Microsoft won’t provide extended support for Office 2007 products beyond October 2017 deadline
Important information for anyone involved in their companies IT infrastructure:- Microsoft’s Office 2007/Exchange 2007 wave of client and server software is set to exit support in October 2017, and extended custom support agreements are going away. Microsoft Office 2007 products will be reaching their end of support dates next year 2017. In Microsoft’s world of […]
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Bletchley Park will train codebreaking teen hackers
Historic site will house the National College of Cyber Security Bletchley Park is going to be the home once again to the brightest young minds in codebreaking and will host the UK’s first dedicated training academy for cybersecurity students. The historical site is where Joan Clarke, Alan Turing and others broke the Germans’ Enigma code during […]
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Ransomware attacks on SMBs increased eight-fold in the past year
RANSOMWARE CONTINUES TO BE A NUISSANCE for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB’s) and the attacks are ever increasing on an annual basis. Kaspersky Security Network released a new report which published they had detected and blocked around 27,000 plus attempts by hackers at encrypting company data between Q3 2015 and Q3 2016. The year before […]
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UK government launches ‘boot camp’ initiative to form anti-hacker squad
It has been announced that the Government has launched an X Factor-style boot camp training initiative which has been designed to produce and deliver more skilled cyber security experts as part of the newly unveiled National Cyber Security Strategy. Those applying for the Cyber Retraining Academy course do not need to have any previous cyber […]
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Windows 10 updates are about to become less painful
MICROSOFT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE CRITICISM surrounding the painful Windows 10 upgrading process with the launch of a new Unified Update Platform (UUP). Updating Windows 10 can be quite a painful experience, however Microsoft is claiming that UUP will help reduce the size of downloads and make them easier to install. UUP is going to allow […]
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SMBs at most risk from rudimentary cyber attacks, not sophisticated hacking
A warning from computer security company eSentire in its latest Cyber Threat Study, examining the cyber threats faced by SMBs are saying that sophisticated, targeted threats which are basic and unsophisticated attacks which many SMB businesses are not prepared for is the largest IT security risks they face. “Since 2014 cybercrime rates have been on […]
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Microsoft is raising enterprise prices by almost a quarter as Brexit bites
MICROSOFT HAS become the latest company to announce large price hikes for UK customers in the wake of Brexit. They communicated very recently that some of their products are going to increase by 22%, this is to counterbalance effects from fluctuation all caused by the decision to leave the European Union. It was announced via […]
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Black Friday 2016 to be biggest UK shopping day of the festive season
With Black Friday 2016 looming, it is expected to be the UK’s largest shopping day for the festive season, this is according to new research from Adobe. It has been suggested that most of the Black Friday shopping will happen online rather than in stores. It has been projected that around £24.3 billion is going […]
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IMPORTANT:- Windows Server Lifecycle expiry dates
Useful information for all Microsoft Window Server users, this table shows you the most common versions being used in business today long with the expiry dates for support. If you are thinking of upgrading and are unsure which version would suit your business best, do not hesitate to call us on 01252 350 690, we can […]
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Scrapping ICT GCSE ‘was a mistake’ finds education and IT skills report
Should have been kept alongside new coding-focused qualification argues CREST paper. A new report on the UK government’s November 2015 decision to scrap ICT at GCSE and A-Level has collected opinions arguing that scrapping basic ICT was “a mistake” and that the education system would be best served with qualifications to allow both specialised, coding-based […]
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