In this article, we look at school web and content filtering solutions ahead of the 2022/23 academic year and the reasons why schools may decide to change their web filtering solution provider. We also consider how difficult it is to protect students from being exposed to harmful and...

With Openreach’s ISDN and PSTN switch-off underway, many businesses around the UK have migrated from copper-based lines and traditional phone systems to modern, more resilient cloud-based alternatives, but how long did it take them? This blog looks at the timescales involved in...

Earlier this month, the French postal service’s mobile virtual network operator suffered a ransomware attack that caused severe disruption to both administrative and managerial services.The website for La Poste Mobile went down on July 4 and is yet to resurface more than two weeks...

If you own a growing business that provides mobiles to its staff, it can be difficult to keep track of your mobile fleet. You want to be able to give staff the freedom to roam, but you also need to keep security at the forefront of your priorities. In this blog, I will give you some...

The last few years have been a very trying time for GP surgeries. Lockdown may be a thing of the past, but the impact of the pandemic is still very much alive and pressure on surgeries and their staff remains high. But there are many surgeries still struggling with inadequate phone...

With Openreach’s ISDN switch-off now well and truly underway with copper lines about to be switched off in multiple locations across the UK, I have been speaking with a lot of businesses that are looking to take the plunge and move to a cloud-hosted phone system to ensure they still...

Last week’s rail strikes will have been disruptive for many people, but it made me wonder whether industrial action of this scale would have been more devastating before the pandemic? I have written many blogs on disruptions that have highlighted the need for more flexible working...

Ransomware is not going away. Why would it when it is such a lucrative earner for cyber criminals? Businesses in the UK need to be alert and we mean all businesses. A series of slides from the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in the US reminded us of ransomware’s devasting...

Without a dedicated IT support provider, SMEs can fall into the trap of spending their time solving internal IT issues themselves. With more than 1.6 million small UK businesses* successfully attacked by cyber criminals each year, this also draws business owners away from prioritising...

If you run a business, having an email signature is a no-brainer. An email signature is like a business card, it shows professionalism and brand consistency to whoever you are in contact with. Using email signature management software, your customers and prospects have your contact...