It goes without saying that in today’s day and age we take the internet for granted, for checking emails or browsing the internet to setting a kettle to boil on your way home from work. It is fair to say the internet has transformed the way we live our lives and run our...

The daily reality of password complexity We are asked for passwords every day to log into our computers, websites, portals, online banking, etc. It’s not easy to keep up with them all, especially as best practice tells us that we should have a different password for each...

There are numerous reasons why a business might stick with the same IT support provider, but this can often lead to loss of both time and money when the provider isn’t giving the standard of service your business requires.Our short infographic presents five examples of how changing...

Ever had the backup conversation? You’ve probably had sales calls to ask if and how you back up your data and IT systems. You may have even then spoken to your IT department or external consultant to ensure that you do have backups in place, perhaps even enquiring how often these...

The Christmas carol is supposed to go something like this: “’Tis the season to be jolly” but it’s more like “’Tis the season to make money” when it comes to cyber-crime. Offices left empty or minimally staffed in between Christmas and New Year make hackers rub their hands with...

Care home residents are now allowed one regular visitor, which will hopefully mark the start of a return to normality for a sector that has suffered so much heartache and stress in the last year in the wake of more than 32,000 COVID-19 care home resident deaths*. While other...

Just over a year ago, the words ‘COVID-19’, ‘lockdown’ and ‘social distancing’ had no place in our day-to-day diction. We did not live in bubbles or watch the Prime Minister wheel out health experts for daily updates. If we wanted to have dinner with friends, we simply invited them...

Businesses were forced to embrace remote working during lockdown and some have adopted this strategy as a long-term model for a proportion of their staff, if not all.  However, adopting a remote working strategy is not without its challenges. As swcomms moves towards a hybrid...

With the Government announcing 2,988 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday - the highest figure since May 22– there are concerns of a second wave of coronavirus and the implications this may have on businesses. Daily confirmed cases began edging up again in July - after falling...

On 29 July, 2015, the Windows 10 operating system was made available to the world. It had the ability to work on both desktop and tablet devices along with radical changes that included the removal of the start button, the inclusion of the digital assistant, Cortana, and the Universal...