Industry experts agree that ransomware is more a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ and yet many businesses have not taken steps to protect themselves from this growing threat that can cripple finances and reputations.The title of this blog is not meant to be alarmist. It is based on...

Openreach has given notice that 79 more exchanges will reach stop-sell status by this time next year. This means that outdated services, such as PSTN and ISDN phone lines, and ADSL and FTTC internet connections will no longer be available for sale from November 1, 2022. Two years...

In days gone by, and still relevant for certain organisations today, businesses used to rely on a primary server infrastructure hosted on site at their offices or in a data centre with a secondary solution hosted at a different physical location. This gave them the disaster recovery...

In the wake of NHS England’s ‘Our plan for improving access for patients and supporting general practice’, released on October 14, there will be many GP surgeries and CCGs working towards a very tight deadline right now trying to bid for funding to help them deal with the challenges...

When the pandemic was at its height and we were plunged into lockdown, we had no choice but to turn to the phone and online services to contact businesses we would previously have visited in person.Despite the vaccination programme leading to the opening up of services, people...

With the recent release of Windows 11, Microsoft has also launched Office 2021 and updates to Microsoft 365.Applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Project, Publisher and Visio have all been refreshed visually and functionally to provide an improved...

There is nothing like a patient survey for keeping GP surgeries on their toes. However, the latest set of results from the GP Patient Survey has shown East Cornwall surgeries in a very positive light.More than 850,000 patients in England completed the national survey revealing that...

The world had its first ransomware attack in 1989. Hackers demanded £150 for the key to decrypt documents and images. Thirty years on and the landscape has changed with more organised criminals demanding thousands or even millions from businesses of all sizes across the...

We recently used our blog to bring attention to the Connect the Classroom programme, which is being rolled out to schools that have been struggling with poor Wi-Fi. I thought it was worthwhile to remind schools in the Plymouth area that they may also benefit from a scheme to improve...

Hands up, if you are still working in the office...even just some of the time. No doubt, you will want to work as productively as possible while you are on site and yet everyone seems more concerned about home workers!The pandemic saw IT teams scramble to equip their colleagues...