Cutting IT support costs without sacrificing quality
Companies rely on IT for many aspects of their operations, which means it’s essential to keep systems running smoothly. But the costs of doing that can quickly mount up with support taking a substantial slice of the IT budget. Companies, therefore, are always looking for ways to reduce their support costs but without reducing effectiveness. […]
Read MoreIs cloud technology the key to digital transformation?
Spending on digital transformation technology is expected to reach $1.3 trillion this year, according to IDC. [1] What’s more this figure is expected to double by 2021. So digital transformation is very much flavour of the month. But how much of this spending is being directed towards the cloud, and how crucial is the cloud […]
Read MorePhishing E-Mails
Phishing statistics The worldwide cost of phishing email scams is estimated at around £3.5 billion per year More than 150 million phishing emails are sent each day A staggering 30% of phishing email messages are opened by recipients More than one in 10 who open a phishing email will click on links or attachments Tackling […]
Read MoreBusinesses deluged with hundreds of critical vulnerabilities
The WannaCry attack of 2017 was the first time that many people woke up to the danger inherent in software vulnerabilities. By taking advantage of flaws found in old versions of the Windows operating system, hackers were able to take control of large numbers of computers world wide and cause considerable disruption in the NHS […]
Read MoreOracle chief criticises Amazon’s cloud security amid row over defence contract
Amazon Web Services is one of the most popular cloud platforms, but Larry Ellison, Oracle’s executive chairman, has spoken out, criticising Amazon’s security. Speaking at Oracle’s annual user conference in San Francisco earlier this month, Ellison was scathing about Amazon’s security measures as well as taking a swipe at Google and Facebook over their recent […]
Read MoreBritish SMBs increase cloud adoption rates
Small and medium sized businesses based in the UK are increasingly likely to use some form of cloud computing, according to a study carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce. CBR Online reports that 69 per cent of SMBs currently harness some form of cloud computing service, with the intention often being to facilitate […]
Read MoreEU ruling alters stance on trans-Atlantic data transfers
Although the cloud is often described in terms that make it sound transient and ethereal, the reality is that it still relies on physical hardware to host the apps and data that third parties can then access remotely. This means that information may not only be stored overseas, but must also travel across national boundaries […]
Read MoreStudy pinpoints main motivations for managed services adoption
The latest survey from JDL Technologies has looked at the key reasons that businesses choose to embrace managed services, with some benefits being seen as more important than others. Eighty per cent of the respondents to the study said that their organisations were already taking advantage of managed services in some form, with the remainder […]
Read MoreUsing Sp.RequestExecutor to access SharePoint Online list data outside of the application context
A few months ago, we began creating a small, but reasonably simple inhouse SharePoint Online Application using all the modern methods and products Microsoft had to offer. The Application was to help us log Support Calls in SharePoint and connect it with our ‘Customer List’ on another SharePoint Application. Many who have created an app […]
Read MoreThe Future of Cloud Computing
The cloud may have moved from hot new trend to established IT solution in the past half decade, but that has not stopped it being the world’s biggest draw for investment venture capitalists looking to get into the tech market, according to a new report from Deloitte. The survey showed that cloud computing has managed […]
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