Microsoft 365 For Business Email
May 17th, 2023
Microsoft 365 is a productivity suite of software, collaboration tools, cybersecurity products and cloud services. It includes what used to be called Microsoft Office – all the apps you use on a daily basis, like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and…
Why Small Businesses Should Outsource Their Disaster Recovery
Mar 28th, 2023
We’ve written about creating a business continuity plan and why it’s so important. To recap, you need to consider how your business would function if you lost access to your data, whether that was due to a power cut, loss of…
Why Is Cloud Storage Important for Businesses?
Feb 24th, 2023
What Is Cloud Storage? You’re almost certainly using cloud storage in your everyday life, even if you don’t realise it. If you back your photos up from your phone, share files online or use a shared calendar you are using…
How To Migrate To Microsoft 365
Jan 31st, 2023
We're regularly asked about the benefits of migrating to Microsoft 365 and we are firmly of the opinion that there are a large number of advantages and very few drawbacks. We'd encourage most clients to consider it as a way…
What To Do When Your Computer Freezes or Crashes
Dec 7th, 2022
There are five really common problems that people experience with computers and some of them can be fixed or at least diagnosed pretty quickly and easily, and are definitely worth exploring before you call your IT support team or invest…
Guide To Buying A New Computer For Your Business
Nov 2nd, 2022
If you run a business then the obvious answer to the question 'How long should your business computers last' may seem to be 'As long as possible'. With all of the other expenses a modern business has to face, replacing…
How To Speed Up A Slow Computer In 2022
Aug 22nd, 2022
Slow computers are a constant irritation. They also cost your business a lot of money. How? Well, let's take a look at the maths; a computer that runs slowly for 5 minutes every hour kills approximately 40 minutes of productivity…
The Cyber Essentials Questionnnaire - A Helpful Summary
Apr 12th, 2022
Following our explanation of the Cyber Essentials programme, we are going to go into more detail about the 80 question questionnaire and the type of information that is required. A summary of the video is below Business Structure and Devices…
How To Get Cyber Essentials Certification
Mar 29th, 2022
What Is Cyber Essentials? Cyber Essentials is a basic yet effective government-backed programme that will help you be aware of cyber threats and help protect your business against these threats. You could think of Cyber Essentials like any kind of…
Next Generation Firewalls Explained
Dec 22nd, 2021
Pretty much everything you do with a computer in your business either involves connecting to the internet or connecting to services on the internet. Your internet connection has several components and security is one of the most important of those…
Why Multifactor Authentication Is Essential
Nov 23rd, 2021
These days having a password is not enough. If you want to protect your data from hackers then you need another layer of protection – this layer is multi-factor authentication or MFA. How would you describe MFA? Essentially, multi-factor authentication…
What Is Microsoft Secure Score?
Oct 19th, 2021
As a vendor for Microsoft 365, we spend a lot of time looking at the security of the system. The Microsoft 365 secure score is one of the most reliable sources that we have to help protect our clients against…
How To Recognise & Avoid A Cyber Attack
Sep 23rd, 2021
Cyber security starts with knowledge. Knowing which threats are out there and how to recognise them goes a long way to keeping your systems safe from attack. These videos demonstrate some of the most common types of cyber attack to…
Cyber Crime & Cyber Security Explained
Aug 12th, 2021
In simple terms, cyber security encompasses any action taken to protect your company data, personal and sensitive information which you store online, on a server or in the cloud. Cyber criminals are highly motivated to infiltrate any system where they…
4 Common Computer Performance Issues
Jun 7th, 2021
We support clients across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, and that means that we spend a lot of time fixing irritating computer performance issues that interfere with people’s productivity and disrupt their day to day activities. To share the love and help…
The 4 Most Common Tech Support Problems
May 31st, 2021
As a managed service provider with a busy help desk, we come across all sorts of IT problems every day. Here are 4 of the most common issues that we encounter -- and some actionable advice on fixing them. 1.…
How Cyber Security Can Be Improved
Mar 1st, 2021
How Cyber Security Can Be Improved Cyber security is all too often an issue which business owners don’t spend a great deal of time thinking about until something goes wrong, by which time the damage has been done and the…
What Is A Business Continuity Plan?
Feb 15th, 2021
Can Your Business Afford Downtime? To what extent are you willing to risk your data and your staff’s time? If you and your team couldn’t access your data for an hour, a day, a week - what would you do?…
What are Managed IT Services?
Jan 28th, 2021
Managed Service Providers If your business does not have an in-house IT team and relies instead on tech-savvy employees being recruited to fix the inevitable tech issues that arise, you may benefit from outsourcing your IT infrastructure to a company…
How To Choose IT Support In Aberdeen
Jan 27th, 2021
What Are IT Support Services? In the context of business, the term IT Support Services generally refers to the provision of technology-related products and services that enable businesses to operate, compete and grow. As technology is now an integral part…
