows 7!
The Windows 7 operating system was launched by Microsoft on October 22, 2009, and there remain many people and organisations in the UK who are using it. If you’re one of them, you need to act now to upgrade before it goes out of support on January 14 next year.
2019-07-03 09:33:24
Grant McGregor Ranked Among World’s Most Elite 501 Managed Service Providers
We’re delighted to let you know that we’ve been named as one of the world’s premier managed service providers on the prestigious 12th annual Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings.
2019-06-19 14:12:53
Outlook – Cloudy
We recently published an article relating to email and the evolution of cybercrime and another referring to the rising popularity of Microsoft’s Office 365 suite and the growing security risks associated with it.
2019-05-20 10:16:02
Can Outsourced IT and Internal IT Work Together?
Outsourced IT and Internal IT provision is often posited as an either/or choice. On the contrary, says Grant McGregor, the relationship can be a highly successful collaboration.
2019-05-14 15:14:09
Urgent Newsflash: End of Life for Internet Explorer 10 Brought Forward
If your business uses Microsoft software (likely!), you’ve got a number of important upgrades approaching soon. The latest one to add to the list is Microsoft’s end of life announcement for its Internet Explorer IE10 web browser.
2019-04-30 08:23:21
Education, Education, Education
Those of us of a certain age will remember the promise that things can only get better… and the mantra of “education, education, education”. It all seems a long way away today. The good news? When it comes to cybersecurity, things can get significantly better with a relatively small investment in...
2019-03-26 10:23:23
The (Free) First Step to Better IT!
In over 30 years in IT, I still encounter many business owners and IT-decision makers who find themselves spending too much of their valuable time dealing with staff technology problems and continually looking for work-arounds to the IT issues.
2019-03-18 11:15:43
Office 365 Popularity Grows…as does its potential vulnerability
Since its introduction, Microsoft’s Office suite products have clearly been the tools of choice for most of the world’s businesses - most of us using at least one of the applications on a daily basis.
2019-02-18 13:35:36
Windows Server 2008 R2 Approaching End of Life
Are you still using Windows Server 2008 R2 within your business IT environment? If so, it’s time to start planning a migration strategy as the server technology approaches its end of life.
