Hosting your corporate email in ‘The Cloud’ is pretty common these days, but that certainly doesn’t mean that everyone’s doing it. In fact migrating email to the cloud, particularly to the Microsoft Office 365 Exchange Online platform is probably the most common type of migration that we’ve seen throughout 2014, …

Cloud based accounting software is all the rage at the moment, and for good reason, too. At a comparable price to the popular incumbent products such as MYOB and Reckon/Quickbooks, but with powerful new features and ease of use, products such as Xero are rapidly claiming market share. Join us …

Bingo! Yep we’re overflowing with Boardroom Bingo words today, but fear not, there is actually some useful content here too! Ever wanted to eradicate all that email chatter, with document versions being emailed back and forth into a rapidly escalating disaster? How about slashing project times by bringing all contributors …

We all know the internet can be a big scary place, right? Viruses, malware, and all sorts of other nasty stuff that can infect our computers and make our lives miserable if we’re not paying attention. But do you know the difference between a virus and malware? Would you recognise …

Death, taxes and an IT disaster. With some things it’s not a matter of ‘if’, but ‘when’. The important thing is that you’re prepared, which is what your disaster recovery planning is all about. With options ranging from a simple manual backup to automatic high-availability and multi-site redundant failover, disaster …

Mention “Business Continuity Planning” at a party and everyone will go quiet and excuse themselves to get another drink. BCP is not sexy, we get it. The thing is though, your business needs SOME level of planning in place to ensure it will survive a major (or even minor) disruption …

Laptops, Ultrabooks, and all sorts of hybrid devices. When you need a portable computer, there are options available to suit pretty much any situation, but the problem can be understanding the difference, and deciding which is best for you. In this episode, we discuss the differences, and what type of …

There’s no doubting that “The Cloud” is a huge thing not only for IT, but for business in general. That doesn’t mean though that everything belongs in the cloud. In fact, it’s expected that the hybrid cloud approach to network design is going to be the common approach for a …

So what’s your baseline? I know when I (BL) first asked that of Ben (BD) his response was a little bit like “I have no idea what you’re talking about”, and to be honest, I can’t really blame him. This is a concept that I’m still exploring myself, but it’s …

Voice over IP (VoIP to its mates) is the process of passing voice calls over data networks such as the internet, instead of over traditional telephone lines. This has the potential to bring cutting edge features, flexibility and cost savings, but there are some potential traps for the unwary. Join …